Rumored Star War DVD changes list

[JasonX 0]

Taken from the Micah Wright Forum, the number #1 message board for comic talk and radical left-wing politics on Delphi:

 

http://forums.delphiforums.com/micahwright...ges/?msg=2769.1

 

The following information was taken from an "Ain't it Cool News" talkback regarding the rumored release of the original Star Wars Trilogy on DVD. This information should definitely be considered only a rumor, as it's source is rather suspect. Nevertheless, it does make for an interesting read as some of the changes do make a lot of sense. Either the author is legit or has a lot of time on his hands. Whatever the case, it will be interesting to see what further changes, if any, will be made to the Original Trilogy once it finally comes to DVD.

 

 

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Episode IV: A New Hope

 

01. The Imperial March has been added to Darth Vader's first appearance on Princess Leia's ship.

02. 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.

03. The lightsaber effects have been redone and the frame jumps of lightsabers being turned on has been removed.

04. There's a new scene which has been shot during the filming of Episode III in which the Emperor dissolves the Senate.

05. In the Cantina, the Duros(green aliens guys) have been replaced with Neimoidians and some aliens from the prequels have been added.

06. 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.

07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored.

08. Jabba the Hutt has been given a makeover and Han no longer steps on his tale.

09. 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.

10. The white boxes around space ships have been removed and new CG shots have been added.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. The Dianoga has gotten a CG makeover and were are now able to see more of the creature.

14. The Death Star's paneling and computers have been slightly altered to show similar displays to those in the prequels.

15. The words "Tractor Beam" with Aurebesh lettering.

16. More stormtroopers have been added to the Death Star.

17. Use Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for use with all the stormtroopers.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. Chewbacca now gets a medal.

 

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

 

01. The taun-tauns are now CG.

02. 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 vechicles.

03. Temuera Morrison's voice is being recorded for the older Boba Fett and all the stormtroopers.

04. The white boxes around space ships have been removed.

05. The slug monster is CG.

06. 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.

07. 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.

08. 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.

09. The lightsaber effects have been redone in certain parts.

10. Luke's fall from Cloud City has been reshot against bluescreen using a stuntman.

 

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

 

01. Jabba the Hutt is now a combination of the puppet and CG.

02. The Rancor is CG and looks disgusting as ever.

03. Yoda is CG. Yoda disappears leaving his clothes behind like Obi-Wan now.

04. The ewoks are now mostly CG and there are a lot more of them.

05. The plan is to insert the love theme Across the Stars when Luke is talking with Leia about their mother.

06. Temuera Morrison's like before is now the voice for Boba Fett and all the stormtroopers.

07. In the battle of Endor there are thousands of Ewoks and they are more vicious than there midgets-in-suits counterparts. More bit the dust now.

08. White boxes around ships removed.

09. The black blotches around Palpatine's face are gone.

10. Some of the lightsaber effects have been redone. The shadows that the lightsabers made on the floor are gone.

11. During Anakin's death scene it starts with a sad rendition of the Imperial March and slowly evolves into Anakin's Theme.

12. 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...".

13. 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.

14. 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.

[Ravenbomb 0]

man, Sebastion Shaw has GOT to be pissed. These changes suck ass. Please tell me there's an option to leave this stuff out

[Boner Kawanger 0]

I feel a strange disturbance in the Internet.

 

 

 

 

That's just gay, but not as gay as that little list.

[Mole 0]

Ewoks in CG? That's dumb, I am one of the few people who liked them and they are cuter in their puppet form!

[razazteca 0]

So the mockery that was done on the South Park episode(s) is going to come true? Will Ewoks and walkie talkies be everywhere?

[Guest Retro Rob]

There is no way that stuff is legit.

[Guest El Satanico]

I call shenanigans!

 

There's no way they've had the time to perform such insanity.

 

 

Was this an article on Ain't It Cool...or a post on the talkback? If it's a talkback post, I wouldn't believe a word of it.

[Tawren 0]

22. Chewbacca now gets a medal.

That rocks, everything else sucks ass.

[Steviekick 0]

If those changes have been made, I will so be beyond pissed.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

If this is true:

 

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO -- Leave my Star Wars alone. Christ I cringe every time I see that added footage in ROTJ right before where Jabba puts that dancer into the monster pit.

 

For the record, I think it would be great if Matt and Trey would really redo their "anal probe" episode like they said they would in that commercial spoof...

[Guest Dmann2000]

I seriously doubt most of that, especially the stuff about Hayden playing the older Anakin, if that came true why not remove Alec Guiness while were at it and have Ewan McGregor reshoot his scenes.

[Guest El Satanico]

First episode of South Park done in CGI with realistic human models for all the characters...that would be hilarious.

 

Yes, they really need to do it.

[Human Fly 0]

The most disturbing news in all of that is that Jar Jar would survive. I have high hopes for his demise in Episode III.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored

At least that's cool.

 

Making the Ewoks "more vicious" sounds kinda cool, but overall I'm not sure I like these changes.

 

Good thing I have my unofficial DVD's of the original films.

[Karnage 0]

If Lucas really wants to do all these additions, he should just release the new versions along with the original trilogy versions like Spielberg did with ET.

[Kaertos 0]

This is a load. It has been said over and over that no new music would be placed into the original movies. Besides, some of these changes are just silly, and most of them directly contradict things Lucasfilm has said about the releases.

[Betty Houle 0]

The most disturbing news in all of that is that Jar Jar would survive. I have high hopes for his demise in Episode III.

I could of told you a long time ago that there was no way Lucas would kill off this creation which he loves dearly!

[BlackFlagg 0]

07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored.

 

Well that's good...but alot of this stuff is the worst since....well, Greedo shooting first

 

Until this is official I'm not believeing it *sticks fingers in ears* Though even without these they probably will release just the special edition versions, though I pray that they give us both versions because I want it the original way on DVD dang-nabit!

[El Psycho Diablo 0]

07. The original shooting scene between Han and Greedo has been restored

At least that's cool.

 

Making the Ewoks "more vicious" sounds kinda cool, but overall I'm not sure I like these changes.

 

Good thing I have my unofficial DVD's of the original films.

Where did you get them, and how good of quality is it?

 

I've got them on VHS, but it just isn't the same. *cough* This is the only case I'd buy a bootleg over the "official" discs.

[Blue Bacchus 0]

I don't have hardly any issues with most of that stuff especially the Episode IV and V items. But almost everything in VI just reeks of BULLSHIT. Oh well. If this is legit, George can do what he wants with his baby. He's always said that it's a film in progress and it will NEVER be done.

[Guest HHH123007]

These are the worst Star Wars ideas since making Episodes 1, 2, and 3....

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

*Making* 1, 2, and 3 wasn't a bad idea. The execution was bad.

[Guest NCJ]

15. The words "Tractor Beam" with Aurebesh lettering.

 

I guess no one saw this or everyone is choosing to ignore it. Either way these are bogus.

[Anakin Flair 0]

18. 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.

 

Um....how would they do that, since Sir Alec Guiness died like a year ago?

 

I wouldn't mind some of those changes, as it would keep up continuity. but some are just stupid, some reeek of bogusness, and some just seem impossible (how would you be able to incert Hayden Christiansen in the Vader death scenes without totaly screwing up the shots?) I don't beleive digital effects have progressed far enough to do some of the things that were mentioned.