Should George Lucas should have waited for Ep 1-3, then do Ep 4-6 SE version?

[striderx2048]

vote and post your reasons why

[D@rth M@ul]

Their aren't that many holes.

 

I wish now that he had for a couple of reasons.

 

Graphics, Keeping Maul alive because he would realize hes a good character and put him in the last film. Holes tied up.

 

But other than that , the series is okay.

 

And if he had made them before hand, Maul would suck and

look like ass back then and my whole respect for star wars

probably wouldn't exist because obiwan luke and vader were the

coolest to me. I couldn't see Mace windu as my childhood hero.

[BCanr2d2]

First of all, you can't have Maul live, ruins the rule of two, which seemed to be known around the traps quite well before Episode 1 came out. I think it just showed one of the flaws in a Sith - showy and too confident.

 

Personally, if they had done the SE versions after Ep's 1-3, then we would get some great looking replacement CGI. Although I still see some changes being made to the SE versions to put them onto DVD, just some scenes to help add make the six movies join in together, rather than looking too much like two seperate stories of 3.

 

I want my Max Avatar back!

[striderx2048]

not my thread can not die!

[Cobalt60]

the profits from the special edition FUNDED the production of the prequels

 

the special edition HAD to be made first (for financial reasons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

consider:

 

the three steps towards MAKING the special edition :

1)soundtrack must be digitized before it can be edited with new scenes (and GL can sell the rough copy at this point, and make a quick profit)

2)video must be digitized before it can be edited with new scenes (and GL can sell the rough copy at this point, and make a quick profit)

3)a few new scenes must be filmed/added (and GL can be release the movie at this point, and make a quick profit)

4)profit can be spent , to make the new "prequal" trilogy

 

 

 

 

now recall:

 

how you BOUGHT and PAID FOR:

1a) original release , with original soundtrack

1b) second release , with digital soundtrack

2) THX release , with digital picture/soundtrack

3) special edition , theatrical release

 

each time you were told "this is the LAST TIME these movies will be available";

but each time they were just leading you toward the 'Next Stage' of an ongoing project

 

(and EACH step along the way , was designed to provide a cash-return.

so that each step would FUND the next step)

 

((and the entire Special Edition was just the first step towards making the Prequals))

 

 

 

 

add it all up:

it was ALL part of the ~same~ development cycle

 

and he couldn't have done it any other way

 

the special edition HAD to be made first (for financial reasons)

[Lord_FinnSon]

I personally think enhanced scenes like bigger Mos Eisley with more creatures and people, new shots of dogfight between X-Wings and Tie Fighters, added scenes of Wampa and Cloud City, musical number in Jabba's Palace and finally, new end celebration in RotJ widened up George's vision nicely. True, they may jump out from original footage NOW, but I bet digitizing them for DVD alone will make image quality sharper and more colourful blending these effects better into original footage. Of course there's animated CGI characters like Jabba, who would go for more detailed model of themselves(especially after seeing him in TPM), but I personally think ILM had already then perfected their ability to create convincing CGI vehicles/ships/droids.

 

George probably won't do any big changes this time as he did for SE, because I remember him commenting to press that he liked about 80 percent(20 percent before SE) of it, so what is left to do, is mostly cleaning up. As you can see, most of the work was done in a hurry(even though they started already 1994) and some scenes were even left just like they originally were(most notably Rancor scene, speeder bike chase and bad croma key effects during final space battle in RotJ). There's also laser/saber effects that still need some rework and few new scenes George is now shooting(according to couple recent interviews) that needs to be added. Williams also said that George has asked him to rescore some parts of ANH and add Imperial March there making whole saga more complete musically.

 

After all this, these movies probably won't differ too much from prequels visually, if George gets totally free hands. Some people could argue until the end of days how much more real models look opposed to CGI ships and vehicles used in prequels, but one of the gurus from ILM said in recent interview that they are using much more conventional models in these movies than they used back "in those days". I guess it depends on how seamlessly they blend all these different layers into same scene.

[whitedragon]

Originally posted by striderx2048

vote and post your reasons why

there fine the way they are just sit back and relax everything will fit into place in ep3

[striderx2048]

you suggesting Star Wars, Episode 4-6 Special Edition version 2.0

 

for the DVD of course

 

God that sounded like an AOL ad

[HellFyre69]

does it matter? Ep1 and 2 pretty much answers sum questions of ep4-6.. I think it wouldnt matter, but in my opinion, ep4-6 first was better. I kind a like always see wut happens in the patch, when you all ready watch the present/future (ep 4-6)

[petezilla]

If starwars 1-3 would have been played by the original cast it would probably have been better leia=padme luke=annakin

but it still wouldn't have been as good as eps 4-6 of course