I'm pretty ok with the Special Editions up until the Honey Comb Crazy Craving musical number, and then I have to literally leave the room
I'm in a similar boat. I really liked the improvement to the CG while still sticking to the original aesthetic. I loved what they did with Bespin. I can take or leave adding some of the scenes back in (I liked Biggs getting back in).. but the musical number, the changes to Han all over, and the added special special edition tweaks I want to go.
My hope is that Disney can somehow give you an "Editable" version - like you select what kind of experience you want, scaled between 100% original and 100% tweaked, and let you customize your version. I don't know if Blu-ray supports that or not, though.
I'm pretty ok with the Special Editions up until the Honey Comb Crazy Craving musical number, and then I have to literally leave the room
The horrible thing is that the Special Edition's RotJ final montage is actually genuinely great (Hayden's ghost not withstanding).
It replaced that stupid as hell YUB YUB theme with, like, an actually good thematically appropriate ending song.
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Fuck that. Yub Yub was great. Also it is idiotic that the capital planet immediately revolts on death of the Emperor. Those revelers would be gunned down instantly. Also get Naboo out of my original Star Wars movies.
I didn't even remember there were ever female pilots
They filmed several female pilots for use during the big fleet battle. An A-Wing pilot, a B-Wing pilots, and an X-Wing pilot. The scenes survived up till the first test screening then removed. The X-Wing pilot had several pages of dialog apparently. You can still see them if you look closely at the big briefing establishing shot.
So Star Wars trivia people, who was that Y-Wing pilot who aced two Tie Interceptors in one pass, with a BOMBER.
Other than Wedge, I believe that's the only Rebel "ace" pilot we see with multiple kills on screen.
I like to believe it was the same unnamed pilot who survived the 1st Death Star attack. I guess EU named that guy after the character from the firs X-Wing game, but that seems stupid.
At least the Special Edition music sounds like John Williams music.
Not that number in Jabba's Palace.
Because the celebration song that replaced Yub Nub is awesome and written by Williams, and the Crazy Craving number is terrible and written by some other dingus and is literally called "Jedi Rocks".
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Why isn't there a Star Wars Top Gun?
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of all the dudes in all the films, this one apparently didn't get a name somehow. go figure. Y-wings get no respect.
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Things I never noticed before while watching that clip.
The wings are apparently multi craft. At Yavin Red was just X-Wing, at Endor Red has X-Wing and Y-Wing, Lando is Gold Leader in the Falcon, ect.
The initial jump into battle always made me think the rebels only had like three cruisers and how do those dozens of Star Destroyers not just obliterate them, but in various shots, especially near the Super Star Destroyer's demise you can see a ton more Mon Cals out there and when Wedge and Lando make it out of the Death Star you see the rebel fleet in the distance and it is huge!
Right before the Falcon looses its radar dish, you see a shot of Wedge's fighter in front and it closes its S-foils to fit through a gap.
In other news, the Super Star Destroyer getting its bridge taken out and IMMEDIATELY nose diving into the Death Star has been, and always will be supremely stupid.
I am just finding out that my best friend met Mark Hamill today and I do not know how to deal with this
By being super jealous
I was going to suggest "kill your friend and assume your friend's identity so you could say that you met Mark Hamill". But I suppose the whole "be super jealous" thing works as well.
Fuck that. Yub Yub was great. Also it is idiotic that the capital planet immediately revolts on death of the Emperor. Those revelers would be gunned down instantly. Also get Naboo out of my original Star Wars movies.
They actually were. Offscreen. It was a terrible massacre.
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I'm in a similar boat. I really liked the improvement to the CG while still sticking to the original aesthetic. I loved what they did with Bespin. I can take or leave adding some of the scenes back in (I liked Biggs getting back in).. but the musical number, the changes to Han all over, and the added special special edition tweaks I want to go.
My hope is that Disney can somehow give you an "Editable" version - like you select what kind of experience you want, scaled between 100% original and 100% tweaked, and let you customize your version. I don't know if Blu-ray supports that or not, though.
The horrible thing is that the Special Edition's RotJ final montage is actually genuinely great (Hayden's ghost not withstanding).
It replaced that stupid as hell YUB YUB theme with, like, an actually good thematically appropriate ending song.
Planets having a visible atmosphere
Cloud City having windows
Snow Speeder windows not having black lines around them
Not that number in Jabba's Palace.
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This is how I feel about the '97 editions
Any additional changes are sorta bs in my book
i never noticed as a kid but when i watched the films again a year ago it was like "whoa hey"
i don't really get why they did that???
The Snowspeeder interiors were also partially transparent in some of the scenes.
The 97 Special Editions didn't, did it?
That's the one I think of when I say "special edition"
They filmed several female pilots for use during the big fleet battle. An A-Wing pilot, a B-Wing pilots, and an X-Wing pilot. The scenes survived up till the first test screening then removed. The X-Wing pilot had several pages of dialog apparently. You can still see them if you look closely at the big briefing establishing shot.
2:32, I forget if embedding time works or not
They should have just put the women pilots in anyway.
Other than Wedge, I believe that's the only Rebel "ace" pilot we see with multiple kills on screen.
I get this camera bug that makes it unplayable. Basically the camera doesn't keep following the fighter.
I like to believe it was the same unnamed pilot who survived the 1st Death Star attack. I guess EU named that guy after the character from the firs X-Wing game, but that seems stupid.
Because the celebration song that replaced Yub Nub is awesome and written by Williams, and the Crazy Craving number is terrible and written by some other dingus and is literally called "Jedi Rocks".
also is called jizz
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Two_(Battle_of_Endor)
of all the dudes in all the films, this one apparently didn't get a name somehow. go figure. Y-wings get no respect.
e: ugh link doesn't want to play nice, just copy and paste
The wings are apparently multi craft. At Yavin Red was just X-Wing, at Endor Red has X-Wing and Y-Wing, Lando is Gold Leader in the Falcon, ect.
The initial jump into battle always made me think the rebels only had like three cruisers and how do those dozens of Star Destroyers not just obliterate them, but in various shots, especially near the Super Star Destroyer's demise you can see a ton more Mon Cals out there and when Wedge and Lando make it out of the Death Star you see the rebel fleet in the distance and it is huge!
Right before the Falcon looses its radar dish, you see a shot of Wedge's fighter in front and it closes its S-foils to fit through a gap.
In other news, the Super Star Destroyer getting its bridge taken out and IMMEDIATELY nose diving into the Death Star has been, and always will be supremely stupid.
By being super jealous
He is a nameless legend, like that guy who flew an F-15 fighter with one wing.
Okay, he had a name, but still.
They actually were. Offscreen. It was a terrible massacre.