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[Proc]

I love episode 4 and 5 so goddamn much

 

[Tobor]

OT with original cuts or nothing. I won't spend another dime on the prequels.

 

[brandonh83]

I love episode 4 and 5 so goddamn much

I love Empire Strikes Back so much I fuck it

 

[Ondore]

Christmas special or this can go to hell.

 

[DrForester]

Christmas special or this can go to hell.

It doesn't exist to Lucas. Fun rumor is that's why it's still available via googlevideo. Because they'd have to acknowledge it to take it down

 

[Anth0ny]

I hope they fix the lightsaber problem that plagued the 2004 editions.

Original:

2004:

Damn.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Nice hotlinking images man.

 

[Rktk]

Well as you can see from the Death Star explosion at the end, it's not the original versions.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

Then mind boggles why this got changed.

Really? You really don't understand why the changed that?

 

[Anth0ny]

Really? You really don't understand why the changed that?

Person A: Anakin redeemed himself when he killed the Emperor (so Hayden shouldn't be there).

Person B: No he didn't.

 

[ClosingADoor]

I hope they fix the lightsaber problem that plagued the 2004 editions.

Original:

[IM]http://i43.tinypic.com/10e28sw.jpg[/IMG]

2004:

[IM]http://i44.tinypic.com/2d94sjb.jpg[/IMG]

Damn.

What, how does shit like that even happen? Isn't there a guy at the end who checks the movies and notices thing like these :S

 

[Zombie James]

Maybe. Remember, there has still never been a proper release of the original cuts on DVD. Lucas gave them a crappy non-anamorphic widescreen transfer then (which means the letterboxing was hardcoded in). He'll find a way to screw them up again if he does include them, out of pure spite.

4:3 1080p.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

What, how does shit like that even happen? Isn't there a guy at the end who checks the movies and notices thing like these :S

Yes, it shouldn't happen.

 

[jett]

Really? You really don't understand why the changed that?

Hayden has no place there. Fucking apologists.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Hayden has no place there. Fucking apologists.

So why not make Obi Wan into Ewan MacGregor. It is pointless and stupid. Hayden should NOT be the ghost.

And to all those saying no originals or no sale, I guess you wont be buying it. I might even make a ban bet that they are not on there. (I am not...yet). The odds of Lucas adding the original untouched versions is about as likely as him making a sequel to Howard the Duck.

 

[freethought]

I can't be the only person here who continuously played the sound test on Rebel Assault 2. Yub nub or bust!

 

[DonMigs85]

People can bitch and moan all they want, but at the end of the day Lucas created and still owns Star Wars, so he can do pretty much what he wants, however crazy it may seem.

 

[Solo]

And to all those saying no originals or no sale, I guess you wont be buying it.

The sad truth is that they will. Each and every one of them. Ive never seen a clearer example of battered wife syndrome than in Star Wars fans.

 

[FleckSplat]

I wonder if Jabba will be redone for a third time in Episode IV?

 

[Medalion]

I wonder if Jabba will be redone for a third time in Episode IV?

I liked the revamped Jabba they did in 2004 version, but it still could be improved upon.

 

[Minamu]

That black splotch of paint to the left on the Emperor's left eye (from our point of view) has always bothered me. WHAT IS IT? >_< :lol

Surely all of this is just a lame April Fools joke?

I hope they do some serious restoration for this release. The region 2 DVDs were "too good" making it very easy to spot that certain tie fighters were edited onto the space background. Looked like some ms paint job & I really don't remember that from when I was a kid? You could clearly see squared shaped outlines around the fighers when they flew past the screen. Looked awful.

What changes were made for the 2004 DVDs? Any more pictures of that?

 

[RdN]

Great!

 

[Kowak]

People can bitch and moan all they want, but at the end of the day Lucas created and still owns Star Wars, so he can do pretty much what he wants, however crazy it may seem.

this is how i feel.

I know you get the fans who think it belongs as much to them as it does him, but I just view my old vhs tapes if i want the proper star wars experience. the changes hear and there annoy me but the story hasnt changed(except our impression of han being a cold killer).

 

[BravoSuperStar]

I liked the revamped Jabba they did in 2004 version, but it still could be improved upon.

That entire scene should just be taken out, it's never looked right and doesn't really add much.

 

[Sabotage]

I hope they fix this...

wait, wut?

 

[Solo]

Force kick!

 

[Kowak]

I hope they fix this...

wait, wut?

it was a force kick, just like when vader mimicks choking people. well that is my excuse.

edit:dam beaten.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I hope they fix this...

wiff.jpeg


wait, wut?

Force kick!

