But even Coruscant was updated in 2004 to include other buildings from the prequel trilogy, a move that meant all the locations in this new addition referenced other movies, rather than the one they’re in. But other than to remind us that, "Hey, Boba Fett's a character and he's here," nothing is gained from the cutaways. The publishing side has kept the non-canon books and comics in print with a label to prevent customer confusion. Not only is the added audio exceptionally unnecessary, but it's reminiscent of a detested prequel trilogy moment. He made a similar appearance for appearance's sake during Jabba's added scene in Episode IV (see above). Apparently, according to Lucas, it was quite difficult to time the lasers in a way that made it believable. There are clearly changes that are more distracting and more egregious, but none are as unwarranted. Besides being unnecessary and the very definition of gratuitous, the work to enable each Ewok with a pair of blinking eyelids was likely tedious. And though these instances aren't the worst that the Special Editions and later releases have to offer, they're still pretty unnecessary. Observation Review: The True Terror Of Deep Space, A Plague Tale: Innocence Review - The Ties That Bind And Shape Us, Rise of Industry Review: Industrialization At Its Finest. After a cut from this board to some technicians, we get the fighters approaching the Death Star. In the original film and the 97SE, it’s roughly the same audio as a dewback. Jabba the Extraneous (A New Hope) Jabba the Hutt made his screen debut in Return of the Jedi, but … We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. It wasn’t that we misinterpreted the scene, like Lucas has said in interviews. The first addition seen chronologically in ANH is a pair of new shots of stormtroopers combing the desert on foot and mounted on dewbacks. For being named Cloud City, the floating city on Bespin as it first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back doesn't quite fit the imagery its name suggests. The entire conclusion of Return of the Jedi is now an undeserved and poorly executed conclusion to the trilogy that doesn’t reflect the original ending of the movie. After having already endured alterations for both the Special Editions and DVDs, by the time the Blu-rays released there were far less technical issues in the original trilogy in need of fixing, leaving many of the changes to only better align the films with the prequel trilogy. So this was my chance to finish it." Finally, we have the celebrations after the Empire's defeat – we see Coruscant for the very first time, an intriguing glimpse into the world of the as-yet-unseen prequels. Bauer Media Group consists of: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number: 01176085, Bauer Radio Ltd, Company Number: 1394141, Registered Office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA H Bauer Publishing,Company Number: LP003328, Registered Office: Academic House, 24-28 Oval Road, London, NW1 7DT.All registered in England and Wales. Not since the infamous Holiday Special has there been such a regrettable mix of Star Wars and popular music. In the end, though, the only 70mm tweak to be preserved was the above dialogue change, which resurfaced in the 1997 Special Edition and has featured in all subsequent altered versions. So part of it was, "Here’s a small version of what we’re going to do. The second instalment is subject to fewer obvious changes, but still has its fair share, including far more digital cloud action at Cloud City, plenty of audio tweaking and a big scream from Luke when he jumps away from Darth Vader, newly shorn of his hand. Except, of course, for Greedo. Most controversial of all, when Darth Vader picks up the Emperor to throw him to his doom at the climax of Jedi, he now screams "Nooooooo" as he does so. Directors and studios release alternate cuts all the time. Jango died 25 years earlier, it's highly unlikely Boba would still sound exactly like his father, even if they were genetically identical. While not part of the Special Edition changes, "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were added to the crawl for the 1981 rerelease in preparation for the upcoming "Episode V." This is the first instance of changing the movies for the sake of the "saga" as a whole. The Basic language is just that, the most basic language that most residents of a galaxy far, far away (and us, the audience) can understand, and for the most part it's indistinguishable from English. Hundreds even. The new shots use a mix of physical models and CG buildings with bluescreen live-action elements added. Most of the changes made to the movies didn’t just develop techniques for future use, they also provided guidance for how much (or how little) planning Lucas would have to do for the prequels. The Special Editions function well enough as what they should be: a side-project version that looks more like and ties into the prequels. (Even worse, there's a rumor he'll appear again in Episode VIII!). But unfortunately, most of the additions to Mos Eisley are obtrusive: extra people, Jawas, droids, stormtroopers, Rontos, Dewbacks - they absolutely litter the screen! CBS didn’t treat remastering original Star Trek episodes as a weird vanity project, like Lucas. The only reason he was added was to make this fit into the idea of a "saga," while simultaneously hurting Fett's character even more by showing him as yet another henchman to Jabba instead of the feared intergalactic bounty hunter he was set up to be. Not nearly as much of the movies have been changed as the widespread outrage leads us to believe.). We can't stand for this anymore. In fact, once the Falcon lands, all of the new buildings disappear and the original matte painting is restored. The helmet-less Darth Vader (Sebastian Shaw) no longer has any eyebrows, what with all the lava in Episode III. In order to make the sarlacc pit more menacing, it was given an unfortunate Little Shop of Horrors-esque head and extra tentacles. The Emperor's hologram in Empire is now played by Ian McDiarmid instead of Clive Revill, with new dialogue. I've shown that they assume that viewers have seen the movies already, which creates a recursive loop. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. I picked certain issues and certain things I wanted to develop, and I was able to put them in categories and say, "OK, we’re going to try these." Where is Luke? Can't answer that one for ya, i got 1 and 2 but no complete saga. In the 04SE, it becomes more of a piercing wail, which isn’t too terrible. That's what they fell in love with. This scene was changed not because Lucas didn’t have the technology to show Greedo shooting first, but because he changed his mind about the violence. The week before the Empire Strikes Back Special Edition was supposed to be locked, Lucas decided it wasn't clear that Boba Fett was hiding in the trash the Millennium Falcon was using to escape (even though no one had had a problem understanding it before). wiblu_baili 9 years ago #5. The change is minor, to be sure, but it's one that gives a cohesiveness to the Star Wars universe and adds to its otherworldly vibe. In fairness, the films have been remastered to ensure the sound is THX quality, the soundtracks have been re-mixed and the visuals have been restored to rebalance the colours and get rid of scratches and dirt. The flagship of the First Federation from “The Corbomite Maneuver” looks like a Windows 95 screensaver. In an earlier cut of Star Wars, Luke was introduced much earlier in the film, with scenes of his life on Tatooine spliced with the capture of Princess Leia and C-3PO and R2-D2's escape. Sarah Moran has been a Screen Rant contributor since 2014. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. If you go out and buy the 4K UHD Blu-ray box set of the Skywalker Saga that’s being released this week, that collection won’t have those films either.

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