Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I see what you guys mean and that awesome reveal in Jedi is no longer what it used to be.
I'm just saying that there is still this dynamic there where you see Jabba starting the race, you see him hounding Han for money, Han talks his way out of it, but it isn't until ROTJ that we see Jabba in all his crimelord glory. To me it's not a total loss.
I agree that there is some of the same information in the ANH Jabba scene that was already found in the Greedo scene (likely they added much of this repeated information to the Greedo scene when he figured he was just abandoning the Jabba scene). But at the end of the day it just is what it is. I really like having Jabba in there, I like Han's dialogue with Jabba, but at the same time I wouldn't want to ditch the Greedo sequence because that is a really cool exchange as well. Sure I guess he could have gotten away with just having Jabba ask Han why he shot Greedo, but I really like the Greedo confrontation.
For me the coolness of both scenes outweighs the fact that some information is repeated.
I see what you guys mean and that awesome reveal in Jedi is no longer what it used to be.
I'm just saying that there is still this dynamic there where you see Jabba starting the race, you see him hounding Han for money, Han talks his way out of it, but it isn't until ROTJ that we see Jabba in all his crimelord glory. To me it's not a total loss.
I agree that there is some of the same information in the ANH Jabba scene that was already found in the Greedo scene (likely they added much of this repeated information to the Greedo scene when he figured he was just abandoning the Jabba scene). But at the end of the day it just is what it is. I really like having Jabba in there, I like Han's dialogue with Jabba, but at the same time I wouldn't want to ditch the Greedo sequence because that is a really cool exchange as well. Sure I guess he could have gotten away with just having Jabba ask Han why he shot Greedo, but I really like the Greedo confrontation.
For me the coolness of both scenes outweighs the fact that some information is repeated.
What you are saying is very true. When I saw the SE version of New Hope in the theatres, I was thinking (for the first 25 or so minutes, anyway) that this was the greatest theatre experience ever. Then I saw Jabba, and I thought to myself, "Why are they repeating information that I just heard a couple minutes ago?" It reminds me of the "Aliens" special edition, where we saw Hadley's Hope before the alien attack. You lose a lot of impact in the following scenes, as well as having unneeded exposition.