Haarspalter

Topic question: Are retrospective changes just fan service?

Boba Fetts new appearance in ANH (him looking directly in the camera)

and his enhanced appearance in ROTJ (his ladiesman attitude)

could be filed as fan service.

Imagine Lucas thinking:
If i had known that you fans like this guy so much, i would have never killed him off. Sooooo, here he is! Just for you! I directed him to look right into the camera … well, basically he is looking at YOOOUUUU!

OT Fans: “If you want to release the unaltered OT, you need to talk to 20th Century Fox.”

Kennedy: “Why is that?”

OT Fans: “Because Fox still owns the rights to 1977’s original Star Wars. So you have to finalise an extraordinary complex agreement in which you…”

Disney: “We bought 20th Century Fox.”

[Everybody turns and stares at them. Disney just shrugs]

Disney: “It seemed neater.”

Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:

TV’s Frink said:

The Descent is great. I meant to watch the sequel but they pulled it off Netflix before I had the chance.

There’s a sequel?!?!

Don’t watch the Sequel! It’s awfully boring, ruins the ending of the first movie and weakens the mystery surrounding the creatures.

YodaFan67 said:

After the negative critical reaction to The Phantom Menace, George Lucas loses confidence in his abilities and hires you as his chief creative consultant for the rest of the trilogy. George still has veto power, but he’ll basically do anything you want as long as you have a good reason.

Sounds like an interesting premise for a movie empire simulation videogame 😉

I bought this VHS set two years ago on ebay for 1€, because i wanted something in my glass cabinet that will always remind me what Star Wars used to be before 1997. Unfortunately i can’t watch it anymore since my vhs recorder died a few years ago.

Mocata said:

2 Cups, 1 Solo? 😉

Great work Mocata! 😃

How about First Shot - A Star Wars Story 😉

With a fitting poster that resembles this one from First Blood:

Han Solo - This time he is gambling for his life …

oojason said:

DominicCobb said:

Surprising absolutely no one the film finally has the official title Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Nice…

http://www.starwars.com/news/official-name-for-the-untitled-han-solo-film-revealed

https://twitter.com/RealRonHoward/status/920320502320771073 & https://www.instagram.com/p/BaWuxDWlt4-/

logo from - https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/76zn5g/hq_solo_a_star_wars_story_logo/

I’m already starting to see beyond the title … there are two eyes (the O’s), the L looks like a nose and the S looks like an ear or an ear with hair.

https://twitter.com/MrPeytonReed/status/911024440766582784

Oh boy, take another look at Reeds Twitter comment … especially what that self-proclaimed ‘huge nerd’ Rae Ivywood has to say.

My two cents

The order i saw the Indiana Jones movies had a strong impact on how i evaluate every movie in the series.

My first movie was The Last Crusade. It is (imo) the best Indiana Jones film of all time. Spielberg wasn’t interested doing another roller-coaster ride so he injected a charming & heart warming character drama into the story. It’s not about the grail - it’s about Father & Son who overcome their mutual enstrangement during the adventure. In terms of action & fantasy aspects it demands the least suspension of disbelief from the audience. Great cast, excellent set pieces. All in all a timeless action-adventure movie. Everything Raiders did, this movie does better by far - yes, i said that and i mean it! Some might argue that The Last Crusade is just a mere rehash of Raiders. But don’t forget: Spielberg & Lucas went back to the Raiders formula, because of the harsh reception that Temple of Doom recieved.

Raiders was second in my viewing order. Yes it is a great movie, but strangely this movie does not age very well for me. Everytime i watch it, i see new cracks in its patina.

Temple of Doom was third in my viewing order. It is childish, giggly and feels more like Quatermain movie. Indy is completely out of character and he acts often like a douche in the first half of the film. A fun 80s flick which undoubtely can stand on it’s own, if you erase The Last Crusade and Raiders from your mind.

Kingdom of the Cyrstal Skull … my fourth Indy movie. In the cinema i had a blast watching it. Instantly i thought: better than Temple of Doom. But with every subsequent viewing that movie gradually went down into oblivion. Lazy direction, lame-ass production values, underdeveloped MacGuffin, etc.

The Indiana Jones series (i hate calling it a franchise) belongs to the 80s. Every Indy aspect outside of that era sucked. I don’t want a fifth Indy movie. Ford is too OLD!

Cherish the ride into the sunset…

YodaFan67 said:

For example, do they or do they not include “a new hope” in the crawl?

Mike O said:

Alderaan said:

Mike O said:

I just hate all the damn speculating. I wish Disney would give some kind of damn statement.

They already did. Kathleen Kennedy already said it’s not going to happen. Just a bunch of people who can’t take a hint and like to bury their heads in the sand.

