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Has anyone tried to re edit the SE yet? like the "phantom edit" but with the original trilogy? — Page 2

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Yoda is described as a great warrior. The leader of the Jedi. He is truely ultimate example of big power in a tiny package and Yodas fight shows this better then anything. Shows Yodas size doesn't matter teaching in full truth. Yoda is the the Jedi Master. Yoda da man.
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You'll like Ep3 then because they have a big battle where they fight together. And the scene is directed by Spielberg.

Personally I think it would of made Yoda more powerful if we were left to guess what was in his bag of tricks. And I don't think Yoda was suppose to be a great warrior, that was just Luke's misconception of what he thought Yoda would be like.

What I mean about the fight coming out of nowhere is that there is nothing in the movie up until that point that is dramatically leading to a Dooku vs Yoda fight. Dooku is a villian who comes out of left field at the last minute, and Yoda is a secondary character. A dramatic lead in for the Kenobi vs Dooku and Anakin vs Dooku fights are fragile at best, but the Yoda one is even slimmer. So we have an Obi-wan/Anakin movie where the climatic battle involves our two heros lying unconscious on the floor as a secondary character steps in to have the big fight.

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In your opinion but never let those horrid Yoda fight free versions in public. Seeing Yoda jump around was the best scene of any movie ever. The theater was chearing when was fighting. It showed why he is the Jedi Master. Just seeing him fight is worth buying the DVD. How can you possibly not love that scene to death?


People would of cheer at a lot of things that I would consider beneath the saga. Hence why i feel like its pandering. If C3P0 started rapping in Ep3 you know it would be the scene everyone talked about. If Chewy suddenly started doing some Matrix style kung fu people would cheer. But is that really whats right for the characters?

To quote Padme "it gives the people what they want, not what they need."

I agree the Yoda scene is funny and kind of cool in its own way, but in the larger context of the movie itself and the saga as a whole I think its wrong. And if the rest of AOTC hadn't of been so dissappointing, maybe people would think as highly of this one scene. I know people cheered, I remember it well, but It felt to me like almost a demeaning cheer, the way you would cheer at a stripper, as though in a way (and this is just my opinion) a lot of people see SW as already on the decline and are kind of cheering on its downfall.

Guarnteed the Palpatine lightsaber battle(s) will elecit a similar wave of cheering when Ep3 appears, but is that really whats best for the Palpatine character?
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Bullshit in fact it helps the Star Wars better then anything. It makes Yoda more cool then ever. Giving his ability to channel the force between him it makes perfect sense. Like I said just that scene is worth buying the DVD.
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Hal 9000 said:

If I were to create my own version of changes I like/dislike, (Which I could; it just wouldn’t look good) here’s what I’d do:

AHN

Have it be original up to Mos Eisley. The first shot with the ‘scurriers’ I would leave in. Then cut to the SE shot, minus the droid wackiness. Then have the original version for the shot that starts the stormtrooper diolauge. Then have the SE far shot, before having the original Canina entrance. Then it will be entireley original version until the Falcon takes off, which will be SE.
The entire inside the Death Star scenes will be SE for just general better Matte Paintings, except for major things like Han’s lots-of-stormtroopers-room.
The Death Star space battle would be primarily SE, except for the explosion which would be original.
The Award Ceremony would be SE, just because they aren’t cardboard cutouts.

ESB

Original version. The whole thing.

ROTJ

Everything would be original up until the new Bantha shot, which would be SE. Then entire ordeal with Jabba’s Palace will be original.
Come the end of the film, I would have all the shots of the galaxy-wide celebration, but when It comes back to the Ewoks, they will sing as in the original.

I think I will do this sometime, if I ever want to give Star Wars to a friend.

So it’s been 15 years, any ETA on this?
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