Lucas to Release Star Wars Films in 3-D
Source: The Hollywood Reporter March 18, 2005
George Lucas is planning to remaster all of the "Star Wars" films for rerelease in 3-D, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The director, who is releasing Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith on May 19th, said he hadn't yet committed to a precise schedule but hoped to have the first film ready for the 30th anniversary of the original Star Wars movie in 2007 and that he would then rerelease one "Star Wars" film per year in 3-D.
Lucas and 20th Century Fox screened the first six minutes of "Revenge of the Sith" at ShoWest on Thursday and he talked more about the film.
"It's not like the first one. It's more emotional. I describe it as a 'Titanic' in space. It's a real tearjerker, and it will be received in a way that none of us can expect," he said.
George Lucas and James Cameron each introduced a collection clips during the presentation. The first, introduced by Lucas, showcased the 2D to 3D conversion process perfected by In-Three. 2D to 3D conversion clips introduced by Lucas included the speeder chase from "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones," Tony Scott's "Top Gun," Disney's "Lilo and Stitch" and the entire first reel of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope." The 3D conversions were spectacular, but even wearing the streamlined LCD glasses, ghosting occurred. Regardless this minor issue, Lucas feels that this 3D digital conversion actually outshines the original film. According to Lucas, a number of demos have been made to his company over the past 20 years by various companies, but In-Three's was the first one to meet his standards. Lucas is planning to release his entire Star Wars trilogy in 3D for the 30th anniversary in 2007.
In related Star Wars news, reports are popping up all over the net about an amazing development. A company called In-Three located in Agoura Hills, California has perfected image-processing software it calls the Dimensionalization Process. It's apparently capable of transforming 2-D images into 3-D images. So impressive is this technology that at ShoWest last week, a panel of prominent filmmakers appeared to announce embracing the process. The panel was hosted by Business Development Manager for TI DLP Cinema Doug Darrow and composed of filmmakers George Lucas, James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Rodriguez, and Randall Kleiser.
The panel presented a collection transformed 3-D clips from Attack of the Clones, A New Hope, and several other films. Reports from the show indicate that the 3-D effect is very impressive and very natural. Lucas announced that he plans to re-release the entire Star Wars saga - all six episodes - in 3-D starting in 2007 with A New Hope on its 30th anniversary; he then plans to re-release one transformed Star Wars film in each succeeding year. And Lucas was reported to have said that he wants to convince Steven Spielberg to shoot the fourth (and presumably last) Indiana Jones film in 3-D.
The other filmmakers are embracing 3-D for new productions. Cameron (who has released two IMAX films in 3-D) is in preproduction on a 3-D film called Battle Angel, scheduled for a 2007 release. Zemeckis has two 3-D features in production (The Polar Express was released in IMAX 3-D). Rodriguez is in postproduction for The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl, a 3-D film set for summer release. And rumor has it that Peter Jackson may shoot The Hobbits (the prequel to the Ring trilogy) in 3-D; he's reported to have installed a 3-D master suite in his production offices in New Zealand. Since ShoWest is a venue to reach exhibitors, the panel seemed to be reaching out to the community, encouraging them to install the digital cinema products that would support these new 3-D presentations.
The impact of this development on Home Theater is no less significant. HD's 720p60 (or perhaps better yet, 1080p48) is a logical choice for conveying of high-resolution 3-D images to the home. All that's needed is a fast display with low image lag and synchronized LCD glasses for a full color presentation. HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc could be a wonderful source of high-resolution 3-D images, and I suppose it might be equally possible to create 3-D images in a similar manner with standard resolution progressive video (480p60). But very likely, to support 3-D will require firmware changes in the players.
The potential for such remarkable technology coming to Home Theater relatively soon is truly impressive, but I can't help wonder if 3-D might be withheld from the consumer market. 3-D might turn out to be the filmmakers' last remaining lure to tempt us to shut our DVD players off and draw us back into the motion picture theater. Then again, I suppose this could be the foretaste of high definition double-dips to come: buy the 2-D HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc now, and be expected to buy the 3-D version later.
Aparte os comentários óbvios que me ocorrem sobre a aparente irresístivel vontade que move Lucas a rever continuamente os seus filmes, espero para ver se isso funciona de facto. Faz mais sentido produzir filmes em 3D de origem. E não me parece que o meio tenha sido muito bem sucedido comercialmente, tendo em conta que se começaram a fazer, pelo menos com intuitos comerciais, no início dos anos 50... Quanto muito uma curiosidade, uma brincadeira. Depois há que ter em conta que um filme feito em 3D tem em atenção, plano a plano, os efeitos produzidos. Pegar no Star Wars original e processá-lo para 3D pode ter um resultado "giro" e tal, mas não me parece que possa alguma vez ser a mesma coisa.
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............ o homem tem capacidades para fazer filmes diferentes. Viu q o star wars da dinheiro ainda e mt , nao quer outra coisa . Já estava na altura de mudar de ares.
TIME has published a great interview with George Lucas in which he talks about both doing the upcoming "Star Wars" TV series in 3D and that Indiana Jones 4 is designed for Harrison Ford's age. Here's a clip:
R.C. Do you think audiences are so technically sophisticated now that they know the difference between formats? Virtually every CGI animated feature has been a much bigger hit than any non-CGI over the last ten years. Is that just a coincidence or a better story?
G.L. What happened with Pixar is they made brilliantly creative movies, but they looked different. They had a different quality about them than on television, than Rugrats. When you see a 3D movie, you assume it's a higher-quality movie and it's something you don't see on television. Now the television show I'm working on, the Star Wars television show, is 3D.
R.C. When you said you were going to do Star Wars in 3D, do you mean in the old-fashioned 3D?
Um dos maiores(senão o maior) desperdícios de talento em toda a história de cinema.
Onde está o homem por detrás de "THX 1138" e "American Graffiti"? "THX 1138", que vi há um ano, ainda hoje está muito presente na memória. É pena portanto a entrega total de um escritor tão talentoso em projectos de revisão de trabalhos passados...
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Cabeças wrote:Pessoalmente já nem posso ver a cara do Lucas!
Eu até simpatizo com o senhor
Uma curiosidade nos Star Wars é que eles emulam o próprio percurso do realizador, irónicamente, começando como um rebelde a tentar lutar contra um sistema (tal como Luke Skywalker) e acabando como um imperador, corrompido pela tecnologia (meio Palpatine, meio Darth Vader). E ainda dizem que não são filmes pessoais ?
Argaroth01 wrote:Uma curiosidade nos Star Wars é que eles emulam o próprio percurso do realizador, irónicamente, começando como um rebelde a tentar lutar contra um sistema (tal como Luke Skywalker) e acabando como um imperador, corrompido pela tecnologia (meio Palpatine, meio Darth Vader). E ainda dizem que não são filmes pessoais ?
