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Post #135616

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Gaffer Tape
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Star Wars 3-D in 2007
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Date created
2-Sep-2005, 9:23 PM
If I ever get the chance, I probably will go see it. That way I will have an informed opinion. But I really don't like it solely on principle. Because he's always coming out with some sort of gimmick to rehash his old movies and pretend like he's actually doing something new and worthwhile. Even if it's things that people absolutely hates, it gets him attention. I mean, I hate the fact that the movies were changed again, but I own the DVDs. I preordered them before I knew they were being changed more. But it was a re-release, and it'll get people's attention, and they'll buy into it simply because it's Star Wars. So let's make a Special Edition. Let's make Jar-Jar Binks. Let's make Star Wars in 3-D. Don't you realize it's not going to stop until people stop caring? And when people stop caring, Star Wars will be completely ruined. And it's simply because Lucas is afraid to try anything new. He's afraid to branch out and take a risk. And he's in the best position to take a risk, being the head of a huge company. But he just has to keep sticking to Star Wars, rehashing and re-releasing the same things with minor modifications because it's the easy thing to do. And it brings in the cash, and it may be commercially popular right now, but it's killing Star Wars little by little. It's dividing the fanbase into those who will eat up everything Star Wars and those who think that the Special Editions, etc. are a bad idea. I for one think that the prequels, although they have their moments, did their part in killing a little piece of Star Wars. Because now the official Star Wars canon includes things like Anakin creating 3PO, Jar-Jar Binks existing, Leia having memories of her mother even though she was two seconds old when her mother died! Botched story elements like that just cheapen the overall feel of Star Wars, and that's what I'm afraid this 3-D version will do simply because it's another rehash that's running Star Wars into the ground.

Sorry to rant like that. Continue what you were doing.