AntcuFaalb said:
Also, what constitutes "original"?
The "tantive orange items" were part of every release print of Star Wars, including the IB Technicolor prints and the prints with the spliced-in '81 crawl.
http://fd.noneinc.com/Glitch/starwars-tantiveorangeerrors/starwars-tantiveorangeerrors.html
I'd consider any release that's missing 'em to be non-original, but I'm a pain in the ass. ^_^
And I thought I was one of a kind when it came to being a "purist"- I actually hate that epithet, it sounds like we are some kind of disorder when it is the other way around IMO. Anyway, if you consider those "tantive orange errors" as something sacred you're in a lot of trouble, these films are littered with various forms of anomalies like those, where do you draw the line?
Don't misunderstand me AntcuFaalb, I see where you come from but what about the other thousand/million dirt marks and scratches? For example, in 1980 when ESB was shown across the globe there was a quite big hair in one of the opticals when one snowspeeder fly between the legs of an AT-AT, remove that and it's not considered the original film by you? That is something that I can assure you would be removed if these films would ever be restored.
I'm not saying that it's not something I care about (these FX's are every bit as important as those of King Kong or Metropolis IMO) but we must be a little bit realistic, most people will not study them, they will just enjoy them. I fully agree that an theatrical IP would be the most ideal source for a new videorelease if something like that is possible.
The problem is that many fans just like Lucas fail to understand the great value of this film being done in the 70's, they like to pretend "it's always looked this way", they don't see it as the classic special effects film it is.
A great example of this is the reaction that thread of yours got where you suggested to make a sort of "de-specialized version" of Star Wars but only using the best possible original sources no matter how jarring the end result. The way a real restoration a la Criterion or Masters of Cinema would do it if no other element was available. But when it comes to Star Wars the view of it is I'm afraid entirely different.