Possible/rumoured changes to Original Trilogy on DVD (Merge of several threads)

i have mixed emotions about this. it'd be cool to see, but doing anything else to the OT would probably be detrimental. i do not like the SE changes, especially jabba in ANH, greedo shooting first, and the cg bandmembers in jabba's palace. instead of making a definitive version of SW, they should release the originals on dvd, and then the SE with all these new scenes (if they're real) on seperate dvds (GL could make even more money if he did this). or come up with some cool option on the dvds that lets you pick which additional scenes you want in the film. i don't know if that's possible, but it'd be pretty cool by me.

Originally posted by super shadow GL
exacly thats exacly what i was thinking and anyway who woulnt whant to see that scene

this is a rather long post and not about ep3, but for those of you who haven't seen them, this is where the rumor comes from, and all of the other OT dvd rumors. (i think most, if not all are bogus, except for ian mcdirmiad as the emperor in ESB.)

Directly from the rumor mill Ain't it cool news, here are changes that lucas intend to make to the DVD versions coming in sept. 2004

Episode IV: A New Hope

01. The Imperial March has been added to Darth Vader's first appearance on Princess Leia's ship.
02. When Obi-Wan is talking to Luke about his father Anakin's Theme plays in the background and then it turns into the Imperial March as he talks about Vader.
03. The lightsaber effects have been redone and the frame jumps of lightsabers being turned on has been removed.
04. There's a new scene which has been shot during the filming of Episode III in which the Emperor dissolves the Senate.
05. In the Cantina, the Duros(green aliens guys) have been replaced with Neimoidians and some aliens from the prequels have been added.
06. The bleeding arm on the floor in the Cantina has been replaced with a non-bleeding arm because it's now canon that lightsabers cauterize wounds.
07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored.
08. Jabba the Hutt has been given a makeover and Han no longer steps on his tale.
09. In place of R2 wobbling down the stairs to the Falcon's hangar, a CG R2 navigating the stairs like he does in Attack of the Clones was added.
10. The white boxes around space ships have been removed and new CG shots have been added.
11. The scene of the Falcon being chased by the two Star Destroyers was modified. The Falcon now does spinning moves, avoiding the Star Destroyers' fire.
12. When the Death Star destroys Alderaan there's a new scene of Yoda's reaction to the disturbance in the Force that is created by all those deaths and then it cuts to Obi-Wan reacting to it as well.
13. The Dianoga has gotten a CG makeover and were are now able to see more of the creature.
14. The Death Star's paneling and computers have been slightly altered to show similar displays to those in the prequels.
15. The words "Tractor Beam" with Aurebesh lettering.
16. More stormtroopers have been added to the Death Star.
17. Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for use with all the stormtroopers.
18. The Obi-Wan/Vader duel has been spruced up. It is much more epic and there is much more movement. A modified version of Duel of the Fates is being considered for the scene.
19. The Death Star plans that are taken from R2 have been updated. When the Rebels are reviewing the Death Star plans they look similar to the plans we see in Attack of the Clones.
20. The Death Star battle is much more epic with more Tie Fighters and more Rebels being blown to bits. We get to see old Naboo starfighters being used by the Rebels.
21. There's a new scene(shot during Episode III) where Darth Vader goes to Coruscant and lands his ship in the same building Count Dooku does at the end of Attack of the Clones. Except now the building is all fixed up and it is now Palpatine's palace. He meets with Palpatine to ask for forgiveness for his failure and inform him of a new potential who is strong in the Force.
22. Chewbacca now gets a medal.

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

01. The taun-tauns are now CG.
02. The battle of Hoth is much more epic. We see the Imperial ships land on Hoth and release AT-ATs. The AT-ATs have been sped up a bit. There's a ground battle between the Rebel soldiers and stormtroopers featuring new ships and vehicles.
03. Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for the older Boba Fett and all the stormtroopers.
04. The white boxes around space ships have been removed.
05. The slug monster is CG.
06. Ian McDiarmid has refilmed scenes as the Emperor. The conversations between Vader and Palpatine is now longer and features a few connections to the prequels.
07. Yoda's face is now animated in CG allowing more _expression of emotions yet his movements remain the same. Also two deleted scenes featuring Yoda instructing Luke have been restored.
08. A new scene was shot in which the stormtroopers, after they capture Han, Leia and Chewie, bring Vader the box containing C-3PO in pieces. Vader orders the stormtroopers to bring the broken droid to Chewbacca's cell so that he can fix him.
09. The lightsaber effects have been redone in certain parts.
10. Luke's fall from Cloud City has been reshot against bluescreen using a stuntman.

