Remastered for delicate sensibilities by Mr. George Lucas:
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As if that weren't bad enough:
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Mindfire
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I'd actually like it if they included Qui-Gon in that ending scene. It'd really tie the whole series together.
Besides, who created Star Wars? George Lucas did. So he has the right to change it as he wishes. It astounds me that "Star Wars" fans seem to think they somehow own Star Wars.
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Anders Ämting
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Okay, I admit, that's pretty funny.
I'd actually like it if they included Qui-Gon in that ending scene. It'd really tie the whole series together.
Besides, who created Star Wars? George Lucas did. So he has the right to change it as he wishes. It astounds me that "Star Wars" fans seem to think they somehow own Star Wars.
I mostly agree, and I think they worked Qui in pretty well. I like how he shows up right at the end, after Luke turned his back.
That said, I do think replacing the original Anakin with Hayden Christensen is kinda jarring. I mean, why does Anakin return as his younger self when Qui, Obi and Yoda are the ages they were when they died? That doesn't seem to make much sense.
I think I would have rather liked it if they added Qui-Gon but kept old man Anakin. Then we'd have four of the last old Jedi, all old men, seeing off the young man who is the first of the new Jedi. I think that would have made for a really appropriate closing scene for the saga.
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Mindfire
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Ok, yeah it is. xD
Benjamin Clayborne
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That is hysterical.
Lucas has the legal right to do whatever he wants with it, as he owns the copyright.
But a lot of people feel that when a story becomes part of the common cultural firmament, retroactively changing it (especially in ways that are widely reviled) is a crime of sorts: sullying something that was once beautiful (even worse when the changes are clearly a money-grab). It's not a legal crime that can be prosecuted, but rather a crime against culture.
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He has a right to change it; fans have a right to point out changes that are idiotic
Anders Ämting
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No, see, destroying a Rembrandt is a crime against culture. There's a wee difference between that and releasing remastered editions of a thirty-year old sci-fi trilogy that - let us be honest for a moment - isn't really that important to most people who are not nerds. If having a large fandom made something culturally important, freaking My Little Pony would be considered high art. Let's not get carried away here.
Besides, the originals still exist. I have them on DVD. It's not like Lucas hunted down every existing copy and burned them on a giant bonfire.
(Though, he did try that with the Star Wars Holiday Special.)
He has a right to change it; fans have a right to point out changes that are idiotic
Sure. But that's not an excuse for blatant overreactions.
Greedo shooting first was unecessary, annoying and kinda stupid, but not goddamned high treason. Everyone is just taking this way too seriously.
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Mindfire
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And it's a pity he didn't succeed. But alas that special is still lurking out there somewhere in the dark corners of the internet. Although it's good for a few laughs if you watch it with a commentary of some kind. I like the Nostalgia Critic review of it myself.
Benjamin Clayborne
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Yeah, but that's just a disagreement about magnitude. Star Wars has way more value to me, personally, than a Rembrandt does. Maybe you think that makes me some kind of degenerate monster, but I don't think you want to go down that road
Troubadour
Will you please stop regurgitating that lame "Who created Star Wars?" argument? I never claimed to think that I "somehow own Star Wars".
However, I do believe that I am allowed to state my opinions here. So please, by all means, continue to be offended by my opinion that George Lucas is satan and Steven Spielberg the antichrist.
Someday they will pay for their atrocities.
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Mindfire
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While I do find your opinions on Lucas and Spielberg hilarious and totally misguided, I have nothing against you personally. My comment wasn't even directed at you in particular. What I don't get is the attitude that your post represents. This idea that "George Lucas doesn't have the right" to change the IP and mythos that he created. Of course he has the right. He has every right. What if Tolkien returned from the grave and decided he wasn't happy with the published version of the Silmarillion, or that Lord of the Rings would be better off with a few changes? Would he have the right to change it? Yes. Of course he would. And Lucas has every right to change Star Wars. I don't understand what it is you gain from obsessing over this. Do you enjoy foaming at the mouth? Do you get some kind of pleasure from hatedom? Why do you care? I could understand if you were annoyed or disappointed, but furious? Come on. Huge overreaction.
Annoyed? Sure. Furious? Please. Obsessing over Star Wars? Hardly. Hatedom & foaming at the mouth? Now that's hilarious. Does satan have the right to do whatever he wants with Star Wars? Why not?
I just like to f**k with fans of the prequels. Thanks for making my workday fun.:Laugh:
I just like to f**k with fans of the prequels. Thanks for making my workday fun.:Laugh:
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Mindfire
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I didn't mean you specifically. You may not be foaming at the mouth, but there are people out there who are. They are the general "you" I was referring to. Sorry that wasn't clear.
Benjamin Clayborne
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Who specifically said this? I've seen a lot of people bemoaning Lucas's changes—I'm one of them—but I don't recall ever seeing anyone saying that he doesn't have the legal right to do it.
Mindfire
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I've seen people, though not on this site, call it outright criminal and start baying like hounds for his blood. It's sad, funny, and disturbing all at once. And there are those who deny he has the right to do it.
Benjamin Clayborne
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I've definitely seen people hyperbolically call Lucas a criminal, though never come across someone who actually believed he had broken a law of any kind.
Regardless of whether anyone foolishly claims such things, one can quite rightly hold the opinion that Lucas desecrated his works and should suffer some sort of karmic punishment for doing so. There's no defending the position that Lucas did good with any of his changes.
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Greedo shoots first was the most egregious change
Mindfire
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I've definitely seen people hyperbolically call Lucas a criminal, though never come across someone who actually believed he had broken a law of any kind.
Regardless of whether anyone foolishly claims such things, one can quite rightly hold the opinion that Lucas desecrated his works and should suffer some sort of karmic punishment for doing so. There's no defending the position that Lucas did good with any of his changes.
I thought adding Qui-Gon to the end of ROTJ was a good one...
