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#211145
Topic
Should Lucus make 4,5 and 6 over?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211145/action/topic#211145
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There are very few errors in the OT. I don't see any reason why Obi-Wan would lie about the damned droids. The mistakes are in the prequels. The most annoying mistake being why the droids would be in those movies in the first place! Just completely out of place, even more so than Chewbacca, because at least he only has a minor cameo and since the two characters never come into contact in the OT, it doesn't really create a plot hole like with the droids. It's just irritating.

It's the inherent trap of prequels to get them to match up with the existing story. And in a lot of ways, George failed, giving into the temptation of more flash and contrived connections that only allow for classic characters to make cameo appearances (and if George was really convinced we should watch them I-VI, those cameos wouldn't "need" to be there because we'd have no idea who those people are), rather than building connections that tie the stories together.

It's funny how, before 1999, no one complained about all these so-called errors in the original trilogy. That's because they didn't and still don't exist. Just because the prequels screwed everything up, it does't meant that the original trilogy has to suffer for it.
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#211098
Topic
New DVDs NOT 16x9
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211098/action/topic#211098
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Since we're getting into this topic of discussion again, I just want to add this thought I'd had.

Does anybody remember the intereview on the '97 SEs? The part where he quotes the "films are never completed, just abandoned, and rather than just leave my abandoned movies, I wanted to go back and complete them?" At 11 years old, I was thinking, "Well, wait, if they're never completed, then how is this Special Edition supposed to be the completed version? Even if he updated again, it still wouldn't be complete by that logic." So I guess I forsaw the '04 editions seven years before they were released.
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#211060
Topic
New DVDs NOT 16x9
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211060/action/topic#211060
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One thing really confuses me, and that's the rumor about the title crawl. The article says that Lucasfilm will probably just do some digital tweaking to remove the "Episode IV: A New Hope" thing. But that doesn't make any sense at all. The entire crawl had to be reformatted after that was added in in order for the timing to synch up. So just painting away the offending episode number will just be a lazy and totally inaccurate way of fooling fans who don't know any better.

Oh. Wait. I'm talking about Lucasfilm here. When have they done things any other way...?
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#210905
Topic
Should Lucus make 4,5 and 6 over?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210905/action/topic#210905
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Okay, I might as well. It's been a while since I elaborated on this. I admit, that in May of 2002, and even in, what was it, November of 2002 when the DVD of Attack of the Clones came out, I was really keen on Yoda's lightsaber acrobatics. Nowadays... to put it simply, I'm not. And by the time Revenge of the Sith came out, I was pretty disgusted that Palpatine was getting in on the act. At first, it was simply because I was annoyed at Lucas giving every single character a lightsaber and telling them to duel. And it's still partly that, but it's more than that as well, I soon figured out.

Strangely enough, I was just thinking about this last night...

Think of Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back. Think of the Emperor from Return of the Jedi. I know I'm not the only person who thinks that fighting with lightsabers is just beneath them, plain and simple. Yoda is the mentor. He lifts X-Wings from the swamp and gives philsophical discussions on the Force. He prepares Luke for his battles. Palpatine is the instigator. He watches with glee from the comfort of his chair as his lackeys go at each other with colored blades. When he needs to exert his authority, he stands up and fries people with lightning bolts without so much as breaking a sweat. And when both of them are done, they simply pick up their canes and hobble away. Giving them lightsabers in the prequels weakened them so much by forcing them to fight on the same level as the main characters. It was just done as a pathetic attempt to make the prequels "more intense!!!"

EDIT: And then Revenge of the Sith added salt to the wound by having them fight each other! At least at one point, for a very short time, they did put away their lightsabers and start attacking each other with the manipulation of objects. That is how they should fight. With object manipulation, Force lightning, strangulation, and any other Force power that Lucas could have created. Instead, the only Force powers they seemed to gain were the ability to jump thousands of feet in the air and move really, really fast. Or, should I say, be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and run faster than a speeding bullet?
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#210892
Topic
The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210892/action/topic#210892
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Well, I have an update to that story!

At about 5:50 CST today, the same store called me and asked if I could come in to work that very minute. So now I have a job! I guess it was meant to be after all. But I agree with you, YIYF. I haven't even been home a week, and I'm already used to sleeping in and goofing around here all day. But now I'm going to have to start working again. Why is life so unrelaxing? But, anyway, now I'll have money to buy stuff!
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#210889
Topic
The Empire Strikes Back Script Game
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210889/action/topic#210889
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Last time on Batman... A familiar message!

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I just finished watching ESB, and just so you know, Yoda does say, "No," after Ben asks, "Was I any different when you taught me?" Tee hee. Pwned. ^_~

Voice: Permission granted to land on Platform 3-2-7.
Han: Thank you. See? Nothing to worry about. We go waaay back, Lando and me.
Leia: Who's worried?


Will the dynamic duo figure out this puzzle?! Tune in, same Bat Time, same Bat Channel!
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#210661
Topic
The Empire Strikes Back Script Game
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210661/action/topic#210661
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Yoda: Mmm. Friends you have there.
Luke: They were in pain.
Yoda: It is the future you see.
Luke: Future? Will they die?
Yoda: Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
Luke: I've gotta go to them.
Yoda: Decide you must how to serve them best. If you leave now, help them you could... but you would destroy all for which they have fought... and suffered.

And now we get back to where we skipped before!
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#210646
Topic
The Empire Strikes Back Script Game
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210646/action/topic#210646
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You missed it again, HotRod! What are we gonna do with you? You're turning into me!

Yoda: Use the Force! Through the Force, things you will see, other places. The future. The past. Old friends long gone.
Luke: Han! Leia!

And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

EDIT: Okay. It looks like I missed some too. Just follow YIYF. I don't know what I'm talking about.
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#210632
Topic
Rankings
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210632/action/topic#210632
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Don't worry. It doesn't taste that bad. ^_~ Now I bet you're wishing you'd made better use of those first five months you were here.

But seriously, I still feel weird about this and kinda guilty as well. Our little competition has been so fun, but what's gonna happen if I pass you? It'll be like a jumpingtheshark moment or something! Hmm. It's a lose/lose situation...