Star Wars mystery FINALLY solved

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EC Henry

EC Henry

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@striatic
@striatic 3 жыл бұрын
This font is going to be in every other Star Wars fan film from here to eternity, or at least it should be. It appears to instantly imbue that feeling of 70s futurism to anything it’s pasted on, in a way that isn’t at all overused or cliche.
@sauce1302
@sauce1302 3 жыл бұрын
What about aurebesh
@DalionHeartTTV
@DalionHeartTTV 3 жыл бұрын
Yet
@pvman2
@pvman2 3 жыл бұрын
I hope not. If the Star Wars humanoids are anything like us, then they would change and evolve their fonts for the same reasons we do: Technology improvements, better readability (ergonomically), efficiency, boredom, desire to be unique and recognizable as a brand (Empire vs. Alliance), etc. So as the stories move forward in time, I would hope their surrounding aesthetic would do the same.
@guyincognito5663
@guyincognito5663 3 жыл бұрын
@@pvman2 But the font is dope tho.
@solank7620
@solank7620 2 жыл бұрын
@@pvman2 We're still using the alphabet of the ancient Romans. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Also in the Star Wars universe technology hasn't really changed all that much for a long time, they've been at vaguely the same level for thousands of years.
@dsixtosan
@dsixtosan 3 жыл бұрын
Lucas film has a multi-million dollar budget for "Rogue One" to recreate the OG aesthetic of the targeting computer, yet this guy finds the original font on his own time and determination. Pay him.
@johndorian4078
@johndorian4078 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe cause Lucas films knew all along it was random gibberish, which if i watched this video correctly is what he said it could be.... so he still dont know
@sheilaolfieway1885
@sheilaolfieway1885 3 жыл бұрын
under current management i don't think Lucasfilm should hire him, fire Kennedy and then hire him.
@ShiroCh_ID
@ShiroCh_ID 3 жыл бұрын
isnt Lucas Film was Bought by Walt Disney?
@newtybot
@newtybot 3 жыл бұрын
Pay him?? Do you know what being a fan means?? You mean hire him
@bentonrp
@bentonrp 3 жыл бұрын
@@newtybot Disney Lucasfilm doesn't hire Star Wars fans, they hire people who are against Star Wars fans.
@OfficialRedTeamReview
@OfficialRedTeamReview 3 жыл бұрын
I love you man, nobody else watches these films and obsess over the little things like you do. Never change
@chibani-
@chibani- 3 жыл бұрын
I feel i'm not the only one obsessing myself with little details as i 3d model things for fun i spent a lot of time trying to search images with a good view of details.
@theexcaliburone5933
@theexcaliburone5933 3 жыл бұрын
@@marcomelbourne Ec Henry makes money doing what he loves… I hardly can call that a failure
@ken92190
@ken92190 3 жыл бұрын
he's the best !
@darklordvader66
@darklordvader66 3 жыл бұрын
Bombastic: am i a joke to you?
@wesss9353
@wesss9353 3 жыл бұрын
Not my star wars....
@BCosby423
@BCosby423 3 жыл бұрын
"Star wars font researcher." Sweet jesus we're hitting levels of niche that shouldn't be possible, and I love it! Seriously, good work finding this font and recreating it.
@Lambda3141
@Lambda3141 3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the sort of delightful deep dive on obscure production details that I love. Excellent work!
@michaelmoses8745
@michaelmoses8745 3 жыл бұрын
Same.
@operationstratos1013
@operationstratos1013 3 жыл бұрын
Should we consider EC Henry as a Star Wars Scholar? Or Star Wars Archaeologist? 🤔🤔🤔
@DoctorX17
@DoctorX17 3 жыл бұрын
@@operationstratos1013 yes
@mrbyzantine0528
@mrbyzantine0528 3 жыл бұрын
@@operationstratos1013 I'd say archeologist, considering Star Wars' setting.
@figo3554
@figo3554 3 жыл бұрын
It is
@sugarslice
@sugarslice 3 жыл бұрын
“VELOS” in aviation (and probably other areas as well) VLOS stands for “Visual Line Of Sight” maybe the “E” between the V and L means “Electronic”. I know when we verbally say “VLOS” it does phonetically sound like VELOS ( Vee-Loss).
