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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 1379892" data-attributes="member: 505">I have no problems with the changes to Empire (I never noticed the editing glitches which were mentioned) or RotJ, but I hate the changes to A New Hope.  The new Jabba scene I didn't like at all.  Jabba looked fake (well, faker  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) and, as others have pointed out, it only serves to rehash the Greedo conversation.  Have you ever watched the deleted scenes on a dvd and realized that those scenes were cut for a good reason?  That's how I feel about the new Jabba.  It's just better without.The "Greedo shoots first" change is just stupid.  Actually, that, along with the ewoks, should have clued us in to the "kid-ified" direction Lucas was going with Phantom Menace.  I suppose that we should be thankful that all the blasters haven't been replaced by walkie talkies.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> And I agree with Whisperfoot.  My big problem isn't so much the changes, but that the originals apparently aren't going to be released.  It's like Ted Turner "improving" Casablanca by colorizing it...and then destroying all the black & white prints.*Anyway, what I'm really worried about is that Lucas has shown that he won't hesitate to alter his films.  It makes me wonder if he's going to go back and change things to bring the originals more in line with the prequels.  Is Qui Gon's ghost going to be added to the Anakin, Yoda, Obi-Wan scene at the end of Return?  Will the flying bug guy who owned Anakin (whatever his name was) be edited into Jabba's palace?  Where will it end?As to complaining about Lucas?  That's funny.  On one hand, you'll be accused of not being enough of a fan to overlook his faults, and on the other, you'll be accused of being a fanboy.  Lucas has every right to have Greedo shoot first, just as Joel Schumacher had the right to make Batman & Robin campy and full of crotch shots and rubber nipples.  And we, as the movie going public, have just as much right to shake our heads in disbelief and say, "Dear God, that's stupid!"  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> On a side note, you'd think the Lucas money machine would want to have several different versions released.  Look at X-Men and Daredevil.  You release a dvd and then release the super special edition a year later.  Personally, I think it sucks, but it makes money.*Actually, this situation reminds me of Disney and Fantasia.  When they were working on Fantasia 2000, people were quoted as saying that it was going to be an ongoing work.  The original would be forever shelved and 2000 would be the "official" Fantasia.  When the next version after that was finished, 2000 would be shelved, etc., etc..  That means that all the cartoons that were cut to make room for new ones would be gone forever.  Not sure what happened with that, but I think Disney backed off on it, keeping each Fantasia in circulation.</blockquote>

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