Messing With What Was Considered Done: Lucas and Star Wars

This is so weird.

Money, money, money.

George Lucas HATES his fans! Its the only explanation. What was the most derided moment from Revenge of the Sith? Darth Vader’s Simpsonsesque “Noooooooooooooo!!!!”

Now this formerly talented moron has edited the new Blu Ray of Return of the Jedi to have Vader yelling “Nooooooooo” when he kills the Emperor. This is even worse than it sounds because it ruins possibly the most pivitol point in Jedi, turning the internal conflict of Vader’s final decision into a joke.

Oh yeah, and Ewoks blink now.

Fuck him!

So stupid.

Still so stupid.

Why does he do this? Doesn’t he have anything better to do? I mean, it’s just really weird. Like cosmetic surgery for the worst…

Two reasons: money and pride. Money, as Ben indicated above, is self explanitory.

The original trilogy was a team effort that involved many creative influences, of which Lucas was only one. The prequels were all Lucas. That most hardcore Star Wars fans held the prequels in disdain must bother him as he’s now trying to make the original trilogy resemble the prequels.

Also, I find this excerpt very spot on:

“The rebels are associated with documentary improvisation, customization and make do camaraderie of the Hollywood war film and Western. The Empire draws on a colder, more disciplined use of human figures in formal patterns, enjoying technology for its reflective surfaces rather than for the creative potential….What makes Star Wars a more complex piece of art than even the director seems to realize is that in this supposedly clear cut conflict between good and evil, LUCAS IS ROOTING FOR BOTH SIDES.” – Will Booker (BFI Film Classics – Star Wars, 2009)

Is it at this stage yet? (Yes, this is all from plastic surgery)

The Bride of Wildenstein. She also made an appearance not too long ago on Stop The Lists, along with an even worse addict of plastic surgery…

I think Lucas has made it pretty clear that he’s going to revise the films for every re-release. People will complain but they’re still going to buy it.

Yeah, whoever said “Simpsonesque” was right.

Star Wars is like the US Constitution – it’s a living, breathing document that is ever changing.

@Matt — but why would anyone want to buy something other than the original, if the original was fine? I don’t get it…

dont blame lucas, blame all the fucken nerds that are gon buy that shit.

i was wondering why he doesnt incessantly fuss with the new trilogy. if anything, those need the reworking.

OK, I’m going to catch heat for this, but it’s not really a big deal for me. Now, I can understand the annoyance at the financial motivations behind the changes—although I also don’t have a hard time believing that Lucas genuinely wants to make these films better and that he believes he’s doing that. It’s not so surprising that artists want to go back and make changes to improve their work. (Didn’t Whitman do that several times with Leaves of Grass?) Indeed, I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.

I haven’t seen all the changes, but I have seen the previous changes he made to Episode IV (Jabba slithering, etc.) Honestly, I didn’t have a problem with it, and I kinda liked that we could see Jabba (although the technical quality didn’t look so good, imo).

“but why would anyone want to buy something other than the original, if the original was fine? I don’t get it…”

Well, one reason is that since the initial rounds of revisions it became clear that, even if a certain segment of the audience is loudly in opposition to this kind of thing, the franchise is still powerful enough as consumerist product that Lucas could tinker pretty significantly with the films and still shift units. Then, later, he was able to release the original versions and sell a lot of people the same movies twice.

But also there are a whole generation now of younger viewers who, unless they’ve gotten it via someone older, likely have no particular attachment to the original versions (a lot of younger people prefer the second trilogy to the first), and clearly the “no!” thing is in keeping with the general (forced) evolution of the Darth Vader character from a sort of robotic samurai monster villain to Anakin Skywalker, tragic hero.

Talk about a one move man…

Do something new, Lucas!

Nooooo!

lol

Good thing is that every time he does this he loses thousands of fans.
Maybe if Vader said:
" RIGHT ON!!!!!!!"

I need to see Star Wars. It’s like those movies you have seen without have seen it actually.

“(Didn’t Whitman do that several times with Leaves of Grass?)”

Leaves of Grass however was an original piece of literature, it wasn’t even a loose remake of a film called The Hidden Fortress which in many ways transcends Star Wars as a film and only thanks to the second installment, Star Wars makes sense as an epic saga. (yeah, the third part is OK entertainment too, what can I say….I like Godfather III as well :P)

He took the absolute stupidest moment in the Sith movie (a feat) and put it into Jedi.

Yeah. They rhyme. Lucas, you’re an idiot.

@Francisco — Or if he said “Yeah, Baby!” Like Austin Powers, through a set of buck teeth.

Lucas has to buy one of those 1920s cardboard wheel plot generators.

ha ha ha

Lucas = Dr. Evil?

We have to recognize that he had talent at some point. Before 1978. Then he got diabetes. He is the reason I give my cat his insulin shots twice a day like clockwork. I do not him to wake up one day to discover he has turned into George Lucas.

Oh no!!!! I had better be sure to always take mine too, because I do not want to wake up like George Lucas off insulin either!!!