@johnhenrymills4517
@johnhenrymills4517 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I’ve also heard that Βέλος (Velos In Greek) means arrow, so it could be a mode of fire, or a targeting system of some kind
@dimitrispapadimitriou9013
@dimitrispapadimitriou9013 3 жыл бұрын
@@johnhenrymills4517 I was ready to explain what means velos (βελος) ...but you come first ...cheers from Greece
@johnhenrymills4517
@johnhenrymills4517 3 жыл бұрын
@@dimitrispapadimitriou9013 👌🏼
@PCCphoenix
@PCCphoenix 3 жыл бұрын
I could tell just from watching it that if the silouette of an X- or Y- wing fighter was in the exact center of the screen and the blue crosshairs changed to white, that indicated a target lock. "I have you now!"
@XCmanCraig
@XCmanCraig 3 жыл бұрын
I think you nailed it. But to go a step further. Extended Visual Line of Sight operations ('EVLOS') and ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight' (BVLOS) (sometimes also called BLOS).
@coltnichols4502
@coltnichols4502 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a simple man, I see EC in my feed, I immediately click the video without even reading the title
@GeneralAceTheAwesome
@GeneralAceTheAwesome 3 жыл бұрын
@@mr.potato3936 I imagine EC Henry would have some interesting things to say about my worst nightmare
@coltnichols4502
@coltnichols4502 3 жыл бұрын
@@GeneralAceTheAwesome I'm sure if EC Henry did a video on my greatest nightmare I'd still watch, besides the giant telepathic spiders of Kessel are pretty interesting on their own
@coltnichols4502
@coltnichols4502 3 жыл бұрын
@@mr.potato3936 you know what? You right
@coltnichols4502
@coltnichols4502 3 жыл бұрын
@@mr.potato3936 ta-daaa
@dbzdanman
@dbzdanman 3 жыл бұрын
I find you enthusiasm impressive
@AlexFeature
@AlexFeature 2 жыл бұрын
There are nerds, then there are geeky nerds and then there are Star Wars fans. This was a truly epic quest and I'm very glad you guys found the original font.
@huntclanhunt9697
@huntclanhunt9697 9 ай бұрын
There are also Tolkien fans.
@ajclements4627
@ajclements4627 3 жыл бұрын
EC is the Indiana Jones of SW.
@exilestudios9546
@exilestudios9546 3 жыл бұрын
Nah that's Dr Aphra
@Will_Forge
@Will_Forge 3 жыл бұрын
Uh, Han Solo? Duh...
@leandersearle5094
@leandersearle5094 3 жыл бұрын
Except this isn't going to a museum, it's being made available to the public for free*.
@voitteq
@voitteq 3 жыл бұрын
of the SW fandom*
@EvilXero359
@EvilXero359 3 жыл бұрын
That belongs in a Holocron
@asphaltmemories4597
@asphaltmemories4597 3 жыл бұрын
This is quite possibly the most obscure and in-depth single background element from the series that you have delved into and I am eternally thankful to you for doing it. Also kudos for reviving such a cool dead font!
@ItsJustVirgil
@ItsJustVirgil 3 жыл бұрын
QATech sounds like a manufacturer's name, I'd guess the targeting module is the "Velos" type. Warning at the end is probably the computer noting an alert that the "QATech Velos" has detected, like maybe the sensor specifically reads the targets shields, and the warning was saying "the enemy ship has changed it's shield power" or something.
@BenDover-tk3jj
@BenDover-tk3jj 3 жыл бұрын
QATech is actually a real company, they deal with probes and another with a similar name makes water dispensers. Also Velo could mean Velocity or Velos meaning arrow in Greek
@ThePCguy17
@ThePCguy17 3 жыл бұрын
Or it could say, "Warning, if you shoot now you'll hit something." Bit unusual for a targeting computer, sure, but there's not a lot else it could be when this is the, "you're locked onto your target and will hit them if you fire now" text.
@TheRealNormanBates
@TheRealNormanBates 3 жыл бұрын
@@ThePCguy17 it could be a proximity alert... as in: look out for exploding debris that can _blow you up._
@ThePCguy17
@ThePCguy17 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealNormanBates But it pre-empts the existence of said exploding debris though...
