Published at: Nov. 18, 1998, 5:33 p.m. CST by staff
Well folks the force was sooo strong it killed my
servers so I'm having my trusty allies get this up for you.
There are two places you can go for the trailer this lovely
geeky morning. The first is: The
Official Star Wars Web Site Their servers are being
blasted by millions of geeks around the globe. Their
version of the trailer has the best image quality and
sound. Really top notch. But they were not the first
people with the trailer up. Just like when the Star Wars
Special Edition trailers came out, the Australian site RED 5
was the brave soul that tracked it down. Well this time,
the honor and glory and bravery goes to Lincoln and the Countingdown.com Site. This trailer is not crystal
clear, it isn't perfect audio.... but you know what... I
think it's about 100 times cooler than the official scanned
one. Why? Well this copy has... what I call, an 'AWE
TRACK'! You can hear the audience, the trailer is in mpeg
form, which if you have the right software... well it looks
like great full screen. In addition if you poke around
their site, you'll see some 40 screen grabs from the
trailer.
I do have to tell you this. I'm working up a review of
the film trailer... it's really really gonna be long. But,
I have this bit of advice. Download the trailer. Get both
of them. But don't watch either. Put them somewhere on
your harddrive, then wait... wait till you see it in a
theater, wait for the music to kill you, the sound effects
and the true AWE TRACK in surround sound. The audiences I
have heard from have been noisy as hell when the Fox logo
comes up, and as it... fades to black at the end, but
between.... Well, it's been Sunday Mass in every theater
showing it. Soooo enjoy... I'll be updating later in the
day. I've got to geek with my friends. I'm sorry, but...
well I'm a geek first and a responsible site administrator
last.