When the original Star Wars trilogy comes out on DVD...

[Edena_of_Neith]

Do you realize that I have spent the last 20 years wondering what Sni-Snoodles was singing at Jabba's palace???

Talk about morbid curiosity killing the cat ...

 

[Paul_Klein]

But would any of you be happy/upset if he made little effects changes throughout the trilogy, like I was talking about? I know some people are purists, and like to see the way the film originally was, but how would YOU feel?

 

[Mouseferatu]

But would any of you be happy/upset if he made little effects changes throughout the trilogy, like I was talking about? I know some people are purists, and like to see the way the film originally was, but how would YOU feel?

Somewhere between ambivalent and downright pissed.

I don't want perfect special effects. I don't want so many details crammed into the background that we forget to watch the main events.

What I want is Star Wars. And at least half the tweaks Lucas has made have taken us away from that.

The movies were far more real, and had much more heart and soul, when he wasn't so concerned about making them mechanically perfect.

 

[John Smallberries]

I think we're getting a glimpse of the 'film as software' mindset.

He's not needlessly editing and adulterating a twenty-five year old film classic ...no, he's just 'upgrading' to SW4.5se.

 

[King_Stannis]

I gotta say I like the SE's better than the originals. The thing is, Han's character was so well defined by the time I saw the SE's, the I didn't think twice about the "Greedo shoots first" scene. Only years later did I find out about this "outrage". In no way does it lessen the fact that Han is a scoundrel to me. If the character of Han can be redefined SO MUCH by one scene, perhaps he wasn't as strong a character to many of you as he was to me. Besides, it wasn't like he was some bloodthirsty killer....the guy was a smuggler for crying out loud! I get the impression that some of you thought he was out gunning down people for looking at him wrong....not terribly smart for a smuggler - calling attention to yourself like that. In that context, Greedo shooting first makes sense.

 

[Assenpfeffer]

Personally I haven't the slightest intentions of ever buying the SE's on DVD. Lucas is an inept twit who made three good films twenty-five years ago by surrounding himself with talented people, including Leigh Brackett, who wrote Empire.

Now, convinced of his own nonexistent genius, he has taken full creative control to make two soulless, inept movies that have utterly destroyed the magic that used to be Star Wars. And there's one more piece of meritless twaddle on the way.

Star Wars is Dead and buried. Let's give vibrant new franchises like LotR, Spider-Man and the Matrix the attention that Uncle Georgie doesn't deserve.





Edited to fix spelling and add Spider-Man.

 

[Tiefling]

I gotta say I like the SE's better than the originals. The thing is, Han's character was so well defined by the time I saw the SE's, the I didn't think twice about the "Greedo shoots first" scene. Only years later did I find out about this "outrage". In no way does it lessen the fact that Han is a scoundrel to me. If the character of Han can be redefined SO MUCH by one scene, perhaps he wasn't as strong a character to many of you as he was to me. Besides, it wasn't like he was some bloodthirsty killer....the guy was a smuggler for crying out loud! I get the impression that some of you thought he was out gunning down people for looking at him wrong....not terribly smart for a smuggler - calling attention to yourself like that. In that context, Greedo shooting first makes sense.

It's not like in a book where the aspects of a character can be repeatedly shown. A movie has to demonstrate a part of a character's personality in only one scene. You can see this in a lot of biographies: a particular scene will showcase a part of a character's personality, and then never dwell on it again, because there are only so many scenes.

Besides, didn't Jabba want Han alive at that point?

 

[King_Stannis]

Besides, didn't Jabba want Han alive at that point?

Now that's a pretty good argument, actually.

 

[Gizzard]

Besides, didn't Jabba want Han alive at that point?

I didnt get that impression. And, even if Jabba wanted Han alive, it was just so he could have some fun making him un-alive. Or maybe tie him up with a golden neck chain and make him wear Leia's golden bikini. In either case, Han was facing some sort of horrible fate.

He's not needlessly editing and adulterating a twenty-five year old film classic ...no, he's just 'upgrading' to SW4.5se.

Yep. I can't wait for SW4.5se2 where a Han talks Greedo into giving up the bounty hunter life with a 5 minute speech about the wastefulness of violence. And where the Falcon's laser guns are replaced by some sort of web-shooting device that harmlessly entangles passing Tie Fighters. "Ah, good ol' Han. He wouldnt hurt a fly."

 

[dpdx]

We'll get 4, 5, and 6 on DVD immediately AFTER I get the Indiana Jones trilogy on DVD (tap, tap, tap, grumble).

I'm okay with the Special Editions, mostly. I mean, sure they'd have celebrated on Coruscant. Remember, the Empire segregated humans from non-humans, among other things. And I'm sure it sucked to be Palpatine's Depends caddie.

But there's only so much suspension of disbelief a guy can take, even when it concerns the classics. Perhaps Greedo had his trigger nub cramp up on him at an inopportune moment. But he obviously didn't know Han's blaster was under the table, pointed at him. And as has been pointed out, there is no such thing as a pucker factor for a Bounty Hunter. He would not have spazzed from fear.

Anyway, DVD holds a lot of footage. Maybe they can release all three versions on each disk, and let us pick...