How to Watch Star Wars, Part Two: The Special Editions Are the Movies, Get Over It - [Rick Worley]

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Han steps on Jabba's tail and doesn't apologise! There is no way that the alpha boss of a gang would allow that. Imagine showing such disrespect to Micheal Corleone. He would have your head.
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clearspira wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 8:31 am Han steps on Jabba's tail and doesn't apologise! There is no way that the alpha boss of a gang would allow that. Imagine showing such disrespect to Micheal Corleone. He would have your head.
All because of the original footage of how Harrison Ford walked Jabba who at the time was a human actor. The scene bothers me because Jabba seems small.
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McAvoy wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 3:10 am
clearspira wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 8:31 am Han steps on Jabba's tail and doesn't apologise! There is no way that the alpha boss of a gang would allow that. Imagine showing such disrespect to Micheal Corleone. He would have your head.
All because of the original footage of how Harrison Ford walked Jabba who at the time was a human actor. The scene bothers me because Jabba seems small.
You're right, Jabba seems completely out of scale. Slave Leia was buried into Jabba's chest during ROTJ.
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Not to mention that it ruins the Jabba reveal of RotJ.
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Frustration wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:39 pm Not to mention that it ruins the Jabba reveal of RotJ.
Who are you, JJ Abrams? Star Wars was never about Mystery Boxes.
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Star Wars was often 'about' suspense and surprise. Many of those moments were ruined in the re-releases.
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Frustration wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 9:24 pm Star Wars was often 'about' suspense and surprise. Many of those moments were ruined in the re-releases.
No it was not.
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The original Star Wars is full of unexpected moments and sections of slowly-increasing suspense. Starting with the long scene of the Star Destroyer panning (parodied in Space Balls) to Darth Vader being blasted out of the pursuit by a returning Han Solo.
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Frustration wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 9:29 pm The original Star Wars is full of unexpected moments and sections of slowly-increasing suspense. Starting with the long scene of the Star Destroyer panning (parodied in Space Balls) to Darth Vader being blasted out of the pursuit by a returning Han Solo.
A New Hope is the most predictable movie ever made in all of human history. I remember when i first watched it, nothing even mildly suprised me.
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