Star Wars rumor - Will Yoda be all digital in the SE DVDS??

[yoda313]

Hello,

D_knife - Vader and moff tarkin LET THEM GO! (so they could track them) That's why they only sent 4 fighters!! I think it's time to rewatch episode 4 again!!!

Kevin

[Doramius]

I just really disliked Greedo shooting first. The rebels I understood had the lower technology. They didn't have the empire's help to produce them, so they made them the best way they could. Tie fighters are extremely quick and small. This makes them difficult to hit and quick to fire. You want minimal else available to get this ability. I think Lucas did a good job in figuring out how he wanted tohe ships to be made. The Naboo royal ship was clean and polished showing it's regal paid making. Millenium Falcon was junk material put together like a hot rod. It was meerly made for speed and transport. The looks were not there so it wouldn't attract too much attention. Very clever. AT/AT walkers were nothing more than armored, high atmosphere tanks. It's elevated to lessen susceptibility to arial attacks. Another thing it wad the potential to do (though not shown) was to be above a unit and bomb it. You have to read books to find where this is done.

[yoda313]

Hello,

This just in:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-09-08-star-wars-main_x.htm


Early review of a pal release of the se dvds.

Lucas revisits his 'Star Wars' empire for box set
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
Hayden Christensen was 2 years old when George Lucas released his third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, in 1983. Now the actor who would be Darth Vader gets a magical cameo in the DVD version.

Hey! You got your Attack of the Clones in my Return of the Jedi!: Hayden Christensen makes a digital cameo in the Episode VI DVD.
Lucasfilm Ltd.

That's the biggest of several changes found in the movies that make up the Stars Wars Trilogy, available only in a four-disc box set that arrives on DVD Sept. 21 ($70).

For more than a year, Web sites have traded rumors about what might be in store from Lucas, who added to the films for 1997's Special Edition releases in theaters and on VHS. A few fans held out hope that the DVDs might include the original versions of the films. (Related story: Filmmakers pay tribute to Lucas and the movie that started it all)

But an early look at the DVDs reveals Lucas continues to exercise creative power over his Star Wars empire, and in his mind, the original versions are no more. The latest changes in the films — the most requested DVDs since the launch of the format seven years ago — are minor and mostly cosmetic:

•Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker in Episode II: Attack of the Clones and in the upcoming Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, now appears at the end of Jedi as Anakin's spirit. He replaces Sebastian Shaw, whose face you still see when Luke Skywalker removes the iconic black Darth Vader mask. (In all three films, David Prowse wore the Vader suit, and James Earl Jones provided the voice.)

•Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. In another change for continuity's sake, the Emperor, whose face is seen in a hologram broadcast, goes uncredited, but he sounds and looks like Ian McDiarmid, who played the Emperor in Return of the Jedi and Senator Palpatine in Episodes I and II. (Clive Revill is listed as the Emperor in the Empire credits.)

•Episode IV: A New Hope. Only subtle changes here. The cantina shootout between Han Solo and the green-snouted bounty hunter Greedo is virtually identical, but now it seems their guns fire almost simultaneously. Lucas had changed the original for the 1997 rerelease because it seemed that Han had fired first. Also, Jabba the Hutt has gotten a makeover and looks more realistic in his scene with Han than when it was added in 1997.

Undoubtedly, Lucas and his crew have made many other smaller tweaks. But they go by so quickly most viewers won't notice.

Overall, the expected changes on the DVDs aren't as dramatic as those for the Special Editions in 1997, says Scott Chitwood, one of the co-founders of TheForce.Net, a Star Wars fan/news site. "I think a few of the changes will only make sense after Episode III," he says.

Star Wars fan Mark Madison, 37, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and a member of USA TODAY's Pop Culture Panel, is unconcerned about the changes. "What made these movies so great is the story and the relationship between the main characters."

The trilogy's major transformation comes from the restoration project that brings the look of the films into the 21st century. Using transfers made from the original films' negatives, the Burbank, Calif., digital restoration house Lowry Digital Images cleaned up the movies so they look fresh.

The box set's bonus disc includes a preview of the final Star Wars chapter, due in theaters May 19, 2005, which will bring to an end three decades that Lucas has spent on the space saga.