@TheRealNormanBates
@TheRealNormanBates 3 жыл бұрын
@@ThePCguy17 the targeting computer probably understands that if you destroy anything *at close range,* flaming debris moving at fast velocities _are going to be_ created, and possibly hit your unshielded ship. Thus, a warning.
@Klegratteur
@Klegratteur 3 жыл бұрын
Guy finds a text in SW that he can't decipher. He contacts and do research to find out what it means by finding the correct font. He gives the font to download to everyone. All of this in a clear and profound video under 7 minutes without a clickbaited title. You're the hero of our times.
@scoman91
@scoman91 3 жыл бұрын
This is Tolkien Legendarium levels of in-depth research and knowledge recovery.
@diabeticmonkey
@diabeticmonkey 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that you guys dig up that font and brought it back has me overjoyed. That’s amazing
@Verbose_Mode
@Verbose_Mode 3 жыл бұрын
Tiny thing I found: I think the Chariot font was used on the TIE pilot helmets!
@HappyLeviathan2
@HappyLeviathan2 3 жыл бұрын
We've been investigating that. It's possible, but I don't think it's a *perfect* match
@roberine7241
@roberine7241 3 жыл бұрын
@@HappyLeviathan2 maybe a slightly changed version of chariot
@marsguyphil
@marsguyphil 3 жыл бұрын
I remember 'dry transfers' also being available as toys. You could get a sheet with, say, comic characters and rub them with a pencil to transfer them to a piece of paper to make your own scenes and stuff like that.
@lorcan0c
@lorcan0c 3 жыл бұрын
1:28 "Even the Lucasfilm archives didn't have references that were clean enough to reconstruct these screens accurately." Impossible, perhaps the archives are incomplete?
@figo3554
@figo3554 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@megabyte1778
@megabyte1778 3 жыл бұрын
If an item does not appear in their records, it does not exist.
@MrSprattibaggs
@MrSprattibaggs 3 жыл бұрын
Lost a reference, Lucasfilm has. How embarrassing. How…embarrassing…
@ofthenight432
@ofthenight432 3 жыл бұрын
"...How can this be... A thought?" "Master, because someone erased it from the archive memory."
@brodriguez11000
@brodriguez11000 3 жыл бұрын
Or poor quality because...who ever thinks their work is going to be a part of history?
@LudosErgoSum
@LudosErgoSum 3 жыл бұрын
This episode blew my mind! Such wonderful piece of detective work and art restoration not to mention your enthusiasm. It's beyond me that such a distinct font has been lost in time. Thank you for sharing this with the community and fans.
@lenaoxton3999
@lenaoxton3999 3 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of stuff that makes me confident that your friend circle, yourself included, is easily the most deserving, perhaps not "qualified" in the Hollywood Insidership sense, but certainly deserving to be given Lucasfilm Collaborator status. I'm so confident in that claim, that I'm willing to bet any amount of money that Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, or George Lucas himself has seen your content and marveled at its dedication.
@Vinci480
@Vinci480 3 жыл бұрын
Not Qualified in Hollywood? Those fucking guys found and remade a found that even the guys behind Rogue one with huge amounts of money couldn't get These 2 Dudes ARE FUCKING BigBrain
@arcanum3882
@arcanum3882 3 жыл бұрын
Amen
@fawful94
@fawful94 3 жыл бұрын
@@Vinci480 *font
@stevenrevan3028
@stevenrevan3028 3 жыл бұрын
@@Vinci480 what was it??
@yogibro6442
@yogibro6442 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevenrevan3028 Chariot
@riproar11
@riproar11 2 жыл бұрын
I have created those kinds of circular graphics in Abode Illustrator and it can take hours just to complete one of them. Appreciate this man's work.
@SchneeflockeMonsoon
@SchneeflockeMonsoon 3 жыл бұрын
EC’s just gonna make a new Star Wars trilogy all on his own at this point, and somehow more faithful than the original movies to themselves.
