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That's funny.  When I tried to argue the same thing with the wings slanted out, I got shot down. 

Sluggo said:

That's funny.  When I tried to argue the same thing with the wings slanted out, I got shot down. 

 

That was a long time ago, wow......guess you were right....keen eyes.

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Sluggo said:

That's funny.  When I tried to argue the same thing with the wings slanted out, I got shot down. 

 

On behalf of OT.com, I would like to formally issue you a retroactive "Nice catch, Sluggo!" followed by a high five.

High five accepted and returned.

*smack*

You can discuss it now. Ady never said you couldn't.

You have a PM, Ady :-)

^Haha.

I posted it because for some reason, I've not had emails for PMs before and they went unnoticed for some time. Apologies 005 :-p

Hey, guys! A couple of things:
 
Although I’m a huge Star Wars fan myself, my fourteen-year-old little sister had never seen any of the films before last week. Each time I introduce someone new to the Star Wars universe, I struggle with the decision of whether to start them off with the OT or the PT (or even whether I should show them the PT at all). Anyway, I decided to start at what I consider to be the true beginning, and the two of us recently sat down to watch A New Hope (Revisited, of course). To my surprise, my sister absolutely loved it and was eager to continue with the saga. At first I considered making her wait until Adywan had released ESB:R, but she was just so insistent that I gave in and popped in the 2004 DVD. While watching, I noticed a couple of things that I don’t think have been brought up here before.
 
First of all, I noticed that when R2 is leaning back to observe the X-Wing being guided back onto land from the swamp, there is a light just below his dome that I’m not sure should be there. As he leans back, it seems to "blink" and disappear and then reappear again. I can’t tell if it’s just a sliver of light leaking from inside the “costume” or if it’s a reflection from the camera or something. Either way, I don’t think it belongs. What do you all think?

Second, I noticed some time ago that just after Lando reveals his plan to escape from the Imperials at Cloud City, one of Leia's lines was cut out from the Special Edition and 2004 DVD. In the original release, Leia says “Do you think that after what you did to Han that we’re going to trust you?” In ’97 SE and afterward, however, all we can hear her say is “Do you think that after what you did to Han” before Chewie growls (quite loudly) and cuts her off. This has actually bothered me ever since I saw the SE in the theater for the first time. Ady, is there any chance of restoring the original dialogue here?

^He was showing ANH:R not the ANH:SE DVD.

Sorry I misread the post, I am being talked to while typing, I shouldn't try to do both at the same time.

Harmy said:

Captain Antilies, if you had to watch on DVD on your HD projector, (*cringe* - there are HD options you know) you should have shown your sister Ady's theatrical reconstruction

Harmy, you are completely right. I should have.

So like I said, my sister is eager to continue on with Star Wars... she wants to watch all six films. What should I do? I'm almost embarrassed to have her see the PT. Are there any really good fan edits of TPM out there that you guys would recommend? I've seen a few, but the editing has always seemed choppy and unprofessional. As for episodes II and III, I've seen a few good edits that are surprisingly watchable.

To bring the discussion back to ESB... this has probably been discussed before, but I noticed that James Earl Jones was not listed in the original end credits of ESB, but was added in for the SE. For some reason (which I really can't imagine) he was then taken out again for the 2004 DVD release. Along the same lines, Clive Revill is still listed as portraying the Emperor even though he's been replaced by Ian McDiarmid. Ady, are you planning on rectifying this? Just wondering.

Just have her watch the originals first, then the PT later.  The same way most of us saw them.

Of course she wants to see the prequels. ALL of us wanted to see the prequels. I mean, how bad could they be right? It's Star Wars after all!

...then we actually saw them.

Let her watch the films in release order.

Captain Antilles said:

...First of all, I noticed that when R2 is leaning back to observe the X-Wing being guided back onto land from the swamp, there is a light just below his dome that I’m not sure should be there. As he leans back, it seems to "blink" and disappear and then reappear again. I can’t tell if it’s just a sliver of light leaking from inside the “costume” or if it’s a reflection from the camera or something. Either way, I don’t think it belongs. What do you all think?

I could be mistaken, but I believe that yellow blinking like you see coming from below R2's dome is the light on the back of his dome that blinks yellow and green.  And since his dome can rotate 360 degrees, it is possible for it to peak out a little bit from within the very little gap between his dome and his hull.

Radi0n said:

Captain Antilles said:

Second, I noticed some time ago that just after Lando reveals his plan to escape from the Imperials at Cloud City, one of Leia's lines was cut out from the Special Edition and 2004 DVD. In the original release, Leia says “Do you think that after what you did to Han that we’re going to trust you?” In ’97 SE and afterward, however, all we can hear her say is “Do you think that after what you did to Han” before Chewie growls (quite loudly) and cuts her off. This has actually bothered me ever since I saw the SE in the theater for the first time. Ady, is there any chance of restoring the original dialogue here?

True. I don't even have to watch the film again to remember that one.
It sort of always stood out, clear as day.
You can clearly see her mouth still moving too.

Really?  I have the 2006 DVDs, and when I watch the 2004 Special Edition, I still hear Leia's line all the way through, even when Chewbacca roars and grabs Lando by the neck.  Either my TV has really good speakers or I must have her line embedded in my head to a point that I can still hear her say it even when muted...or maybe the sound comes through better when played in a Blu-Ray player.

G E Predator said:

...or maybe the sound comes through better when played in a Blu-Ray player.

Dunno why that would matter if it's the same lossy track.