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Originally posted by: rancher
Puggo, some of what you wrote I did hear about before, except back in 1979 when the film was re-released. I never saw the cuts you claim & I saw the 35mm version in a different city in Aug '77, but I do remember that many after I moved to Edmonton said the same thing. The one that stands out is the 'addition' of the scene of Vader re-gaining control of his fighter at the end of the film, many believed it wasn't there before & a few of these people had seen the film many more times than you did in '77. It is possible that in this cut played here in 1977 it wasn't in film.
I'd love to share more of what I found with you but it is really pointless isn't it?
Originally posted by: zombie84
Rancher, you "know without a doubt that what you saw was true" as much as Puggo did. Its called a false memory, and its a common, everyday occurance. You remember seeing footage of the Rebels fighting the Wompas, but no such footage ever existed, nor found its way into a film.
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Rancher, you "know without a doubt that what you saw was true" as much as Puggo did. Its called a false memory, and its a common, everyday occurance. You remember seeing footage of the Rebels fighting the Wompas, but no such footage ever existed, nor found its way into a film.
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Puggo, some of what you wrote I did hear about before, except back in 1979 when the film was re-released. I never saw the cuts you claim & I saw the 35mm version in a different city in Aug '77, but I do remember that many after I moved to Edmonton said the same thing. The one that stands out is the 'addition' of the scene of Vader re-gaining control of his fighter at the end of the film, many believed it wasn't there before & a few of these people had seen the film many more times than you did in '77. It is possible that in this cut played here in 1977 it wasn't in film.
I'd love to share more of what I found with you but it is really pointless isn't it?
Er, I think you're responding to Zombie here...
In any case, try to remember that there are a LOT of people who saw a lot of different things. Rather than get all angry that people aren't believing you, just be content that you shared what you think you remember, and that's it. Maybe someday you'll be proven right, even better maybe someday YOU will find proof, which would be very exciting. It's not easy to research this stuff... a lot less was documented permanently then than is documented today, so you may never be able to prove your remembrances. Rather than argue over mine, I spent several months on a quest to find some evidence. I got really close... I actually found some rough preserved footage of the late-night trailers I thought would prove it, but they were incomplete so no cigar.
This is a community of people who share their work and their thoughts. So, rather than ask people to research something for you, try to contribute something new. Ironically, I ended up contributing the Puggo Edition, which had nothing to do with my original puzzle. Maybe my memory was right, maybe not... maybe someday I'll find something out about that, maybe not. But arguing something that nobody else here can corroborate would just make me frustrated. I still think I maybe saw what I saw, but there's no use arguing about it. You've shared your thoughts - that's cool - now decide what you want to do next. I hope you can chase down that missing script, that would be a wonderful find in and of itself.
As a B-shlock movie fan, I drool at the possibility of a Lucas-produced Holiday Special SE!!! 