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Reducer2001 writes "USA Today has an article up that has a couple more details about the upcoming Star Wars DVD release. The cantina shootout between Han Solo and the green-snouted bounty hunter Greedo is virtually identical, but now it seems their guns fire almost simultaneously." Reader Jutebox150 writes "Time magazine has an early preview of the Star Wars DVDs and gives some justification for Lucas issuing the updated versions of the trilogy and talking about his many mental and physical battles to finish filming. The article also describes a 2.5 hour documentary by Kevin Burns that traces the origins of the saga. 'The first cut of Star Wars,' Burns' narrator says, 'was an unmitigated disaster.'" Reader spoco2 writes "The Star Wars Original Trilogy is due for worldwide release on the 21st on DVD, but the first reviews are appearing already in Australia (obviously of the PAL version). Yes, they are the SEs with even more differences (Now Gredo and Han shoot at the SAME time!). I'm afraid I'll be waiting for the day when George reconsiders and releases the untouched originals."
he's embarrased by the original trilogy. he should just get it over with and release the damn thing.
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I wasn't sure how seriously to take it, but it seems to be corroborated by the article. (talking about having a better CG Jabba in ANH)
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One thing that was done on the Terminator 2 DVD was provide the original, plus the extended version with the deleted scenes. Both can be played all the way through as a movie even though the extended version is merely the original with deleted scenes spliced in, thanks to the wonders of random access media. My question is why Lucas hasn't taken advantage of that to allow certain scenes to be added/remove/changed to look like the original or enhanced version?
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
I still have the originals on laserdisc (widescreen) and my laserdisc player still works - so some of us can keep the dream alive.
Also, if possible, imagine you're seeing the movie for the first time. You haven't seen the trilogy. You didn't dress up like Han four Halloweens in a row. Hell, you haven't even seen an Indiana Jones movie yet, and as a 10-year-old, you surely didn't watch American Graffiti a few years earlier. You don't know Harrison Ford from a hole in the wall and you don't know Han is a great guy. He ices some ugly green dude minutes before he agrees to take Ben & Luke on a ride. We know something they don't. We worry for their safety in this lunatics hand's. Etc etc etc.
Jesus, I'm posting to SW:EP4 threads. Anything to take my mind off Ivan, I guess.
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You know, the problem with this whole discussion is that if Lucas *did* decide to release the "original" versions, we would still expect him to cleanup the matte lines, fix the light sabre glows, digitally clean-up the prints, tweak the soundtracks, etc., so they wouldn't really be the "original" versions.
Of course, replacing actors with their prequel equivalents, making Han shoot first, changing bad songs to even worse ones (ROTJ), and adding more burping and farting creatures goes a bit beyond cleanup and director's cut land.
To some extent, the only reason to release the really original release (which would still need a great deal of digital restoration as the film stock has aged) would be as an illustration of film history. All of those ground-breaking, breathtaking special effects that look a bit cheesy now will be lost. In 20 years, it will be nearly impossible to go back and see what state of the art effects were in 1977, or what Tatooine looked like when the cinematography was based on what cameras, filters, and lenses were used instead of what digital post-processing can do.
These are the reasons I want *both* versions. I don't really want to watch the originals for entertainment and be distracted by David Prowse's eyes in the Vader mask, the bounding boxes and matte lines, or Vader's sometime's white lightsabre. I would like to have them to show my kids what I watched in 1977 and as nostalgia.
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Partial consession == lack of conviction. The fact that he edited this scene again, and into a third form, is the proof: Lucas is trolling. Have a nice day.
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Here's a online comicthat pokes a little fun at the "Han/Greedo shoots first" argument.
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