Star Wars Blu-Ray - Changes Announced
 

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...rn-of-the-Jedi

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

...Actually, I don't give a shit since I wasn't buying this anyway.

I planned on buying it. This won't discourage me from still doing so, but the scene was definitely better sans dialogue.

The Special Editions from years ago is all I need.

Is it so wrong to just want the films in their original freaking forms?!

Absurd to the fucking core.
Didn't he learn the lesson the first time with adding extra shit like this?

His name really must be George Unneccessary Lucas.

We still have those original versions, I think it was a 'big deal' a few years ago, just for the 'Greedo Shoots First' crowd.

I think Empire needs a musical number or at least a montage.

Han shot first!

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Biggs and Wedge need to be replaced with Jar Jar and Watto.

Chewbacca should probably get a slap bass solo at some point during A New Hope too.

We have them. On DVD. If you want anything better, wait until the next video disc technology is about to dominate. George will release them then.

Yes. He learned that he can sell a gajillion copies and that even most of the nerds who hate it will buy it.

But...But this is how he always imagined it!

...Forget the fact that the last TWO times he changed the series, he could have done this as well, so that excuse no longer holds up....

I really think the article was right in one sense. This sort of thing does demonstrate that the original series was a fluke.

Have you joined the douchequote crowd?

OH YES. Can it be right after Luke gets his hand cut off?

Also, we need a sex scene between Luke and Leia to really drive home the whole creepy brother/sister act.

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What the fuck

I didn't think the Ewoks blinking would be a big deal until I saw it..

Quoi?

Apparently one of the changes is that they made the Ewoks blink..

someone stubbed his toe

Link, since you saw it?

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The blinking actually brings more life to them id say... i dunno i like it i guess

Im glad I never got into Star Wars. I havent even seen the last two prequels. I tried to watch the first one and couldnt.

I might rent them just to see how well the Blu Ray Transfer is..the HD versions shown on Spike TV that I catch here and there look pretty decent compared to the VHS version a long time ago..

I'm not saying this is a GOOD thing, but it really doesn't bother me. I barely noticed and I was looking for it.

The "No...NO!" Does kind of annoy me because it takes a rather poignant scene that relies on imagination and takes away all the subtext and need for imagination.

This...Doesn't really look all that problematic.

I just wish we could get the original editions in 5.1 surround. Or 7.1 if that's what Lucas does these days. I know it's not true to the original, but remixing the sound or remastering the picture has never been a problem for me.

BIG FUCKING DEAL. So he added a little something. Jesus fucking Christ.

I'm excited about the Blu Rays and I will be buying.

I don't think anyone here is freaking out about it that bad, d-mac. Anyone who was planning on buying it still is.

That doesn't mean we can't comment on the changes.

They've CGI'd a Dug into Jabba's Palace too. Not a big deal, but a bit pointless.

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It really isn't that big of a deal. I just don't think it looks good. It's one of those things that bothers me because now I know its there. Otherwise I wouldn't give a shit. In fact, I didn't even remember if the Ewoks blinked or not in the original.

I have only ever liked the first two original films; the third was bearable. The prequels were bloody awful; I only watch them for Portman's midriff. I don't see the point of putting the "No! Noooo!" Spoils the scene.

The saddest part in all these films is when the Ewok loses his little buddy in the fight against the Empire in the last film.

You just spazzed out more than anyone else in the thread.

Also, you're so opening yourself up to a crack about your taste.

As stupid as the big 'NOOOOO' is, I'm really not all that upset. Mainly because I got the last DVD set, which contained the original theatrical cut of each movie with them. He can go on screwing around with his movies and cramming in more superfluous CGI bullshit to make the scenes cluttered and busy and milking the good will of his fans until the day he dies; I've got my Star Wars just the way I want it, which means I don't have to spend another penny on it, thank you very much.

But they didn't have the technology to have Darth say NOOOOO in 1988! This is how it was always envisioned.

I bet it's not even James Earl Jones who does the "Nooooo!"...

A little late on that joke, bro.

I'm too self destructively selfish to read the jokes of others.

Now that's silly.

Wait...He has a point.

STOP ME BEFORE I REMAKE AGAIN!

Upon further consideration, I don't think I will be buying this collection. Not because these changes outrage me enough to do so, but because this is a very familiar pattern, and I feel like an original theatrical version blu ray release is inevitable.

They know what they're doing. They know the fans will bitch and moan. They know they'll buy it anyway. And they know that if they release the original version a few years later, those same fans will shower them with hugs and kisses, and most importantly, money.

So I think I can wait a little while longer for Star Wars on Blu Ray.