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Do you think Disney will remake the prequels? — Page 2

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OT is essentially his vision. Since they claim TFA will try to capture the OT feel, it doesn’t seem they will be distancing themselves from his vision.

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imperialscum said:

OT is essentially his vision. Since they claim TFA will try to capture the OT feel, it doesn’t seem they will be distancing themselves from his vision.

See, it’s just this type of obtuse misunderstanding that could have been prevented with the judicious deployment of scare quotes.

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I agree with those who reckon that there are plenty of other stories for Disney to come up with/or ‘milk’ over many long years, without contemplating a whole new ‘re-imagining’ of George’s prequels whatsoever.

However, I’ve no doubt that there are some at Disney who would certainly welcome the notion, if they thought there was some serious money to be made by doing so! 😃

But while there’s a certain section of the ‘Star Wars’ fanbase who would no doubt love to see a ‘different’ storyline for the ‘early years of Anakin/Darth Vader’ altogether, there’s also a section that hold the existing prequels in high regard - warts and all. A lot of them will always have a lot of affection for them, no matter what…especially if they were the movies that they saw on the big screen first, and happened to be their initial introduction to George’s overall saga.

Personally, I didn’t like the particular ‘tragic downfall of Anakin Skywalker’ scenario that George settled on, never mind how he went about scripting it…but one way or another, that’s the version of events that he decided on, and that’s what’s on the shelves. I just don’t think that Disney would go the extra mile of ‘re-doing’ the ‘prequel storyline’ any time soon, considering the sheer amount of characters and settings that the franchise offers them already.

On the other hand, I’d sure like them to do a ‘compromise’ of sorts…and re-edit each prequel into something a lot less awkward overall, to get rid of their worst moments! - hell, they could ‘market’ these re-edited ‘re-issues’ as being ‘a world’s first in home cinema’…and have them become the ‘de facto’, improved versions instead…with the existing versions eventually disappearing from the store shelves and TV schedules altogether!

Ah well, I can but hope… 😉

But no matter, as I’ve come up with ‘cut-lists’ of my own which I’m very satisfied with, and can re-edit them for myself in due course - for various reasons, I’ll always look on these chapters as merely a ‘companion piece’ to be watched once the original trilogy has been seen…as the saga will ALWAYS begin with the mid-adventure Stardestroyer chase of ‘A New Hope’ for me, and be focused on Luke first and foremost.

And to end on a happy note for myself, I’ve now worked out a way which makes it absolutely necessary for me to only watch the prequels AFTER seeing the original trilogy, despite what the ‘chapter numbers’ say - and I’m extremely pleased with what I’ve come up with, as it really helps me to ease into the existing ‘Phantom Menace’ scroll and storyline much better now. 😃

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ImperialFighter said:

On the other hand, I’d sure like them to do a ‘compromise’ of sorts…and re-edit each prequel into something a lot less awkward overall, to get rid of their worst moments! - hell, they could ‘market’ these re-edited ‘re-issues’ as being ‘a world’s first in home cinema’…and have them become the ‘de facto’, improved versions instead…with the existing versions eventually disappearing from the store shelves and TV schedules altogether!

Do we then start a petition to bring back the Original Prequel Trilogy? Their badness is part of our cultural history and needs to be preserved for future generations to loathe.

Now seriously, making new versions of movies and getting rid of the old ones would send the completely wrong message, especially if it’s done by people who weren’t involved in making them at all. Even George’s Special Editions of the OT would have more credibility.
If it’s ok for a company to replace the prequels with “improved” versions, what would stop them to replace other movies? The abuse of copyright to revise and replace existing works of art needs to be stopped altogether, regardelss of apparent quality (or lack of it).
Also, I doubt if re-editing the prequels would pay off. People who like them now would be pissed off, people who hate them wouldn’t watch a simple alternative cut of the same flawed elements, so the only audience for them would be people who like the prequels a little, but not enough to watch the current versions. Lastly, the cost of making a good re-edit would be incredibly high. Just look at how much work faneditors put in their projects here, Disney wouldn’t pay for that and a cheaply done job wouldn’t improve them much.
Finally, I’m not even sure if simply editing the prequels can lead to a good result. It’s not like there are a few scenes that you need to get rid of, they are flawed at their core, you would end up completely tearing them apart and rebuilding them from scratch, all while being limited by the current versions. It would be easier and give a better result to just remake them altogether.

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Frank your Majesty said:

Do we then start a petition to bring back the Original Prequel Trilogy? Their badness is part of our cultural history and needs to be preserved for future generations to loathe.

Heh, all good points there Frank, but it would certainly make for delicious irony if Disney were to re-cut George’s versions somewhat…for the sake of the future generations of fans who have yet to see the prequels. And for additional fun, they could always release ‘limited edition’ non-animorphic ‘bonus’ discs of his original prequel versions for anyone curious in future…

However, I agree that the existing prequels require a drastic amount of re-editing/cutting to help improve some core flaws, rather than just a snip here and there…but I still doubt that Disney would totally ‘overwrite’ George’s efforts with a complete remake anytime soon, even if some would welcome that.

