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Post #273820

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Joey
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It seems like nobody involved in the making of the Original Trilogy has spoken up about George Lucas’ oppression of the unaltered theatrical version of the OT.
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25-Feb-2007, 11:18 PM
Originally posted by: zombie84
I just don't think they care. Mark Hammil has always been very dedicated to the franchise and genuinely loves it, so he has always been sardonic towards it but i think that he doesn't really care enough to publicly diss an old friend like Lucas. Kurtz is pretty distant now and he has spoken out against Lucas more than once, but beyond these examples i really don't think Carrie Fisher or Harrison Ford gives a shit if Hayden Christenson is partying with Ewoks in ROTJ. The real people who must be totally pissed the fuck off is the SFX people like Denis Muren who have had their revolutionary work obliterated, but they have to remain silent because they are still employed by Lucasfilm/ILM and depend on Lucas for their livelihood!


What work did Denis Muren do?

Most of the original effects are still there they have just been manicured and digitized by Lucas in the '04 SE. But like when Lucas adds a ring around the explosion of the Death Star or Alderan then I can seee them taking offense to that. I just think there should be laws that if after a movie is realesed in theaters and the producer wants to make changes to it. Some or all of the people involved in the project should have to agree to it before the producer has the right to change and or add something and not release the theatrical version for retail sale.