@Superabound2
@Superabound2 3 жыл бұрын
"EC Henry, Author of the Star Wars" by Jorge Luis Borges
@roberine7241
@roberine7241 3 жыл бұрын
nah disney would sue him
@gonkdroid8279
@gonkdroid8279 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for archiving these fonts in a digital format for free. The fan community really appreciates you!
@Exospray
@Exospray 3 жыл бұрын
interesting velos apparently means arrow so it might be a very broken english version of "technical shot warning" from the targeting computer to say it believes you can hit the target.
@olgak.1139
@olgak.1139 3 жыл бұрын
Yep. Velos (βέλος) means arrow in Greek.
@swan3swan
@swan3swan 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe the laser cannons are set to "Velos"? Short, precise, powerful?
@Daniel-Strain
@Daniel-Strain 3 жыл бұрын
@@swan3swan I like that!
@PaiSAMSEN
@PaiSAMSEN 3 жыл бұрын
So basically Star Wars version of "Launch Authorized" notification on modern jet's HUD? I like that explanation.
@bilbo_gamers6417
@bilbo_gamers6417 3 жыл бұрын
@@swan3swan Everything in Star Wars is made in China. That means the blasters and turbolasers have a million preset options that you will never even know the purpose of.
@GalaxyTranslated
@GalaxyTranslated 3 жыл бұрын
Ender is my brother, and I couldn't be more proud of him and thanks for featuring him in your project!
@trebacca9
@trebacca9 3 жыл бұрын
I love how there's more research into Star Wars texts than some archaeological language samples
@goodputin4324
@goodputin4324 3 жыл бұрын
Star Wars is ancient. It happened a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away
@rebornorthodox77
@rebornorthodox77 3 жыл бұрын
@@goodputin4324 This has all happened before, and it will all happen again
@Mark3nd
@Mark3nd 3 жыл бұрын
But in a future we barely exist
@machiaman
@machiaman 3 жыл бұрын
Man, you REALLY ought to be a paid employee for the franchise. Your stuff is so incredible - you bring every possible detail in this universe to life.
@rrrhh6168
@rrrhh6168 3 жыл бұрын
Soon EC Henry will know Star Wars better than George Lucas himself
@councilofpoorlylitbaldpeople
@councilofpoorlylitbaldpeople 3 жыл бұрын
thats not that difficult, considering how he fucked over it with the films we do not speak of.
@RinglornLoreGuy
@RinglornLoreGuy 3 жыл бұрын
@@councilofpoorlylitbaldpeople wowwww hello prequel hater smh
@WozWozEre
@WozWozEre 3 жыл бұрын
The vast majority of Star Wars content that now exists was not created by Lucas, he's far from the top of the list when it comes to overall Star Wars knowledge.
@cobeoe
@cobeoe 3 жыл бұрын
Sell it to him then & get things back in order
@calebmurphy9406
@calebmurphy9406 3 жыл бұрын
Most fans already do, am I right? Ha ha! Got 'em!
@marzabarza4910
@marzabarza4910 2 жыл бұрын
You’ve done something very cool here. Absolutely love the font.
@alexcamacho1842
@alexcamacho1842 3 жыл бұрын
EC, I love all the videos you produce, especially the recreated starships. Would it be possible to make a wiki or a document cataloging all of your background stories for them? Some of the videos on KZbin don't have the auto captions available and it makes it difficult to process what is being said without them sometimes.
@jocax188723
@jocax188723 3 жыл бұрын
Today: EC Henry makes genuinely quite significant cinematic history…again
@TheRyujinLP
@TheRyujinLP 3 жыл бұрын
For EC Henry it was just another Wednesday.
@Galacticbreaker
@Galacticbreaker 3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, that font restoration is amazing. Gonna have to check that out once Tropical Storm Elsa passes.
@Halak014
@Halak014 3 жыл бұрын
This, this is cool. Modern day archaeology. So interesting.
@TomMcD71
@TomMcD71 3 жыл бұрын
WOW EC Henry is a master of the original trilogy like a BOSS.
