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Post #890157

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Bingowings
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The Unofficial Complete REVISITED SAGA Ideas and Random Discussion Thread
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Date created
26-Dec-2015, 6:58 PM

There is so much not just stylistically but narratively wrong with Return of the Jedi that I would prefer it to be treated like the PT:R. No sacred tickcows.
The Han rescue currently doesn’t make narrative sense. Yoda’s death scene doesn’t make character arc sense (he waits around for two decades to train a guy for a day or so and then dies mid sentence???)
It’s highly regarded but there are people who regard the prequels in exactly the same way. I’ve met them. The PT was their entry point into the universe and they love it regardless of it’s flaws. I think it’s almost as bad that they don’t have theatrical versions of the films they love to see.
But Revisited isn’t just a better special editions. It’s a series of special editions which attempts to make sense of that which currently doesn’t.
The effort that Ady and his pals put into correcting obvious continuity errors isn’t just for aesthetics, it’s so we are not taken out of the moment by something clearly revealing the art of the film making progress rather than immersing you in a fictional universe.
So I’m all for major changes on ROTJ:R knowing that the special edition of the hour and Harmy will be there to protect the films as they were either originally seen or officially sanctioned.
Nostalgia is served by preservation and reconstruction. This is a different kind of project as far as I understand it.