RyecatcheR said:
The second thing, and this really only occurred to me for the first time just last night after having watched this movie dozens of times, is when Red squadron does their 'standing by' routine during the approach on the Death Star. For whatever reason, they don't call out in sequential order, as in Red 1 should go first, then Red 2, etc. This makes no sense to me, as you would not really know when you are expected to do your 'standing by' call if everyone was just calling out randomly. The only reason I could come up with for why Lucas chose to do it this way is that the call out order was based on rank, not number. Now I know this is being incredibly anal, but the more I think about it, the more it bugs me. Anyway, these might be things for future editors to attempt (or myself if I ever decide to take a stab at it).
The second thing, and this really only occurred to me for the first time just last night after having watched this movie dozens of times, is when Red squadron does their 'standing by' routine during the approach on the Death Star. For whatever reason, they don't call out in sequential order, as in Red 1 should go first, then Red 2, etc. This makes no sense to me, as you would not really know when you are expected to do your 'standing by' call if everyone was just calling out randomly. The only reason I could come up with for why Lucas chose to do it this way is that the call out order was based on rank, not number. Now I know this is being incredibly anal, but the more I think about it, the more it bugs me. Anyway, these might be things for future editors to attempt (or myself if I ever decide to take a stab at it).
At first, I thought Ady had un-done one of his editing choices, as I had downloaded the DVD-5 version first, then he released the DVD-9 and Purist versions, because I remember seeing that scene edited so that the pilots call out in sequence. After some digging thru my discs, I realized I saw it that way in "Deleted Magic", not Revisited.