Question about the 1997 special edition of ESB

It means theatrical as in the 1997 Special Editions that were released in theaters, as opposed to the 2004 DVD version or the 2011 Blu Ray version. And yeah, they're just mistaken. It's a guy in a suit.

There's no digital wampa in any version of ESB

If the '97 wampa had been digital, it would have been '97 CGI Jabba level of bad.

Instead, it's merely 'meh'.  It doesn't need to be there, and it also looks nothing like the one from the original version, which creates an irritating visual discontinuity; but overall it's more of a nuisance than something that actually ruins the film.

Of greater concern is the fact that the sound editing done to accommodate the change was very sloppy, resulting in the sound effects going out of synch with the picture.  You can hear Luke cutting himself out of the ice before he is actually seen to do so, and his lightsaber is heard to deactivate even while it obviously remains lit onscreen.

Smithers said:

hairy_hen said:

If the '97 wampa had been digital, it would have been '97 CGI Jabba level of bad.

Instead, it's merely 'meh'.  It doesn't need to be there, and it also looks nothing like the one from the original version, which creates an irritating visual discontinuity; but overall it's more of a nuisance than something that actually ruins the film.

Of greater concern is the fact that the sound editing done to accommodate the change was very sloppy, resulting in the sound effects going out of synch with the picture.  You can hear Luke cutting himself out of the ice before he is actually seen to do so, and his lightsaber is heard to deactivate even while it obviously remains lit onscreen.

 I completely agree, I grew up with only the 2004 dvds and always had problems with the visual difference and audio errors. Is it possible that only the theatrical re-release of the SE had this and not the laserdisc/vhs versions?

Considering George Lucas made a point of mentioning the amount of money it would cost to restore the OT, and that being the reason for him not doing it, outside of the fact he says they no longer exist, ............ no.

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Smithers said:

 

Considering George Lucas made a point of mentioning the amount of money it would cost to restore the OT, and that being the reason for him not doing it, outside of the fact he says they no longer exist, ............ no.

:)

 I don't understand this reply... are you joking around or what? Money is no object when George Lucas wants something (CGI was pretty expensive stuff in the late 90's) and they DO exist because... Harmy put together a complete theatrical release of the original films and has way less than half the material that George Lucas had to make it. And... what does this have to do with the thread anyway? 

Jetrell was just being facetious.

George notoriously said back in 2011 that the unaltered versions would be too expensive to restore. We all knew that was total BS, of course. As you said, money was no object.

Fang Zei said:

Smithers said:

 

Considering George Lucas made a point of mentioning the amount of money it would cost to restore the OT, and that being the reason for him not doing it, outside of the fact he says they no longer exist, ............ no.

:)

 I don't understand this reply... are you joking around or what? Money is no object when George Lucas wants something (CGI was pretty expensive stuff in the late 90's) and they DO exist because... Harmy put together a complete theatrical release of the original films and has way less than half the material that George Lucas had to make it. And... what does this have to do with the thread anyway? 

Jetrell was just being facetious.

George notoriously said back in 2011 that the unaltered versions would be too expensive to restore. We all knew that was total BS, of course. As you said, money was no object.

Thanks for clarifying it Fang ..... as it did pertain to the question asked.  George just didn't want to do them, he didn't want them to exist anymore but he's got us as a reminder.

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Get this...

I Saw this in the Star Wars Visual Dictionary.... Is this for real like it was a 1997 Ditched special edition idea?

We Have the Probe Droid looking from a far using different vision modes to detect the shield generator. I can imagine the Probe droid Head spinning / turning and then being shown various image scans inter-cut with the probe droid prop...It seems like it is legit or at least part of Lucus R&D for the special edition? Or is it just made up?.

There is a music cue listed as "2M4 The Probe Scanner" which comes after Luke's Rescue .....

pittrek said:

There's no digital wampa in any version of ESB

 The wampa has a spot of digital fur in one scene

Smithers said:

swagmasta69 said:

pittrek said:

There's no digital wampa in any version of ESB

 The wampa has a spot of digital fur in one scene

 True, but the wampa was not completely replaced by a cgi monster

Indeed

Seriously? Which scene are we talking about?

pittrek said:
Seriously? Which scene are we talking about?

Oh, yes, I thought they did something with the full body costume, I completely forgot this change