Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[HandyDandy]

Someone needs to contact them about why they lied and said that they fixed certain stuff AND THEY DID NOT......

Someone do it quick!!!!!

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by mrr1

You still wonder what's going through his mind. He still silently watches Luke screaming as the Emperor electrocutes and belittles Luke for some time. You still wonder what he's thinking before he utters the small "No", then lets out the big "NOOO!!!" as he picks up the Emperor (at which time you already know that Vader is saving Luke).

I agree the addition of the line doesn't add anything, but it doesn't take away anything either. If it was in there originally, everyone would still think it was a brilliant and moving scene.

Just like everyone instantly loved Vader's "No" at the end of Revenge of the Sith? From a filmmaking standpoint, if you were to show two versions of the ending of Return of the Jedi... one with the two "No's" and the original version without it, I promise you more people would think the original version is more powerful... which it is.

Han was originally supposed to say "I love you too" in response to Leia's "I love you" in Empire. Instead, the ad libbed "I know" made the scene a pop culture classic. Two lines of dialogue can have a HUGE impact on a scene for the better or for the worse. Giving Vader any dialogue during that scenes ruins what was once a great cinematic moment. Just as changing Han's line back to "I love you too" wouldn't change the context of the scene, it does hurt what made the scene so good to begin with.

[Tannhauser]

Emptiness. I just feel empty.

No other way to describe my feelings. With the 04 hack job editions in mind I was worried about this release from the beginning, and it just got worse after the May 4th. disaster up until a few days ago, where these latest changes were confirmed.

Lucas has crossed the line for my part.

It was difficult for me to sit down and actually enjoy watching the OT in the 04 edition, but with these latest changes it will become impossible.

They're abominations now, patched together from wildly inconsistent CGI VFX from the past 15 years and products of extremely poor creative choices - that aren't even consistenly applied to the scenes.

Preorder cancelled, 04 dvd's put up on eBay and never returning to Star Wars again. Have a better one.

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

Originally Posted by Busta Uppa

Ugh, I don't usually rage over movies but this is a travesty. Lucas is like a big dumb baby who'd rather break his favorite toy than let other people enjoy it.

I'm convinced this is the truth. The 'creator of Star Wars' cannot be blind to the fact that virtually everyone ridiculed Vader's "Noooo!!!!" at the end of RotS. He's doing this because he can and to try to validate his crappy Prequel writing.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

mredman,

Actually, the changes are fine...except THE ONE...

The question remains, how much can I live with THE ONE....

If I watch these films in numerical order, by the time we get to THE ONE, I know I'll have forgotten about it. That's how deep I can get into Star Wars when I marathon them...

yeah it seems like the overreaction has reached new hights here.
Hilarious to read some actually will cancel their orders because of this

[captveg]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I heard you can now hear Vader whisper new dying words...

"Tell your sister, you were right...oh...Now THAT was pod-racing..."

Wink.

Good one, Ernest!

[Goat3000]

I see where the madness if coming from, but look at it from a marketing sense...

The original movies, untouched, are the fan favorite. Why put that set out first? Put the newer editions out first so most of these same people will buy this set. Then put out the original untouched set out a few years from now and get those double dippers out there...

It's the same thing that happened with Lord of the Rings, only opposite. Most people prefer the extended editions, so they put out the original set first, then the extended...I bet there were a lot of Lord of the Ring double dippers out there.

You guys will eventually get the versions you want, just not on September 16, 2011.

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I heard you can now hear Vader whisper new dying words...

"Tell your sister, you were right...oh...Now THAT was pod-racing..."

Wink.

Seriously, stop it.

He. Will. Do. It.

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

I promise you more people would think the original version is more powerful...

You can't "promise" that. That's just your own opinion.

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by Post Prod

I thought the same thing actually.

Considering most people won't care about the change and only be re-informed Star Wars is about to come out on Blu-ray. They will probably gain more in sales from the publicity than lose to fans boycotting it for sure.

And sales from people now curious as to what the fuss is all about. Genius! The star wars saga is dying away as the generation raised on it gets older. This whole storm will be free refreshing of the brand. Think of all the clone wars fans who will now badger their parents to buy this. He probably didn't even want to add the Nooooooooooooooo but knowing the free publicity it would create when the fanboys start frothing at the mouth, pushing sales up 15-20% at NO COST, credit where credit is due.

[toddly6666]

To the pre-order cancellation peepes:

Will you buy individual blu-ray releases when they come out? For example, just buy the Empire Strikes Back blu-ray?

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by mrr1

You can't "promise" that. That's just your own opinion.

Why not address all the points I made in my post.

[Torgon]

I can live with the 'Nooooo'; Greedo shooting first is the one that gets me.

[Jumpman]

The triangle of doom on the Wampa arm does not bother you either? Did they recomposit it on a 1977 television? Did they not realize that most tvs, monitors, and projectors in 2011 are square on the corners?

I wouldn't have ever noticed it had Lucasfilm's article on starwars.com hadn't pointed it out. That's how much I know these movies.

[Jumpman]

And sales from people now curious as to what the fuss is all about. Genius! The star wars saga is dying away as the generation raised on it gets older. This whole storm will be free refreshing of the brand. Think of all the clone wars fans who will now badger their parents to buy this. He probably didn't even want to add the Nooooooooooooooo but knowing the free publicity it would create when the fanboys start frothing at the mouth, pushing sales up 15-20% at NO COST, credit where credit is due

Genius.

[Mark Malmstrøm]

is the wampa-hand really the only change to the film

[iamsometal]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

To the pre-order cancellation peepes:

Will you buy individual blu-ray releases when they come out? For example, just buy the Empire Strikes Back blu-ray?

Not until i know for certain that he didn't eff with anything else in Empire. If he didn't, i'd consider it for like $10.

[Jumpman]

Has anyone seen the new Greedo clip yet?

Funny enough, it's the best version that Lucas has done since he changed it. Go figure.

Greedo vs. Han Solo (Blu-ray) - YouTube

He drowned out one of the blaster shots so it sounds exactly like it did in '77 with just one shot...even if he's still has them both shooting. Lucas is genius.....

[powerknowledge]

"NOOOOOOO!!!": It's the new "I have a bad feeling about this"!

(Hey, it's shorter, makes kind of the same point; maybe all the "bad feeling" lines can be replaced with "No!"s too!)

Damnit, I said about 50-100pp ago that I was done with this. Now I am. For real.

[Krycek7o2]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

I wouldn't have ever noticed it had Lucasfilm's article on starwars.com hadn't pointed it out. That's how much I know these movies.

Same here, I never noticed that until last week. I've watched the original three films many time when I was young and not once did I see the puppeteers arm!