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- #1564564
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- Anyone else think Empire Strikes Back's Special Edition is actually better than the Theatrical Cut?
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My all-time least favorite change is Vader’s shuttle arriving on the “Star Destroyer”. I can take or leave the “Bring my shuttle” line being changed (I prefer the old line but it’s not a huge deal to me) and don’t think the other new shots hurt the pacing that much, but I HATE that they used recycled Return of the Jedi footage. Even when I was a kid I hated how obvious it was. If George absolutely needed to show Vader returning to his Star Destroyer, the shot of the shuttle flying towards it could’ve been the final added shot without any distracting footage from the wrong movie necessary.