"In the beginning ... it appeared the story was about Luke, but if you see all six films, then you realize the story is really about Darth Vader," Lucas says in the commentary track from Return of the Jedi. Carrie Fisher also assists on the commentaries, as do other crew members. Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill are seen in several of the extras.

There's also a collection of trailers, TV commercials, posters and rare production photos. "It is a way of having a piece of the Lucasfilm archive," says Jim Ward, executive producer of the DVD collection. "But it's also a way for fans who think they know everything to become inspired, surprised and amazed all over again."


Kevin

[D_Knife]

Hello,

D_knife - Vader and moff tarkin LET THEM GO! (so they could track them) That's why they only sent 4 fighters!! I think it's time to rewatch episode 4 again!!!

Kevin

Yes I realsie they let them go - but to my eyes it looked like that scene was edited badly, it didn't flow as well as some of the other scenes
Basically I thought it was done by the work experience kid
On the other hand your suggestion to watch ep4 again is a VERY good idea

[flaninacupboard]

i always liked that scene, if for no other reason that han gunning from the top of the ship and luke from the bottom - i liked that.

[yoda313]

Hello,

That would have been fun to do. Imagine what a work out that would give you!

Kevin

[D_Knife]

i always liked that scene, if for no other reason that han gunning from the top of the ship and luke from the bottom - i liked that.

Yeah that a good concept
One thing that blew me away with the SE version was the Falcon rising up out docking bay 94
I would love to see some CG camera panning shots of the Falcon firing it's dorsal cannons

They did a lot more CG x-wing shots during the Death Star scene and it was great

[gitreel]

Watch jarjar show up in the original trilogy.

Meesa think jarjar will be in the dvd's.

[yoda313]

Watch jarjar show up in the original trilogy.

Meesa think jarjar will be in the dvd's.

Hello,

As what??? Food for Jabba???

Kevin

[gitreel]

Watch jarjar show up in the original trilogy.

Meesa think jarjar will be in the dvd's.

Hello,

As what??? Food for Jabba???

Kevin

yep

[Devanshu]

I rented empire strikes back yesterday...I'll let you know what I noticed after I watch it.

[yoda313]

I rented empire strikes back yesterday...I'll let you know what I noticed after I watch it.

Hello,

How??? It's not out till the 21st!

Kevin

[Conquest10]

He works for Blockbuster. You should know by now.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Oh, thanks conquest10. I guess I haven't bumped into that yet. (sorry )

Kevin

[Devanshu]

He works for Blockbuster. You should know by now.

Yep. Usually we get it a week before the release date but we got a some in this tuesday.

BTW, yoda is still a puppet.

[yoda313]

Hello,

BTW, yoda is still a puppet.

Thanks for the update! Can't wait. I just started this thread to get talking about what MIGHT be in the dvds. I guess there aren't going to be as many dramatic wholesale changes as were in the FIRST special editions!

Kevin

[makntraks]

Bummer.... apparently they made some other changes digitally....
I guess it's because of the popularity of Owen and Ben...




makntraks

[yoda313]

Hello,

Well Starsky and Hutch WAS in the 70s right???

Kevin

[bazooka]

I just can't picture Owen as Luke.

[yoda313]

Hello,

I just can't picture Owen as Luke.

Well maybe he could play his uncle Owen!

Kevin

[bazooka]

He would make a good skeleton.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Hey! Owen Wilson isn't that bad of an actor. I liked him in The Haunting and Behind Enemy Lines.

Kevin

[bazooka]

I will have to watch the haunting again.

I do not remember him being in it.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Yeah, he was the blonde guy going after catherine zeta-jones!

Kevin

[bazooka]

Ok,

Thanx for the tip.

[yoda313]

Hello,

He's also the one that gets his head lopped off in the fireplace at the end of the movie.

Kevin

[Doramius]

He also got his head taken off in the fireplace. Good movie.

[yoda313]

He also got his head taken off in the fireplace. Good movie.

Hello,

Isn't that what I just said?????

Kevin

[Doramius]

Must have submitted it right around the same time. It wqasn't there when I hit quick reply

[yoda313]

Hello,

Doramius - Got it!

Kevin