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#1093680
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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I don’t remember where I read it, but supposedly Lucas did set aside some of Jedi’s budget to “complete” the Jabba scene in Star Wars. He even initially asked the art department to design Jabba in such a way that he could be more easily composited into the scene. Obviously the idea was abandoned.

I’m willing to meet Lucas halfway on the Jabba thing. I do think he wanted an alien creature in that scene, but the idea was dropped by the time it came to actually shooting it.

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#1055705
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Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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Looked the chapter up online (http://www.wenovel.com/book/1500/44197.html) and there are some lines that could be relevant to TLJ.

‘You see,’ he said, still looking down at his bandages, ‘when one’s young, it seems very easy to distinguish between right and wrong, but as one gets older it becomes more difficult. At school it’s easy to pick out one’s own villains and heroes and one grows up wanting to be a hero and kill the villains.’

'For those two jobs I was awarded a Double O number in the Service. Felt pretty clever and got a reputation for being good and tough. A double O number in our Service means you’ve had to kill a chap in cold blood in the course of some job.
‘Now,’ he looked up again at Mathis, 'that’s all very fine. The hero kills two villains, but when the hero Le Chiffre starts to kill the villain Bond and the villain Bond knows he isn’t a villain at all, you see the other side of the medal. The villains and heroes get all mixed up.

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Could be hinting that morality in TLJ won’t be so black and white. Or I could be completely off-base and this has nothing to do with Casino Royale.

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#884397
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How much does Lucas owe to Jorodowky’s Dune? Would Star Wars even exist without Dune?
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Jodorowky’s ego was nauseating. He didn’t even bother reading the book and his planned ending shows it. It’s just as bad as Lynch’s, and misses the point completely.

Hint: Paul isn’t really a messiah, he’s just playing the part.

Trying to get Dali and Orson on board was a farce.

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#766104
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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captainsolo said:

I have a feeling we need someone to convince the Mouse to do this at some point, much like it took the influence of Spielberg to get Coppola's proposition to restore The Godfather films at Paramount.

Perhaps if some of the current production could voice some thoughts...?

I'd like to think Abram's is on our side. He at least has Kennedy's ear.

Rian Johnson has outright stated that he doesn't like the special editions and wants the originals released.