Star Wars, OT DVD release. New changes?

[Effect]

Sorry if this has been said before. This was take from TheForce.net.

http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyID=22710

Classic Trilogy Ultimate Edition in the Works

Thu, Nov 20, 03 09:33:04 PM EST

It has been reported all over the web and on this website for months, though now there's a resurgence in the rumors that an eventual and final release of the Classic Trilogy is coming. Where these rumors are coming from now is a person emailing a list of changes to websites and telling them work is being done. And while we can defintiely confirm that ILM is working on the movies for plenty of enhancements, the list may not be accurate.

Here's the run down of possible and very rumored changes:

Episode IV: A New Hope

• The Imperial March has been added to Darth Vader's first appearance on Princess Leia's ship.
  
• When Obi-Wan is talking to Luke about his father Anakin's Theme plays in the background and then it turns into the Imperial March as he talks about Vader.
  
• The lightsaber effects have been redone and the frame jumps of lightsabers being turned on has been removed.
  
• There's a new scene which has been shot during the filming of Episode III in which the Emperor dissolves the Senate.
  
• In the Cantina, the Duros (green aliens guys) have been replaced with Neimoidians and some aliens from the prequels have been added.
  
• The bleeding arm on the floor in the Cantina has been replaced with a non-bleeding arm because it's now canon that lightsabers cauterize wounds.
  
• The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored.
  
• Jabba the Hutt has been given a makeover and Han no longer steps on his tale.
  
• In place of R2 wobbling down the stairs to the Falcon's hangar, a CG R2 navigating the stairs like he does in Attack of the Clones was added.
  
• The white boxes around space ships have been removed and new CG shots have been added.
  
• The scene of the Falcon being chased by the two Star Destroyers was modified. The Falcon now does spinning moves, avoiding the Star Destroyers' fire.
  
• When the Death Star destroys Alderaan there's a new scene of Yoda's reaction to the disturbance in the Force that is created by all those deaths and then it cuts to Obi-Wan reacting to it as well.
  
• The Dianoga has gotten a CG makeover and were are now able to see more of the creature.
  
• The Death Star's paneling and computers have been slightly altered to show similar displays to those in the prequels.
  
• The words "Tractor Beam" with Aurebesh lettering.
  
• More stormtroopers have been added to the Death Star.
  
• Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for use with all the stormtroopers.
  
• The Obi-Wan/Vader duel has been spruced up. It is much more epic and there is much more movement. A modified version of Duel of the Fates is being considered for the scene.
  
• The Death Star plans that are taken from R2 have been updated. When the Rebels are reviewing the Death Star plans they look similar to the plans we see in Attack of the Clones.
  
• The Death Star battle is much more epic with more Tie Fighters and more Rebels being blown to bits. We get to see old Naboo starfighters being used by the Rebels.
  
• There's a new scene (shot during Episode III) where Darth Vader goes to Coruscant and lands his ship in the same building Count Dooku does at the end of Attack of the Clones. Except now the building is all fixed up and it is now Palpatine's palace. He meets with Palpatine to ask for forgiveness for his failure and inform him of a new potential who is strong in the Force.
  
• Chewbacca now gets a medal.
  

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

• The taun-tauns are now CG.
  
• The battle of Hoth is much more epic. We see the Imperial ships land on Hoth and release AT-ATs. The AT-ATs have been sped up a bit. There's a ground battle between the Rebel soldiers and stormtroopers featuring new ships and vehicles.
  
• Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for the older Boba Fett and all the stormtroopers.
  
• The white boxes around space ships have been removed.
  
• The slug monster is CG.
  
• Ian McDiarmid has refilmed scenes as the Emperor. The conversations between Vader and Palpatine is now longer and features a few connections to the prequels
  
• Yoda's face is now animated in CG allowing more expression of emotions yet his movements remain the same. Also two deleted scenes featuring Yoda instructing Luke have been restored.
  
• A new scene was shot in which the stormtroopers, after they capture Han, Leia and Chewie, bring Vader the box containing C-3PO in pieces. Vader orders the stormtroopers to bring the broken droid to Chewbacca's cell so that he can fix him.
  
• The lightsaber effects have been redone in certain parts.
  
• Luke's fall from Cloud City has been reshot against bluescreen using a stuntman.
  

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

•   Jabba the Hutt is now a combination of the puppet and CG.
  
• The Rancor is CG and looks disgusting as ever
  
• Yoda is CG. Yoda disappears leaving his clothes behind like Obi-Wan now.
  
• The ewoks are now mostly CG and there are a lot more of them.
  
• The plan is to insert the love theme Across the Stars when Luke is talking with Leia about their mother.
  
• Temuera Morrison's like before is now the voice for Boba Fett and all the stormtroopers.
  
• In the battle of Endor there are thousands of Ewoks and they are more vicious than there midgets-in-suits counterparts. More bite the dust now.
  
• White boxes around ships removed.
  
• The black blotches around Palpatine's face are gone.
  
• Some of the lightsaber effects have been redone. The shadows that the lightsabers made on the floor are gone.
  
• During Anakin's death scene it starts with a sad rendition of the Imperial March and slowly evolves into Anakin's Theme.
  
• Sebastion Shaw who played Anakin when he was unmasked has been replaced with Hayden Christenson in make-up to make him look older. Anakin has much more dialogue. He apologizes for the destruction he caused, he thanks his son for turning him back to the light, he tells his son to rebuild the Jedi and he says he loves him and his sister. Just before he dies he says, "It is finished...".
  
• We see more planets celebrating at the end of the movie. We see an aged Jar Jar, who is now the leader of the Gungans, on Naboo celebrating with the people of Naboo and the Gungans. We see an old Watto, who is now unable to fly, sitting in a hover chair cheering on Tatooine. During these scenes Across the Stars plays transitioning to the victory celebration music at the Ewok tree village.
  
