Episode IV
Ok. Now we're getting into territory where people will get pissed off. We grew up with these movies and people won't want 'em to be messed with. I'm personally fine with some tweaking, as long as they're very careful about it.
Episode IV: A New Hope
01. The Imperial March has been added to Darth Vader's first appearance on Princess Leia's ship.
[Like all the changes, this would be weird, but it makes good sense. People watching the movies in order are already familiar with the Imperial March and they'll be expecting it. And it seems appropriate.]
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.
[Same as 01]
03. The lightsaber effects have been redone and the frame jumps of lightsabers being turned on has been removed.
[Well, the rotoscoping is very 1970's. I'm generally ok with fixing that, as long as they don't make it too good--if it looks too much better than the film it's painted over, it'll look bad.]
04. There's a new scene which has been shot during the filming of Episode III in which the Emperor dissolves the Senate.
[This one's complicated. It would be fun to see this scene, but there are several things to consider. First, can they make the Emperor look right? They'll have to continue morphing him from his 'Chancellor look' to his 'Emperor look'--they did a good job in Episode III, but he'll have to be changed a little more to match the original trilogy. I think they'll handle it well (if this is more than a rumor), based on the job they did in the DVD release. In the scene (in Ep. V) with Vader talking to the hologram of the Emperor, they replaced the original with some newly-shot footage of Ian McDiarmid, and it looked great. (A little bit of trivia for you: the original emperor in this scene was an old woman doing the lines, with the eyes of either a monkey or a gorilla--I forget which--composited into the shot.) Another thing to consider here is that this would change the first appearance of the Emperor in the original trilogy. When you watch IV, V, and VI first, you look forward to first seeing the emperor, and you have to wait quite a while for it. This would take that aspect out of the movies. But looking at the movies in order, we've already seen the Emperor, so it's fine to see him here. It's just a fact you have to live with that the prequels change the original trilogy. There's no longer any surprise at finding out that Vader is Luke's father, for example. It's still an intense and very important scene, but it's different now. That's part of the reason they're making these changes.]
05. In the Cantina, the Duros(green aliens guys) have been replaced with Neimoidians and some aliens from the prequels have been added.
[Messing with the Cantina could get you shot if you do it wrong. I like the idea of seeing the same aliens, but I don't like the idea of anything being replaced. What I really don't want is to have prequel stuff shoved in my face. If it's in the background and you have to be paying attention to notice it, that's very cool. If it's all paraded in front of us, saying, "Look! Remember these guys!" then I'll hate it. So my advice is: add to the general alien-osity of the background, but don't replace anyone. Though I don't know that there's much room to add new aliens--the cantina's pretty crowded. So maybe they should just leave the Cantina alone and add more aliens out in the Mos Eisley streets. That'd be quite spiffy.]
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.
[I have to approve. This is something we've all noticed forever. It's not that big a deal, but it'd be easy to change, so I say go for it.]
07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored.
[A resounding HELL YES! I don't think there's anything more I need to say.]
08. Jabba the Hutt has been given a makeover and Han no longer steps on his tail.
[Good call. It's a good scene to have, but they didn't do a very good job in the Special Editions. The CG wasn't great, and the part with Han stepping over him looks particularly bad. Change it. I'm guessing, though, that this rumor isn't true. Lucas just added this scene a few years ago, and he's already changing it? He does change his mind a lot, though. Take the long-rumored Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, for example...]
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.
[Yes. They had all kinds of trouble shooting the R2 scenes--he couldn't roll straight for more than a few feet, for example. Getting Kenny Baker in a trash can to climb stairs would have been impossible back then. So yes, CG it, but only where it's needed.]
10. The white boxes around space ships have been removed and new CG shots have been added.
[Not sure what this refers to. I checked the DVD version and didn't notice any white boxes. So if it ever was a problem, it seems to have already been fixed. As for new CG shots, that's probably ok as well--the magically-appearing TIE fighters in the Death Star escape, for example, could be fixed.]
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.
[Um...ok. I guess. Probably not needed, but would no doubt look cool.]
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.
[This I like. We already know Yoda at this point from the prequels, and by this time we might be wondering what he's doing during all this (or if he's even still alive).]
13. The Dianoga has gotten a CG makeover and were are now able to see more of the creature.
[Ok, the little eye-on-a-stick puppet was somewhat lame, but I liked not seeing the rest of the dianoga. Leave this scene alone.]
14. The Death Star's paneling and computers have been slightly altered to show similar displays to those in the prequels.
[An unfortunately necessary change. 1970's technology = Christmas lights, 2005 technology = much better. The prequels have computers and such that look much more sophisticated than the original movies. This difference can be covered for to a certain extent by the fact that the war has been going on for so long and everything's beat up, and it'd be hard for the rebels to acquire any good technology since they're constantly being hunted. Still, the Empire's technology should have improved, if anything. They have to be very careful about what they change and how they do it, but I'd approve of this kind of change, in general.]
