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#121337
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Am I the only one who thinks the CGI effects look fake?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121337/action/topic#121337
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To be perfectly honest, I didn't notice that none of the sets were real in Attack of the Clones until I got the DVD, and they told me it was all fake. Sad, but true. I noticed them all in Revenge. Could be because I already knew ahead of time they were going to be, but I'm hoping it's just because I've developed a more discerning eye for CG.
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#121102
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What about you? The moment when you "divorced" from the Lucas policy about SW?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121102/action/topic#121102
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I was originally excited when the special editions came out. When they were released on video, I finally realized what the "One Last Time..." tagline in 1995 had meant. It didn't bother me at the time, but when DVD became popular, and I learned that VHS deteriorates, therefore rendering a lot of the original versions (including my own) on the track to death, I got worried. The prequels had me torn throughout their run. I'd be excited to see them, and I'd enjoy them for the most part, but I couldn't get over the continuity errors and the fact that they just weren't as good (hoping that the next one would explain what seemed so strange in the current one). It wasn't until 2004 when I learned that, not only would these releases be even more drastically altered than the '97 ones, and that Lucas was denying the existance of the originals that I finally gave up on him. I'd already preordered them, though. Besides, by that point, I had already made up my mind that I was against any filmmaker tampering with his work.
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#120596
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Hyperspace
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120596/action/topic#120596
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Yeah, there's really no need to complain about it at all. It doesn't mess up the original films because it doesn't affect them. And I don't think most people noticed that they weren't in the prequels. I sure didn't. I don't think it would have made any difference had they been in there (although, like I said earlier, it just doesn't feel like it belongs in the prequels, but maybe that's just because they weren't there to begin with), but it's a nice thought that Lucas would want to save that for the OT. I'm still not sure why he'd want to save that, though, when he tried to re-use other things for nostalgic value.
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#120489
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Hyperspace
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120489/action/topic#120489
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That is most interesting, but it seems rather uncharacteristic on his part, based on his previous actions of not showing much respect to his property. I mean, he's milked every other sentimental element of the OT for the PT. But, really, it works. I've never thought about it before, but it just seems weird seeing those elongated hyperspace stars in any prequel trilogy scene. Wow. I'm impressed.
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#120486
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Hyperspace
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120486/action/topic#120486
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No, me either. I think that's interesting. I just think it almost sounds insulting from the perspective that he feels free to dirty up the OT with PT elements, yet the OT has to stay encapsulated and is not worthy to touch the PT. I mean, I know that wasn't his intention, but when I wrote my first post, I looked at it and realized that how I'd written it was what it sounded like.
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#120480
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Hyperspace
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120480/action/topic#120480
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Believe it or not, Lucas actually did this on purpose. He wanted the hyperspace "look" to be exclusive to the OT. I'll see if I can find the quote.


Wow. I wish you could find that quote. So Lucas has no qualms about putting prequel trilogy stuff into the original trilogy, but he wants to keep original trilogy elements out of the prequel trilogy? That sounds almost insulting if you put it that way.

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#120479
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Hyperspace
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120479/action/topic#120479
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I've never really thought about it before. It's been a while since I've watched the prequel trilogy, though. Do they do it some other way, or are there simply no scenes that show a hyperspace jump from the perspective of the cockpit? Because, now that I think of it, I don't recall any cockpit hyperspace scenes.
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#120360
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BATTLEs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120360/action/topic#120360
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Yeah, I've often wondered about that whole pain thing myself. I've never had tape ripped off my chest before, but I would think it would be painful. But in that article and in the Empire of Dreams documentary, Carrie Fisher didn't seem to be complaining too much about it. She even joked about coming up with a contest to see who would get to rip it off at the end of the day, and she did, in fact, make xerox copies of her... self, and passed them out to the cast and crew. She complained more about the bikini in ROTJ, actually.
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#120333
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BATTLEs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120333/action/topic#120333
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I'm male. When the Phantom Menace came out when I was 13, I read an article in Newsweek about Carrie Fisher, and that's when I first heard of the whole gaffer tape incidents. I've always found it funny (and I've always found Princess Leia attractive), so that's where I came up with my persona for these boards.