Just saw RotJ Spec. Ed. on DVD for the first time...

[Desdichado]

I had heard the rumors of the change months ago, and I thought that perhaps in RotS we would find out a reason for it. I know that almost none of his changes make any sense (Greedo shooting first and all that), but this one in particular has me stumped. Of course it is a visual way to tie Episodes 4-6 in to Episodes 1-3, but I can find no other reason.

Any apologists out there who can come up with a good excuse?

Well, you already kinda presented the good excuse right there, or at least as good a one as can be found. I mean, why ask a question and present an answer in the same breath?

A better question would be why, when getting read of the really stupid "Yub nub" song immediately following Anakin's force ghost shot, did Lucas replace it with one that's --if anything-- even worse; some cheesy elevator music celebration song?

 

[reveal]

Apparently 0.7% of the population of England lists their religion on survays as "Jedi". So I suspect that not only will people care, but it's likely that there will have been religious wars and killings over those sorts of things.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/14/jedis_reach_the_stars/

http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm

 

[Villano]

And most people will care why?

I'm sure that 70 years ago people said, "Who's going to care about these movie serials?", yet you can still find them in most video stores. There are even books about them.

There are a lot of companies out there that produce only public domain movies, like Alpha (you've probably seen their DVDs for under $5) and Sinister Cinema. If there's money to be made, you'll find people who will care. Hell, Sinister sell silent westerns. I can't imagine there's a huge market for that, but, if they didn't spend anything for the rights, you don't need to sell that many to make a profit.

As to why people would want the originals instead of the special editions in the future, ask yourself how many people own copies of the new, "improved" colorized versions of King Kong, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, It's A Wonderful Life, or Night Of The Living Dead? Sometimes people prefer the original versions. I'm sure if Lucas released the OT on DVD today, it would sell very well.

 

[wingsandsword]

Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet... The above is an urban legend. (Unless the “old” Urban Legend inspired it to become true.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/faith/jediism.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/rank/jedi.asp

The BBC reports that in 2001, 390,000 people in the UK declared "Jedi" as their official religion, and the last link is an official government site confirming it: 390127.

That's just in the England and Wales, not to mention the rest of the world.

 

[reveal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/faith/jediism.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/rank/jedi.asp

The BBC reports that in 2001, 390,000 people in the UK declared "Jedi" as their official religion, and the last link is an official government site confirming it: 390127.

That's just in the England and Wales, not to mention the rest of the world.

http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm

 

[wingsandsword]

http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm

Ahem,

I read that. It was already posted. I read it. I am posting a rebuttal. The snopes article is only about it being granted "official" status as a recognized religion, nothing about the validity of the beliefs of the respondents to the census. It might not be a legally recognized religion, but that didn't stop over 390,000 people from declaring it as their religion, under possible legal penalties for falsely reporting information on a census.

Just because Snopes puts a big red "False" up there on a post relating to the Jedi movemnet doesn't make it all not so. Read the details of the articles, instead of looking for the red "False" summary.

 

[Klaus]

Well, you already kinda presented the good excuse right there, or at least as good a one as can be found. I mean, why ask a question and present an answer in the same breath?

A better question would be why, when getting read of the really stupid "Yub nub" song immediately following Anakin's force ghost shot, did Lucas replace it with one that's --if anything-- even worse; some cheesy elevator music celebration song?

Oh, I totally agree on the saga-end lousy song.

And that galaxy-wide celebration: when did news ever travel that fast in the Star Wars universe?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

That's just in the England and Wales, not to mention the rest of the world.

It's still an Urban Legend… It was meant as a joke and should be looked as a joke not a religion.

 

[mojo1701]

And that galaxy-wide celebration: when did news ever travel that fast in the Star Wars universe?

Well, if their ships can go FTL, why not their transmissions go Super-FTL? Besides, it never mentioned how long after the celebrations take place.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Well, if their ships can go FTL, why not their transmissions go Super-FTL? Besides, it never mentioned how long after the celebrations take place.

And RotS provides evidence of FTL transmissions across the Holonet.

See the reporting of the battle on Utapau to Mace Windu and then the subsequent report of Grievous' death as evidence as such.