Adm_Z
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So, Lucas has actually managed to butcher the show more than he already had. If you look at the Star Wars series on blu-ray, available for prepurchase now, it already has 600+ 1 star reviews and only 100 5 star. :Y And there is good reason for it. Read the first review to get a better understanding.
To summarize it, here is what the writer mentioned was changed in the original trilogy. The last one is particularly infuriating.
Now for the changed scenes:
A New Hope
- When R2-D2 hides in the shallow cave from the Sand People, there have been CGI rocks added in. The new rocks now cover up half of R2's body which makes him hidden better. However when he leaves a few seconds later, he just pulls forward and the rocks simply disappear!! Did they just forget to alter that scene too?
- Obi-Wan's introduction, he scares the Sand People away with a Krayt dragon call, has been redone again and now sounds like a jr. high kid making funny noises in Windows sound recorder. When I first heard it I thought no way, it's someone pulling a joke. It's sounds so bad and is so out of place, they made absolutely no effort to mix it in at all. You'll just have to hear it for yourselves... but sadly it's real. Unbelievable
- Greedo still shoots first. It is alot better than the DVD version.
Empire Strikes Back
- Wampa's arm in fixed. Looks good about time.
Return of the Jedi
- Jabba's Palace has a bigger door... ok?
- New CGI alien walking around in Jabba's palace as everyone sleeps. Poorly done and sticks out worse than a sore thumb... looks like Sebulba from Episode I?
- Ewok's now have CGI eyelids, blink, and sometimes make a clicking noise when they do. (maybe a tribute to Muppets/Fraggle Rock?)
- Darth Vader now screams "Noooooooooooo" as he picks up and throws the emperor, much like the way he does at the end of Episode III.... now twice!! This ruins a great and one of my favorite scenes. It's bad. The voice doesn't even sound like Vader's and it's just lazily pasted over the rest of the audio. Lucasfilm didn't make the effort to blend in at all..... what are they thinking????? If you really feel you need to add something like that, at least attempt a decent job.
So, I for one WILL NOT be buying the original trilogy. I already own the vhs, the 2005 edits, and then the original, unedited version on dvd. If Ep1-3 goes on sale for $20-30 I might buy it because edits on that I don't mind.
This just makes me mad.:x
I applaud the writer of the first comment, especially on his title. "So this is how Star Wars dies.... with a thunderous "NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"