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Bast in Star Wars: Behind the Magic
Hey JMAS, seeing Mauser's talk page, do you have access to Behind the Magic? I need to know Bast and Vader's changed dialogue in the holiday special, and their one line in the deleted scene from ANH. Thanks man :)  JangFett  Talk 18:31, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Image of Saul Karath
Hello, JMAS. I wanted to ask you if [this image from this site would be OK for you to upload. I'm working on improving Karath's article, and thought this would be a good addition for the article. It seems legit.--[[User:Jedi Kasra|Jedi Kasra]] (talk) 16:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I'm certain that it is official, considering the LA logo on the image, but that site is not an officially licensed site, so unless you can verify that at some point, it used to be on the official LucasArts site, so I can put that as the original source, with the new site link as the current location, I'm not sure it will fly. Might want to ask an admin about it, like Toprawa and Ralltiir maybe. -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 23:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Bail Organa speeder image
"Do you see how blurry that is?"

Only at its full size, which is nearly three thousand pixels larger than the other upload. If you see them at equal sizes, you'll see that my upload is a vast improvement. Drewton  ( Drewton's Holocron ) 23:40, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * How it us judged here is by how it looks at full size. I'm not saying I completely agree with that, but that is the standard. -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 23:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Then I'd say that that DVD images from the OT should be used rather than the supposed "HD" versions, because the only "HD" versions that have been shown are simply upscales and poor ones. The DVD images definitely look better than the HD ones at their full size. Would you be fine with it if I shrunk the Bail image I uploaded to 1920x1080? Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 23:52, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Darth Culator would be who'd I'd suggest you ask. What I can tell you is this: Taking an image that is native size of, say for example, 1920x1080 resolution and simply blowing it up to 3400px by whatever resolution is bad, and make a horrible image quality. Taking that blown up image and simply shrinking it down to a smaller size isn't going to improve the quality of the image. Culator, I believe, has all 6 films in HD. You might want to ask him if he is able to get an actual 1080p resolution screencap of that to replace it. -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 23:59, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't upscale it to whatever resolution it was myself, it was actually released in February, 2005 and I and found it in that exact resolution on several sites. It was also the same spoiler report I got this image from and that good even in its full resolution. I can tell you for sure that it will look better than the aired HD version, because correctly if I'm wrong, judging by images such as this one, that too was just an upscaled DVD version. And from what I can tell, the 3000/4000px images are 1080p upscales. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 00:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't doubt you, and I know as I have many images from sites like that as well. What I can tell you is that in the past, where I did the exact same thing you did, someone reverted it, usually with a snide remark to go with it, and the old revisions were deleted. With that said, I do apologize if my reversion remarks were harsh or snide. -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 00:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 00:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It really depends on where it comes from. The HD releases of the prequel and original trilogy were proper high-def video, as they rescanned episodes 1 and 4-6 from the original negative to a 1920x1080p format (and 35mm film is natively higher resolution than 1080p) and episodes 2 and 3 were 1080-digital to begin with. They actually made a bit of a fuss about it when they came out back in 2006 (at least I heard a lot of fuss since I work for a cable company). But publicity stills made from individual film frames could be scanned for reprinting at as high as 600 DPI (if I remember correctly) which would translate to about 4800 pixels wide, assuming you find one that's natively that big rather than just a blown-up 480p or 1080i/p frame, which would be very rare. Then things get especially confusing when you throw in scenes that are entirely CGI, because those were rendered higher than the release format so I have no idea how big they could actually get, again assuming that you get them in a naturally large format rather than just upscaled. I know some of the episode 2 and 3 scenes that got released as wallpapers could be as big as 2560 pixels wide without showing signs of pixelation. (As far as TCW goes, I think the best we can do with any degree of certainty is the Blu-Ray release.) Also, there's the fact that there are really two different releases of the movies in HD, the North American version and the European version. The European version was both MPEG-4 and higher bandwidth compared to the MPEG-2 version that HBO released in North America, so the European version is both sharper and has better color range, but still maxes out at 1920x1080 (which translates to 1920x816 with the letterboxing), and I still haven't found a copy of the European versions that I trust, so all my shots have to be cleaned up a bit (artifacts and contrast, mostly). Finally, and I'm pretty sure this is the last thing, there's both an original-aspect-ratio release and a cropped 16x9 release of all six films. I've never gotten an answer from anyone who would actually know, but I'm pretty sure the 1080/1.78:1 release is upscaled from the 1080/2.35:1 stock. So, the TL;DR version: We're really better off not going any bigger than 1920 pixels wide for any given film frame unless we're certain of the source, and we can't be certain of most (nearly all, really) websites. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 01:39, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Rise of The Bounty Hunters
hi there again. I'm looking for a user pic to replace the anakin & 501st one i've got now. Are you able to get the picture of the bounty hunters from CN.com? If you are able, i'll get rid of the 501st one, and it can be marked for deletion, but if not i'll just keep it. thanks.--Kigon 20:36, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Kreia mini image
Hey, JMAS, can you upload this image of Kreia's mini? Thanks. Also, I'd appreciate it if you could upload this image of Darth Revan and this image of Squint and and this image of Darth Malak. Again, thank you.--Jedi Kasra (talk) 18:44, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:
Thank you for your involvement.  CC7567  (talk) 19:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Image request
Sorry to bother you with another requets, but I need images for a bunch of articles. There's no need to upload anything just a bunch of articles could benefit from more images: As you can see, they all cover pretty much the same topic, and all could benefit from more images. You must know out existing image database pretty well, so I'm asking if you could just re-use some of the existing ones for those articles. Basically, everything Force-related will do. Thanks in advance. P.S. Did you notice the Galactic Hunters response I left on my talk page? Mauser  Comlink 11:22, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The Force
 * Living Force
 * Light side of the Force
 * Unifying Force
 * Potentium
 * Way of the Dark
 * Working on the rest, but I've got to admit, I'm at a loss for what image would suit the Unifying Force article. Any thoughts or suggestions? -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 12:58, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Nist
Hey, JMAS. I've noticed that you have the audio dramatization of Dark Empire II listed in your collection. I'm currently working on Xecr Nist and trying to discover who portrayed him there. Myself, I only have MP3 files ripped from the actual CD, and while the narrator lists some voice actors at the end, the one who portrayed Nist is not among them. I suppose that his name may be written somewhere on the CD itself or something. Could you please check it? Thanks, QuiGonJinn  (Talk) 13:13, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm in the same boat as yourself. I have the MP3 files myself. :) Might try Xicer9. -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 13:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)