STAR WARS Custom Covers thread

[Holko 9,491]

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Like these ones?

[Nick1Ø66 4,687]

Those are awesome!

[Bespin 8,472]

Star Wars and the bars are too dark on Empire.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

"EPISODE" is way to large. They should use a smaller font size to make it completely unnoticeable.

[Arpy 4,145]

In the case of Empire, 'Episode' should be as dark as the lines to stand out from the literal snowstorm.

[crumbs 14,287]

Those covers are definitely awesome! But the EPISODE font is way too large.

 

Disney are clearly trying to ditch the whole EPISODE branding, rightfully so. The focus should be on the Star Wars logo and film title.

 

Still, would love to see similar covers for the PT and ST. A red themed TLJ cover depicting Crait's minerals, with Luke and Kylo as the focus, would be epic.

[Holko 9,491]

Here's the full set, I just cropped the relevant ones in the previous post.

 

I'd absolutely give all endorsement and thanks I could to the artist, but I found these years ago (maybe on the shrine, but not sure), so I've no idea.  

 

I feel the OT ones are much stronger, in colour, scene and compositional choices.

They're all nice to look at but probably won't be the ones I'd actually print to put in the jewel case of these. They fit better into Poweramp to represent my (temporary until a proper release) edits.

[Chewy 2,372]

I used the colors @crumbs suggested:

 

[Holko 9,491]

Wow! Saving all these right now...

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Except that "A New Hope" should be removed from the first film.

[Holko 9,491]

There's two ways to fix that...

 

 

The second one keeps the placement consistent, the first one harkens back to the original cover and is more visualy pleasing.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

The first one wins, no doubt.

[crumbs 14,287]

Those are brilliant @Holko! You nailed the blue for ESB, same as the original logo seen here in the trailer:

 

Would love to see a slightly more burnt orange for ROTS and a darker foresty-green for ROTJ, but these are awesome! Maybe even a darker/deeper royal purple for AOTC like this?

 

And yep, what @Jurassic Shark said, that white Star Wars cover (without ANH or the gap) wins hands down. Elegant, simple, clean, classic. Plus the white text is in line with the original OST cover.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Although @Chewy's suggested covers look good, I'd prefer the original cover art for all films. There's no need for the covers to be consistent across the whole series.

 

As a general rule:

 

Original cover art = the best (unless it sucks)

[crumbs 14,287]

8 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

As a general rule:

 

Original cover art = the best (unless it sucks)

 

  

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Well, those suck! 

 

But those are the "collector" covers, aren't they? Here's the proper cover, which IMO doesn't suck:

 

[Holko 9,491]

23 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Those are brilliant @Holko! You nailed the blue for ESB, same as the original logo seen here in the trailer:

 

Whoah whoah whoah, those aren't mine, your eyes decieve you!

@Chewy did those recolors, I only adjusted his ANH one!

[crumbs 14,287]

How dare you take credit for someone else's work! I'm reporting you to .. someone!

 

HR!? Get me HR on the phone!

[Arpy 4,145]

Who cares what the cover looks like, unless it has different levels of embossing, holographic lettering and gatefold packaging!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I still think TPM should be pink.

[Josh500 1,615]

On 3/25/2018 at 7:28 AM, Jurassic Shark said:

 

 

 

Agreed. This cover is awesome.

 

Just like the Japanese TLJ cover, which is ten times more awesome than the boring regular version for the rest of the world.....

 

 

[Arpy 4,145]

4 minutes ago, Margo Channing said:

I still think TPM should be pink.

I think it should be yellow.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,488]

 

6 minutes ago, Margo Channing said:

I still think TPM should be pink.

 

Is that because it's a faggot?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

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[Naïve Old Fart 9,488]

It's a reference to RESERVOIR DOGS.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Haven't seen it.

 

Anyway, I just see TPM as a pink movie because of the Gungan shields.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

It should have the color of Jar-Jar.

[Holko 9,491]

The wonderful brown of the poop he steps into.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,488]

8 minutes ago, Margo Channing said:

Haven't seen it.

 

Anyway, I just see TPM as a pink movie because of the Gungan shields.

 

Starting up...the shield.

[Nick1Ø66 4,687]

4 hours ago, Holko said:

 

 

The second one keeps the placement consistent, the first one harkens back to the original cover and is more visualy pleasing.

 

Those who wish it should be able to hover the mouse over this one to reveal "A New Hope".

 

Or the physical version can just be scratch off.  Bob's yer Uncle, EVERYONE's happy.

[aj_vader 533]

I know these aren't great but I think they work better than the actual ones. I understand Disney wanting parity across the CD sets, but at what cost? Awful covers apparently.  

[Tallguy 3,359]

Those are terrific.  Thank you!

[aj_vader 533]

 Your welcome. I'm not sure if it's sarcasm though 

[1977 1,743]

Edit: 11 April

 

Since Jay has now created a separate thread for covers, guess I can put mine up again.

 

 

 

[aj_vader 533]

16 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

 

No sarcasm here, I think they look fantastic! Will you be doing the other three?    

 

Yes I will now

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

1 hour ago, JTWfan77 said:

I'll have to do my own, following the existing template for SW and ESB (wildly out of sequence, lots of edits, and so on).

 

Any suggestions? 

 

I suggest you use the Anthology disc as a guide.

[aj_vader 533]

[1977 1,743]

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[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Which template do you mean?

[1977 1,743]

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[Faleel 5,326]

On 4/3/2018 at 1:33 PM, aj_vader said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jedi looks a bit wonky, the A in the Star Wars in the ESB one has some blueish purple in it.
 

On 4/3/2018 at 11:57 AM, JTWfan77 said:

I wish they would have done a modern edit of a hypothetical 2 LP release for Jedi.

 

I'll have to do my own, following the existing template for SW and ESB (wildly out of sequence, lots of edits, and so on).

 

Any suggestions?

 

Include the full Jabba the Hutt, we know it was recorded and intended for the album. (combine the bit we have in the OST track with Gerhardt recording)

[1977 1,743]

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[Chewy 2,372]

I didn't know the score for Return of the Jedi was out 3 years before the movie came out  

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[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

But it does say 1980 on the ROTJ cover.

[Faleel 5,326]

11 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

 

Nice idea, I'll do so, but I would rather include the full track from the Gerhardt or the BPO Out of This World, I don't think an edit combining two different recordings, orchestras and performances would work.

I did an edit it myself with a little extra reverb on the ROTJ material and some EQ and it worked pretty well IMHO.

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[Faleel 5,326]

Just now, JTWfan77 said:

WIP = Work In Progress people

You mean WIPp

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

6 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

WIP = Work In Progress people

 

You should remove the RSO animal and replace it with the Polydor logo.

[1977 1,743]

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