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Post #302901

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Gorilla
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Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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Date created
7-Dec-2007, 3:00 PM
Okay, first of all besides the basic sound and picture quality improvements not much needs to be done to ESB and ROTJ. Second, The PT should be made to fit the OT, NOT the other way around. No stupid additions to the OT just because they're in the PT. That being said here's my list.

ESB
- Restore Boba Fett's original voice, played by actor Jason Wingreen. I know thanks to Lucas f-ing around in the prequels Boba is now a clone of Jango Fett, but Temuera Morrison's voice stinks. Listen to both voices and I dare anyone to say that Morrison's performance is better than Mr. Wingreen's. Even if Boba is a clone that doesn't mean he has to sound exactly like Jango. Age, warfare, and hard living can all contribute to the change. Also, why can't Boba have a voice scrambler in his helmet just like Vader?

- On Dagobah restore Luke's original line of "you're lucky you don't taste very good." This line was funny and fit with the humor of the OT.

- Fix the lightsabers. The color on the blades of the sabers is grossly faded out and they bleed together when clashing.

- I'm with astromech, restore Vader's original line of "Bring my shuttle" and delete the shot of Vader walking towards a shuttle on Bespin.

- I like Ian McDiarmid as the Emperor but the dialog in the new Vader/Emperor scene is completely retarded now and needs to be edited to more closely fit the original lines. I've discussed this with Adywan before and I've come with a pretty good way of repairing this scene.

ROTJ
- Again fix the lightsabers. Same problem as in ESB.

- Get rid of the Harmonica Frog and the whole Jedi Rocks sequence with all the new extras and please restore Lapti Nek. Honestly both the old puppets and the new CGI characters aren't perfect but the new music is just terrible. Lapti Nek sounds much more Star Wars-esque.

- At the Sarlaac pit delete Solo's new line of "It's okay, I can see a lot better" and restore his original line of "Trust me." The new line just seems like a mouthful to say in that moment. Besides, 'trust me' is kind of Solo's slogan in the OT. It's funny and fits Solo's attitude in these commonly risky situations he finds himself in the OT.

- During the celebration sequence on Coruscant, for the 2004 DVD editions Lucas added the old Senate building and the Jedi Temple in the background. These weren't present for the 1997 Special Editions. This change seems entirely illogical to me. If I were an evil Sith Master, like Palpatine, I'd burn these buildings to the ground and not let them remain standing. The Senate was disbanded in ANH and the Jedi Temple should have been destroyed in ROTS?

- Another celebration change, I don't like the entire planet Naboo added to the sequence, but I know I'm probably in the minority on that. So at the very least delete the Gungans dancing on top of the temple and the "Weesa Free" screaming. Gungans are the worst characters added to the Star Wars saga.