Drewton posted:Episode IV: A New Hope *Slightly rewrite the opening crawl so that it relates more to the events in ROTS. Mention clone troopers, Order 66, Anakin Skywalker becoming Darth Vader, Mustafar, the Separatists, Dooku, the Jedi, the Sith, and Chancellor Palpatine.
Drewton posted:*Add shots of Imperials bording the Tantive IV.
Drewton posted:*Change some of the lighting. *Add shots of Vader with lightsaber on the Tantive IV. *More explosions on the Tantive IV.
Drewton posted:*Change all blaster, lightsaber, and explosion effects.
Drewton posted:*Clean up all the audio, replacing blaster and lightsaber sound effects with those from the PT.
Drewton posted:*More digital-ness. *Add completely new music to some scenes and in others just rerecord it to improve the quality. *Replace Vader's entrace theme with Imperial March.
Drewton posted:*Add a brighter glow to C-3PO's eyes.
Drewton posted:*Make Stormtroopers on the Tantive IV clearly members of the 501st, perhaps have Temeura Morrison record their lines, and perhaps add blue markings. *Have James Earl Jones rerecord Vader lines. Mention Bail Organa when speaking with Leia.
Drewton posted:*Extend Tantive IV sequence. This can easily be done when the rebels and stormtroopers are all generic, and anyone can be in a Vader suit.
posted:None of the crawls of the other films "relate more to the events" of the previous film. The crawls fill in the gaps between the films; they don't re-iterate the events of the last one. Because, you know, that would be boring and pointless.
posted:There are already several shots of Imperial Stormtroopers and Darth Vader boarding the ship. Perhaps you blinked continuously for several minutes, and missed these?]
posted:No, no and no.
posted:Rather than changing these, perhaps Lucas should consider restoring the original versions of the blaster and explosion effects, which were considerably brighter and more intense.
posted:The audio has been cleaned up sufficiently. It's time to leave it alone. Since this is the original film, I would hope Lucas would consider replacing the PT sound effects with some more closely resembling those found in the original.
posted:No, no, and are you kidding?
posted:Or, alternately, don't, since the above would be pointless and destructive to the pacing.
posted:Boring and pointless. Imagine this scene playing out. EMPEROR: "Imperial Senate, I'm disbanding you all. Go home!" SENATOR ORGANA: "But how will you keep the peace without the bureaucracy?" EMPEROR: "The regional governors will have direct control over their systems. Fear will keep your systems under control! Fear of my battle station!" Now cut to Tarkin on the DS, reiterating the scene we've just watched. Is that brilliant cinema, or what? If your answer is "yes", smack yourself in the head and then re-evaluate your opinion.
posted:Who?
Drewton posted:Please, make your own list of what they should and should not do rather than going through and criticizing mine as if your opinions are fact. Everyone has their own opinions. If you don't agree with my suggestions, that's fine, I have no problem with that. I'm not saying my suggestions should, absolutely, happen no matter what anyone else thinks. Discussion is fine, but frankly, your post seemed to come across more as bashing. It seems like you don't want anything to be changed in the special edition whatsoever, anyway.
jedimasterbac posted:Drewton posted:Please, make your own list of what they should and should not do rather than going through and criticizing mine as if your opinions are fact. Everyone has their own opinions. If you don't agree with my suggestions, that's fine, I have no problem with that. I'm not saying my suggestions should, absolutely, happen no matter what anyone else thinks. Discussion is fine, but frankly, your post seemed to come across more as bashing. It seems like you don't want anything to be changed in the special edition whatsoever, anyway. Merlin could have phrased his responses to you a little better, but I don't think they were bashing. Let's just ensure that we're having a discussion here, like you said, and this doesn't resort to anything tense.
posted:Drewton posted:More later. Let's hope not.
Drewton posted:More later.
BarkingFrog posted:I disagree with pretty much every single change you suggested, but the biggest ones are: - Why do you think it would be a good idea to reveal that Vader is Luke's father within the first 30 seconds of the first film? Just because we know the saga from beginning to end does not mean that there will never again be someone who is watching the movies for the first time. - Palpatine has no place in A New Hope. Tarkin sums up the Emperor's involvement in 2 sentences. - The Force Unleashed has no place in the saga at all.
Drewton posted:- Why not? After seeing the rise of the Empire in the previous episode and Palpatine being a major player, I think it's important we see him in the next episode. We'd all be scratching our heads if the episodes were made in order and the Emperor hadn't appeared in ANH. It would also be a chance to show Bail Organa going to Alderaan if a shot of him just its destruction would seem awkward. It would add just as much emotional impact.
Drewton posted:- Galen Marek really needs a mention because of how important a figure he is for the Rebels (some people thought it was a continuity problem that no one ever mentioned him in the OT), and Juno and PROXY are both part of the Alliance, so that they would be good for cameos. They add as much (or as little) to the story as the mention of Quinlan Vos, but they're nods to the EU, and EU fans (such as me) love it.