Originally posted by: Jumpman
CO,
I saw Jedi in '83. Having Hayden at the end didn't insult me. It made sense to me, after having seen the Prequels. And that's what this is really, truly about. It's about Lucas completing it as a Saga with the "inferior" Prequels than letting the Original Trilogy stand on it's own....
As for him stopping, I personally believe that the changes that are coming in the upcoming Saga Boxset will be so small that they won't even be worth arguing over. See, you feel that the changes destroyed the credibility of Star Wars...what they were at their core foundation. I feel that the core foundation is still intact, whether it theatrical version or special edition. The core foundation hasn't changed in 30 years....
Plus, you don't have to continue on, you know. You probably have a few copies on VHS or Laserdisc, I'm guessing. If you do, continue to love the theatrical versions in that format. Nothing is stopping you.
CO,
I saw Jedi in '83. Having Hayden at the end didn't insult me. It made sense to me, after having seen the Prequels. And that's what this is really, truly about. It's about Lucas completing it as a Saga with the "inferior" Prequels than letting the Original Trilogy stand on it's own....
As for him stopping, I personally believe that the changes that are coming in the upcoming Saga Boxset will be so small that they won't even be worth arguing over. See, you feel that the changes destroyed the credibility of Star Wars...what they were at their core foundation. I feel that the core foundation is still intact, whether it theatrical version or special edition. The core foundation hasn't changed in 30 years....
Plus, you don't have to continue on, you know. You probably have a few copies on VHS or Laserdisc, I'm guessing. If you do, continue to love the theatrical versions in that format. Nothing is stopping you.
But that was never lucas intention of the SE. He says in the Laserdisk interview, he just wanted to change ANH back in early 90's mostly cause of MosEisley, and that is why ANH is the most changed. He never intended to changed ESB & ROTJ, he says it in the interview, so this thing about his vision is baloney. He put Hayden there as a visual gimmick cause he couldnt' write the PT to match the OT in his narrative. Younger Anakin makes no sense as a force ghost because it was old Anakin who was conflicted in ROTJ, who killed the sith and fullfilled the prophecy in ROTJ, and talked to Luke to redeem himself in ROTJ. That was a full character arc of Anakin, and he redeemed himself as an old man, by showing young Anakin, it defeats the purpose of ROTJ, cause Lucas is now saying they are two people Anakin/Vader, and the whole moral of the saga is they are the SAME PERSON.