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We cannot campaign for the OOT and simultaneously call for editing of the PT.

Double standards of the highest order.

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Bosk said:

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imperialscum said:

Replacing PT would be a good option.

This is what I meant but I can’t change the title.

Yes you can.

I see no option to edit it?

I don’t know if you see it or not. But you can edit your first post and change the title there…unless that no longer works with the new forum software. Give it a try.

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Well then, apparently that method doesn’t exist anymore. Someone should post it on the continuum.

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GlastoEls said:

We cannot campaign for the OOT and simultaneously call for editing of the PT.

Double standards of the highest order.

Agreed. Better to wait to see if we get the OOT out of Disney first… 😉

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GlastoEls said:

We cannot campaign for the OOT and simultaneously call for editing of the PT.

Double standards of the highest order.

Disagree entirely.

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Exactly we aren’t asking for the SE to go away we just want our OUT back (OUTback sounds like a good campaign title BTW).

Similarly we don’t want the PT (which are currently also only available as special editions) to vanish. We need to buy them to make fan-edits. In fact the more released PT elements the better.
There must be loads of alternate takes and unused footage for them which would be nice to turn up someday in HD so we can play with it.

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TV’s Frink said:

GlastoEls said:

We cannot campaign for the OOT and simultaneously call for editing of the PT.

Double standards of the highest order.

Disagree entirely.

I’m pretty sure this refers to Disney editing the prequels, not fanedits, and especially having the original prequels vanish.

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Frank your Majesty said:

TV’s Frink said:

GlastoEls said:

We cannot campaign for the OOT and simultaneously call for editing of the PT.

Double standards of the highest order.

Disagree entirely.

I’m pretty sure this refers to Disney editing the prequels, not fanedits, and especially having the original prequels vanish.

If that’s the case, the sentence was constructed poorly.

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TV’s Frink said:

Frank your Majesty said:

TV’s Frink said:

GlastoEls said:

We cannot campaign for the OOT and simultaneously call for editing of the PT.

Double standards of the highest order.

Disagree entirely.

I’m pretty sure this refers to Disney editing the prequels, not fanedits, and especially having the original prequels vanish.

If that’s the case, the sentence was constructed poorly.

That were the case, and the sentence were grammatically perfick. You just brung a little assumption to the table!

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Frank your Majesty said:

I’m pretty sure this refers to Disney editing the prequels, not fanedits, and especially having the original prequels vanish.

This was certainly the way I was interpreting it, as I had suggested just that beforehand. But while I agree with GlastoEls that it was ‘double standards’ on my part to do so…I’m more than comfortable with that, where George’s prequels are concerned. 😉

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As much as I would love to see this happen, the prequels are canon. As long as George Lucas is alive, I don’t think it will happen. It would be a huge middle-finger to say to The Creator, “Your films are so bad that we are going to pretend they don’t exist,” no matter how true that is.

Also, consider that these films are part of what Disney paid billions of dollars to own. Children love them and I cannot see them trashing them.

But god-almighty, I wish they WOULD remake the prequels!

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If Disney sees a clear and strong desire from the fans to see another take on the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker, I see no reason for them not to remake this absolute train-wreck of a trilogy. If idiots are allowed to remake classics like Psycho without people reaching for their pitchforks then I really see no “moral” reasons for not remaking the Star Wars prequels. No one owes George Lucas anything since he doesn’t respect the fans OR the very talented people who made the original trilogy what it once was, before the dark times, before… The special editions. Before that indecisive megalomaniac started going back and forth, slicing up, adding to, removing again, changing a thing here and a thing there - all to better fit his “artistic vision”, removing some classic scenes that were shot using real practical models that were made by masters that even received an Oscar for these effects. Without any regard to what anyone else thought he just changed them for CGI versions instead.

So poking around in what should be considered finished parts of the Star Wars cannon and not even have the courtesy to release the originals as they were, as we remember and love them - kinda’ sealed the deal for me regarding this issue. Remake them completely. Start from scratch and try to limit any possible influence from George’s version that might still be lingering in the back of our minds.

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I don’t see any prequel remakes happening anytime soon. Or ever really, unless they do a full reboot of the entire saga.

I’d like to see some good fan-film makers take a stab at it. Like those guys that made the recent Darth Maul fan-film that was better than the entire PT.

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suspiciouscoffee said:

Like those guys that made the recent Darth Maul fan-film that was better than the entire PT.

If you’re talking about that 15 minute fight film, I disagree.

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I am. I never said it was awesome or revolutionary or anything, just that it’s better than the PT. Which it is.

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