Comments on: Fans Give George Lucas $84 Million Worth Of Reasons To Keep Messing With ‘Star Wars’

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

\”J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is proof of Trek’s superiority over Star Wars.\”

LOL

By: Scarface

Scarface — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

The fan base is not happy. They are disappointed. I for one will not be getting in line to see the 3D films starting next year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AAvAnI9Bwg

By: goldfarb

goldfarb — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

the CG Yoda in TPM isn\’t \’new\’ it was done in between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith…

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

The only hope for Star Wars at this point is that after Lucas dies his kids take control of the franchise and put it in the hands of some quality writers and directors who can make new films.

1) A new trilogy set 50+ years after ROTJ, with Luke as the wise old Jedi and only R2, 3P0 and maybe Chewbacca still alive to face a new threat. Luke\’s arc would really be completed by showing him as the \”master\” able to train and foster a new generation of Jedi in the way that Yoda and Obi-Wan obviously failed in many ways to do.

2) A stand-alone film-noir-in-space Boba Fett action movie.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

The most ass-backwards thing about these changes is that Lucas is changing the wrong films!

Other than a CGI Yoda in TPM, he\’s pretty much left the prequels alone on Blu-Ray, but he keeps tinkering and fucking up the original trilogy. If he has a jones for changing his own films, dear God, George please turn your attention to the prequels.

How about recutting TPM without Jar Jar Binks? How about cutting out or adding new ADR and cutaways to some of young Anakin\’s painful dialogue. How about shooting some actual clonetroopers with real actors in REAL costumes instead of all of them, even in close-ups, being CGI??? That was the most unnecessary use of CGI ever.

By: scribe

scribe — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

The most profitable circle jerk in history!

By: J Bone

J Bone — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

@William Shatner

I like the new Star Trek, but there isn\’t one single star trek film better than Empire or Star Wars. The last Star Trek is on the level of Return of the Jedi.

Now imagine if Abrams or pick another new gen director were able to write and direct their own Star Wars film. A Boba Fett movie or a movie that shows the origin of the Sith. That movie would kick the living crap out of any Star Trek reboot.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

It is a bit of a shame that Lucas can\’t seem to let go of these films. It seems like he\’s been reaching for some kind of perfection in them that will never be obtained, and only lessen the impact they initially had. However, I doubt it\’s because of money, or \”wringing as many pennies\” out of the films as he can, as so many have said. Lucas is one of 40 or so millionaires/billionaires who has pledged to give away the majority of his wealth in his lifetime. (http://givingpledge.org/)
All around, it\’s kind of baffling. Does he have no other ideas?

By: Erik McClanahan

Erik McClanahan — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

Corey, I had a similar experience years ago. It\’s so distracting. The worst offender has to be that musical sequence in Return of the Jedi. Holy shit is that terrible (and it ruins what was already a cool bar/club sequence; the original music had a canteena band feel to it), with all those dancing CGI things. If nothing else, those special editions were the harbinger of things to come in the prequels.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

I only bought the Star Wars special edition VHS versions when I was much younger. Since then, I just didn\’t care anymore.

By: Cory Everett

Cory Everett — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

Happy to admit that I didn\’t buy these and wont unless they\’re the originals.

The changes had never bothered me before but I hadn\’t seen them in a few years and I tried rewatching the series around Christmas and couldn\’t believe how distracting the CGI was. Every single bit stuck out to the point of actually ruining the experience.

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

A-fucking-men, Oli. Nice piece, well said.

By: William Shatner

William Shatner — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:47:42 +0000

Star Trek is better than Star Wars. Star Wars is derivative of Star Trek and while Trek is about relationships and stories that involved humanity and philosophical questions, Star Wars is about special effects. J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is proof of Trek’s superiority over Star Wars, because not only does Star Trek deal with more human principles but it now has more special effects than Star Wars, so Star Wars has nothing to stand on.