jedimasterbac posted:The Emperor is supposed to have shut himself off from the populace, using subordinates to carry out meaningless tasks like overseeing Senate meetings and stuff like that. If you have him go to the Senate just for that, it takes away from that mysterious Emperor quality.
jedimasterbac posted:They're only important retroactively. We shouldn't be throwing in stuff to the films ever time some EU author decides to come up with something or someone of importance to the rebels or the Empire.
Arawn_Fenn posted:I insist that EMP grenades be added to each film.
Drewton posted:For something like the announcement of a few new policies, I would agree. For something as major as the dissolution of the Senate, I think he would announce it himself.
Drewton posted:If Marek was some just some random rebel who was as important as others, yes, but Marek's sacrificed inspired the founding of the Rebellion. I don't think it's as necessary as something like restoring the Biggs at Anchorhead scene, but still, I think it would work well. TFU is also considered to be next chapter of the saga.
Drewton posted:Well, when someone says, Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:Drewton posted: More later. Let's hope not. I take that as bashing. But anyways, I hope I'm not sounding rude and my apologies if I am. I don't want to make this an argument.
Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:Drewton posted: More later. Let's hope not.
Drewton posted: More later.
jedimasterbac posted: Well then, consider the storytelling problems in bringing the Emperor back in so soon, which does, in fact, go back to the whole "mysterious Emperor" thing anyway. By not showing him in A New Hope and only briefly mentioning him, you set up viewers to think "oh wow, where is this guy" and he becomes an even more mysterious figure. Then you get just a brief, creepy glimpse of him in Empire before finally seeing him again in Jedi. I think adding him into ANH ruins the mystique.
Drewton posted: But you see, in terms of the films, Marek is just a random rebel, regardless of the overall canon storyline significance he might have. When changes are being made to the films they need to benefit the films themselves. If Lucas starts catering to the entire saga you're going to have four hours worth of in-jokes and continuity references that don't do anything to help the film along. If you add in some sort of mention of Marek because "he's important", you then have to take time to explain who was, what he did, and why he was important. That takes time and ruins the flow of a film. Besides, there's no good place to add in something like that.
Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:Okay, apologies for the sarcasm. But I am entitled to express my opinion, and my opinion is that your list of changes to 'ANH' are 98% boring and pointless.
Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:Seeing his face, hearing his voice, just to satisfy your fannish fawning over the character spoils the mystique, the build-up to his full return in ROTJ.
Drewton posted:Hopefully this list won't generate as much arguing... The Empire Strikes Back *Give Vader the title of "Sith" in the opening crawl.
Drewton posted:*Animate the beginning Star Destroyer shot and other space shots that need it.
Drewton posted:*Animate the wampa in his/hers/its first scene, as well as a shot of it knocking Luke off the Tauntaun and dragging Luke through the snow.
Drewton posted:*Restore the "Dead Tauntauns" scene to add a more menacing feeling to the Luke-captured situation.
Drewton posted:*Restore bacta tank lines. *Restore the wampa trap. *Animate the tauntauns.
Drewton posted:*Maybe rescore some of the music, but nothing major. *Redo lightsaber and blaster effects.
Drewton posted:*Make the Obi-Wan Force Ghost resemble Ewan McGregor more, and perhaps blend his and Alec Guiness's voices.
Drewton posted:*Extend the Battle of Hoth via animation. *Give PROXY a miss-if-you-blink-cameo on Hoth if it didn't work in ANH.
Drewton posted:*Animate the asteroid field shots. *Animate the space slug. *Animate wide-view shots of Dagobah, as well as making the set used look larger. *Perhaps animate Yoda. I like the puppet, but if animated, there's better continuity with the prequels. I personally think that Yoda should have only been animated in the PT when fighting. *Add new shots of Yoda training Luke. *Have Boba take off his helmet in the shot where he watches the Falcon take off. *Animate Bespin.
Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted: 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. No, no, and are you kidding?
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.
BarkingFrog posted:Some more changes: - Digitally fix the Emperor's eyes in close-ups so they look closer to his ROTS eyes. They aren't yellow enough and the skin around them is too pink. - Use CGI on the mouths of the speaking puppet characters to make the speech more believable. Maybe just Yoda. - For one of the Degobah shots in either ESB or ROTJ, add Yoda's ship in the background, covered in moss and stuff... Not necessary, but it would definitely be cool.