Blogcritics: Comments on More changes to Star Wars?

Comment by Al Barger

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:30:24 EST

Naturally, South Park had an outstanding episode [#609 Free Hat] in which the boys went into an Indiana Jones type adventure to rescue the film masters before Lucas could screw with them.

Comment by jim

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:06:01 EST

Some of the changes being made do improve the movies. I have been a Star Wars fan from day one, and have read all the novelizations. Adding the Solo/Jabba scene in the hanger bay on Tatooine was an improvement. Having Boba Fett the was not.

Comment by TDavid

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:53:59 EST

Hey, if he wants to do a Director's Cut, then more power to him, but he should also release/sell the original unedited for the purists.

Comment by JR

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:20:51 EST

He should fix "Howard the Duck".

Comment by Natalie Davis

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 11:06:10 EST

I wish he would leave them alone too. But they belong to HIM -- he can do what he darn well pleases with them.

Comment by Tom

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:50:17 EST

George Lucas must be stopped. His tinkering is ruining many great movies.

Comment by Chris Puzak

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:56:46 EST

I think it was E.T. and Close Encounters of The Third Kind that Spielberg was mucking about with. The problem I have with Lucas is not that he's changing things in the original trilogy, but that he's not doing a particularly good job of it. There were some nice aspects to the special editions, there were also some parts that just plain didn't work. The problem is that Lucas is surrounded by people who won't speak up and say "You know what George, that's not a good idea". There are some movies that really beenfit from tinkering, such as Touch of Evil. But I don't think there's much you can do with the Star Wars trilogy. Inserting CGI into the original bad just looks terrible and doesn't add anything to the movie. The puppets and models of the original trilogy just plain look better. I'd like to see Lucas move on from Star Wars. Thx-1138 and American Graphitti are both fine movies; I believe he could make movies like that again. I just wish he'd realize that it's a lost cause endlessly trying to improve movies taht are already as good as they're going to get.

Comment by Chris Wilson

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:09:55 EST

It appears both Lucas and Spielberg, same generation film geeks, seem to have an obsession with tinkering with their films after completion. Didn't Spielberg also redo "Close Encounters," "Duel" and "Jaws?" Frankly, no amount of tinkering is going to save "Star Wars Episode 1." But let's be frank. Lucas' mission/purpose in life will forever be the "Star Wars" films. They will be his legacy. Can we blame him for obsessively trying to achieve a form of perfection? One can argue his artistic depth, but one cannot argue his love for his creations.

Comment by Kurt Nordstrom

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:33:47 EST

I think Lucas is hitting the bong kind of hard in his later years, but I am pleased to hear the truth finally come out. Han shot first, dad-gummit!