djchameleon

I don't get why fans hated the modernization. If they were truly fans then they would know that Lucas waited on created the prequels because the technology wasn't there for it. He was even disturbed by the film technology that was used in the original trilogy that's why he released that special edition where he cleaned up certain aspects of it. If people were true fans they would have also noticed that the fighters in the prequels could easily lead to how the x-wings were designed later on. I think the designs were perfectly fine imo. So what they looked sleeker, they still had an older feel to them where you could see how the ships were modeled after them. The ships used in the Original Trilogy

boo boo

The problem is, a lot of fans (me included) prefer the older style of special effects, using real models for the spaceships, using real puppets and elaborate alien/droid costumes and using real sets and matte paintings. It looks a lot more authentic to me, and I usually don't like it when films rely too much on CGI, which the new trilogy did, granted it was some of the best CGI work you could ask for. They should have used less CGI just to make it look more consistant with the older films, IMO.

But yeah, I know that Lucas wasn't satisfied with the way his original films turned out, but the fans were for the most part, some still prefer the original cuts of the first 3 films over the revised ones because the new scenes they added seem out of place, there's no better example of this than that damn singing alien scene from the Return of the Jedi re-release.

And then there was that laughable butcher job of the Greedo scene, did you see the re-edit they did? Did you see how Han's neck just freakishly bends at an impossible angle to avoid Greedo's laser? Yeah, George really f*cked up there.

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djchameleon

Yeah I know i'm in the minority of fans that don't mind the special effects being CGI. I was just happy to have more Star Wars content in film form. In high school I started reading star wars books like crazy and went through it chronologically. I was still secretly hoping for an episode 7,8 and 9 based off of some of the books.

I agree with you on the new scenes though. The thing I liked about the revised cuts were the minor details. How he touched up the shadow underneath the landspeeder to make it seem more real.

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there will be more!

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djchameleon

he'd probably make us wait another 20 years then die in the middle of filming episode 8

boo boo

Still the new versions did get some things right, I did enjoy that Jabba scene they added to a New Hope as well as some of the other scenes.

I also liked that they edited the scene in Empire with the Emperor to make him look like he did in the other films, because he looked really sh*tty in the original version.

You know, yesterday I was reading this scientist guy talk about some of the scientific blunders of Star Wars. There's the obvious things like how there is no sound in outer space, how the brightness of a planet blocks out all the stars around it, how explosions wouldn't be as massive because of the lack of air. But I thought the most interesting thing he brought up was Tatooine, because it's in a binary star system everything should have had two distinct shadows.

Hmm... I wonder if this is gonna give Lucas incentive to do ANOTHER re-release.

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djchameleon

lol I wouldn't put it past him to re-release it again and call it the scientific edition for true Star Wars fans only.

boo boo

Hey George, if you're reading this.

Also remember to make Leia's boobs bigger. Oh and Jar Jar, gotta have more Jar Jar.

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But seriously I wouldn't mind if George changed a few things in the old films, like, I dunno, give Boba Fett a death scene that is manly and dramatic instead of totally lame and embarrassing, that would be cool.

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moserw

Luke Skywalker personally, but it seems everyone likes Han Solo and Darth Vader!

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Luke Skywalker is a great character, but I think the reason so many people prefer Han Solo is because they like their heroes to be a bit more flawed and less transparent.

Same reason a lot of people prefer Batman to Superman. People prefer heroes they can most indentify with and since so many people in this world are cynical assh*les, of course they're gonna prefer Han.

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