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

[monkspider]

I own the OT DVDs too, and with quality even better than Laserdisc versions, Georgie is going to have a tough time tempting me to get his set. Ha!

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Verto


You make me sick.

At least, for consolation, we get to see Leia in her slave outfit...IN DVD QUALITY!

I can hear you now...

"DAMMIT, THE ZOOM DOESN'T WORK!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

[Verto]

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by monkspider
I own the OT DVDs too, and with quality even better than Laserdisc versions, Georgie is going to have a tough time tempting me to get his set. Ha!

He said Laserdisc

[optimus2861]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Apparently George said he wanted Greedo to shoot first, but during the editing process, he couldn't get a good angle to have Greedo shoot first (and miss Han). With the SE's, he could make Han move away from the blast without reshooting.

I call bull**** (on George, not you ), and so does Gary Kurtz, who damn well ought to know.

Link

IGNFF: You're the person to ask about this – when you're talking about these kind of special editions and changes and are they due to an original vision or changing sensibilities – I have to ask you about your thoughts regarding the infamous redo of the scene with Greedo in the cantina.... the whole shooting first thing.

KURTZ: Yeah, I really was livid about that one. I think it was a total – it ruins the scene, basically. The scene was never intended that way. Han Solo realized that Greedo was out to get him and he had to blast him first or he would lose his life. It shows you how much of a mercenary he is. That's what the point of the scene was. And so the way they've changed it around, it loses the whole impact of that whole aspect of it.

IGNFF: Do you think that's due to George's changing sensibilities as opposed to his argument that, "No, that was my original intention"?

KURTZ: Well, he can say that was his original intention, but we could have shot it that way very easily. There was no reason that it couldn't have been shot that way. It was shot and edited the way it was because that's the way the script was. That's what he wanted at the time.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Even the little kid (Boba Fett) was cool as hell.

Anakin in episode 1 was annoying.

I thought I was watching one of those G rated movies where all the animals talk.

his acting was horrible. What are you smoking?

[Dis]

Originally posted by Verto
The changes made are more extensive than I imagined. If this has been posted already, oh well.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/starwarschanges.html

Where is the UN during all of this? Why aren't sanctions being placed on Skywalker Ranch?

hmm, interesting.

but this lists changes from 1997 to 2004.

What about the changes from 1970/80's to 1997? I know those special editions had several changes.

and they changed the ghost to Hayden Christenson!!!! Now I'm definately not buying these movies. He's a horrible actor and doesn't deserve to be in any film.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It is literally for two seconds. All he does is smile.

[Dis]

screw that. I hate changes. Even if it is only for 2 seconds .

this is why Lucas is the devil.

edit: incorrect terminology

[Agathon]

The Hayden revelation has put me off ever buying these.

Not that I have a DVD player (they're cheap, I just can't be bothered buying one).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Ah, Diss... the man who will never change and thus will die a relic of an old time .

(Btw, they ROCK on DVD )