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George Lucas Making Changes to Star Wars Saga... Again
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Kung Fu Jedi
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levious said:
It is altered so that both shoot at about the same time.
NekoFever
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The HDTV fan edit that most people are talking about is a faithful recreation of the old version. I'm just as much against 'improved' fan edits as I am what Lucas is doing; more so really, because he at least has the right to tinker with them.JetBlackPanda said:
lol wutCheech said:
Marty Chinn
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He does in Adywan's Star Wars Revisited.drugstore_cowboy said:
Rahxephon91
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Yes, but it's a bit less obvious.levious said:
My understanding is that it's improved, but that now they basically shoot at the same time. Putting aside the change to Han's character, it's still crazy to me that Greedo could possibly miss from two feet away. And Han apparently still does that bizarre CG dodge to the side.Cheech said:
Still seems to move in this clip...Cheech said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acdsNhjw9SQ
Haha... I haven't watched that in a while. It's funnier than I remember. Greedo shoots the fucking wall!
Alpha-Bromega
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it's a recreation of the original cut as much as possible, we have just as much a right to that as we do to a version of the Mona Lisa that doesn't have Leo's smeared shit all over it
Gary Whitta
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Having seen 1-3 maybe it's for the best.Liquidsnake said:You know what bothers me more than anything?
We never got a 7-9and now everyone is too old. That bothers me!!
Shalashaska
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Other than a bounty hunter missing at such a short range right? At this point they should just go back to the original.Cheech said:
Zabka said:
It looks good. Really. Obsessing over these trivial fixes is not healthy. Some of you guys remind me of the guys I was laughing about this AM, who were fishing through 50 copies of this thing to find one with "perfect" shrink wrap. It is borderline mental illness.
Shalashaska said:
Ugh. The way it plays out, they both shoot, and it looks like Han's bolt hit first and sends Greedo's off target.
If you're just watching the scene, and not obsessing about nonsense, it works.
JetBlackPanda
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holy shit you people are crazy, the Han-Greedo thing happens so fast now does it really even matter?
its much improved over the old version for sure.
its much improved over the old version for sure.
BFIB
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My buddy showed up at my doorstep around an hour ago, with a surprise. He knows I'm a big Star Wars fan, and since I loaned him some money last year, he gave me the Complete Saga as a gift for helping him out.
We sit down to watch A New Hope....and the blu ray doesn't play. Tried it on my other Blu-Ray player, and it won't play either. So, he is going back to the store to exchange it out. Heads up for those that do buy it, make sure you check all the discs and that they play! I tried the rest, and Phantom Menace also would not start.
We sit down to watch A New Hope....and the blu ray doesn't play. Tried it on my other Blu-Ray player, and it won't play either. So, he is going back to the store to exchange it out. Heads up for those that do buy it, make sure you check all the discs and that they play! I tried the rest, and Phantom Menace also would not start.
Shalashaska
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Well to be fair, I am slightly jealous I can't be watching them right now.Cheech said:
From Digital Bits review:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviewshd/bdreviews091611.html
megashock5
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Salmonax said:
This is *exactly* where I am. I know it's just a few more changes, but on top of all the others it's just become too much.
You watch, if he ever does release a blu-ray set with the originals, he'll leave out all the extras/documentaries/delete scenes.
PhoncipleBone said:
Just like the 2006 DVD? Yuck. Can't figure out why it's so hard for some to grasp that what some want is the original cut with the proper HD shine, it's like saying PC gamers ask for too much when they want ded servers.
For me it was the Vader nooooo that pushed me over and I can't give him my money, dude is just messing with people at this point.
The Lamonster
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sweet! I've always wanted to see this.Morn said:
The Lamonster said:
You can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm0EXWCQji8
The whole Holiday Special is on Google Video, if you're interested. I recently saw it for the first time - or as much as I could stand to sit through. It's among the worst things ever created. The first 40 minutes are creepy-looking Wookies grunting at each other. I never realized how lucky we got with the Ewoks.
brianmcdoogle
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Anyone who buys the blurays is a bad person and not a Star Wars fan.
Marty Chinn
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Man I can't decide if I want to get this or not. Being a huge fan despite all the crap Lucas does, I grew up with this and I kinda want it. At the same time, I kinda feel like Lucas has finally gone too far with me with what he did at the end of RotJ. Then again, I think well only Jedi is ruined, the others are still ok. I'm just torn since I want it in nice 1080p. Despite all the changes in the past, this is really the first time that I've contemplated not picking up the release.
JetBlackPanda
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brianmcdoogle said:
your logic is amazing, I wish I would have read this before I bought the Saga and stopped being a fan of Star Wars.
BFIB
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Marty Chinn said:
Thats the thing about Star Wars. When I went to the theaters to see the Special Edition, I was already telling myself I was going to hate it, until I sat down. As soon as I saw the opening shot of A New Hope, I was instantly drawn back in.
The DVD release, I felt the same way. Reading about the changes, I tried to resist buying. And I ended up buying them anyway. Sure, seeing Sebastian Shaw replaced by Hayden Christensen was tough to see, but the rest of the magic was still there.
Now this set, I was adamant on not buying, but a friend gifted me the saga set. I will admit, this is Star Wars as it should be heard. The sound is flat out incredible. The picture is great. I still hate the changes done to this release more than the rest (R2 behind the rocks, Obi-Wan's Krypt Dragon scream just sounds ridiculous), but when you get to the other parts, you do get sucked right back in.
In the end, don't feel bad if you buy the set. Its Star Wars.
The Lamonster
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haha this is basically a summary of the thread.brianmcdoogle said:
I bought it today but I'm actually an awesome person and a huge fan of Star Wars!
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Depends who his "sources" over here were.Jin34 said:
Kung Fu Jedi
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nemss said:
Wow! You mean it is possible to disagree with some of the changes and STILL be a Star Wars fan and enjoy the BD release? Who would have thought!
It seems plausible that Lucas would want Yoda to look consistently as cartoony as he does in the PT across all the movies. It really doesn't make sense that he turns from a cartoon into a physical being in the fifth movie, unless you explain it away as some kind of Jedi trick.
Chuckpebble
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The Lamonster
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holy shit, this is genius....and probably a sign of things to come.Chuckpebble said:
A question for those of you who've picked up the collection so far. Have the issues with lightsaber coloring been corrected? I know they were still incorrect in the leaked copies, but the reviews I've read so far seem to indicated it's been fixed, and I honestly don't know what to believe.
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