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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon
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3/5 7:16pm
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zombie posted:
No matter what happens to Star Wars, the originals will still be the originals,
You must have missed the events of 1997 and 2004. The true originals are two generations of video formats behind.
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jedimasterbac
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3/5 7:22pm
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon posted:
You must have missed the events of 1997 and 2004. The true originals are two generations of video formats behind.
You must have missed the rest of Zombie's post. He was talking about the place of the originals in history and in the minds of the people who saw them, not whether or not they're on VHS or DVD.
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon
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But if Lucas has his way, kids in the future are going to download Star Wars to see what all the fuss was about and they'll see a movie that is not the same as the one that actually caused all the fuss 30 years ago.
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zombie
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3/5 10:24pm
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon posted:
But if Lucas has his way, kids in the future are going to download Star Wars to see what all the fuss was about and they'll see a movie that is not the same as the one that actually caused all the fuss 30 years ago.
Trust me, Lucas won't have his way. When he's dead, people won't be studying the special editions, the prequels, the books, the comics or the video games, they will be looking at a film that came out in 1977 and changed American moviemaking.
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Jedi_Master_Adara
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I wouldn't put it past Lucas to do it...
..but no, I don't think Lucas will allow it as long as he's still alive. But who knows, perhaps when he dies Peter Jackson will re-do it.
TLJ Edit: Like in the other forum, that wasn't necessary
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Billy_Dee_Binks
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3/9 9:43am
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Peter Jackson would never do that.
He is a personal friend of GL and respects his work way too much to even consider making a remake out of it.
Therefore PJ will hopefully never commit such backstabbery.
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3/11 8:36am
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The OT probably will be remade sometime within the next several generations. That's how things tend to go... An example is the Peter Jackson version of King Kong. With today's technology, it did the story visual epic justice, compared to the original version of 1933...(I know there's a lot of people making jokes about PJ remaking things on this thread, but I personally liked the PJ King Kong.) The same may end up happening with Star Wars in 70-80 years as well...who knows?
But right now, I don't think it would be a good idea. Not while the generations that saw the originals still remember the original actors and everything. I agree, it could make all episodes fit perfectly in line, both visually and in storyline, but I think in that area they're pretty much fine as they are.
The only thing I would say is make special effects updates. You know, the obvious stuff. maybe reanimate some battle scenes or just add to them to enhance, add color to some of the ships in those scenes, update laser, ship crash and explosion effects, update control console screens, and fix the @!%? Lightsabers!!!! All of them!!! Even if all they did was the Lightsabers, that would still be tons better.
As far as continuity, I think that works fine as it is. The quality of the DVDs of ROTJ and ESB especially, looks to be-in my opinion-about the same sound and picture quality as Phantom Menace. Which isn't really bad at all, considering.
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AnakinSucks
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3/11 1:59pm
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Yes.
I would like the OT replaced first, and then the PT later.
At first I thought that it would be a bad idea - and it is - but I would be strongly in favour.
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Jango10
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I always thought that Mark Wahlberg would make a good Han Solo. But thats about the only thing I could think of regarding actors.
Besides, by the time these films will be remade (and trust me they will be remade, not that I think that is a good thing), today's actors will be too old to play the characters we want them to.
I don't think it would be beyond reason to think that Star Wars will be remade as early as 50 years from now. Sounds scary doesn't it? But I think it is possible.
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Arrakna
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As much as I would love to see new Star Wars movies, I don't think the original trilogy should be remade, although I have to admit, I do see scenes/affects in the old movies sometimes and cringe at them, compared to the new ones, so as some people here have stated, I think they could go back and update some sound/visual effects like lightsabers and that sort of stuff and as someone mentioned before, the Darth Vader/Obi Wan battle could be digitally enhanced, or even remade, but that's just a possibility.
So in conclusion, I would love to see some new Star Wars films, but as a Star Wars fan I don't think I can allow myself to wish that the original trilogy could be remade. I think it may very well be remade in a few decades from now, though, maybe when I am an old man and mumbling "I remember Star Wars when it came out in my day, not like now, with your 4-Dimensional cinemas and your interactive lightsaber films" or something along those lines.
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General Kenobi
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3/28 7:53pm
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zombie posted:
No matter what happens to Star Wars, the originals will still be the originals, they will always be remembered and cherished above all else, the same way that King Kong is still considered a classic when none of its two sequels, two remakes, and even more film spinoffs (ie King Kong Lives, King Kong Versus Godzilla) are remembered. Star Wars will be the same way, because you can never take away its place in history, and on a personal level we can still watch the same film we fell in love with. I guess you could argue that remakes and sequels cheapen the integrity of the film--but I would argue that, not only are genuinly strong films able to rise above that (ie King Kong), but that its already happened. Sequels, prequels, special editions, tv shows, novels, comic books, video games--the story's been bastardized in a million ways already. I would welcome a remake or re-imagining simply out of the fascination that such a thing would undoubtedly be, and you know that something like this is inevitable anyway.
I like this post a lot.
Anyhow, a remake now seems somewhat pointless. Maybe in 20-30 years. Not totally reimagined, but largely. Maybe having one actor return - like Ewan to play Obi-Wan. (I'm guessing that Ewan could easily look younger at that age (62) than did Sir Alec when filming ANH.) But don't try to top the original iconic shots. Make them different. Create new iconic shots where they didn't exist before. Write some new dialog. You get the idea.
With or without the blessing of LFL, somebody's going to do this sooner or later. Yes, I know the legalities might factor into possible public releases. But with digital technology...
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You say that, but no one's remade Gone with the Wind. Or Casablanca. Or Citizen Kane. Some things people are smart enough not to touch, even 60-70 years after they're out. I'd say the possibility of this happening is really slim, actually.
As to whether it *should*... no. No. NO.
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r8hitman posted:
I dont post over here too much so if this has been discussed go ahead and lock.
Instead of Lucas going through these movies and adding new scenes/music/special features do you think he should just leave the OT alone and remake the OT with new actors and better technology...etc.?
I mean all he has to do is find new actors, he already has the story written.
(imagine what the duel in ANH could look like if it was remade.)
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solojones posted:
You say that, but no one's remade Gone with the Wind. Or Casablanca. Or Citizen Kane. Some things people are smart enough not to touch, even 60-70 years after they're out. I'd say the possibility of this happening is really slim, actually.
That's a very good point, but in the end I think Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Citizen Kane will be held in much higher regard because of the genre and a lot of people's perceptions of science fiction/fantasy. You don't have to be a die hard to say that films like that should never be remade, and I've never heard anyone say that they should. I have heard a lot of my friends who are only casual Star Wars friends say the originals should be remade, though, and it's important to point out that more people who watch Star Wars are casual friends than people like us who come to TF.N and other fan sites. If a lot of people wanted to see a remake of the CT, then I'd be willing to bet that there'd be one, or at least a re-imagining so it's not a shot-by-shot remake disaster like the Psycho remake was.
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Sorry for the double post, but this had to be said:
solojones posted:
You say that, but no one's remade...Casablanca.
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Solojones, let the record show that I blame you for this. 
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