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

01. Jabba the Hutt is now a combination of the puppet and CG.
02. The Rancor is CG and looks disgusting as ever.
03. Yoda is CG. Yoda disappears leaving his clothes behind like Obi-Wan now.
04. The ewoks are now mostly CG and there are a lot more of them.
05. The plan is to insert the love theme Across the Stars when Luke is talking with Leia about their mother.
06. Temuera Morrison's like before is now the voice for Boba Fett and all the stormtroopers.
07. In the battle of Endor there are thousands of Ewoks and they are more vicious than there midgets-in-suits counterparts. More bite the dust now.
08. White boxes around ships removed.
09. The black blotches around Palpatine's face are gone.
10. Some of the lightsaber effects have been redone. The shadows that the lightsabers made on the floor are gone.
11. During Anakin's death scene it starts with a sad rendition of the Imperial March and slowly evolves into Anakin's Theme.
12. Sebastion Shaw who played Anakin when he was unmasked has been replaced with Hayden Christenson in make-up to make him look older. Anakin has much more dialogue. He apologizes for the destruction he caused, he thanks his son for turning him back to the light, he tells his son to rebuild the Jedi and he says he loves him and his sister. Just before he dies he says, "It is finished...".
13. We see more planets celebrating at the end of the movie. We see an aged Jar Jar, who is now the leader of the Gungans, on Naboo celebrating with the people of Naboo and the Gungans. We see an old Watto, who is now unable to fly, sitting in a hover chair cheering on Tatooine. During these scenes Across the Stars plays transitioning to the victory celebration music at the Ewok tree village.
14. Anakin's spirit is now played by Hayden Christenson with make-up to make him look his age. He looks on proudly at his son Luke with the spirit of Padme by his side

yep because he did not have the tchnologie in 77 to do al kind of maragorounds you know so now in 04 he can.its better to know the whole story that way

no way i cant believe it impossible

the padmé spirit is too much

yeah and digital ewoks? i'm sure that'll look real good compared to the ones that are actually there.

yeah but it wont happen im pretty sure of it!

i will admit that it's tempting to want to see certain things happen, like the imperials dropping off the ATATs on hoth would be pretty cool. but they're just rumors. and certain things i totally disagree with, like making jabba part digital in ROTJ or parts of yoda's face digital. i guess i just don't understand why they'd want to do that. frank oz is such a master puppeteer, nothing needs to be changed about the OT yoda!

exactly some things they dont even have time to do

well GL is doing something unconventional in movie history by reediting his movies with the advent of the evolution of cinema technology. it was like the satyr, SP?, about South Park poking fun at Lucas and Spielberg with the SE Star Wars and E.T. and i think The Simpons poked fun at it. it this was okay you we see a dozen other movie directors redo their original movie creation in the 50's-70s, etc. but they dont. i am beginning to lose faith in GL as a director because any director can go back and improve upon their vision.

granted it is GL's vision and creation and he has every right to do as he please. but come on if this is the case why not wait til technology was better to do the Star Wars Saga in the 90's. i always say do the best with the hand you have been dealt and stay true to it.

The OS already said that the Sidious hanger in the warehouse district will not be in Ep3

I was under the impression that besides some FX cleanup there would be no new footage added to the OT.

This is the overwheling opinon amongst internet geeks, isn't it?

Although I wouldn't put it past Lucas to deny it all along and then go ahead and add a bunch of stuff, if only because he knows he's gonna catch a truckload of ish about it from the fans.

i only want greedo sorted out and the saber effects, possibly edit the battle with obi wan and vader on the 1st death star where vaders suits backwards where they've reversed it 😐

but then the dark side of me that lives for spoilers is begging GL for more scenes, im so confused

I think all those list of new things added is false. They are simply touching it up there will be no real modifications.

I want to see all these changes but the original versions of the OT should always be made available to the public.

I think that if they made ALL of those changes it would make a negative effect. BUT it would be nice to see it.....I guess.

Almost all the rumours about upcoming OT DVD changes have been proven false (and AICN is only a few rungs above Supershadow, frankly).

Moving to OT area- do be careful where you post.

If they just fix up the light sabers, and Jabba in ANH I think I would peachy. I could live with that. Everything else would be great, but you know what can you do.

Originally posted by OB1-adobe
and Jabba in ANH I think I would peachy.