Sorry, that was me. I made a joke and it started a discussion. Lol
It's probably not likely. But it should be a priority in my opinion. Heck I'd take the thx remasters even. My laser disc player ain't going to last forever.
The headline of that article is somewhat misleading...If you're in London in June and wanted to watch the original unedited non-special edition version of New Hope, it's being shown at the BFI Film Festival for the first time since 1978 -
‘Star Wars’ Version That George Lucas Banned to Screen for First Time in 47 Years
1977's 'Star Wars' will receive a resurrection screening after being hidden away for decades in favor of tweaked "Special Editions."www.hollywoodreporter.com
Interesting thing on the "Han shot first" thing, is the original non-subtitle "Episode IV" release shows just an explosion. There are no blaster bolts. Once the smoke clears, Greedo falls over. Blaster bolts were added in later releases.
Whether you have an issue with the title or the framing of the article the point of it is still the same. George made tweaks to the film almost immediately after release and BFI has one of the few last remaining copies of the original unedited prints of the film, ie with none of George’s tweaks even for sound, and will be screening it in June.
Like I was saying, though, those tweaks were so minor that it would be really hard to tell the difference. As I understand, they were mostly just sound editing. The really substantial changes weren't made until the Special Edition came out in 1997.
Yeah, I remember thinking the first time I saw the Special Edition that the original just looked more convincing. As well as being really stupid that Greedo missed at point-blank range and Han seems to barely react.
And I understand that, and agree with you, that any tweak prior to 1997 were probably minor in nature. However that doesn't change the fact that the BFI print that is being shown is an unedited original print without even those minor tweaks.
Yup, there is no real reason for the Jabba scene outside of introducing the character and Boba Fett. Jabba does look better in the bluray. A fan edit made Jabba a hologram. It needs polish but it's an interesting idea.
I'm not sure why they can't get Yoda or Jabba to look right with cg. I don't give ep8 a lot of credit, but at least yoda looked ok as a puppet. The special edition jabba is just awful. And the didn't really do any better with the hutt in book of boba. Can we just go back to practical Hutts? Lol
That puppet Yoda in episode 1 was goofy looking. Those weird eyes.The trouble with prequels is two-fold:
Jabba has retired from acting so they have to find an alternate.
If he did come out of retirement, they'd have to use de-aging effects which aren't always the best either.
I will say the CGI Yoda in the prequels ended up being much better than the Episode 1 puppet which was terrible.
It looks ok. But when you compare anything against that nightmare fuel ep1 puppet, it's going to look pretty good. Lol
It's not perfect by any means. But it's the closest they've come. And it feels right with Frank performing him.
I'm right there with you.
I get the cynicism given Lucasfilm’s track record with announced projects, but Levy’s in demand (from Disney, no less), doesn’t havre a record of not finishing a film, and this is presumably farther along than most other announced then cancelled projects.
