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Originally posted by: kev
What changes should be added?


A CG Tantive IV, Kashyyyk added to the end of ROTJ, he needs to remove part of the dialogue between Luke and Leia about their mother in ROTJ, the lightsabers need A LOT of work, the effects need work, etc.
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the only movies that need work are really ep 1 and 2. cut about 20 minutes from each and i would be a happy dude. also lucas wanted to cut the discussion of what to do with the twins at the end of ep3 because he thought it would be redundant. i agree with that seeing as how obi wan explains everything to luke in rotj
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I think that if Eps 1 and 2 are worked on, then he should put in the CG Yoda in TPM as he has done, and should add back the "Padme's parents house" scenes to AOTC.
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yeah i liked those padme scenes too. i just think he should rework the prequels rather than the ot, since i had more problems with them, by the way i dont care as much about continuity as i do about rewatchability
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Well, he was able to do exactly what he wanted to do with the PT, but not with the OT.

Another change I want are the "birth of the rebellion" and "Exiled to Dagobah" scenes reinserted into ROTS.
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
As you know, he only does it because the originals were nowhere close to hoiw he wanted them. I believe he said ANH was only %25-%30.


Wasn't that because he wanted the whole saga in a film, but unfortunately had to pare it down so that Star Wars was just one sixthe of the story?

In a sorta related note, I was re-reading an interview with GL in Rolling Stone back in April or May (just before ROTS), and he said (I'll have to get the full quote when I get home, but he said "Now the first trilogy is a tragedy, and the last three are just a goofy story." !!WTF

Also, I was watching a piece on the new movie, Zathura, and the little kid said that he thought the movie was "kinda like the original Star Wars, because it focuses more on the characters than the effects. Jon (the director) wanted to stay away from CG whenever possible."

Interesting.
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Well, he was able to do exactly what he wanted to do with the PT, but not with the OT.

Another change I want are the "birth of the rebellion" and "Exiled to Dagobah" scenes reinserted into ROTS.


Geez, man! They're in the deleted scenes. They went to the trouble of adding in all the effects and even scoring them! They're not these hidden treasures. They're right there. They simply don't fit into the movie. I liked the birth of the rebellion scenes, but the pacing of the second third of the movie would drag so much if they were put back in. And the Exiled to Dagobah scene is probably the most wasted 30 seconds ever! I loved the scoring of Yoda's theme on it, and I like it as a deleted scene, but there's just no point to it. Watching the pre-scene commentary for it, I agreed with Lucas for probably the first time in a few years: "There's no need to show it. We all know where he ends up. I wanted to keep the focus on the kids." And I was forced to shout an angry "Shut up, Lady!" at Rick McCallum when he was blabbering on about how, "If George tinkers with the films some more... *winkwinknudgenudge*" Shut up, Lady!

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No, it's not "we know where he goes." We don't know where he goes unless we've seen the OT first. The deal with the Yoda scene is that it shows a primary character going into exile. We see where Obi-Wan goes, we also see where Bail Organa goes, but not Yoda. I think when he sees the saga as a whole, he will add that scene back in. And the rebellion scenes did such an incredible job tying ROTS to ANH, that he would be crazy not to add them back in.
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WEll, there ya go. When you view the saga from beginning to end, Yoda disappears both from the enemy and from the viewer. Therefore, you are kept in suspense and are wondering just where the heck he ran off to. Problem solved.

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Yeah, I see your point, but... on the other hand, like I was saying, you DO see where Obi-Wan went and where Bail Organa went. Wouldn't it make sense to see where the other of the three went? If he is keeping the "mother, father, son, daughter" thing going, couldn't he deal with the other main characters as well?
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No, because Lucas "Originally Envisioned" that we wouldn't see where Yoda went until Luke was grown up

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For once, with those deleted scenes, GL must have realised we don't need to be shown everything. We can make connections without them beating us over the head with it.
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Yeah, they are cool to see anyway. I enjoyed watching them. Just not actually in the movie.

And, really, the Obi-Wan and Bail scenes weren't really about them, they were about what happened to the twins. And I'd hardly call Bail going back to his home planet some big secretive exile that we never would have figured out. Personally, I was just glad to finally see Alderaan.

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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
As you know, he only does it because the originals were nowhere close to hoiw he wanted them. I believe he said ANH was only %25-%30.


Once an artist paints a picture, he has to leave the picture alone. Next thing you know Lucas will want to build arms onto the Venus De Milo.
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You mustn't forget that this artist also owns that painting.
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I recall many cases in which paintings or scultures were either reworked or touched up to restore them, but I don't remember any case of an artist changing the meaning of their artwork.
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How was that meant to be sarcastic? If you're trying to get across the message I think you're trying to get across, you shouldn't be sarcastic at all.

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Artifact from the future: In a hidden easter egg on the 2007 DVD, there is a scene that mimics the "book burning" scene from IJ and the Last Crusade. Lucas has trimmed his facial hair down to a tiny mustache and is surrounded by kids in brown shirts. Mostly they are ILM employees and posters on TF.N, but it's easy to tell that they've been multiplied in ILM computers to make them look more plentiful than they really are. They are seen burning heaps of bootleg O-OT DVDs, Laserdisc sets, old VHS copies, and even the old film stock. "Der Lucas, Der Lucas" they all shout out with arms extended straight (though their voices have all been replaced by Temura Morrison). A close up of Lucas' irises show them turned to red and orange.
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I wonder if the ghost of the elderly Anakin would have been replaced if he had been played by a better known actor like Burt Lancaster or Charlton Heston...
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an Obi-Wan to go.

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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Artifact from the future: In a hidden easter egg on the 2007 DVD, there is a scene that mimics the "book burning" scene from IJ and the Last Crusade. Lucas has trimmed his facial hair down to a tiny mustache and is surrounded by kids in brown shirts. Mostly they are ILM employees and posters on TF.N, but it's easy to tell that they've been multiplied in ILM computers to make them look more plentiful than they really are. They are seen burning heaps of bootleg O-OT DVDs, Laserdisc sets, old VHS copies, and even the old film stock. "Der Lucas, Der Lucas" they all shout out with arms extended straight (though their voices have all been replaced by Temura Morrison). A close up of Lucas' irises show them turned to red and orange.


I still find that hilarious, even though I agree with Lucas' changes.