If he's gonna do that, though, the least he could do is take out that change he made to Greedo shooting at Han Solo - that was uber-lame.

I'm sure some of the changes he's doing is to make the continuity work between all six films - since he's mucking around with what he had originally said in the first trilogy and screwed it up with The Phantom Menace. (Didn't Obi-Wan say that Yoda trained him? So who the hell was Qui-Gon??)

I've always wondered how the films would play out...while Anakin's, ObiWan's and Yoda's story arcs will be fluid, the Emperor would seem to disappear until the final film (other than the brief commonication he has with Vader in ESB)

And then on disc two would be all the documentaries, deleted scenes and such.

He can muck around all he wants as long as the original versions arent lost.

btw - lame additions - Greedo shooting, and Luke screaming!

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Originally posted by Camillu:
I would love Lucas to death if he had the common sense to put the original versions on the DVD just like E.T.

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If he has the common sense. He hasn't done anything yet, so the "past tense" wouldn't apply here. While I'm not optimistic, I'm willing to give the guy a chance.

Dan

Speaking for myself, I'll love any new footage with the Emperor.

Actually, I'm all in favor of the creation of even more elaborate Special Editions. It's like having three trilogies instead of two. Think about it ... when you sit down with your kids or grandkids and Star Wars for the first time, you can watch:

1. The Classic Trilogy
2. The Prequel Trilogy
3. The Special Edition Trilogy

And it'll all make perfect sense.

Unlike any movie franchise in history--this is a universe of his own creation, from the characters, to the world, to the technology.

We're not talking a committee here, who went through and polished the film and made changes were they saw fit. If this is how he wants...so be it. We think the Greedo bit is lame...I'm sure he had reason. As Dan said, I am inclined to trust the man's judgement.

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Originally posted by jeffy:
[B]Here's what Lucas should do.....
Release only ONE definitive DVD release of ALL six films in one set, maybe in 2004 or 2005.

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Not as long as he can continue to get richer selling folks the same thing over and over and over again. If I had bought all the different iterations of the SW movies and their soundtracks I'd have what... 4 versions of each. I'll go see episodes 2 and 3 once or even twice if they're worth it but Mr. Lucas ain't gettin no more of cash from me no matter how much he tweaks and repackages the these things.

Lucas should re-shoot the end of ROTJ, so Vader doesn't die but instead he and Luke move to Detroit and set up a used car dealership called "Skywalker & Son" where they use Leila on the Television commercials.

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Originally posted by Richard:
...where they use Leila on the Television commercials.

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Is that Leia's other sibling? Leila? If Lucas is indeed shooting new footage for the old films, it's probably a good thing to fit this Leila character in there, so that when he does change the ending, as Richard has requested, it'll all make perfect sense.

Also, I would expect them to replace the "orangutan-eyes" Emperor in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK with the real one.