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.Mac.
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STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
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9-Nov-2013, 4:13 PM

Well, I know this topic has been talked about a lot before, but I'll bite, only because I didn't have the chance to discuss it those times long ago :)

I disliked the SE addition of the shuttle leaving Bespin and especially hated that recycled shot from ROTJ of it landing, for the same obvious reasons that anyone else disliked those shots.

But I must admit, that particular SE long-view shot of Vader and co. walking on the platform didn't bother me, for a few reasons:

The side-view shot was done 'artistically' in that way, so for that, it visually looked good to me (Ady could do touch-ups wherever needed).

The music cue and chase sequence were not interrupted by this short addition, since it was placed immediately after Vader's dialogue - in fact, I'd argue that it added slightly more 'heft' to that otherwise short clip of Vader (unlike the other SE clips where they were intrusive where they were placed and threw off everything, so these must definitely be left out).

Lastly, it showed a good first reveal of Vader's shuttle. This is the main reason why I liked this particular SE clip, we see a good proper first view of his shuttle, instead of always inferring how Vader gets around. I think it is deserving to actually see his shuttle just once in ESB (prior to ROTJ), and here seems to be the only proper place to show it.

There has to be one significant change to this shot though. Instead of showing Vader's shuttle sitting there already waiting, his shuttle must be seen just starting to land and touching down on the platform. This is the only way I could see this clip working. It should be obvious that there is a time lapse between his "Bring my shuttle" line and the footage of him walking the landing platform, but at least this way it wouldn't seemingly contradict his previous demand.

At the very least, this was fun to finally lay out my 2 cents on this topic :)