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Anyone else think Empire Strikes Back's Special Edition is actually better than the Theatrical Cut? — Page 5

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Superweapon VII said:

ThatPixarGuy said:

Recasting Boba Fett and the Emperor for continuity’s sake is a good idea on paper, but both miss the mark completely in execution to the point where I prefer the originals.

It’s really galling when you learn that Temuera Morrison is fully capable of doing a Boba Fett voice closer to Jason Wingreen’s. I’ve heard that Lucas had Morrison record the lines over the phone when it was around 2 AM in New Zealand; I wouldn’t be up for a proper line-reading at that time, either.

That explains a lot, haha.

“Star Wars has, and will always be a restaurant.”

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Ehh…there are some good changes, but I really can’t get past the anachronistic CGI. It takes me right out of the movie whenever I see it.

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Gandalf the Cyan said:

Ehh…there are some good changes, but I really can’t get past the anachronistic CGI. It takes me right out of the movie whenever I see it.

agreed, about the only thing I feel is improved is the backgrounds inside Cloud City. It’s a HUGE change though.
I would love to see a cut of the movie where that’s the only addition made to the theatrical cut.

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I’ll at least watch the ESB special edition, whereas I avoid Star Wars and Jedi’s special editions like the plague, but at the end of the day, I will almost always go for the unaltered version. I want to see things how they were interpreted in 1980 when the film was released, not how they were interpreted decades later.

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although i like most changes in ESB i prefer watching 4k80 in it’s grainy glory