NOOO! Jar Jar to appear in Return of the Jedi DVD

[Mouseferatu]

Unbelievable.

You know, I'm putting my money where my mouth is. I know that my own little $100 (or whatever) won't make a difference to Lucas. But I'm not buying this crap.

When he releases the original trilogy on DVD, I'll be first in line. Hell, I'll preorder. But this is ludicrous--and what's coming out is not the original trilogy, whatever Lucas wants to call it.

(And yes, they're his movies, he can change what he wants, blah, blah, blah. I'm not disputing that. I'm not disputing that he can. I just don't think he should. And while the effects in the SE may be better, I believe that every actual change Lucas made--and there's a lot of them--has notably reduced the quality of the movies. He can do what he wants, and I can buy what I want. And I'm not buying this.)

 

[Express]

This isnt a joke? sigh. I can understand EFX tweaks, but why erase the performance of Sebastian Shaw? Whats next? Airbrushing Mark Hamill out of the "canon"? Im surprised he didnt totally replace the Frank Oz Yoda with CGI.

Is this perhaps an attempt to create a seperate version of the original trilogy? After seeing the rabid loyalty of LOTR fans to purchase different versions of those movies, is Lucasarts trying to duplicate this artifically and cash in?

Oh well, its not my movie I guess. And I wont be buying this version either.

 

[RogueRonin]

This gives me reason to keep my VCR around. I’m not even particularly fond of the special edition Star Wars movies, but this is just too much. I was thinking of pre-ordering the DVD set the other day while I was at the store, but something (the force) told me not to. And now I’m glad it did. Bug humbar to Lucas, he must have to much free time or something, to keep messing around with his films.

 

[jester47]

T-Shirt:


Han Solo Fired First

Somthing to wear when you go to meet Lucas.
Occasionally he shows up in Tahoe.
Reports say that he can be found dining out.
If I ever see him, I will send a napkin that has the above on it to his table, followed by:

PS, love the FX.

 

[KenM]

I read someplace online that they might be changing the Greedo shooting first scene back to the way it was on the DVD's. As to the Gungans at the end of RotJ, I don't think i'll mind. It should only be a quick shot of them dancing and not be in the movie that much.

 

[Shadowdancer]

(Curiously, Lucas wrote a sequel to that movie as a novel, but you would never know from it, because it never mentions "Willow" anywhere on the cover or blurb. Depressing book, too. One of those sequels, like Alien 3, that I hate, because it turns a happy ending into a sad one)

Actually, he co-wrote a whole trilogy of sequels to "Willow." I read the first one, but it was so confusing, and so bad, I lost interest and never bothered with the other two. The only thing good about any of the sequel books was the cover art.

 

[frankthedm]

Hangin's too good for him!!

Burnin's too good for him!!


He should be torn into little bitsy
pieces and buried alive!!!

i agree!

 

[mmu1]

I've got the collector's box set of the original edition in letterbox format... I guess it slightly went up in value again.

 

[DonAdam]

I too have an unmolested widescreen version of the original movies.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I have the originals on VHS...but these 'changes' don't bother me. I think some people are just being overly critical. Its still Star Wars, its STILL the OT, and Gungans aren't nearly as bad as some people preach. At least, they're no worse than 3PO, of which most of us have wonderful memories from when we were kids(when we were KIDS..key phrase, people)