@kittikat4124
@kittikat4124 2 жыл бұрын
Now this is the kind of dedication I love seeing in the fandom! Absolutely incredible that yall managed to find something so obscure
@AudioAndroid
@AudioAndroid 3 жыл бұрын
I always thought the ones on the falcons guns said "Don't Kill Cocky" now I don't know who Cocky is but Han Solo definitely tells Luke not to get him, maybe he's Han Solo's friend from Empire Boot Camp and Cocky sent Han a message on the Gun Target system letting him know "Hey man, it's your friend Cocky, hey I'm gonna tell them you got away so don't kill me! Ok!" Luke: I GOT EM! Han: Great Kid, Don't get COCKY!
@echobase6372
@echobase6372 3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@alastairward2774
@alastairward2774 3 жыл бұрын
Cocky was an imperial pilot who let Solo get away when smuggling spice in exchange for credits. Can't blast your inside man.
@AudioAndroid
@AudioAndroid 3 жыл бұрын
@@alastairward2774 @Alastair Ward I'm just hoping we get a Kenner Cocky Action Figure in time for Christmas 🎄🎄🎄⛄🎄🎄
@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid
@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid 3 жыл бұрын
Letraset. That’s what the “Dry-Transfers” are called using the Brand-Name
@blah007001
@blah007001 3 жыл бұрын
VELOS = Velocity Stable... At least, that's the only backronym I can come up with that makes any sense from a weapons targeting standpoint.
@Urammar
@Urammar 3 жыл бұрын
Are we sure it's not 05? Velocity match set throttle to 50%, or relative velocity is only 5 whatever units tie fighters use faster, seems like a good quick readout to have. VEL05
@tba113
@tba113 3 жыл бұрын
'Vehicular Engagement Line-Of-Sight' - a targeting mode where the computer tracks fast-moving targets and needs to be ready to calculate leads for the pilot's lasers, as opposed to optimizing for ground-attack profiles with other munitions, maybe. ...Not that we see regular TIE fighters carry anything other than their pair of built-in lasers until the Squadrons game came out, but it wouldn't surprise me if Sienar just standardized the targeting computer across all its TIE variants.
@Weretyu7777
@Weretyu7777 3 жыл бұрын
This kind of dedication is nuts, and I'm glad that there are people doing this kind of thing. It's always interesting learning these kind of small details about films, because it gives a glimpse into the moviemaking process. Keep it up, EC and Ender!
@RynardMooreVstar1
@RynardMooreVstar1 3 жыл бұрын
Dry transfer lettering - now that’s a terminology I’ve not heard in a long time - a long time…
@Jpsalm91
@Jpsalm91 3 жыл бұрын
In a galaxy far far away
@hunterkiller1440
@hunterkiller1440 3 жыл бұрын
Star Wars should be a university undergrad section.
@stevenwilson5556
@stevenwilson5556 3 жыл бұрын
Only the original 3 films.
@Hmongboi228
@Hmongboi228 3 жыл бұрын
For profit universites... 💡💡🤔🤑
@AKUJIVALDO
@AKUJIVALDO 3 жыл бұрын
It need that as much as Gender Studies AKA not at all.
@DoctorDave5
@DoctorDave5 3 жыл бұрын
I did work experience in an ad agency in the 80’s and we used Letraset dry transfers all the time. Great video 👍
@dougchee
@dougchee 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome font, awesome shirts - didn't know i could be so fascinated by blurry text before but here i am back at another EC Henry video
@thechairman74
@thechairman74 3 жыл бұрын
I still get annoyed that they created Aurabesh, but never bothered to create a different numbering system.
@thebrickbountyhunter9046
@thebrickbountyhunter9046 3 жыл бұрын
They sorta did, numbers have aurabesh characters, but they are pronounced the same as in English.
@Corbomite_Meatballs
@Corbomite_Meatballs 3 жыл бұрын
It was a long long time ago, in a numbering system far, far away.
@thechairman74
@thechairman74 3 жыл бұрын
@@thebrickbountyhunter9046 Which is hella lame. I hate to admit it, but Star Wars has one of the most poorly built worlds among the big franchises. Mainly it's due to George creating the base but then letting a bunch of others add to it which creates little consistency. Like why bother creating a different alphabet if the words are still the same?
