Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *SPOILERS*

[Khev]

Perhaps you're right, I don't think it would be a bad idea though.

I'd also add that whiny Senator to the rest of the OT, as a running joke that the Alliance keeps him around despite his constant negative attitude.

Then he could give commentary on all the other battles.

"Imperial Walkers on the north ridge."

"Imperial Walkers? This is nonsense!"

"Pull up, all craft pull up!"

"The shield is still up? This is nonsense!"

 

[a-dev]

What sucks about "Special Editions" is that no one will ever agree on what makes a film better and what tarnishes it.

If LFL said they'd bow to my wishes and mine alone I'd ask them to do this:

1. Restore the original theatrical cuts and make them always available. Forever. Then no one would have to freak about my changes.

2. Do new "Special Editions" of the OT but starting from scratch again (the theatrical cuts.) Change NONE of the character dialogue or actions (no redubbing Vader, Fett, Greedo getting a shot off, etc.) Change *only* the VFX shots and have them all done by the team that did the Scarif space battle and AT-ACT beach battle. Maybe have a K-2 droid pass Luke and Han in ST disguise on their way to the elevator just to show they still exist. And that's it.

Anyone who doesn't like the upgrades would have permanent access to the originals and I'd have my "Rogue One-ized" OT. (Though I'd still go back to the originals semi-regularly regardless.)

I approve. And for the love of god fix the damn lightsabers in ANH. I cannot understand why they still look ***t after so many iterations. Is there some sort of problem that I'm not aware of?

 

[karamazov80]

Disney came out a few days ago stating something along the lines of "those are his movies (the originals), and his only, blah, blah, blah." saying the special editions are the only ones we'll see releases of from here forth. So, fat chance.

Damn. I hate to hear it, but reckon I need to seek out updates to my wonky DVDs. Thanks.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Wor-Gar be like, Lucasfied

Make it so...

 

[ZaCHw117]

BB-8 coming in clutch with the beeps.

 

[ZaCHw117]

I approve. And for the love of god fix the damn lightsabers in ANH. I cannot understand why they still look ***t after so many iterations. Is there some sort of problem that I'm not aware of?

I've always wondered this too.

Wouldn't be surprised if Disney just remade the OT.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I didn't even see that.

 

[ZaCHw117]

I didn't even see that.

i think you're safe. the cuteness and truth of it out-weighs the laws broken.

 

[Khev]

I approve. And for the love of god fix the damn lightsabers in ANH. I cannot understand why they still look ***t after so many iterations. Is there some sort of problem that I'm not aware of?

I think Lucas' only criteria for what needed fixing and what didn't was whether something bugged him personally or not. So he let the lightsabers slide and focused on adding disappearing rocks to the cave R2 hid in and making Old Ben scream like Michael Jackson to scare off the Sandpeople.

It always shocked me that for all the upgrades they never changed the Falcon when Han says "Don't worry, I know a few maneuvers, we'll lose 'em" (cut to the Falcon evading Star Destroyer by flying in a straight line) or the goofy little firecracker effect when Red Leader crashes into the Death Star.

 

[jye4ever]

I just love hearing Vader yelp "Watt!" when Han shoots his 3 man convoy.

Trooper yells "Look out!" at Vader lol.

 

[Khev]

Trooper yells "Look out!" at Vader lol.

Vader: "Look out for what??"

Pilot: "ME!"

*deliberately crashes into Vader's TIE*

That was always a weird scene if you think about it though. Vader says "I have you now" and then fires a bunch of shots *while locked onto Luke* but then the TIE next to him gets blown up by Han. Shouldn't all the shots Vader got off have taken Luke out anyway?

Was Han's surprise so great that even Vader's laserblasts fled in terror instead of continuing to their target?

 

[jye4ever]

 

[a-dev]

''Congratulations! You are being crushed!''

 

[jye4ever]

 

[Khev]

''Congratulations! You are being crushed!''

Freaking awesome.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Nice one A-Dev!

 

[a-dev]

I'd like to thank Jye for his lead-in and the writers of K2SO for my being able to adapt their material.

 

[Khev]

You know as disappointing as the prequels were I still never really want SW to stray too far from whatever was in George Lucas' head back in the 70's. And that's just another cool thing about RO. It really is just pulled directly from his original opening scroll. Rebel ships striking from a hidden base. Check. During the battle spies stole the plans. Check. And then it even featured physical data tapes that were stolen as well as beamed transmissions. Everything in his scroll and all ANH dialogue that mentioned the plans was represented in some way. I'm not surprised at all that he endorsed RO while poo pooing TFA.

RO will probably be the last SW movie ever based 100% on George's own concepts.

 

[Wor-Gar]

RO will probably be the last SW movie ever based 100% on George's own concepts.

I find that answer vague and unconvincing.

 

[Khev]

I'll run my own diagnostics on new SW films thank you very much!