I've paid some, extra, extra attention to the audio and video, to see if I could notice any of the problems reported. First of all, is it me, or the STAR WARS logo and introduction text was going too fast, a few frames faster than usual? And I COULD hear something weird with the soundtrack, but I couldn't point my finger on what was it, I could SENSE there was something wrong.
New Jabba: ok, he looks a little bit better, but still... He looks angrier than the 1997 one, that one was almost scared of Solo, and looked sad... This one is meaner, more Jabba like. The shadows Solo casts over Jabba looked VERY fake though.
Video: It looked great, but I could feel some brightness problems during the first scene of the droids in tatooine.
Audio problems: Yes, there were audio problems during the grand moff tarkin line "than name the system". I could sense there were audio problems with the dialogue between Leia and Solo aboard the milenium falcon, just after they escape the death star. Can anyone confirm that?
Editing?: Is it me, or was the death star battle re-edited? Just after Vader's line "Close formation", it cuts to a different scene! Can anyone confirm that, or I have become paranoid and insane?
The brazillian, region 4 edition: I didn't turn on the subtitles, so I don't know if there were any mistakes, I belive not. The special features and comentaries feature subtitles, so SW fans around the world who do not speak english (75% of them) will be pleased. The portuguese dubbing is the one for the 1997 version, edited/speeded to synch the DVD and the new SFX - I'm glad they kept the 1997 version, it sounded good and the actors did a terrific job. If you chose any other language than portuguese (the brazillian version came with spanish and portuguese languages), than the opening crawl text was in its language (how did they do that without creating a new copy of the film on the disc?!)
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
BTW, anyone else notice that Obi-wan's "as if a thousand voices cried out...." line is missing?
Nope, it's there, at least in the region 4 version.
The special feature: I didn't like it so much (I've seen only the main documentary), it felt too much like VH1 behind the music... It was amusing to hear David Prowse delivering Vader's lines
- I would also like to see more behind the scenes footage, and probably an old interview with Alec Guiness (or maybe footage of him ripping and burning fan letters).