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George Lucas Speaks on Trilogy Changes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the say-what-you-will dept.

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."

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  1. Let me be the first to say: by Seoulstriker · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Han shoots first.
    2) Lucas destroyed my childhood.
    3) Lucas eats babies.

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    1. Re:Let me be the first to say: by Negatyfus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Leia: "Luke, I am your mother!"

      Luke: "Nooooooo!"

    2. Re:Let me be the first to say: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      This time, the Empire strikes first.

    3. Re:Let me be the first to say: by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
      R2D2: Beep boop wheeep zoop beeyoop! (translation: Be honest, what was I actually?)

      C3PO: Oh, I'm afraid you were originaly designed as mobile trash compactor.

      R2D2: Dweep! Dweep! Dweep! (translation: Noooooooo!)

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    4. Re:Let me be the first to say: by DarKnyht · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Buy or Buy not, there is no original versions." -- Lucas

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    5. Re:Let me be the first to say: by pulse2600 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Padme: Anakin, I am your mother...

      Anakin: EWW!!! I just farked my mom!!!!!!!!!

      Padme: Don't be upset, I have some great news!

      Anakin: What's that?

      Padme: No, I just saved a bunch of money on my speeder insurance by switching to GEICO!!!!!

    6. Re:Let me be the first to say: by dark_panda · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, in the new version of Ep 4, Alderaan shoots first. The Death Star was just acting in self defense as Lucas originally intended.

      J

    7. Re:Let me be the first to say: by ArcticCelt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Admiral Ackbar: Zoidberg I am your father! Dr. Zoidberg: Blb dlb blb blb blb blblbllb!!!

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    8. Re:Let me be the first to say: by jmole · · Score: 5, Funny

      George Lucas: "Luke, I am your father.

      Luke:"Nooooooo!"

      George Lucas: "Join the darkside and together we can digitially remaster Indiana Jones with more CG."

      Luke:"Nooooooo!"

      Admiral Ackbar: "Luke, it's a trap!"

    9. Re:Let me be the first to say: by Maserati · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ok, if we're going to go there...

      A furious light sabre duel is under way. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE SKYWALKER toward the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. Luke

      looks round, but realizes there's nowhere to go but straight down.

      DARTH VADER: "Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father."

      LUKE: "He told me enough! He told me you killed him!"

      DARTH VADER: "No! I am your father!"

      LUKE: "No, that's not true! That's impossible."

      DARTH VADER: "Search your feelings; you know it to be true."

      LUKE: "NO!"

      DARTH VADER: "Yes, it is true and you know what else? You know that queer brass droid of yours?"

      LUKE: "Threepio?"

      DARTH VADER: "Yes, Threepio, I built him when I was 7 years old."

      LUKE: "No."

      DARTH VADER: "Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your own ship
      out of the swamp."

      LUKE: "I destroyed your precious Death Star!"

      DARTH VADER: "When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!"

      LUKE: "Well, it's not my fault."

      DARTH VADER: "Oh, here we go. 'Poor me, my father never gave me what I

      wanted for my birthday, boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark Lord of the Sith...waahhh wahhh!' You make me sick."

      LUKE: "Shut up!"

      DARTH VADER: "You're a slacker! By the time I was your age, I had exterminated the Jedi Knights!"

      LUKE: "I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon!"

      DARTH VADER: "Oh, for the love of God, 10 years old, winner of the Boonta Eve Open. Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer, right here baby!"

      Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step toward it.

      DARTH VADER: "I was wrong. You're not my kid. I don't know whose you are, but you sure ain't mine. Get out of my sight, you loser!"

      Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the shaft. Darth Vader looks after him.

      DARTH VADER: "AND GET A HAIRCUT!"

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  2. Quoth George: by rde · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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.

    1. Re:Quoth George: by Anonymous+Writer · · Score: 4, Funny

      They all think outside the box

      Outside the box? These are people that don't remove collectibles from their original packaging.

  3. The Missing Question by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    As we all know, editors often strip out items they consider unimportant or trivial to make an artical fit, or as the saying goes, "All the news that fits, in print" Here are the missing bits:

    AP: Will there be any other surprises for viewers in these episodes? Lucas: Well, I was quoted a while back as stating the whole Star Wars story is about Anakin Skywalker, his turn to the dark side and eventual rescue by his own son, but that was only half the whole truth, you see as I said a film is only half finished which ripped out of the filmmakers hands, this is really the story of Jar Jar Binks and he has been added into key rolls in all three episodes. I like the character and don't care what anyone else thinks.

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  4. Article in Brief - Luca$ Direction by dbretton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q: Where are you taking Star Wars?
    A: Straight to the bank!

  5. Re:Anybody cares? by deathcloset · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I care" - Luke

  6. Even worse: by Megaweapon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Admiral Ackbar: "Luke, I am your mother!"

    Luke: "AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"

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    1. Re:Even worse: by Zorilla · · Score: 4, Funny

      Admiral Ackbar: "It's not really a trap!"

      That one would be sure to piss off some fark.com photoshoppers.

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    2. Re:Even worse: by Gentoo+Fan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Greedo: "Han, I am your mother!"

      Han: *BANG*

    3. Re:Even worse: by Gudlyf · · Score: 5, Funny
      Wait, isn't that:

      Han: *BANG*
      Greedo: "Han, I am your...uhhh..."

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  7. Re:The future... by BHearsum · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you mean Alderaan.

    Your geek license has been revoked.

  8. Lucas Interview Special Edition (Orig. rereleased) by Jakhel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scenes from the original include..

    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. ... 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.

    AP: Do you pay much attention to fan reactions to your choices?

    Lucas: Not really. The movies are what the movies are. ... 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.

    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!

  9. A Job Half-Done ?? by dbretton · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

  10. where does the line start? by putch · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

    where does the line to throw rocks at him start? do i need a ticket?

    what a pompous ass
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  11. sorry, can't help it by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Luke: "Jar-Jar, I am your father"

    Jar-Jar"Noooooooooo! Thasa nasa true thasa imposseeble"

  12. How Lucas Respects His Fans... by Cheesewhiz · · Score: 4, Funny
    AP: "Do you pay much attention to fan reactions to your choices?"
    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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  13. Even worse... by artemis67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jar Jar Binks: "Luke, meesa is your father!"

    Luke: (turning lightsaber onto himself) "Nooooooo!"

    1. Re:Even worse... by roman_mir · · Score: 5, Funny

      Jabba the Hutt: Luke....

      Luke: - Oh, no.

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    2. Re:Even worse... by Dan+D. · · Score: 4, Funny
      Man ... with all these "Luke, I am your father" posts, it would appear Amidala really got around. Did they have paternity tests in "Long ago" and "Far, far away?"

      I'm sure there's a naked and petrified somewhere in there... but I refuse, I tell you!

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    3. Re:Even worse... by FauxPasIII · · Score: 4, Funny

      Who is Luke's Father?

      Is it... Darth Vader ?
      ... Officer Barbrady ?
      ... The 1987 Denver Broncos ?

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    4. Re:Even worse... by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 4, Funny

      Luke: - Oh, no.

      Translated into Star Wars canonical form, that would be:

      Luke: I've got a bad feeling about this...

  14. no WMD on Death Star by SethJohnson · · Score: 4, Funny



    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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  15. No, no, no by M.C.+Hampster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, in the new version of Ep 4, Alderaan shoots first. The Death Star was just acting in self defense as Lucas originally intended.
    In the new version of Episode 4, the Death Star's beam has been changed into a giant walkie-talkie.
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