@imperialpatriot6693
@imperialpatriot6693 3 жыл бұрын
Star Wars still has the Latin alphabet but it's called High Galactic instead. So it makes kinda sense that numbering is the same since the numbers we use are Arabic and thus a different culture where our alphabet comes from.
@EscapeMCP
@EscapeMCP 3 жыл бұрын
@@thechairman74 Yes, it's a bit Basic ;)
@bilbo_gamers6417
@bilbo_gamers6417 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, you have my subscription. I have enormous respect for you digitizing the chariot font. This is incredible work.
@ghost_ship_supreme
@ghost_ship_supreme 3 жыл бұрын
Incredible! I didn’t even know this was a problem. I love when classic things like this are discovered and arise again
@rushthezeppelin
@rushthezeppelin 3 жыл бұрын
This is quite possibly the most pedantic thing I've ever seen in my life.....love it.
@MercerCreate
@MercerCreate 3 жыл бұрын
2:20 reminds me of Presto Magix.. where kids can create scenes the same way
@pkmovies92
@pkmovies92 3 жыл бұрын
I can hear the genuine excitement in your voice, great job and congrats!
@Gomjibar
@Gomjibar 3 жыл бұрын
I do hope you are documenting all the work you do and your findings (beyond these videos of course). This is a great look at both the history of film production but also how future viewers can examine older works to understand how they were created.
@tHeWasTeDYouTh
@tHeWasTeDYouTh 3 жыл бұрын
Star Wars is amazing because of fans like EC Henry.... Wish some of the people working at Lucasfilm and Disney had the same love and attention to this amazing franchise.
@TenToAceStudios
@TenToAceStudios 3 жыл бұрын
cant wait to see EC Henry in the credits of the next star wars property with a tie fighter targeting screen in it
@christopherwebb3517
@christopherwebb3517 3 жыл бұрын
The Star Wars Universe: - Perfected interstellar space travel. - Has vehicles and weapons that defy all known laws of physics. - Has communication and cooperation with countless forms of life. - Computer graphics? Meh. 8 bits is plenty.
@perreterecon
@perreterecon 3 жыл бұрын
My mother still has a full Letraset cabinet and the transfer stick, im sure she used it in the 90s too.
@wallacelang1374
@wallacelang1374 3 жыл бұрын
I used to go to art supply and office supply stores in the 1970s and the 1980s. I would frequently use dry transfer lettering at the time. So thank you for bringing back some memories of the times.
@dark_ops1651
@dark_ops1651 3 жыл бұрын
Could “velos” mean velocity? I get that velocity has a “c” instead of an “s” but if someone wrote “veloc”, it would be hard to understand so they changed it to “velos”?
@Daniel-Strain
@Daniel-Strain 3 жыл бұрын
That's the first thing I thought
@CaptainM792
@CaptainM792 3 жыл бұрын
What about “QATech” ?
@PaiSAMSEN
@PaiSAMSEN 3 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainM792 possibly scanning/target acquisition mode?
@dark_ops1651
@dark_ops1651 3 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainM792 or it’s the name of the company that creates the scanning technology?
@Will_Forge
@Will_Forge 3 жыл бұрын
Velo for velocity. S for S foil, as in the "Strike Foils" that are the wings of an x-wing. "QATech" meaning Quad Acceleration Technology (on the back of the targetted XWing). What was the last part? EDIT: The last part was just "Warning" which could mean it's warning that you may lose targeting lock at any time due to the maneuverability of the x-wing, meaning you may be firing into allies if it moves away, or something.
@williamjacobs
@williamjacobs 3 жыл бұрын
That was the most compelling KZbin merch pitch I have ever seen. Superb conversation piece, pertinent content to the video, passionate entreaty to share his joy. I may never again see its like.
@Youlie2142
@Youlie2142 3 жыл бұрын
Have I mentioned you’re incredible? Because you’re incredible.
@william_brobrine8975
@william_brobrine8975 3 жыл бұрын
These videos and things you all make are always these fascinating
@Joshinken
@Joshinken 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, good ol’ sienar as fuck, im gonna use that font on my dissertation
@KCJazzKeys
@KCJazzKeys 3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the kind of stuff I expected to find on KZbin at 4:30 in the morning.
