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Darth Justin

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#64976
Topic
Changes in 2004 DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64976/action/topic#64976
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Why in the hell are they removing sound effect?! The sound was one of the things that made the films so original. Ben Burtt said in an interview that they wouldn't throw out the sound for the Special Editions and look what happens...

On a similar note, one of my favorite sounds in the OT was actually Vader's "Arrrgh!!" when he is knocked off the edge of the Carbon Freezing Chamber. As you may or may not know, this was changed in the Special Edition (possibly a product of alternate audio tracks). So instead of that awesome snarl, we get the same lame sound Vader makes when Luke sends a plume of Tibanna gas (or whatever lol) at him. Anyone else agree this was a bad change?
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#64808
Topic
An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64808/action/topic#64808
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Return of the Jedi is so superior to AOTC...characters that you actually care about, battles with heart and soul (unlike the digital clone battle)...

Give me Luke vs. Vader anyday over Yoda vs. Dooku (it was cool and all but it was so short and pretty pointless)

In Jedi we go to Jabba's Palace and the Sarlacc pit on Tatooine, Death Star II, Endor. Clones had Coruscant, which I don't even like (I dont know about you), Kamino, which was so boring, and Geonosis/Tatooine, which are your standard desert planets.

The Speeder Bike chase was soooo much better than the Coruscant one. AOTC's was boring and was loaded with the worst dialogue ever. So lame...

AOTC had scary villains. Vader and the Emperor are so much better than Dooku/Tyranus. He wasn't even threatening except in one scene. And Sidious is onscreen for 20 seconds.

Ewoks = better than Geonosians, Kaminoans (or whatever), and all other digital creatures...

Come on, AOTC better than ROTJ? In what alternate quantum reality does this happen??
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#64729
Topic
An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64729/action/topic#64729
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Heh not really. I think he is acting childish. I mean he basically says to the fans who don't like the changes: screw you. The hell is that?! A generation of fans of his films that at one point probably worshipped him...

And then he bitches about the millions it would cost to put the original versions on DVD...don't even get me started on that bull****.
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#64290
Topic
Changes in 2004 DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64290/action/topic#64290
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Essentially, he's changing the Original Trilogy to be in accordance with the Prequels...which is obviously completely assinine. You wouldn't have a child then have another one and change the first one to be like the second (slightly confusing but think about it). I always hear "Lucas intended it to be that way..." Bullshit. He did not intend to have Greedo to shoot first (or he wouldn't have filmed it and released in to theaters and home video for 20 years the way it was). He didn't intend to have the Emperor be McDiarmid in The Empire Strikes Back (he at least didn't intend to have him be Palp til ROTJ). He didn't intend big digital creatures walk across the screen and droids smash each other around (think mos Eisley). He's just changing his mind about things and you just don't do that when you've relased a movie and it's been around for more than 20 years.
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#64148
Topic
Changes in 2004 DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64148/action/topic#64148
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fact remains that there are random screw-ups like this throughout the trilogy (from what I've heard, the lightsabers in ROTJ have been thinned and in ESB and ROTJ, Vader's is pinkish). This just makes these "Special Editions" feel even moe half-assed. If you're going to make this the "ultimate" edition, do it right (even though I don't agree with the changes).
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#63985
Topic
My Star Wars Theme Park
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63985/action/topic#63985
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Jeez, I wasn't sure where to post this...

Anyway, it's a park I'm working on for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 called SW: Galactic Adventures. There's a lot more work left to be done at this point, but there are plenty of cool rides right now. I post screens regularly here:

RCTTown

Now everything at the beginning of the process looks horrible. Now it looks slightly less horrible (I'm no RCT Picasso). I tried to keep the SE stuff out (meaning my version of the Sarlacc has no beak thing and so forth). However, there are prequel coasters. There's sweet stuff like a Snowspeeders coaster that actually goes around AT-ATs to simulate the scene from the film to a certain degree. Tell me what you think...