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Originally posted by: electrictroy
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Originally posted by: Darth Simonharrison ford stepping on Jabba's tail was never supposed to be in the movie from the start.
Nit-picky much? Okay, not "stepping", but Ford WAS talking to Jabba. The original plan was to use a Puppet of Jabba, but it didn't look right, so Lucas dropped the scene. NOT because he didn't like the scene, but because he was limited by technology.

I'm glad he used modern technology to finally do that Ford-Jabba scene, the way he originally wanted.

i could be wrong, but from my recollection of interviews ive seen from when the SE came out they hadnt designed jabba and/or the plans for him werent as he appeared in Jedi.

Have you watched the commentaries on the deleted scenes for the PT? Lucas himself states that he cut scenes from them that he liked. I never said he cut it from the film cause he didnt like it, obviously you have an insight into Lucas' thought process that I 'unfortunatly' dont have. So i cant comment why exactly the scene was dropped. If i were to speculate as to why it would be because it was redundant and not as good as the Han/Greedo scene. Why he changed his mind may be related to comments people have made as to his relationship with his ex-wife and her involvment with editing SW but again thats only speculation.

and no, i wasnt really being nit picking because you said you liked the footage of han stepping on jabba's tail. That singles out a 3 second clip of a scene. Read your statement again, it sounds like your saying the scene was cut because Lucas' couldnt make Han step on Jabba's tail (which is kinda funny now that i think about it)

Bossk is correct, their is nothing 'wrong' with the black boxes around the tie fighters. the film was not broken and did therefore not need fixing. Many of the changes are more jarring/out of place than the black lines around the tie fighers. Besides, thats part of the movies appeal, the fact of what it accomplished special effects wise back in the late 70's early 80's

Also, personally I dont care if this new version is how Lucas 'originally' intended the film to be. The fact is that even if he did remember every single little thing he wished he could have done and didnt he's changed alot in the time period between now and then (as everyone changes over time, your thoughts and outlooks on life are affected by experience, fact) so he could never recreate the film today the way he would have back then if he had access to today's technology.

also, as far as fixing a film goes. There are very few films that have no bloopers what so ever (if there are even any), and directors arent always 100% happy with the film as it gets released. Yes Directors cuts are made (original versions are usually still available) but how many movies have gone back and redone scenes after it was released to remove bloopers because the filme was 'broken' and it would be better without the bloopers. LOTR is the only other one i can think of, and that was minor compared to SW (the removal of the car that drives by in the distant background during one scene).
-Darth Simon