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Post #178458

Author
greencapt
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Does GL ever explain why...
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Date created
7-Feb-2006, 8:25 AM
Back on topic, it seems like what I feared was true- that very little is anything was mentioned in the commentaries regarding he 'tweaks' and changes. I honestly would really like to hear from George Lucas the *filmmaker* WHY he (again honestly) felt certain scenes were needed. And not just things like the Hayden Force ghost- I mean things like the extra shot of Vader going to his shuttle, etc. Basically putting his mouth where our money is as it were.

For that matter I doubt *most* SE DVD releases can truly justify newly included scenes for any other reason than to get people to buy more DVDs. I acknowledge this is the fundamental nature of the film business but I'd personally rather buy a multi-DVD set that has extensive behind the scenes documentaries than an 'unrated' or 'director's cut' which has merely 20 seconds of footage inserted or a version put together by the studio despite the director having been happy with the theatrical version for several years.