{"id":3880,"date":"2006-08-28T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T17:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/08\/28\/so-very-predictable\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:07:26","slug":"so-very-predictable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/08\/28\/so-very-predictable\/","title":{"rendered":"So Very Predictable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6303,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thedigitalbits.com\\\/rumormill.html#082406&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thedigitalbits.com\\\/rumormill.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6304,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thedigitalbits.com\\\/articles\\\/skywalker\\\/page2.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thedigitalbits.com\\\/articles\\\/skywalker\\\/page2.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6305,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.starwarz.com\\\/tbone\\\/index.php?categoryid=16&amp;p2_articleid=846&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20121029042821\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.starwarz.com:80\\\/tbone\\\/index.php?categoryid=16&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 08:32:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 08:32:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6306,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.scamcity.co.uk\\\/journal\\\/2006\\\/08\\\/28\\\/star-wars-ultimate-edition&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>If anyone else in the world were to stand in front of a few hundred thousand people and ask them to throw money at them &#8212; and not just a little money, but nothing smaller than a ten, fifties are preferred &#8212; they&#8217;d probably get very soundly beaten. If you happen to be named George Lucas, though, you can get away with it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigitalbits.com\/rumormill.html#082406\" title=\"The Digital Bits Rumor Mill\">again and again and again<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Also today&#8230; a follow-up on something we&#8217;ve been telling you to expect for quite while now. 2007, as you may well be aware, is the 30th anniversary of the original <strong>Star Wars<\/strong>&#8216; debut in theaters. You&#8217;d have to be stupid not to know that Lucasfilm is going to have big DVD release plans with which to celebrate the anniversary, and we&#8217;ve been telling you that was the case for many months now. Indeed, during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigitalbits.com\/articles\/skywalker\/page2.html\" title=\"The Digital Bits: Skywalker Ranch &amp; the Letterman Digital Arts Center 10\/6\/05 - Nicasio &amp; San Francisco, CA\">our last visit to the Ranch<\/a> for the DVD release of <strong>Episode III<\/strong>, producer Rick McCallum confirmed that a box set of all six films was going to happen eventually, and animation director Rob Coleman even let it slip that the puppet Yoda from <strong>Episode I<\/strong> had already been replaced with a new CG Yoda to match <strong>Episodes II<\/strong> &amp; <strong>III<\/strong> for the &#8220;future&#8221; release. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwarz.com\/tbone\/index.php?categoryid=16&amp;p2_articleid=846\" title=\"T'bone's Star Wars Universe: Rumors About The 30th Anniversary DVD Set\">T-Bone over at Star Wars Universe recently speculated about this box set<\/a>, and we&#8217;ve been quietly checking in with our industry sources on it as well. Well, we&#8217;ve confirmed it: There IS a big, ultimate, 6-film <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> anniversary DVD box set planned for 2007. There will be more changes to the films, and there will be LOTS of new, never-before-seen special features &#8211; all the good stuff that was held back by Lucasfilm from the original <strong>Trilogy<\/strong> DVD release a few years ago. Think deleted scenes and more. We don&#8217;t know if good, genuinely-REMASTERED versions of the original theatrical editions of the films will be included or not (though how you could call the set &#8220;ultimate&#8221; without them, we don&#8217;t know). We don&#8217;t expect high-definition versions yet, as those formats are just too new. We don&#8217;t have ANY other details for you yet, so please don&#8217;t ask. But as you consider whether or not to purchase the &#8220;limited edition&#8221; DVDs due on 9\/12&#8230; we thought you should know that more IS absolutely on the way next year. &#8216;Nuff said for now.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scamcity.co.uk\/journal\/2006\/08\/28\/star-wars-ultimate-edition\/\" title=\"Scam City: Star Wars Ultimate Edition\">Scam City<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms %253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DThe Dresden Dolls%2526songTerm=Coin-Operated Boy%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Coin-Operated Boy' on the iTMS\">Coin-Operated Boy<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DThe Dresden Dolls%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'The Dresden Dolls' on the iTMS\">The Dresden Dolls<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click. linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DThe Dresden Dolls%2526albumTerm=The Dresden Dolls%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'The Dresden Dolls' on the iTMS\">The Dresden Dolls<\/a> <\/em> (2004, 4:46).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone else in the world were to stand in front of a few hundred thousand people and ask them to throw money at them &#8212; and not just a little money, but nothing smaller than a ten, fifties are preferred &#8212; they&#8217;d probably get very soundly beaten. If you happen to be named George Lucas, though, you can get away with it again and again and again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,1574],"class_list":["post-3880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}