@lesterfalcon1350
@lesterfalcon1350 3 жыл бұрын
One of the issues with Letraset is that after you have used the letters you need, you are left with sheets of random letters that are left over. So the designers may also just be using up spares. We used to label cassette tapes in the 80's and we had boxes of left over letters, numbers symbols and shapes. Some time a letter wouldn't transfer and you would look for a matching line of curve in a surplus unused letter to go over and fill in any partial transfers. Letraset was awesome
@immersivegamer7640
@immersivegamer7640 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome find. As a kid I used to play around with my dad's LETRASET sheets - way before computer design became as popular and spread as now. Great oldschool technology - nostalgia is strong with this one. Oh and the merch looks great - great use of fonts and wish you many well deserved sales.
@RyanByrne999
@RyanByrne999 3 жыл бұрын
The lengths that my fellow Star Wars geeks will go never ceases to amaze me!
@NiquidFox
@NiquidFox 3 жыл бұрын
4:48 Its also no coincidence that in the starwars universe "Aurek" is a part of the Aurebesh alphabet (spelled the same as AurekFonts)
@devinfaux6987
@devinfaux6987 3 жыл бұрын
Dude, that's Seinar AF!
@HappyLeviathan2
@HappyLeviathan2 3 жыл бұрын
😉
@swan3swan
@swan3swan 3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe how far donw I had to scroll for this.
@jeffreycarman2185
@jeffreycarman2185 3 жыл бұрын
Your painstaking and careful attention to detail is amazing and exciting. Thank you so much for this video and for all of your hard work and dedication.
@Chalor.
@Chalor. 3 жыл бұрын
I just thought all of that was done by the art department on a PC. But all fluid curves of the symbols should've been a giveaway that they weren't created on no 1970's computer lol.
@davidh8367
@davidh8367 3 жыл бұрын
You’d think that critical information would be rendered on displays for maximum readability. Then again, you’d also think that at some point, someone would figure out that placing easily-rewired access panels at every secure entry point was a bad idea too 🤷🏻‍♂️
@MandoMike
@MandoMike 3 жыл бұрын
Very Cool! What about the computer in Luke's X-Wing when he's on his way to Dagobah, and Luke is talking to R2?
@alcarbo8613
@alcarbo8613 3 жыл бұрын
That’s just Arubesh, which is also what I’m pretty sure your supposed to think the X-Wing text in ANH is (hence the blur)
@jonseyjones321
@jonseyjones321 3 жыл бұрын
This is why I love the Star Wars community! This is genuinely amazing - so cool!
@olternaut
@olternaut 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, when a KZbinr is more caring for the details than the people working on the latest star wars movies, it's no wonder those recent movies sucked.
@scottbraun2457
@scottbraun2457 3 жыл бұрын
It is good to know that people like you, doing this sort of thing, are out there. We, the rest of Fandom, thank you.
@sespider
@sespider 3 жыл бұрын
Very cool to see this font restored. Being a parody artist, I have one concern. What is the copyright on the font? Surely, the original creators of the font still hold it's copyright.
@cosmicwartoad2587
@cosmicwartoad2587 Жыл бұрын
Just downloaded some of the fonts. thanks for the link
@usedtissuepaper42
@usedtissuepaper42 3 жыл бұрын
another detail i noticed: when darth vader lines up his TIE with luke's x-wing, he says "i have you now" and shoots. but thats the thing: he shoots while his fighter is lined up and luke doesnt die or react to it. this one has bugged me for years
@elrevan983
@elrevan983 3 жыл бұрын
Luke’s shields were still strong at that point. With Biggs and Wedge having taking the hits, Luke’s fighter still had enough energy to protect its engines. Not a lot, seeing how R2 was heavily damaged, but it could still hold for a few more seconds. Without the last minute intervention of Han, Luke would’ve immediately get blown up
@jaggidfire
@jaggidfire 3 жыл бұрын
Chariot font really had a cool look to it. Glad you guys are bringing it to the modern day.
@bikebudha01
@bikebudha01 3 жыл бұрын
The is the worst case of "I'm single" I've ever seen...
@noahfortner2
@noahfortner2 3 жыл бұрын
This is why I love this channel.