EDITAMN. Beaten because I had just posted in another thread and had to wait.

 

[BravoSuperStar]

I hope they fix this...

wait, wut?

Yeah, what a lame death for such a cool character.

 

[Oozer3993]

I hope they fix this...

wait, wut?

I love Boba Fett shootin' through the background like one of the pulleys holding him up broke.

 

[Rabbit Lord]

Just need ANH and ESB 'cause the rest are terrible.

 

[aparisi2274]

Yay for Star Wars on Blu-Ray.

Booo for having to get a collection that comes with the crappy ass prequels...

 

[jett]

That entire scene should just be taken out, it's never looked right and doesn't really add much.

did any of the new scenes in the special editions add anything?

Nope.

 

[WillyFive]

What bothered me most about the scene was Boba Fett flying like an idiot.

Jango Fett >>>> Boba Fett.

 

[evil ways]

Yeah, what a lame death for such a cool character.

I don't think he actually died, unless of course Luke killed him or he got skewered off screen by that Jabba guard.

 

[Dead]

The CG dance number from ROTJ is far more egregious than even Greedo shooting first.

I can blink and not pay attention and pretend that Han shot first.

That fucking Dance number in ROTJ just goes on and on and on and on...and on and on and one

 

[BravoSuperStar]

did any of the new scenes in the special editions add anything?

Nope.

Dude, the banthas and the dewbacks in the background when they are searching the escape pod seriously add tension and real drama to the scene. So much more intense.

 

[DMczaf]

I hope they fix this...

wait, wut?

Reminds me of

 

[Kowak]

I don't think he actually died, unless of course Luke killed him or he got skewered off screen by that Jabba guard.

he fell into the sarlacc, i am guessing that was lucas killing him off but expanded universe made it that he managed to escape.

 

[Yasae]

The CG dance number from ROTJ is far more egregious than even Greedo shooting first.

I can blink and not pay attention and pretend that Han shot first.

That fucking Dance number in ROTJ just goes on and on and on and on...and on and on and one

Yeah, for a whole minute and a half.

 

[evil ways]

he fell into the sarlacc, i am guessing that was lucas killing him off but expanded universe made it that he managed to escape.

So in the EU, Random Black Helmet Jabba Guard lives on. Nice.

 

[freethought]

did any of the new scenes in the special editions add anything?

Nope.

I'd take slight issue with that. The scene with Biggs and Luke in the hangar did help flesh out a character whose death lacked any real emotional impact in the original cut. Of course that was old footage, shot before George Lucas lost his mind.

 

[BravoSuperStar]

So in the EU, Random Black Helmet Jabba Guard lives on. Nice.

Hahah i meant Boba Fett, and I think the person who replied also meant him. In the EU I think he blasts his way out of the Sarlacc or something....

 

[jett]

Reminds me of

You're to blame for ruining that scene for me. YOU.

 

[Dead]

The John Connor stunt double looks like Jim Breuer

 

[mattiewheels]

One thing that gets me about Lucas is that he's trying to 'clean up' the original trilogy and all that, but stuff that I was expecting to get fixed, like the stormtrooper hitting his head on the doorway, didn't?! I guess that's a sacred moment he felt the fans would miss or something, but let's make greedo shoot first too.

 

[DMczaf]

You're to blame for ruining that scene for me. YOU.

 

[Acheteedo]

I feel like not including the original cuts would seriously impact the sales... but maybe I'm just being too hopeful.

That said, who's going to a) have a blu-ray player and b) want star wars? Answer: informed nerds for the most part. So they'd be insane not to include it.

 

[jett]

One thing that gets me about Lucas is that he's trying to 'clean up' the original trilogy and all that, but stuff that I was expecting to get fixed, like the stormtrooper hitting his head on the doorway and stuff, didn't?! I guess that's a sacred moment he felt the fans would miss or something, but let's make greedo shoot first too.

Random tardbucket hitting his head on the doorway = sacred

Digitally inserting Hayden Christensen at the end of ROTJ = a-okay

Lucas-logic at work!

I also don't understand how Lucas approved most of the CG that was in the theatrical release of A New Hope:SE. It looked like GARBAGE.

:lol I cannot unsee that now everytime I watch TDK.

 

[Kowak]

One thing that gets me about Lucas is that he's trying to 'clean up' the original trilogy and all that, but stuff that I was expecting to get fixed, like the stormtrooper hitting his head on the doorway and stuff, didn't?! I guess that's a sacred moment he felt the fans would miss or something, but let's make greedo shoot first too.

the helmet was just an error in filming, i can understand changing the shooting order because that was an error that effected lucas vision of the characters.