Mocata

That sounds very expensive, but I wonder if it’s some other gimmick version. Unless they’re re-selling the steelbooks or something. Prediction: re-branded I-VIII to make them look like one big series. Like all those Disney/Marvel DVD sleeves that are silver and gold now.

crissrudd4554 said:
a restored OUT is likely gonna be relegated to the back seat of a restored SE Trilogy which being the canon version

I predict this. Back seat might be a bit generous though.

Yeah the scene where Luke says he can see one of the sand people through the scope always confused me since it was cut off at the edges.

I’m primed to either feel Justice League or Star Trek Into Darkness levels of nausea. I’d prefer it not to be this way of course but I have little faith in the film makers involved, and it was the same when the man behind Jurassic World was still attached. I’ll be very surprised if it’s any better or worse than TFA but that’s the realistic bar I imagine they’re aiming for, depending on how indulgent JJ is and how much Saga stuff Disney demands.

But it’s still a peek behind the curtain, despite it being so very minor.

Worth repeating here I suppose
https://twitter.com/ctabesh/status/1156747612935954438

Mielr said:

DominicCobb said:

crissrudd4554 said:

Joe Dante even Tweeted about the film being aired in the wrong aspect ratio!

https://twitter.com/joe_dante/status/1156729611796926464?s=20

Steven Soderbergh too.

What did SS say? I can’t find it.

https://twitter.com/Bitchuation/status/1156718314330238977

Then there’s this reply from someone at TCM

https://twitter.com/ctabesh/status/1156747612935954438

Sigh.

They should have deleted it and just included his name during the Imperial trainee scene. Which I guess goes for a lot of these weird annoying moments… they shelved half the movie but didn’t have any idea what actually worked.

Edit: was his father also just called Han?

Indeed. Every set and prop was made by hand, and their work is being tarnished or deleted entirely.

Rodney-2187 said:

What would happen if they decided to release the unaltered versions but only on Disney+?

People young enough to subscribe to that sort of thing would be very confused?

oojason said:

So you’re saying orphans have brain damage?

If only scribd was still around. Guess you’ll have to risk eBay and see if I remembered it right.

doubleofive said:

Mocata said:

I was trying to find an interview with George that was in Empire magazine somewhere in the early 2000s. THX had just been released on DVD so it was a tie-in piece. So like, let’s say 2004. The interviewer asked him about the new changes to the film and the quote I want to say was something like…

“Oh it’s like Star Wars. There is no original version”.

Of course I could be mistaken and this is probably paraphrasing without remembering the actual question the journalist posed but the answer he gave stuck in my brain. I don’t own any copies of this magazine any more and I don’t think there’s a transcript online.

If you do find, this, let me know.

I’d have to find a list of back issues from that year and see if George interview is one of the cover articles. Maybe they’re digital these days.

Edit: Possibly this one https://www.magazinecollectors.co.uk/empire-magazine-185-2004-johnny-depp-cover-p-6973.html

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There are a lot of very silly ideas floating around here, and none of them fit into the category of ‘desperately playing it safe it please everyone’. I predict 50% ROTJ and 50% True Sith Red Guys vs First Order.

SilverWook said:

So Luke wasn’t joking back in the original film? 😉

                     THREEPIO
                     Is there anything I might do to help?

           Luke glances at the battered robot. A bit of his anger drains 
           and a tiny smile creeps across his face.

                       LUKE
             Well, not unless you can alter time, 
             speed up the harvest, or teleport me 
             off this rock!

So teleportation must be a thing too…

Does astral projection count?

I moonlight as a film critic, and there’s no way I’m rewatching the prequels. Good luck out there.

SomethingStarWarsRelated said:

Indeed very much like the shot of the Tusken Raider in ANH. Here’s the scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjkCl-LhbGU

Obviously, the bluray will give you a much better look at what’s been done here.

All this lame CG editing and nobody remembered to put food in the bowls…

LexX said:

I noticed the 94 from this 20 years ago:

I loved all those Galoob sets.

Booman said:

Also while we’re on the topic of Mon Calamari…

This clueless background guy doesn’t get nearly enough recognition!

Haha he’s like ‘wait what are these red lights for, are we in battle?’

I didn’t see this very recently though I didn’t notice for many years, but does anyone else enjoy the look of shock from Mon Mothma when Admiral Ackbar starts to talk? Like she hasn’t seen the guy before and is really weirded out the whole time he’s speaking.

You’re thinking of a parody or a genre spoof, not a satire.

I was trying to find an interview with George that was in Empire magazine somewhere in the early 2000s. THX had just been released on DVD so it was a tie-in piece. So like, let’s say 2004. The interviewer asked him about the new changes to the film and the quote I want to say was something like…

“Oh it’s like Star Wars. There is no original version”.

Of course I could be mistaken and this is probably paraphrasing without remembering the actual question the journalist posed but the answer he gave stuck in my brain. I don’t own any copies of this magazine any more and I don’t think there’s a transcript online.

Anyway instead I found this interview where he claims that it would cost millions to restore a film that multiple fans have recreated with nothing but their own spare time.

https://www.today.com/popculture/lucas-talks-star-wars-trilogy-returns-wbna6011380