Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I just don't see what's so cool about it. As far as I can see, it has no positive impact on the movie. It's redundant. It ruins the reveal of Jabba. It ruins the reveal of the Falcon! It has Boba Fett mugging the camera for no reason. The pace of the movie comes to an abrupt screeching halt. It's even evident in the music, which just stops, reuses a cue from ROTJ, and then continues from where it left off. It's just jarring. And that's not even getting into how bad both the '97 and '04 versions of Jabba look. And before you accuse me of hating CG in favor of the puppet, I actually liked the way he looked in TPM. They claim that the '04 Jabba is based off of that one, but I don't see the resemblence. Distant cousins, maybe...
I just don't see what's so cool about it. As far as I can see, it has no positive impact on the movie. It's redundant. It ruins the reveal of Jabba. It ruins the reveal of the Falcon! It has Boba Fett mugging the camera for no reason. The pace of the movie comes to an abrupt screeching halt. It's even evident in the music, which just stops, reuses a cue from ROTJ, and then continues from where it left off. It's just jarring. And that's not even getting into how bad both the '97 and '04 versions of Jabba look. And before you accuse me of hating CG in favor of the puppet, I actually liked the way he looked in TPM. They claim that the '04 Jabba is based off of that one, but I don't see the resemblence. Distant cousins, maybe...
I completely agree with every last point mentioned there.