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#945891
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OT Special Editions to have USA Roadshow Summer '16
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I was banned from cinemas after my antics during the 1997 screening of ROTJ’s SE.

moviefreakedmind said:

I’ve been obsessed with this change for nearly 20 years. When I first saw the Special Edition of Jedi I couldn’t wait to see this moment on the big screen. Imagine my dismay when I saw that the scene had been ruined and the vanishing TIE fighters “fixed”! I stood up in the middle of the theatre and screamed, “that’s bullshit!” and I threw my popcorn on the floor, and walked out; I even made sure to throw my soda at the screen before storming out of the theatre. I also demanded my money back at the front box office. They just ignored me though and told my mother that she needed to control her young.

They may be less forgiving of an adult doing the same so I won’t chance it.

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#945628
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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I seem to recall some kind of Star Wars training event for kids at Disney Land over 15 years ago.

SilverWook said:

moviefreakedmind said:

In all seriousness, I did actually here that it was a sympathetic metaphor for the Viet Kong vs. U.S. soldiers.

In The Making of a Saga documentary, Lucas said he was influenced by his early involvement with Apocalypse Now, in having a primitive culture that overcomes a technological one. (Which was going to be Wookiees originally.) Nothing was said about it meaning anything more than that.

That makes sense. I actually heard it from a friend in high school who insisted that George Lucas was a communist. He was a bit weird though.