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Post #235355

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Ozkeeper
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The definitive list: changes you can and can't stand...
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15-Aug-2006, 11:14 AM
I don't care for any of the added stuff really. I like the Biggs bit, but the cut and the person walking across the screen during that bit bug me.

It was a flawed jem for me before. I watched it at release in the cinema and later on TV, and the matt lines, boxes and stuff were all part of its charm. That later they could do effects without those lines and boxes etc really was irrelevant. It was state of the art then. Perhaps I could understand some changes that meshed seamlessly with the previous work, but most of what was done sticks out and was done so half-arsed that its really hard to enjoy those bits, even if you want to. And when I'm sitting there watching it with my 3 yo daughter, I really want to just ignore those parts, like Han jerking around with Greedo and Jabba, but I can't. She really loves the start of ROTJ with the whole Jabba's palace / Rancor bit , all the way up to them leaving after the barge explodes, and it kinda peeves me that she will think something is wrong with a Sarlacc that doesn't have a beak. Ohh, and a side note: she loses all interest in the film when the ewoks show up, so I have no idea who they were aimed at.

Just a side quest..not meaning to derail anything, but

Was Biggs and Tank always mentioned by name by Luke when he was sitting at the table with this aunt and uncle ?

I really wish instead of all the other un-needed changes that were made that they had restored those scenes with Biggs at Ancorhead, with Koo. Biggs seemed to be the most important person to Luke outside of his family prior to meeting Ben, and those scenes with Biggs walking around in his cape talking about the rebellion are far more enjoyable than a dopey Jabba at Han's ship.