{"id":5644,"date":"2014-12-02T01:43:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T06:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2014-12-03T00:39:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T05:39:37","slug":"crossguard-lightsaber-new-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/crossguard-lightsaber-new-star-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: George Lucas To Edit Crossguard Lightsabers Into Previous Star Wars Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The internet is split on the new crossguard lightsaber shown in the Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens trailer<\/a>, which features two mini-sabers on its hilt. Some have derided it for its impracticality, while others see it as just plain cool. But what does George Lucas think? We sat down with him to discuss this very topic:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had always intended, since the beginning of the series, for lightsabers to have mini-saber hilts, but special effects technology had prevented this. Finally, in 2015, ILM [Industrial Light & Magic] is now able to render lightsabers in this way. After Star Wars VII is complete, I will be having them remaster the original and prequel series for 4K 3D Blu-Ray, adding mini-sabers to every single lightsaber.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He went on to discuss other changes that will be made to Episodes I through VI:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was also always my intention for droids to be comprised of a rolling ball with a half circle hovering over it. R2D2, and those other droids that look like R2D2 or whatever, will be re-rendered in this way.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Also was my idea that hover vehicles should be brown, non-aerodynamic, immovable-looking squares. Can’t wait to finally put those in. Bout time Star Wars vehicles looked cool!\u201d<\/p>\n

And what of the black, helmet-less stormtrooper? Turns out, that had always been intended as well:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cStormtroopers were always supposed to be just a bunch of black dudes in white armor, no helmet. I can\u2019t remember why. It was a very long time ago. Might have been because a girlfriend at the time cheated on me with a black dude. Anyway, not hard to put ’em in, just green screen out the helmets and hire a bunch of black extras and green screen their heads in. And then green screen out the green screen and put the movie in. Or something? Whatever, it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Surely, the lazy-looking fonts at the end of the trailer couldn\u2019t have been intended. Au contraire, mon cheri:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"forceawake\"<\/p>\n

\"december2015\"<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was always my intention for the subtitle font to just be some lazy font that doesn\u2019t go with anything, looking like some fan slapped it together after downloading a .zip file of \u2018Cool Sci-Fi Fonts’. And I also always intended for the font after that, that says when the movie comes out, to just be some weird, fan-made version of the Star Wars font that looks sorta like the Star Wars font, but not enough to infringe on copyright. Just as a goof. Some sorta meta thing to do. I dunno.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Welp, you heard it here folks! How do you feel about these new changes? Let us know in the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"georgesaber\"<\/p>\n

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