George Lucas DVD Audio Commentary Leaked

Lucasfan04 writes "Apparently a few clips leaked out from the upcoming Star Wars Trilogy DVD. They're from George Lucas' audio commentary, and you can hear him talking about the films. Five 3-minute or so clips are featured."

Hmm.

[jellomizer]

That is the problem with slashdot on april 1st it is like the boy who cried wolf.

But this seems more subtile then the rest

Commentaries

[ackthpt]

To my surprise I've found I frequently go through these Directors/Producers commentaries. Some are worthless, but a few have stood out as gems:

Mel Brooks on Blazing Saddles

(?) Animal House (regarding the addition to the cast of Donald Sutherland)

(?) Il Postino (regarding the poestry of Pablo Neruda and the sacrifice of Massimo Troisi)

I'm not sure I'll care anymore for Lucas' comments than those of Star Wars "Fans" whinging about how bad the other episodes are (1. Saw it 2. Complained about how awful it was 3. Bought the DVD anyway), but good to know it's there, should I have nothing better to watch.

In other news, Simpsons voice actors on strike [bbc.co.uk], wanting $360K per episode, rather than $120K presently. I say to Fox, just give em the D'oh!

Well...

[Snaller]

... its true you can see 6 clips with commentary from some pretentious twat who may or may not be George Lucas (the site aren't sure either)

Episode III Title

[stecoop]

So many jokes today - I wonder if this is real:

On the main page of starwars.com under the movies section subtitle of "The Creeping Fear" has been entered for Episode III.

Re:Commentaries

[Ubergrendle]

Don't forget David Fincher's deluxe editions of Se7en and Fight Club. Not only does he include a cast/director commentary, but a craft-ortiented commentary with the cinematographer, audio mixers, etc.

Roger Ebert's commentaries on Dark City and Citizen Kane are essentials as well.

And finally, the Lord of the Rings commentaries are all great.

Please note i have over 300 DVDs, and I'm not spamming this message thread...those are the only real commentaries that stick out in my mind.

Re:Commentaries

[Desval]

Any commentary by John Waters. His earlier films in particular.

Re:Joke or no?

[Anonymous Coward]

Given that the clip titles begin with "aprilfools" I'd say probably not.

Summary of the three clips

[BRSQUIRRL]

(1) The Han vs. Greedo scene in Episode IV: Han didn't shoot first...no hero would hide behind his blaster like that. The original scene will never be seen again as long as Lucas is alive.

(2) The Death Star trench attack in IV: Lucas goes off on some bizarre tangent about the symbolism in this scene, claiming that it actually represented an Oedipal desire by Luke to distance himself from his father by attacking the trench, which represents his mother's birth canal. The act of destroying the Death Star via the port in the trench was a figurative "abortion" of his father's evil plans. I swear I'm not making this up.

(3) The "I am your father" scene from Episode V: Mark Hamill's scream was too girly and had to be dubbed. The harness he had to wear while hanging from the bridge was very uncomfortable.

Re:It's funny, but not ha-ha funny

[LMCBoy]

Nothing really classic, like the guys who did a spoof on Cops with Stormtrooper outfits. Anybody know if those videos can be found?

Step 1: www.google.com [google.com]

Step 2: Type: "Troops star wars"

Step 3: Click "I'm Feeling Lucky"

(there's a reason people like to say "google is your friend"...)

Johnny Depp hitting a bong on PotC

[revscat]

If you listen to the commentary for Pirates of the Carribean, you can -- arguably -- hear Depp taking a hit off a bong. You know it's him because shortly after he answers a question and he has that voice like he's holding in the hit.

Pretty funny, actually.

Look at the file names

[NurseMaximum]

For those who still aren't sure, check out the filenames of the video streams : eg.
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ugo/ugo/misc/april fools/aprilfools_greedo_04.wvx [streamos.com]

Umm...

[Gary Yogurt]

Sadly I'm familiar enough with the man's voice that I can comfortably say that this isn't George Lucas. Happy April Fool's.

Direct video links

[Adam9]

I swear I'm not karma whoring, but this'll help out for those unfortunate folks (like myself) whose browser won't play embedded windows media files.

Greedo veruses Han [streamos.com]
The Trench [streamos.com]
I am your father [streamos.com]
Jabba's Dance Number [streamos.com]
Redemption of Vader [streamos.com]