Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Kenobi

Are Ewan's Obi-Wan reshoots as jarringly noticeable to anyone else? The wig in TPM and his wig and fake beard in AOTC? It was bad in TPM and I couldn't believe it ended up even worse in AOTC. That was something that really hurt the quality of the prequels that's never much mentioned. Really stands out to me from shot to shot.

There's also an instance in Revenge of the Sith where he actually changes shot to shot in an over the shoulder conversation scene. The one where Anakin and Obi Wan speak for the last time before his turn to the dark side on the landing platform.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Kenobi

Are Ewan's Obi-Wan reshoots as jarringly noticeable to anyone else? The wig in TPM and his wig and fake beard in AOTC? It was bad in TPM and I couldn't believe it ended up even worse in AOTC. That was something that really hurt the quality of the prequels that's never much mentioned. Really stands out to me from shot to shot.

Yep, I've mentioned the dreaded fake beard before, several times in fact. Honestly, it's more distracting to me than ANY of the CG in the prequels.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yep, I've mentioned the dreaded fake beard before, several times in fact. Honestly, it's more distracting to me than ANY of the CG in the prequels.

Be glad there is no 4k version on the way

[Geoff D]

Forkay faek beerds DO NOT WANT

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Forkay faek beerds DO NOT WANT

[Stinky-Dinkins]

I give the prequels as a whole "3 / 10" and ObiWan's wig "4.5 / 10" on a wigscale. I give Hayden's acting "Furrowed Brows / 10" and Jar Jar "10 / 10". Everything else gets one thumb down.

I will keep you guys up to date as the ratings change.

[chip75]

I never understood why Ewan's hair wasn't kept short, contractually, he would have pencilled in re-shoots in his diary, he should have kept it short and they could have just added the padawan tail with a hair extension.

George actually praised the wigmaker but putting short hair on long hair (especially when you can see his scalp normally) is always going to look like a birds nest. I only really notice The Phantom Menace's hairpiece, the fake beards pass me by!

[Stinky-Dinkins]

In old Hollywood they used to make fake beard by shaving the actor's pubes and then applying it to his face with a gluestick. They don't do that anymore.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by chip75

I never understood why Ewan's hair wasn't kept short, contractually, he would have pencilled in re-shoots in his diary, he should have kept it short and they could have just added the padawan tail with a hair extension.

George actually praised the wigmaker but putting short hair on long hair (especially when you can see his scalp normally) is always going to look like a birds nest. I only really notice The Phantom Menace's hairpiece, the fake beards pass me by!

McGregor's beard was real in Episode II and III. I remember watching an interview with him about it.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

In old Hollywood they used to make fake beard by shaving the actor's pubes and then applying it to his face with a gluestick. They don't do that anymore.

I would have volunteered for grip, sound, or set design instead of makeup back then for sure.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

In old Hollywood they used to make fake beard by shaving the actor's pubes and then applying it to his face with a gluestick. They don't do that anymore.

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I would have volunteered for grip, sound, or set design instead of makeup back then for sure.

Bad choice because the grip was in charge of holding the actor down during the process. Most of the time the actor did not want anything to do with it and he'd start bucking like a wild horse. They don't do that anymore though.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

McGregor's beard was real in Episode II and III. I remember watching an interview with him about it.

Real for principal photography, but like, Geoff D, mentioned when it came to reshoots they had to resort to a fake one. I think as soon as Ewan got out of principal he went home and scrubbed himself with a big brush in a chemical bath and shaved hair just to get rid of any excess midi-chlorians.

[Jakdonark]

Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Kenobi

Yeah, I like Ewan as Obi-Wan. But man, those reshoots. The guy who apologizes to Qui-Gon when they go back to Naboo, and who approaches Anakin outside the Outlander club, "This weapon is your life", doesn't even much look like him.

That line and the scene in the elevator I think he's doing a great characterization of Sir Alec Guiness and you get an impression that he's aged since TPM, but then later on he acts much younger and in ROTS he's cocky, similar to TPM. A good actor, but the reshoots sure mix up the continuity.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Jakdonark

That line and the scene in the elevator I think he's doing a great characterization of Sir Alec Guiness and you get an impression that he's aged since TPM, but then later on he acts much younger and in ROTS he's cocky, similar to TPM. A good actor, but the reshoots sure mix up the continuity.

That's another good point, in the reshot stuff there's something different about his performance in general, even his voice. That's to be expected I guess, it can be hard for actors to get back into the swing of things after months/years away and it affects reshoots for pretty much any film, but in Ep II's case there's so much reshot stuff with Ewan that it gives the movie a patchwork feel that drives me up the wall.

[dvdmike]

Are there details on the parts that are reshoots? I know of a few but not all I would expect

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

In old Hollywood they used to make fake beard by shaving the actor's pubes and then applying it to his face with a gluestick. They don't do that anymore.

Now I am going to watch my Errol Flynn DVDs to see if the job of "pubic hair applicator" is listed anywhere in the credits.

[dubious]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

In old Hollywood they used to make fake beard by shaving the actor's pubes and then applying it to his face with a gluestick. They don't do that anymore.

Oh man, I was watching some TCM HD the other day, and I swore, sometimes I could see the crabs moving about as the actor spoke! I just thought maybe he had been giving out free mustache rides.

[stvn1974]

George Lucas raped my childhood and gave me crabs.

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Now I am going to watch my Errol Flynn DVDs to see if the job of "pubic hair applicator" is listed anywhere in the credits.

It sounds insane but Jimmy Stewart actually got his start in Hollywood as a pubic hair applicator. Crazy but 100% true.