For my birthday, I got the box set of the original trilogy, Episodes IV, V, and VI. I love it. Watching all these scenes in widescreen with full surroundsound is something I've never been able to do before. It wasn't until Episode V that I did a double-take and thought "HUH?!". The actor who plays Jango Fett in Episode II has been digitally dubbed over Boba Fett. I was nearly pissed at this, but you know, it's kinda logical I suppose.

Then in Episode VI, everything was nice. The color, definition, and sound were all improved. Nothing bad about that, in my opinion. Even at the end, where the X-Wings are flying overhead and it moves to show all the other planets celebrating (including a shot of Naboo and an updated shot of Coruscant). It's what came after this that orignally just set me off. The original actor who played Anakin in Return of the Jedi has been digitally replaced by Hayden Christensen. This made me really angry at first. I thought to myself "well, fuck, why not just replace Yoda with the animated Yoda and Obi Wan with Ewan McGregor?!" but then I realized that in a sense, it sorta works out. I rationalized with myself, and I understand. I still fucking hate that he did it, but what can I do?

I can forgive Greedo shooting first (or, now, at the same time), I can allow for that wonky Jabba to be inserted, I can even accept Boba Fett being voiced by a different actor. It's going to take me some time to get over this blatant, obvious substitution though.

All in all, the movies are still as great as they were in their original form, however, I will not reccomend replacing your VHS copies of the original version just yet. The sound, picture, and overall quality of the movies has been revamped to be much closer to what they would be if they were done with modern technology, but if you just *can't* stand someone fucking with the movies you love, I would reccomend sticking with VHS or Laserdisc copies of Star Wars. Otherwise, go out and get these DVDs.

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[quote]For my birthday, I got the box set of the original trilogy, Episodes IV, V, and VI. I love it. Watching all these scenes in widescreen with full surroundsound is something I've never been able to do before. It wasn't until Episode V that I did a double-take and thought "HUH?!". The actor who plays Jango Fett in Episode II has been digitally dubbed over Boba Fett. I was nearly pissed at this, but you know, it's kinda logical I suppose.

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Gah! That's so illogical Spock is having a seizure somewhere right now. There is no reason for dubbing over Jeremy Bulloch with Temeura Morrison - Boba is Jango's son, not his clone, surely! And the Hayden Christian thing is just weird. Like a notable SC stripper said, what's next, Luke's missing hand reappearing in the DVD in spirit form?

Instead of bothering to mess with the classics, Lucas should have spent more time rewriting Episode 1 from scratch.

Having said that, I liked some of the new scenes. And since I had only ever seen ROTJ on a pirated copy, I got to see the scene where the super star destroyer crashes into the Death Star for the first time. Awesome!

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

That's hilarious. I own the set, haven't watched it yet though. Give it time. The procrastination is strong in this one...

Actually, I'm pretty sure that Boba is supposed to be a clone of Jango's, seeing as how all the children clones of Jango looked exactly like Boba.

The problem is that the books, which get Lucas' approval, have already said that Boba Fett was an exiled Journeyman Protector previously named Jaster Mereel (can't remember what planet), before he became the bounty hunter.

Like a lot of cliche Star Wars fans, Boba Fett has always been my favorite character. I feel like Lucas is fucking him up.

I still believe that Lucas had a brilliant idea and execution with Star Wars, but once he got fatty, old, and egotistical, he made Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, which sucked balls. Other examples of this trend: Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Robin Williams, Howie Mandel, and Metallica.

All of them had something good when they started and turned to shit.

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If Boba Fett sounds like Jango Fett now, how come all the stormtroopers don't sound like him, too? They're all clones of him.

I hate the scene where Jabba is walking around with Han Solo. I always pictured him as a character who is so huge that he could only move very slowly, like a slug, and with much effort.

Lucas wimped out by having Greedo shoot first, even if he changed it to make the shots almost simultaneous. Han was the kind of guy who would shoot first if someone was about to kill him, and his character was cooler when he did.

Replacing the crappy-looking bug-eyed Emperor with Ian McDiarmid in EMPIRE was a good idea. Replacing the original rebel fighters approaching the Death Star at the end of STAR WARS with digital ones was not. There's no need to replace special effects that still look good.

Listening to Lucas on the commentary tracks, I became sick of the word "digital." He sounds regretful throughout, moaning about how this scene or that scene was deficient and would've looked better if done digitally.

The new CGI song-and-dance routine in Jabba's palace at the beginning of RETURN is horrible. It looks like something out of a bad Pixar movie.

I like the new insert shots of the different planets celebrating at the end of RETURN, as well as the new music that replaces that awful Ewok chant. But Lucas' rationalization for sticking Hayden Christensen into that shot with Yoda and Obi-Wan is stupid.

All that aside, though, the DVD set is well worth having if you're a STAR WARS fan.

One thing -- near the end of RETURN, when the Emperor is trying to seduce Luke over to the dark side, why does it look as though there is a crudely-drawn black splotch next to his right eye in several close-ups? I've noticed this in the VHS version and figured they'd fix it in the special edition, but they didn't.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

I've decided I like this explanation as to what happened to Lucas much better.

http://www.monkeyspit.net/rantman/skycapt.php

This is my favorite paragraph:

"Expect Lucas's dramatic and public suicide right before the release of STAR WARS EPISODE III: FROM HELL'S HEART I STAB AT THEE, in which we'll learn that Yoda is a child molester, Luke is actually a random orphan passed off to Anakin as his son, and Han Solo spent his early adolescence being rented out to sailors by his pimp, Chewbacca."