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George Lucas Speaks on Trilogy Changes
Warlock7 writes "Yahoo has posted an interview with George Lucas by the AP on the changes to the original trilogy from the new DVD box set. They also discuss the future of the franchise and the direction he intends to take it."
1) Han shoots first.
2) Lucas destroyed my childhood.
3) Lucas eats babies.
I am defenseless. Use your button. Mod me down with all of your hatred.
"Star Wars" fans is they're very independent-thinking people. They all think outside the box
Yeah, and then they buy it five times over the next few years.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Q: Where are you taking Star Wars?
A: Straight to the bank!
"I care" - Luke
Coming soon in a fan created verson, Jar Jar gets shot first.
Philip
Signatures are broken
Admiral Ackbar: "Luke, I am your mother!"
Luke: "AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"
I'm sure "SlashdotMedia" will improve on all the wonders that Dice Holdings blessed us all with
Lucas was concerned by the fan backlash over the constant re-releases, enough that he issued a press release.
It reads:
"Squeal piggy!"
I think you mean Alderaan.
Your geek license has been revoked.
Scenes from the original include..
... I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore. It's like this is the movie I wanted it to be, and I'm sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be. I'm the one who has to take responsibility for it. I'm the one who has to have everybody throw rocks at me all the time, so at least if they're going to throw rocks at me, they're going to throw rocks at me for something I love rather than something I think is not very good, or at least something I think is not finished.
... The thing about science-fiction fans and "Star Wars" fans is they're very independent-thinking people. They all think outside the box, but they all have very strong ideas about what should happen, and they think it should be their way. Which is fine, except I'm making the movies, so I should have it my way.
...
AP: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
Lucas: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it.
AP: Do you pay much attention to fan reactions to your choices?
Lucas: Not really. The movies are what the movies are.
Special edition scenes..
AP: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
Lucas: I'm George Lucas, bitch!
AP: Do you pay much attention to fan reactions to your choices?
Lucas: Yes, in fact I have a joke for the fans. What did the five fingers say to the face?
AP: Uhh..
Lucas smacks AP
Lucas: SLAP!
AP:
Lucas: I'm George Lucas, bitch!
And WHY? You gotta milk that karma for all its worth!
"You know, it's too bad you need to get kind of half a job done and never get to finish it."
George, do us all a favor:
Envision Star Wars, exactly the way you would want it:
Then go on a drug-induced bender of unprecedented proportions while making it.
The end result: Half of a half-assed attempt at putting together the film in your visions, and possibly the greatest achievement of your career.
where does the line to throw rocks at him start? do i need a ticket?
what a pompous ass
just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand!
After all, he still have 195 and counting bugs to fix. That means George will do more hacks on HD-DVD/Blu-Ray SWSE++ release.
Except for 'the movie' and 'film' it's the same exact quote Michael Jackson used to defend the plastic surgery of his [face] and [nose]!
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Jar Jar Jinx
Find a job you like and you will never work a day in your life.
Jar-Jar"Noooooooooo! Thasa nasa true thasa imposseeble"
Lucas: "Not really."
Boy, I just feel all warm-and-fuzzy when I think of Lucas now... and I sure am looking forward to seeing "lava surfing" in "Revenge of the Sithians from Outer Space".
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"Cogito Eggo Sum: I think, therefore, waffle."
Jar Jar Binks: "Luke, meesa is your father!"
Luke: (turning lightsaber onto himself) "Nooooooo!"
If Lucas has updated the original films for timeliness, he'd have the Rebel Alliance blow up the death star and all of its inhabitants, then afterwards find out that in fact there were no weapons of mass distruction on board. Additionally, Luke would revisit Tantooine and find that his Aunt and Uncle as well as the Jawas were actually all killed by some irate sand people, with no connection to the Empire.
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AP: What were you thinking when you created Jar-Jar Binks?
Lucas: Well... cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Hey, they don't exist for him anymore- that means his COPYRIGHT IS RELEASED on the originals! Time to take those old LDs and convert them to DVD on your own for fun and profit!
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
18 Young Hopefulls are given a chance to work with the Palpatine, at the end of Each episode one is chosen as Unworthy...at which point he is electrocuted to death, or has throat crushed by Vader.
Power Corrupts,Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely, leaving one person(group)in charge is absolutely corrupt.
I admit that the sand pit in Jedi did look way too much like a really nasty vagina until Lucas put in the appendage with the beak, so that's fixed.
It's called vaginoplasty and it's becoming increasingly fashionable these days...
Aah, all right. I'll have, uh, two with points and... a big flat one.
I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is an imaginary number. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and dial again.
On or off screen notwithstanding, who HASN'T wanted to throw boxes at Mark Hamill? Anyone?? Anyone??
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
the sand pit in Jedi did look way too much like a really nasty vagina until Lucas put in the appendage with the beak, so that's fixed.
You've just made the original much more sinister to my eyes...
You can't take the sky from me...
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Shaft: Luke, I'm your baaaaaaaaad mother----
Luke: Shut yo mouth!
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
In the original Odyssey, Polyphemus the Cyclops wasn't permanently blinded. But Homer realized that because of the prevailing blood-thirsty attitude of the times, it wouldn't sell. So he rewrote the more violent version and eradicated all references to the "nice" version.
Sure there was a lot of outcry from his fans, but money talks. He said later that the technology he needed to write it the way he really wanted wasn't mature enough to get his strory just right. Plus Poseidon needed a real reason to get all pissed off.
Thanks to the internet, we can now all die alone together! -SomeWoman
there are already numerous digital rips of the original movies, so assuming they are well-preserved
;-)
Yeah, so long as Lucas doesn't start a pogrom, hunts down all copies and imprisons the owners for copyright infrigement and illegally disagreeing with Lord Lucas.
You can't take the sky from me...
In the new version of Episode 4, the Death Star's beam has been changed into a giant walkie-talkie.
Forget the whales - save the babies.
No shit! I swear to God that every fucking time I turn on the sci-fi channel that shit is playing! WTF? Would hurt them to maybe run Dr. Who again or something?
I sense a great disturbance in the force, as if a million SW fans cried out all at once.
Eternity: will that be smoking, or non-smoking? I Corinthians 6:9-10
Greedo: Han, it's your ba..
Han: *BANG*
With a refrigerator.
Leia: Luke, in Soviet Russia my mother is you!
Luke: *head explodes*
Take off every SIG
For great justice.
You know, the really ironic part of this post is that not long ago I replied to someone who was flaming me, because I cracked on someone for quoting Dave Chappelle, while my own SIG is in fact a quote of a TV show. So now I'm a double-hypocrite in one article for quoting the VERY over-used 'all your base' joke. I even did an "in soviet russia joke" recently. I hope I get flamed for it.
I'd ask him, but he'd probably shoot first...
Leia: Luke, I am your mother!
...
Luke: Wait, you said you were my sister. I want the truth! (slap)
Leia: I'm your mother! (slap) I'm your sister! (slap) Your mother, your sister-- I'm both!
Luke: Leia, put the blaster down, let the stormtroopers take care of this!
Leia: But don't you see? Vader owns the stormtroopers! (Leia mounts a speeder, goes about ten feet and dies gruesomely.)
Luke: Noooooo!!! Noooooo!!!
Han: Forget it Luke-- it's Tatooine.
(Roll credits.)
--All your stolen base are belong to Rickey Henderson