To try and get this much overlooked and informative thread updated and back on track - in highlighting further examples of modern Special Edition revisionism - that has been espoused by Lucasfilm for far, far too long…
“All wings report in! Watch Star Wars: A New Hope’s iconic Death Star trench run scene take shape from concept to final. Stream the movie now on #DisneyPlus.”
^ https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1199326946825515008 (with a 2-minute animated gif included in the link)
with a spot-on reply from doubleofive…
“That’s not… you can’t… just show the original concept art then jump ahead to effects made 20 years later.”
^ https://twitter.com/StarWarsVisComp/status/1199330190792499200
• Possible ‘proof’ that Greedo was always meant to shoot (2020; more Paul Duncan errors; see Modern SE Revisionism for more)
• A mini-index of dedicated OT•com threads on the subject of Han vs Greedo / Han Shoots First in Star Wars (2019 thread)
Category Number 37 of the George Lucas: Star Wars Creator, Unreliable Narrator & Time Travelling Revisionist… thread also has couple of examples, in the…
‘Buyer Beware: Lucasfilm authorised / released material indicating a certain era or time - may well contain Special Edition content inserted into it’ section of the ‘modern Special Edition revisionism’.
(as well as some other similar categories of interest too)…
Anyone know of any more examples of this continuing trend by Lucasfilm (or Disney)? Please list them up in here if so… 😃