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Post #725661

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Tobar
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Harmy DeSpecialized gets a big write up!
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Date created
2-Sep-2014, 2:42 PM

I don't even...

From the comments section of this article:

"I highly recommend YOU do some research at SaveStarWars.com and OriginalTrilogy.com before making unfounded claims"

The problem with doing "research" there is that they are just a bit biased on the whole situation. They would have you believe the SE's are vile and substandard and a desecration.

One of the major reasons why the SE's exist is because the film stock FAILED. If the film stock had been stronger then all the restoration they had to do to save it wouldn't have been necessary. In part because it was such a disaster is the reason why the SE's came about. Even then Lucas was only interested in a few fixes at first but spurred by Dennis Muren and FOX's willingness to foot the bill (to get the prequel distribution)many more changes were added.

Of course their is so much misinformation about the SE's and the myth that it was "All CG" which of course is nonsense. It was CG plus models, miniatures, mattes, live action shooting etc. Much of the SE's was restoration going back to the original film elements and recompositing them to match and surpass the originals like the Hoth sequences where the matte lines and see through the frames of the speeders.

I would love for the "original" originals to come out with all their flaws and dated look so that people could see what they really were like. They were great for their time but they are dated and the visual language of film has moved on. I expect that if the theatrical versions ever do come out I expect that they will be akin to official versions of the DE's to make them as people remember them not as they actually were.