15. The words "Tractor Beam" with Aurebesh lettering.
[Aurebesh = Star Wars Alphabet, for those who don't know. I don't know where they'd put this (I'd guess on the tractor beam controls that Ben shuts down) but it doesn't sound like a change most would notice anyway. Whatever floats your boat, Lucas.]
16. More stormtroopers have been added to the Death Star.
[I don't know that this is necessary, but I'm not opposed to it.]
17. Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for use with all the stormtroopers.
[This is a load of crap. Jango Fett was cloned to make the original army, and I'm sure some of those clones are still alive, but many more would have died in the war. After that, the Empire started recruiting instead of cloning a new army, at least according to established canon. In the books, there's never even a hint that stormies are clones, and there are several stories about non-clone stormies who are recruited to join the Empire. This is a bad change to make, and I hope it's just a bad rumor. I mean, can you even imagine Fett's voice saying "Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!" or "Look sir, droids." It wouldn't work at all.
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.
[Nope. Vader's easy to replace--just put a big guy in the suit--but Ben would be impossible. Unless, of course, they just cut to new shots of a new Ben from behind, which would most likely look stupid. I mean, I want this change to happen--Ben's saber skills shouldn't have degraded as much as they appear to have. This fight is a big deal, and it seems like even more of a big deal after having seen Episode III, but I just don't see how it can be changed without looking stupid. If Lucas can perform a miracle (and who knows? maybe he can...) then I'd approve of the change. If not...leave it alone (but do fix the rotoscoping on the sabers--at one point you can still see the stick).
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.
[My opinion on this is the same as 14 was--you basically have to do it. The holographic projection of the Death Star can't be made of little dots after we've already seen it look so good in AotC. Good change.]
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.
[Nope. The idea of a few little starfighters taking on the Death Star was cool--it showed the desperation of the Rebellion. This battle was a long-shot; adding more Rebels would take that away. As for the Naboo starfighters, I say save that for the Battle of Endor, and keep them in the background. It's the same as my opinion on the Cantina aliens--I want to see old stuff, but I don't want to have it forced down my throat. Leave it out of this battle, though--it just wouldn't make sense.]
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.
[Don't know. Could be ok, could suck. I did always kind of wish Vader's last scene wasn't him in his ship getting shot out of the way by the Falcon. I mean, what does he do after that? So this would probably be a good scene to add.]
22. Chewbacca now gets a medal.
[Awesome. He deserves one as much as Han does. You obviously can't have Leia putting it on him, but as long as he's wearing one in the final shot, that would be cool.]
So there ya go. Look for V and VI in the next day or two. For now, I'm tired of typing. :)
Episode IV: A New Hope
01. The Imperial March has been added to Darth Vader's first appearance on Princess Leia's ship.
[Like all the changes, this would be weird, but it makes good sense. People watching the movies in order are already familiar with the Imperial March and they'll be expecting it. And it seems appropriate.]
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.
[Same as 01]
03. The lightsaber effects have been redone and the frame jumps of lightsabers being turned on has been removed.
[Well, the rotoscoping is very 1970's. I'm generally ok with fixing that, as long as they don't make it too good--if it looks too much better than the film it's painted over, it'll look bad.]
04. There's a new scene which has been shot during the filming of Episode III in which the Emperor dissolves the Senate.
[This one's complicated. It would be fun to see this scene, but there are several things to consider. First, can they make the Emperor look right? They'll have to continue morphing him from his 'Chancellor look' to his 'Emperor look'--they did a good job in Episode III, but he'll have to be changed a little more to match the original trilogy. I think they'll handle it well (if this is more than a rumor), based on the job they did in the DVD release. In the scene (in Ep. V) with Vader talking to the hologram of the Emperor, they replaced the original with some newly-shot footage of Ian McDiarmid, and it looked great. (A little bit of trivia for you: the original emperor in this scene was an old woman doing the lines, with the eyes of either a monkey or a gorilla--I forget which--composited into the shot.) Another thing to consider here is that this would change the first appearance of the Emperor in the original trilogy. When you watch IV, V, and VI first, you look forward to first seeing the emperor, and you have to wait quite a while for it. This would take that aspect out of the movies. But looking at the movies in order, we've already seen the Emperor, so it's fine to see him here. It's just a fact you have to live with that the prequels change the original trilogy. There's no longer any surprise at finding out that Vader is Luke's father, for example. It's still an intense and very important scene, but it's different now. That's part of the reason they're making these changes.]
05. In the Cantina, the Duros(green aliens guys) have been replaced with Neimoidians and some aliens from the prequels have been added.
[Messing with the Cantina could get you shot if you do it wrong. I like the idea of seeing the same aliens, but I don't like the idea of anything being replaced. What I really don't want is to have prequel stuff shoved in my face. If it's in the background and you have to be paying attention to notice it, that's very cool. If it's all paraded in front of us, saying, "Look! Remember these guys!" then I'll hate it. So my advice is: add to the general alien-osity of the background, but don't replace anyone. Though I don't know that there's much room to add new aliens--the cantina's pretty crowded. So maybe they should just leave the Cantina alone and add more aliens out in the Mos Eisley streets. That'd be quite spiffy.]
