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Post #103857

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electrictroy
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I like the Special Editions ..... minus some scenes
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4-May-2005, 4:31 AM
I like the added footage of Harrison Ford stepping on Jabba's tail (which was supposed to be there from the start, but was not doable with 1977 technology). I like the crystal clarity of the new CGI ships (which look better than models with black matting squares around them). I like the new ending showing Emperor Palpatine's statue being toppled (which shows the galactic scale of this war).

Overall, the "fixed" version is better than the original (just as Dicken's "director's cut" of Tale of Two Cities is better than the original newspaper version).

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What I *don't* like:
- the new Jedi scene with "Zoot Snooty" or whatever singing that stupid song..... it detracts from the somber & serious mood
- the missing "Yub-Yub" song at the end

If Lucas would get off his "I'm a god" pedestal, listen to the fans, admit that those scenes were a mistake, and delete them from the Trilogy, I'd be perfectly happy with the SE.

troy