https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-compare-the-changes-made-to-the-original-star-wars-trilogy-in-this-1-hour-video-series-20150727/ Mon, 23 May 2016 02:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-compare-the-changes-made-to-the-original-star-wars-trilogy-in-this-1-hour-video-series-20150727/#comment-127808 Mon, 23 May 2016 02:48:11 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/watch-compare-the-changes-made-to-the-original-star-wars-trilogy-in-this-1-hour-video-series-261446/#comment-127808 Had to stop watching around the Mos Eisley section of the Episode IV video. The changes are increasingly awful, and even the small ones add to a cumulative effect of making the film feel inorganic. My wife & I watched the \’Despecialized\’ edition of Episode IV at the beginning of this year and we were blown away by how it is a vastly better film tonally. I\’m not a purist and previously I didn\’t care that much about Lucas\’s changes (bar the obvious ones like Greedo shooting first; regardless of whether or not the idea is good, it\’s very poorly executed on a technical/editorial level), or even about Star Wars in general, but the Despecialized edition was vibrant, alive in a way that the over-thought Special Editions aren\’t, and — above all — cool. There\’s an integrity to it as a product of its time that makes it feel cohesive. So… yeah. Not a fan of the changes.

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