The Phantom Menace- “Droid Invasion”
Attack of the Clones - Main Title/ Opening crawl
Revenge of the Sith - “Battle of the Heroes”
A New Hope - “Binary Sunset”
The Empire Strikes Back - “The Duel”.
Return of the Jedi - “The Emperors Death”. Honorary mention for “Into the Trap”.
If you could have a lightsaber, would you choose red, blue, or green? Jedi/Sith affiliation isn’t revelant.
You can subsitute purple or yellow if you prefer, but this was mainly intended for the key three colors.
I’ve always preferred red.
Everything about the Dragonball Super movie with Broly was terrible.
Basically without the 5 min of Darth Vader, nobody would have cared about Rogue One.
force choke
“Apology accepted, Captain Needa!”
Thank you for the clarification.
Unless I think of anything else to ask/ comment, have a Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays!
Well, let’s suppose that someone decided, because it had not been done yet (again, supposing), to do a restoration of Gone With The Wind, himself. Now it turns out this fellow isn’t actually a fan of this movie because it doesn’t suit his personal tastes, he doesn’t care much for war/drama, etc. (however you wish to categorize the story) films. But he does recognize that it’s a very important film in the history of film making and so on, and feels it’s his duty as a film enthusiast with at least some of the skills needed to take up this challenge and restore it as well as he is able, using the best sources he can find. Mike doesn’t have to be a huge fan of films like Star Wars for him to recognize how important a film it is. In fact, it’s all the more impressive how he put such an enormous effort into this, even though it’s not quite his type of movie. =)
As to George Lucas. I read about a fan sometime back that was able to get invited to an event where George would be. I think it cost money, it might have been a ticket that was auctioned off for charity or whatever. Anyhow, he got to attend and he met George. He complimented him on his film-making and how much he enjoyed Star Wars and so on. Then, like a true Star Wars fan, he took the opportunity to ask George something like, “Hey, why not just also release the original Star Wars trilogy unaltered?”. George’s answer was along the lines of rolling his eyes and saying that they were his films, etc. George simply prefers the altered versions, apparently because they more seamlessly blend (Hayden, etc.) with the prequels and so on. Which I can see what he means, even if many of us fans would like at least the option to see the trilogy unaltered in the best possible quality. But George was quite clear in his answer, he wants the latest version of the Special Editions to be the ones that are on store shelves now. This clear response directly to a fan when asked, combined with the not subtle hints given by others at Lucasfilm, etc., makes it nearly certain that the reason the unaltered trilogy has not been fully restored (at least publicly) and released in a box set is because George doesn’t want it to be. And as much as I wish he would change his mind on that, I can respect that as an artist he wants his various alterations and also the way the two trilogies blend together now to be what is being offered for sale at this time. Even though I strongly disagree with some of those changes. Maybe he will change his mind, but for now, fan restorations are the only option. Fortunately, with the film scans now available for replacing altered scenes, those can be very good indeed.
well said, my friend 😃
Based on the provided info on 4K77’s webpage, 97% of the film comes from a Spanish print. If that’s accruate, I assume the other 3% is for the opening scrawl, end credits, and damaged frames?
I’m unsure about the audio source for the SSE, but is all the audio for 4K77 from the GOUT or does is some from prints?
I never liked “Elf” or “The Princess Bride.”
Prior to the Disney purchase of Fox, I read the distribution rights to all the Star Wars movies, aside from “A New Hope“, would have reverted to Disney in May 2020.
Does anyone know if Paramount owns the rights to the Indiana Jones trilogy (they can keep Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) in perpetuity or if they eventually go to Disney?
The mystery of Rey’s parents as noted by Hermes in Futurama.
Who are Rey’s parents? - “That’s very a good question.”
Palpatine had a son and Rey’s his granddaughter. - “That just raises further questions!”
I should probably put more context into the Sidious reveal.
I don’t believe the Emperor was ever referred to as “Palpatine” in ROTJ and back in 1999, only my parents were using the internet.
The only clues for 9 year old me was seeing the name “Palpatine” in a Star Wars coloring book and then on a tie-in product.
Immediately after I saw Force Awakens, I told my friend Episode 9 would have Kylo Ren turn good and sacrifice himself to save Rey; although I expected him to die by fiery explosion after sending her off in an escape pod.
I don’t know if these other two count because who was really surprised?
Boba Fett being resurrected as a grizzled anti-hero. Called that pretty much when the Madalorian was announced.
Senator Palpatine alter ego being Darth Sidious. 9 year old me deciphered this when I saw his name and picture on a pog when Episode 1 was released.
my final one: I prefer Clive Revill as the Emperor in Empire Strikes Back.
I don’t know if these listed are controversial. If anything, they’re pet peeves of mine.
Count Dooku using Sith lightning ruined the prestige.
“Who talks first? You talk first or I talk first?” is a more out of place line than “Ouch Time” or “Do you want to buy some death sticks?”.
There were too many Jedi in the prequels, which watered down their lore. I find it hard for Palpatine and Vader to fear a Jedi destroying them both when a battle droid and clone trooper could take one out.
Obi-Won’s “true from a certain point of view” explanation still felt like a retcon.
Darth Plagueis wasn’t that wise.
I have five:
The Phantom Menace felt the most like a Star Wars film out of the prequels.
The Mandalorian is a mediocre show composed merely of fan-service and callbacks.
Boba Fett should have stayed dead in the Sarlaac pit.
The Last Jedi is the worst Star Wars film because it’s boring and has no rewatch value. Plain and simple.
The EU was basically professional fan-fiction, even prior to Disney’s acquisition
someone else came up with this idea but I agree with it: during the Jabba scene in ‘A New Hope’, rather than have Han step on Jabba’s tail, the image cuts to a close-up of Boba Fett.
If it counts: the cosmetic touch ups such as removing matte lines on ships.
Was the sound effect of the Stormtrooper clunking his head a SE change? If so, that’s my top pick.
If not, I’d keep the reinserted reunion scene with Biggs or the ships taking off from Yavin.
I recognize how absurd this sounds over the more obvious examples, but the one I’d remove is Boba Fett’s new voice.
If I could revoke one more, it’d be the updated emperor in ESB. There’s something about the eerie prototype that I think fits in better with the movie.
I don’t recall exactly where Mike said it within the stream, but what stood out was he said he doesn’t necessarily care for the story or characters of Star Wars.
At this point, he’s doing this passion project to preserve the film’s history, including the award-winning work of the sound and effects crew that’s since been erased.
I don’t know if that’s the sentiment the community mostly shares, but in many ways, that perfectly sums up how I’ve come to feel about the series at this point in my life.
Thank you all for the insight! You all have my respect for your efforts and dedication.
Thank you both for your feedback! I guess unless we personally scan the original negatives, we’ll never know how the movie actually looks. It definitely appears the consensus in the thread is both 1.4 and 1.6 are better than the the earlier versions.
If I may ask one last question: is 4K83 for all intents and purposes a finished product or are there future updates expected? My understanding is Harmy 3.0 will be the final version of Despecialized and 4K77 is also being updated to 2.0 in the future.
sorry if this is a naive question, but how accurate are the colors of Disney+ /4K Blu Ray of ROTJ or how do they compare with the later versions of 4K83?
I understand the 2011 Blu Rays have a magenta tint to them, but the new versions are better color corrected.
Star Wars at the National Film Registry probably isn’t a new topic, but I read this article about a fan who traveled to the Library of Congress to watch their copy of ‘Star Wars’.
(https://mashable.com/2015/12/17/star-wars-original-cut/)
I’m curious if anyone has done this too or for did so for the Empire Strikes Back?