I didn’t hear that, but heartbreaking as it is, it’s not surprising.

YodaFan67 said:

I just can’t see the OOT ever getting released on its own. As a 2nd disc feature, maybe.

IF the OOT was restored correctly, and I mean 100% correctly, […]

This will be an issue, if Disney is going to restore the OOT: What IS 100% correctly?

No matter how good, precise or accurate they could do it, there will be a certain amount of people who will shout out loud how wrong, imprecise or inaccurate their restoration is. They can’t please everyone because too much time has passed. Opinions on how the restoration should look & sound like are diverging day by day.

Jawas VS Ewoks (Can the ewoks disable the forest crushing sand crawler?)

Rancor VS Sarlacc (Jabba The Hutt pet battle)

Leia VS Dianoga (Because of their ability to strangle human beings)

Dewbacks VS Tauntauns (Sand VS Snow … basically)

Luke VS The Emperor (Free Fall Speed Contest)

Alderaan said:

Haar, none of those pictures you posted are Star Wars.

Better? 😉

If you think about it, a lot of visual sex metaphors are attached to Bib Fortunas head.

Predicted assumption: Indiana Jones 4 will be a disappointment

Quote by user Rebel Scumb:

“Personally I think we’ve all been spared a sequel that would almost certainly have embarrassed the franchise. Sure I would of lined up opening night to see it, but I can almost guarntee the Indy magic would be long gone, and instead we’d be treated to a lot jokes about Ford’s age, a plethora of CGI, and a lot of santized PG violence, and PC values.”

Date of quote: 17 February 2004 — 4 years prior to the actual movie

Source: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/George-Lucas-halts-Indy-IV-production-due-to-disagreements-with-the-script/id/532

This thread is truly bizarre … but hey, even Star Wars has some slightly abnormal sexual things going on. Undeniable there is a certain amount of “tentacle stuff” in Star Wars:

Let the metaphor speak for itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentacle_erotica

Another example: due to her handcuffed position Mr. Plinkett suspected in his AOTC review that the Tuskens did some more things with Shmi Skywalker than just torturing:

I’m glad that Colin Trevorrow is no longer the director for Episode IX. That Lucasfilm chose him for the third film in the Sequel Trilogy always bugged me. “Jurassic World” was mediocre at best.

NeverarGreat said:

joefavs said:

It bothers me that there’s nothing from ROTJ on that poster. Surely Slave I couldve been replaced with something specific to the third film.

Is the TFA Star Destroyer not good enough for you?

They had one job 😉

And the Vader/Death Star shape seems to be a nearly identical copy/paste image from the Rogue One DVD Cover.

DuracellEnergizer said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

James Cameron disappeared in the mid-90s, never to be seen or heard from again. I’m sure that if he were around today, he’d release those movies on Blu Ray

With their original colour grading, I presume?

Nope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJRpKF3eJXo

Just awful.

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/40-at-40-Interviews-from-the-40th-anniversary-reunion-on-May-27th-2017/id/55800

rodneyfaile said:

Hate, instigate, and regurgitate.

Regurgitating is the path to the Dark Side.

Regurgitating leads to Disgust

Disgust leads to Mr. Clean

Mr. Clean leads to Cleanliness

moviefreakedmind said:

“Why?” He said that the prequels are really bad and they’re hilarious to make fun of. I don’t know where this confusion comes from.

My guess: the confusion results from a certain activity those guys are probably undertaking while watching the Prequels.

It’s called

How you pictured Anakin pre-PT

As a noble & likeable man with extraordinary pilot skills. He has enthusiastic ideals about peace, right and order. With the help of his new friend, the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin becomes a Jedi. He hopes to end the Clone Wars which disrupts the republic for quite some years now. Over the past years of the war the republic is close to a downfall. In time pressure Anakin starts looking for faster and more effective ways to end the war. During a crucial key moment that involves a Senator named Palpatine, Anakin tastes & uses the Dark Side of the Force. With the power of the Dark Side he finally achieves what the Jedi failed to do: Anakin ends the long-lasting Clone Wars. Eventually Anakin refuses to give up the Dark Side of the Force which ignites the extinction of the Jedi, the rise of the Empire and a certain duel with his former friend Obi-Wan Kenobi.

As a child i always assumed that Anakin was the first Jedi ever, who defected to the Dark Side. Despite being a Sith he still uses the typical Jedi weapon: a Lightsaber with the unusual color red.

SilverWook said:

Jimmy Smits probably knew he could be replaced, technically he was Bail Organa #2 as the first fellow ended up on the TPM cutting room floor.

Really? I did not know that. Interesting.