• Anakin's spirit is now played by Hayden Christenson with make-up to make him look his age. He looks on proudly at his son Luke with the spirit of Padme by his side
  

Again, these are more of a wish list than accurate information.

We also wanted to tell you something perhaps even more significant. Episode I: The Phantom Menace is getting a full overhaul as well. We'll leave you with that for now.

I wish there was a way to know if these were true but it would be great if these were. The replacing of the Han and Geedo scene to the original is a nice change, as is the adding of Temuera Morrison's voice to Boba. I'm sure we saw that coming since we found out that Boba was a clone of Jango. Some of these other changes would be nice as well. Like Chewie finally getting a medal, I always had a problem with that scene. Some I'm not sure if they would be good. If they are true, more then enough to make me pick up these DVDs, especially whe you consider there is a good chance it will have interviews or maybe other extras. Its not crazy that some of these changes could take place, after all most would be CG, or those acts are working on the prequel movies, and the music changes would be easy since they have them on hand. If the replacing of Sebastion Shaw with Hayden Christenson is true, would it be really fair to Shaw? Honestly I would welcome that change, bring more of a connection with the prequel movies. Anyway, just thought I'd post this.

[Duke Togo]

AICN said this was just a rumor, and most likely false.

[eriku]

It all sounds fine to me. Star Wars has become somewhat of a freak show anyway, so I'll just sit back and watch whatever whim Lucas decides to put on screen. I just don't care anymore.

[Legioss]

There were so many cuts they had to bring in the staff at Harmony Gold as special edition consultants.

[MrDisco]

wow. for a rumour that is quite a wild one. i'll be totally blown away if some of those are true.

somebody have a play book listing all the infinite versions of SW now? lol

[zeus the zentran]

i just wish he'de release the originals and stop messing around with them.at least spielberg released boht versions of e.t. on dvd.

[Effect]

That is a wild list but the thing is a lot of those rumors aren't that far fetched and are believeable for a new special addition to actually bridge more of a connection with the prequel trilogy. Some of them do push things but this is Lucas we are talking about, the man that hand entire CG scenes created for the Special Edition release of the OT. I still need to pick that up on DVD, I only have the VHS version and the boxset box for it is completely ruin now with the tape boxest looking their age. That and I need to transfer the Enhance OT trilogy version(my aunt picked this up when it first game out, this is the original version with just small changes like see through things make solid, etc) to DVD now that I have the ablitiy to. My original copy of the OT is years old and are on a VHS tape that has taken its fair share of ware and tear.

[Isamu Atreides 86]

this time Greedo kills Han, and the rest of the time, its just his "force ghost"....

[Pat Payne]

AICN said this was just a rumor, and most likely false.

Not to mention the article itself says explictly that this is a wish-list of things the author would like to see. Some of them are flat-out unfeasable, such as reshooting footage today and expecting it to meld seamlessly with movies shot now close onto 30 years ago -- particularly any attempt to reshoot Vader's death scene with Hayden Christiansen subbing for Sebastian Shaw. The differences in film media from 1982-83 and today are so jarring as to make it impossible. The one that I hope they do the most, though is get rid of that stupid "Greedo shoots first" thing in the cantina. And I pointedly hope that they do NOT replace Jeremy Bullock's voice with the actor for Jango Fett.

Edited November 25, 2003 by Pat Payne

[areaseven]

Never trust It Ain't Cool News when it comes to movie rumors.

[Keith]

Screw all that, just re-dub Anakin from Episode I with a kid that can act!

[Chuey]

I say leave well enough alone and I hope none of that stuff comes to pass <_< . In re-releasing the orginal trilogy, Lucas should do the same thing that was done with Indiana Jones. Clean up the sound and the film along with tacking on an extra DVD with bonus material. He owns and created the Star Wars, but it is getting kind of ridiculous all of these revisions.

[Blaine23]

That list screams "rabid fanboy". I don't buy it.

[Damaramu]

Heh. Having the Imperial March play whenever Vader is seen or talked about is overkill, IMO. Just a dumb idea.

[bsu legato]

Fake! This is just a fanboy wish-list from a year ago that somebody has dredged up and re-sent to the rumor mills. Even the original author has come forward and denied that he's responsible for reviving this stupid rumor.

More than likely, it's just AICN trying to rile up the anti-SW fanboys for the release of ROTK.

Edited November 25, 2003 by bsu legato

[Hoptimus]

I have one request.

Fix the lightsaber effects in Episode IV.

Especially the scene after Vader kills Obi-Wan and he is walking toward the hanger his lightsaber is just a white stick. I cant beleive they didnt fix that in the S.E.

[Ladic]

I hope that they don't change the OB1 vs Vader fight into CGI, and just leave it as it is.

[MrDisco]

i think a few things could be cleaned up without inciting a riot (i.e. luke falling at cloud city...thats gotta be made more realistic)

[Uxi]

I hope that they don't change the OB1 vs Vader fight into CGI, and just leave it as it is.

That has got to be the silliest thing on that list. Very little on that list has a serious chance. The only thing that is likely to be done is the fixing of some SFX (Obi-Wan/Vader lightsabers in ANH, etc) and maybe the inclusion of some deleted scenes (the Biggs scene, Luke seeing the Star Destroyer chasing the Tantive from his macrobinoculars, etc)

[zeus the zentran]

it would be nice if the original han and greddo scene would be restored.lucas said he changed to make han seem sympathetic.I think it messed up one of the greatest scenes in cinema history.

[Legioss]

I think my THX non-special edition laserdiscs are fine representations of those movies. It can always be "better". When you're drawing, there's a point when you can draw too much and ruin your drawing, no matter how cool the additions may be. Films are like that too.