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#66819
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Old Trailers...
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Originally posted by: Bossk
In the VH-1 "When Star Wars Ruled the World" special, I can't remember if it was Mark Hamill or Carrie Fisher who said they snuck into a movie that was going to be the first showing the SW trailer back in late '76 or early '77 and when the announcer says "coming this summer to a galaxy near you" (or whatever the original line was), someone in the audience chimed in "and coming to a late night TV broadcast very soon after that."

Funny stuff.



I saw that. It is funny when cynics eat their words.

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#66816
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You'd think they'd clean this up - the unfixed issues of the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
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Originally posted by: jimbo
Errors still there

Lukes whitesaber is still there
R2s blue panels are still black in the A New Hope space battle
Vaders saber still turns pink in a few shots
Ewoks are still there


Yeah. And now there are some new ones. Luke's lightsaber is now teal in the Falcon, when he trains with the remote. I can't stand the lazyiness of ILM. I'm about to recommend a boycott my self! Not because of the changes but because of idiotic mistakes like that.

I ask again, did someone not proof these DVDs before launch?
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#66773
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I'm Ashamed To Admit It...But The New Box Set (2004 OT DVD SE release)
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I've been in school and therefore unable to sit down and watch the movies, but I have scanned through ANH and Jedi for the changes. For some reason my enter key isn't working, so forgive the lack of paragraphs. First thing I noticed was that everything is really freaking shiny. from Vader's helmet to 3pO, the lighting enhancement is way overdone. The Greedo scene looks marginaly better, but now Han shoots over the table rather than under it. The angles on many of the Blaster shots are still off, and this one stands out as particularly bad. Now for Jabba... Well.. I Don't like him. The lighting is severly off, and the texturing makes him look almost furry rather than leathery. Motion and interaction-wise, he's an improvement over the 97 version, but it still isn't quite right. And yeah, Luke's saber in the Falcon is mint green. Also, in Vader and Obiwan's duel, there is a very annoying yellow flash every time their blades collide. Uhg... As for Jedi, (I havent exammined Empire yet), The removal of the Eyebrows and Inclusion of Naboo are fairly seamless and quite welcom for continuity purposes, IMO. But the additon of HC as Anikan is a different story. I understand the change, and wasn't hating the concept of the change. But the executions is not what I expected. In the original version and SE, Yoda and Ben look to their right and the camera pans left to show Anakin's ghost fade-in overa period of a few seconds. In the new version, Hayden fades in very quickly, and then Yoda and Ben look over after the fact. Again, I don't hate it... It will just take some getting used to.
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#66309
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Old Trailers...
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After convincing my father to purchase the DVDs last night, I sat down and watched some of the "Bonus Material" disc while doing my homework.

Watching the trailers I noticed two things: Trailers back then were really cheezey, and...


In the trailers for Revenge of the Jedi and Return of the Jedi, Luke's blade on Jabba's sail barge is blue.
Why is that? was it that way in the TE of the movie, or was it just early shots that were changed before the release?
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#65905
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Dude, where's the General Lee?
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Originally posted by: Warbler
the Duke boys may have been hicks, but they weren't klan members. And I guaranty you that who ever the Duke boys vote for, it would be the opposite of who ever Boss Hogg and Roscoe voted for. And I can't see Boss and Roscoe votting democratic.



Maybe, but I doubt they would vote for someone with values like Bush either. Corrupt people would, I think, tend to vote for corrupt people so their own corruptness (is that a word?) is overlooked--maybe even encouraged.

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#65761
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PG-13 Revenge of the Sith
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I wouldn't be so sure about that Jimbo. I think This movies Darkness Quotient comesdown to doing Greivous and the death's of the Jedi's right. Mace Windu's death would kind of lose its edge if it is immediately followed by Jar Jar saying "How wude!" I know that was an extreme example, but think about it. Remember all of Threepio's bad puns during the Geonosis battle? And Kit Fisto's dumb smile? If Lucas can avoid his stupid impluses long enough to make a dark film, then RotS should rock.

And also, we don't know that Padme dies. It would be unlikely because she has to live long enough for Leia to have memories of her.
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#65489
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PG-13 Revenge of the Sith
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It isn't really the plot of the prequels that needs tweaking.

It is more just bad diaglogue and wooden acting. Which is why Palpatine/Sidious scenes rock. George Lucas ought to be less of a control freak and let someone else write the screenplay and direct. But it's too late for that now, considering that ROTS has allready finished shooting.