George Lucas: The Original Star Wars Movies Do Not Exist!

[Gatekeeper]

It's his franchise, it's his call. Whether or not his judgment leads to bigger profits — surely a driving force in any decision he makes — is another story, though. Must be doing something right, considering Star Wars is quite the behemoth.

Gatekeeper

[Ted Striker]

I actually watched Episode 2 for the first time recently and was very pleasantly surprised, it was actually pretty good.

Star Wars is at its best when there is lots of violence, evil, and doom and gloom.

Episode 1 was horrible, too G rated, sterile, and dorky.

[Kramerman]

ok, I WOULD BE FINE WITH THE SPECIAL EDITION ONLY ****, HOWEVER, IN THE SPECIAL EDITION RETURN OF THE JEDI, THEY REPLACED THE END EWOK SONG!!!!! THAT SONG IS SO ASSOCIATED WITH MY CHILDHOOD, ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY (I HAD A STUFFED EWOK WAS MY FAVORITE TEDDY). AND NOW ITS ESSENTIALLY STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD. BULL****

i must track down the origianl videos and hold onto them forever. and ill buy the specail edition DVDs, but i must have the originals too. Why couldnt he just release both on DVD together? let people choose their favorite, and he can still have his.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Take a chill pill. The original Ewok song sucked as hard as the new song. And your attachment to Ewoks is kinda scary for a (supposedly) heterosexual male .

And the reason he doesn't want people to 'choose their favorite' is because the New Special Edition (SE2, I guess) is the way Lucas wanted it to be done. It's his new director's cut and he'd rather have more whining than release something he thought incomplete.

Just be glad that you are even GETTING them on DVD .

I actually watched Episode 2 for the first time recently and was very pleasantly surprised, it was actually pretty good.

AOTC was pretty good; however it doesn't have all the nostalgia and rebels fighting the big evil dudes so people wrote it off.

[Ted Striker]

I liked the clones alot, they had that classic, "good guy noble cowboy cavalry coming to the rescue" thing about them. Plus it was good to see the Jedi fighting at the end. Then it also had that whole murder mystery feel to it, lots of intrigue.

Purple lightsabres PWN

Plus, the cheeze factor was kept to a very minimum

I'd have to say this was one of the better movies, including the original 3, because it had alot of things going on in it that none of the other movies had, and had probably the most complex plot line of all of them.

I did see influences of Gladiator, Braveheart, and Black Hawk Down in the movie, at least in terms of how some of the scenes were directed

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, I consider AOTC to be almost on par with ANH, which is a notch below ESB.

[Agathon]

No one from New Zealand can watch Attack of the Clones without cracking up.

Jango Fett is played by well known NZ actor Temuera Morrison who was not instructed to drop his Maori accent, with the result that all the Stormtroopers in the film talk like Maoris.

And the little boy who plays Boba Fett also has a Maori accent and looks and sounds like any number of kids I knew at school.

I was in NZ when it came out and my brother and I went to see it. When that kid said:

"Dare's someone ad da door Dat!"

the whole place erupted, and there were giggles for the rest of the film.

[Drake Tungsten]

Plus, the cheeze factor was kept to a very minimum

You must not have seen Yoda fight...

Jango Fett is played by well known NZ actor Temuera Morrison who was not instructed to drop his Maori accent, with the result that all the Stormtroopers in the film talk like Maoris.

Yeah, I kept expecting one of them to turn to Natalie Portman and yell "Cook me some ****ing eggs, *****!"...

[Space05us]

he should be killed before he further damages the Star Wars legacy.

Word.

[Natalinasmpf]

The original Ewok song sucked as hard as the new song. And your attachment to Ewoks is kinda scary

Actually, for a song that brings nostalgia, it doesn't matter if it sucks or not. The value in them is not whether they sound good, but for the nostalgia they create.

[chequita guevara]

Yaar, it be occurin' ta me, that that yellow bellied sea-rat, Lucas, is chantin' a tall tale. This be the man who wagged his tongue to others to make their story endin's more palatable to yer audience. Arrr, now he thinks he's an artist. Shiver me timbers!

[DaShi]

To the plank with 'em!

[Verto]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Yeah, I consider AOTC to be almost on par with ANH, which is a notch below ESB.

I have never felt such shame for you as I do now.

[Sava]

I look forward to having these on DVD.

I MIGHT even pay for them.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Plus, the cheeze factor was kept to a very minimum

You must not have seen Yoda fight...

Jango Fett is played by well known NZ actor Temuera Morrison who was not instructed to drop his Maori accent, with the result that all the Stormtroopers in the film talk like Maoris.

Yeah, I kept expecting one of them to turn to Natalie Portman and yell "Cook me some ****ing eggs, *****!"...

The Yoda fight was one of the best parts!!!!!!!