@clonewarsproductions6454
@clonewarsproductions6454 3 жыл бұрын
It”s Aurebesh, the galactic standard
@bennyfactor
@bennyfactor 3 жыл бұрын
Letraset was so cool. I remember my mother having sheets and sheets of these things at her job when I was a little kid. There are all sorts of typefaces from the 70s and earlier than never made it to digital fonts. It's cool to see that someone has done the work as a part of sci-fi fandom no less.
@hellfish2309
@hellfish2309 3 жыл бұрын
The text reads “you suck at boost-gasping, noob - you’re also nearly out of weapon power because you’re charging your engines” ... rough translation #squadrons 😉
@MarkArandjus
@MarkArandjus 3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful little thing for the art history of film production design, this video!
@ALCvideoprofile
@ALCvideoprofile 2 жыл бұрын
I am for sure downloading that font. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am very glad someone is finding and restoring these things. I hope Disney takes note and uses some of this stuff as they move forward with that franchise. Every bit of accuracy to the original is welcomed.
@TheRealNormanBates
@TheRealNormanBates 3 жыл бұрын
0:01 I believe it was Dan O’Bannon who created the FX for the targeting computers (on this, the X-Wings and the Falcon vertical cannons)
@NJTDover
@NJTDover 3 жыл бұрын
I'm 60 and saw Star Wars with my girlfriend then (now my wife) and the Tie Fighter targetting system always fascinated me. It's cool as my grandson would say now. Kudos, cowboy 🤠!
@marcelsirer
@marcelsirer 3 жыл бұрын
Its amazing how you could rescue that detail.
@prodicalking
@prodicalking 3 жыл бұрын
smiled from ear to ear when seeing the font is linked. that's awesome.
@3Rayfire
@3Rayfire 3 жыл бұрын
You linking the files for those fonts makes my day!
@kingssman2
@kingssman2 3 жыл бұрын
Wow this is some excellent sleuthing! Never paid attention to this little detail but absolutely fascinated at the old era's typography and the resources available at the time. It's that little bit of film making that went un-noticed, yet now today it's like uncovering treasure.
@NoirChat138
@NoirChat138 3 жыл бұрын
4:24 it reminds me of a ww2 holographic collimator and it probably gives you the distance or a "lock on" or even it is identifying the target
@phxJohn2010
@phxJohn2010 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent super-sluething! Always excited to see what new tidbits you uncover.
@Vidiocity92
@Vidiocity92 3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe you found the font, it's amazing how dedicated fans are to the smallest detail cause it's so interesting. Awesome!
@millerlight2592
@millerlight2592 3 жыл бұрын
The attention to the most insanely small insignificant details (like this) at this point is hilarious, and awesome. I’m always so down for these videos when they come out, whatever they are
@awballard
@awballard 3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. So pleased I came down this KZbin wormhole!
@Falcon1962
@Falcon1962 3 жыл бұрын
i appreciate how you outdid the 'professionals' in hollywood on this. great research skills
@matthewhood7844
@matthewhood7844 3 жыл бұрын
This turned out to be different than I expected. As a font fanatic I was well impressed. Nice job!
@sim.frischh9781
@sim.frischh9781 3 жыл бұрын
You shine light on details most people don´t even THINK about. Awesome vid, Henry!
@Greywander87
@Greywander87 3 жыл бұрын
This video just popped up in my recommended, and I'm glad it did. It's pretty cool that you guys were able to figure this out and recreate the font for others to use. I could see using this font for something like magic runes (which isn't too far off from how it was used in Star Wars, honestly); it has a very distinctive style that would offer a lot of contrast with other fonts that could also be used in a similar way. That way, you could have multiple types of runes, each with their own distinctive style. It's stylized enough that at a glance it would appear as random symbols, but you could hide Easter eggs in the text for those who look closely and notice that they're actually just heavily stylized Latin letters.
@donaldlinskie6752
@donaldlinskie6752 3 жыл бұрын
I saw a new hope in theater 8-9 times in my preteens, I am amazed and amused at the lengths you have gone!
@aramisdagaz9
@aramisdagaz9 3 жыл бұрын
This goes beyond nerdity and into modern archaeology, and for that I salute you, sir.
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