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Post #372732

Author
Darth Venal
Parent topic
The ANH:SE Redux Ideas thread (Radical Ideas Welcome).
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Date created
8-Aug-2009, 12:25 PM

My last off-topic comment and then I'll get back to it:

EyeShotFirst:

Now Blu Ray has been out for what 4 years and he can't even release the god awful special editions or his horrible prequels on blu ray. It is a shame that many star wars fans get shit on every 5 years. 1080p is the standard today and the only way I can see the OUT is in 480p.

Well, let's not be silly about this. He didn't release the DVDs of the original trilogy SEs immediately either. Blu-ray became commercially just over three years ago (June 2006), and there are thousands of movies not yet released. This is not something to criticise Lucas alone for. He didn't release ANH until six years after DVD was launched. I agree, it's incredibly annoying that he won't release the original theatrical movies at a good image level, but who is to say we won't get them later? After all, he is working on yet further-revised editions, so perhaps we will get a deluxe Blade Runner: The Final Cut treatment.

Speaking of further-revised editions, that skilfully brings me back on topic :-)

Bingowings:

nobody else as yet as attempted to do the sort of restructuring of the SE that he achieved.

Well, restructuring is a bit inaccurate. Adywan hasn't really restructured anything. He reordered the scene in Ben's house, with mixed results, and he's added new shots here and there is an extended battle at the end, but none of this actually restructures the movie. It still functions exactly the same as before; dramatically, nothing has been altered and most of the changes are superficial. Don't mistake this as being negative, I honestly respect Ady's work and I know very well just how much time and effort he's dedicated to it. But as fan edits go, I've seen far more significant restructuring done to other movies, although most of them don't work very well. I'm sure Ady never had any intention of actually restructuring Star Wars, and I'm sure most fans would argue that the theatrical edition didn't really need anything doing to it beyond a decent restoration (which Ady did far better than Lucas).