Star Wars : Cue Marks

Explanation : Pics of cue marks from the Star Wars films. An aspect of the films lost in home video variations.

Purpose : To be used for discussion of reel lengths and other relevant discussions.

Online discussion of the Star Wars' Cue Marks and/or Reel Lengths:

• Theater Performance Preservations : http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Theater-Performance-Preservations/topic/12161/
• Reel lengths : http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Reel-lengths/topic/11666/
• wikipedia.org's Cue Mark : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_mark
• wikipedia.org's Motion Picture Reel : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel#Motion_picture_terminology

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Key (Background color)

• grey : cue mark pics.
• light yellow : extra cue mark.
• light green : home made cue mark.
• light blue : no cue marks. Pics provided as reference.

Source : Star Wars 1977 : mthr Theater Performance Recording

Motor Cue1-2	Reel Change 2-3	Reel Change 3-4	Reel Change 4-5	Reel Change 5-6
027,267 - 027,270 00:18:57 - 00:18:57	055,141 - 055,144 00:38:19 - 00:38:19	086,031 - 086,034 00:59:48 - 00:59:48	015,452 - 015,455 00:10:44 - 00:10:44	045,711 - 045,714 00:31:46 - 00:31:46 Extra 045,710
Changeover Cue1-2	Reel Change 2-3	Reel Change 3-4	Reel Change 4-5	Reel Change 5-6
027,438 - 027,440 00:19:04 - 00:00:00	055,313 - 055,316 00:38:27 - 00:38:27	086,204 - 086,207 00:59:55 - 00:59:55	015,605 - 015,608 00:10:50 - 00:10:50	000,000 - 000,00 00:00:00 - 00:00:00

Source : Star Wars 1982 : 2006 GOUT [George's Original Unaltered Trilogy] Reel Change Frames (Provided as reference)

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