just wanted to say i was watching ROTJ and something weird happened,at the end when it shows the 3 wise men,i pictured in my mind haydens face on shaws body,and it made me realize how watching the OT made me think of the PT,and i now have an equal likeness for both sagas,mabey that whole thing with hayden isnt as bad as i thought it was gonna be......
From all indications, the original versions of the OT are outdated in Lucas's mind and what we're going to get on these DVDs is it.......
Now, if they were offering some Ultra Deluxe Limited Edition Collectors Box Set
then, yes, I would buy it.....
How great would that be? These new touched-up versions plus the originals with the same clean-up job in a huge set? I'd buy it.....
i think there's a huge box coming (or maybe the 3 films sold seperately in a double disc as per eps I and II)....but i've always thought original versions were out of the question....for some reason the other day i suddenly thought, well, he might ya know....he seems to have been bending over backwards to please fans the last couple of years, and he knows he'd sell bucketloads....it's still very doubtful....
have to remind myself sometimes that the changs only actually amount to a few minutes of footage, i tend to blow it out of proportion in my head....
captain midnight, you should have a look around for the hayden scene from rotj, it's been doing the rounds for a while, along with some other assorted screenshots and audio files of changed scenes....still find it wierd myself, but i think i've been desensitized to the point where i'm not really fazed by anything he throws at me anymore....
just read an indepth review of the extras...it all sounds very good, especially the documentary.....
yeah GL has been doing his best to please everyone,but mabey thats also his weakness,i'd buy the OT in its original form,i think by GL doing all these things like replacing shaw with hayden ETC,he's doing his best to make his masterpiece flawless,and he's doing it for the fans,man somtimes the guy makes me mad,but i love his imagination,so i guess i'm just gonna trust the guys changes and except them for what they are,i guess.....
I dont think that changing the fight scene between vader and kenobi is a bad idea at all! That fight was lame, lets not kid ourselves. And even though it would be changing the OT, it would def. be for the better. Lets not forget GL already made his little changes to the trilogy by adding scenes and touching it up. Remember Han and Jabba's confrontation in ANH? Dewbacks? The wampa? Cloud city? The new ending scenes in ROTJ? Seriously, if GL can throw a song in the mix of ROTJ at jabbas palace with some weird alien singing from a 3 foot mouth, then adding a little more "fight" to vader and kenobi's fight is entirely acceptable.
the fight between vader and obi in ANH can be fixed with some good editing, but honestly i think GL should take out that whole scene all together. just show them meeting and cut to the end where vader strikes obi down. after making the ep3 duel there is no reason to see another duel between them. just showing obi's sacrifice is enough.
midnight, i heard that one of the changes in the OT dvd is that the saber blades have been made to look like the PT.