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.
[I have to approve. This is something we've all noticed forever. It's not that big a deal, but it'd be easy to change, so I say go for it.]
07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored.
[A resounding HELL YES! I don't think there's anything more I need to say.]
08. Jabba the Hutt has been given a makeover and Han no longer steps on his tail.
[Good call. It's a good scene to have, but they didn't do a very good job in the Special Editions. The CG wasn't great, and the part with Han stepping over him looks particularly bad. Change it. I'm guessing, though, that this rumor isn't true. Lucas just added this scene a few years ago, and he's already changing it? He does change his mind a lot, though. Take the long-rumored Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, for example...]
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.
[Yes. They had all kinds of trouble shooting the R2 scenes--he couldn't roll straight for more than a few feet, for example. Getting Kenny Baker in a trash can to climb stairs would have been impossible back then. So yes, CG it, but only where it's needed.]
10. The white boxes around space ships have been removed and new CG shots have been added.
[Not sure what this refers to. I checked the DVD version and didn't notice any white boxes. So if it ever was a problem, it seems to have already been fixed. As for new CG shots, that's probably ok as well--the magically-appearing TIE fighters in the Death Star escape, for example, could be fixed.]
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.
[Um...ok. I guess. Probably not needed, but would no doubt look cool.]
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.
[This I like. We already know Yoda at this point from the prequels, and by this time we might be wondering what he's doing during all this (or if he's even still alive).]
13. The Dianoga has gotten a CG makeover and were are now able to see more of the creature.
[Ok, the little eye-on-a-stick puppet was somewhat lame, but I liked not seeing the rest of the dianoga. Leave this scene alone.]
14. The Death Star's paneling and computers have been slightly altered to show similar displays to those in the prequels.
[An unfortunately necessary change. 1970's technology = Christmas lights, 2005 technology = much better. The prequels have computers and such that look much more sophisticated than the original movies. This difference can be covered for to a certain extent by the fact that the war has been going on for so long and everything's beat up, and it'd be hard for the rebels to acquire any good technology since they're constantly being hunted. Still, the Empire's technology should have improved, if anything. They have to be very careful about what they change and how they do it, but I'd approve of this kind of change, in general.]
15. The words "Tractor Beam" with Aurebesh lettering.
[Aurebesh = Star Wars Alphabet, for those who don't know. I don't know where they'd put this (I'd guess on the tractor beam controls that Ben shuts down) but it doesn't sound like a change most would notice anyway. Whatever floats your boat, Lucas.]
16. More stormtroopers have been added to the Death Star.
[I don't know that this is necessary, but I'm not opposed to it.]
17. Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for use with all the stormtroopers.
[This is a load of crap. Jango Fett was cloned to make the original army, and I'm sure some of those clones are still alive, but many more would have died in the war. After that, the Empire started recruiting instead of cloning a new army, at least according to established canon. In the books, there's never even a hint that stormies are clones, and there are several stories about non-clone stormies who are recruited to join the Empire. This is a bad change to make, and I hope it's just a bad rumor. I mean, can you even imagine Fett's voice saying "Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!" or "Look sir, droids." It wouldn't work at all.
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.
[Nope. Vader's easy to replace--just put a big guy in the suit--but Ben would be impossible. Unless, of course, they just cut to new shots of a new Ben from behind, which would most likely look stupid. I mean, I want this change to happen--Ben's saber skills shouldn't have degraded as much as they appear to have. This fight is a big deal, and it seems like even more of a big deal after having seen Episode III, but I just don't see how it can be changed without looking stupid. If Lucas can perform a miracle (and who knows? maybe he can...) then I'd approve of the change. If not...leave it alone (but do fix the rotoscoping on the sabers--at one point you can still see the stick).
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.
[My opinion on this is the same as 14 was--you basically have to do it. The holographic projection of the Death Star can't be made of little dots after we've already seen it look so good in AotC. Good change.]
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.
[Nope. The idea of a few little starfighters taking on the Death Star was cool--it showed the desperation of the Rebellion. This battle was a long-shot; adding more Rebels would take that away. As for the Naboo starfighters, I say save that for the Battle of Endor, and keep them in the background. It's the same as my opinion on the Cantina aliens--I want to see old stuff, but I don't want to have it forced down my throat. Leave it out of this battle, though--it just wouldn't make sense.]
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.
[Don't know. Could be ok, could suck. I did always kind of wish Vader's last scene wasn't him in his ship getting shot out of the way by the Falcon. I mean, what does he do after that? So this would probably be a good scene to add.]
22. Chewbacca now gets a medal.
[Awesome. He deserves one as much as Han does. You obviously can't have Leia putting it on him, but as long as he's wearing one in the final shot, that would be cool.]
So there ya go. Look for V and VI in the next day or two. For now, I'm tired of typing. :)
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