Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
As some have pointed out, that's not exactly ironic, him being the artist, who is entitled to an artist's rights. He is against changing other opeople's films, but not your own. The very reason he is changing his own is so that the next generations can see the films the way he intended, no harm in that.
As some have pointed out, that's not exactly ironic, him being the artist, who is entitled to an artist's rights. He is against changing other opeople's films, but not your own. The very reason he is changing his own is so that the next generations can see the films the way he intended, no harm in that.
And you will find that most of us here have no problem with that. The problem is that the originals are not available and they should be. Just as all those B&W films should be released unaltered, SW should be too. And the reasons go deeper....
It's all a question of history and preservation. If Lucas doesn't release the OOT and makes good on his statement that the films no longer exist in their original form, then those versions are lost forever.
That means that historians in a century or two will look back on late 20th century pop culture and they will see that film was changed and heavily influenced by some science fiction movie called Star Wars. Naturally those historians will want to see this movie to look at its significance. The problem is....they won't see what was released in theaters in May 1977. Instead they will see some movie that was revised over and over again and was finished in the 2000s. No one can deny that the film Star Wars has been a major influence in the world of pop culture. Shouldn't it be preserved for history's sake? Shouldn't people in 500 years look back on it and see what the big deal was?
I hate what Lucas has done cuz it's revisionist history. It makes me wonder how much other history has been revised or rewritten over the years. Makes me not want to believe ANYTHING. I know it's just a movie, but it's the idea that bothers me. It should be preserved and I say to hell with Lucas' original vision and to hell with his changes and to hell with him. What he is doing is the result of pure arrogance brought on my Hollywood ass kissing and too much money and too much power.
He doesn't like the way the movie turned out, so he's just going to go back and change it. That's not much different than some tyrant who wants to wipe out and idea cuz he doesn't agree with that idea.