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I am probably going to get a lot of hate from even mentioning this but I liked the 1997 version of the HanGreedo scene. Shame Lucas and DISNEY keep updating it.

in 2077, there is probably a “Super Hyper Mega Ultra Definitive Final Special Edition 100 Year Anniversary” where Greedo and Han both shoot at each other, missing for a total of 3 minutes before Greedo shoots in the wall and the laser bounces back to him and kills him.

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Although people make fun of maclunkey (rightly so) I think there’s a way it could have been done to make the alterations to the Greedo scene much better. Since George was so intent on making Han appear like ‘less of a killer’ in the 1997 SE this is my idea for how it should have been done.

The scene plays out the same as it does in the theatrical version up until the “I’ll bet you have” shot. Immediately after this shot is the maclunkey shot but with the translated dialogue in subtitles “This will be the end of you” with the gunshot and smoke in the same shot. We then cut back to the theatrical with Greedo slumping to the table.

This way we put more of an emphasis on Greedo about to kill Han and it also doesn’t interrupt the flow of the sequence. I personally think the sequence should have never been altered at all, but if we accept that it had to be changed I think would have been an improvement over the 1997 SE version of the shot which is by far the worse out of the 5 versions we’ve had.

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I have nothing against the changes in general, even the Han shot first thing. What I don’t like is the horrible CGI. They look way more dated than the originals.

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Not sure if I’m the right to person to answer this question because I saw the 1997 Special Editions way before I ever saw the original cuts but I do prefer many of the VFX touch-ups and Victory Celebration at the end of ROTJ does more for me than yub-nub.

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about the 1997 version DVD which was mentioned earlier: it was released on DVD as a part of Fox’s Five Star collection set. I have heard most people criticise this DVD, but because I have even after 2 years, found no copy of this widescreen home media 1997 version, I can not say anything.

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Director said:

about the 1997 version DVD which was mentioned earlier: it was released on DVD as a part of Fox’s Five Star collection set. I have heard most people criticise this DVD, but because I have even after 2 years, found no copy of this widescreen home media 1997 version, I can not say anything.

It was not an official release by Fox at all - it was a bootleg.

Many of the older members on here still likely have this set from Far East Asia - it was a decent quality bootleg at the time… and was considered to be amongst the higher-rated bootlegs from that era.
 

The ‘Five Star’ release was a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer, in letterbox widescreen, each OT film being on a DVD9 disc, and despite the cover claiming it had ‘5.1 DTS’ audio… it did not. Though it did have a few nice extras on the discs - a menu screen with options! A 1997 SE film trailer, chapter selection, subtitle options, and audio options.
 

There is more about it here: 1997 SE - Five Star Collection - any interest in a Preservation? (Released) and in…

1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects (+ discussions) in An Index Of Projects for… Star Wars Preservations
 

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oojason said:

Director said:

about the 1997 version DVD which was mentioned earlier: it was released on DVD as a part of Fox’s Five Star collection set. I have heard most people criticise this DVD, but because I have even after 2 years, found no copy of this widescreen home media 1997 version, I can not say anything.

It was not an official release by Fox at all - it was a bootleg.

Many of the older members on here likely still likely have this set from Far East Asia - it was a decent quality bootleg at the time… and was considered to be amongst the higher-rated bootlegs from that era.
 

The ‘Five Star’ release was a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer, in letterbox widescreen, each OT film being on a DVD9 disc, and despite the cover claiming it had ‘5.1 DTS’ audio… it did not. Though it did have a few nice extras on the discs - a menu screen with options! A 1997 SE film trailer, chapter selection, subtitle options, and audio options.
 

There is more about it here: 1997 SE - Five Star Collection - any interest in a Preservation? (Released) and in…

1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects (+ discussions) in An Index Of Projects for… Star Wars Preservations
 

thank you for this information. I had always thought the Five Star set was an official release.

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oojason said:

Director said:

about the 1997 version DVD which was mentioned earlier: it was released on DVD as a part of Fox’s Five Star collection set. I have heard most people criticise this DVD, but because I have even after 2 years, found no copy of this widescreen home media 1997 version, I can not say anything.

It was not an official release by Fox at all - it was a bootleg.

Many of the older members on here likely still likely have this set from Far East Asia - it was a decent quality bootleg at the time… and was considered to be amongst the higher-rated bootlegs from that era.
 

The ‘Five Star’ release was a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer, in letterbox widescreen, each OT film being on a DVD9 disc, and despite the cover claiming it had ‘5.1 DTS’ audio… it did not. Though it did have a few nice extras on the discs - a menu screen with options! A 1997 SE film trailer, chapter selection, subtitle options, and audio options.
 

There is more about it here: 1997 SE - Five Star Collection - any interest in a Preservation? (Released) and in…

1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects (+ discussions) in An Index Of Projects for… Star Wars Preservations
 

by the way, are these 1997 Special Editions available on any torrent sites etc as rips? I have found a few but they have 0 seeders.

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