The extra-special additions of the original trilogy

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-09-26 12:32am

Whoa! Those are COOL!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-09-26 12:08pm

I would definitely clean up the Death Star approach in A New Hope. The ships there look fake as hell - the textures are way too clean and shiny, the ship angles are too sharp. It looks painfully CG.

The Jabba scene with Han in ANH also sucks big time. Specially the Han "stepping on the tail". I'm sure Georgie thought it was hilarious, but I thought it was lame.

I think there's still some matting problems in Empire Strikes Back with the flying TIE fighters in the MF chase, but I'm not sure if that was 100% fixed in the Special Edition.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-09-26 12:21pm

Vympel wrote:Empire Strikes Back

- More AT-STs; according to starwars.com they were supposed to be more prominent- unfortunately one shot of where a speeder shoots at one and flies over it was ruined

I'm not sure I actually saw an AT-ST in the Empire Strikes Back. I know I saw something that resembled an AT-ST, but more round-ish (an AT-PT?).

Return of the Jedi

- the cut B-Wing scene (taking out a Star Destroyer)

I've never seen that one... where you got it from? DVD? How is it like?

Chris Walker · Post by **Chris Walker** » 2002-09-26 12:57pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:... references to a "planetary shield" on Alderran...

...and of course some dialogue from technicians in the DeathStar firing control room that clearly indicates that the main beam destroys planets using direct energy transfer, rather than some mysterious unknown mechanism/chain reaction.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-09-26 01:32pm

Yes, it was an AT-PT.

YES! I wanna see the B-wings in action!

Chris Walker · Post by **Chris Walker** » 2002-09-26 02:14pm

IG-88E wrote:YES! I wanna see the B-wings in action!

I have a BMP somewhere that looks like it might be from that missing scene, although for all I know it's actually just a doctored screenshot. Looks pretty good, anyway - 3 B-wings flying away from an exploding ISD, with the DSII in the background. I've never seen the actual footage in-film, though. I can E-mail it to you, or at least to someone with webspace to post it properly in the forum; just give me an address.

Aaron2 · Post by **Aaron2** » 2002-09-26 05:03pm

ANH:
- Han shoots first (need I say more)
- Removed the Jabba scene, add the Biggs scene and remove 1/2 of the cheesy CGI aliens in Mos Eisley.
- No "ringed" explosions

ESB:
- Show the AT-ATs landing on Hoth.

ROTJ
- Remove the dance number.
- Insert a random Rebel pilot saying, "It looks like half the Imperial fleet!" when the ISDs show up.
- No "ringed" explosions
- Insert a scene right after the DSII blows up where the Imperial Admiral says something like, "Without the Emperor, we're finished. Request surrender terms."

Aaron

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » 2002-09-26 05:51pm

Aaron2 wrote:

- Insert a random Rebel pilot saying, "It looks like half the Imperial fleet!" when the ISDs show up.
- No "ringed" explosions
- Insert a scene right after the DSII blows up where the Imperial Admiral says something like, "Without the Emperor, we're finished. Request surrender terms."

Your MAD!!!

Well except for that cheesy ringed explosion thing.

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-26 05:56pm

Aaron2 wrote:- Insert a random Rebel pilot saying, "It looks like half the Imperial fleet!" when the ISDs show up.

No! He should say: "That's a miniscule fraction of an Outer Rim sector fleet! We're doomed in the face of .00000000001% of Imperial might!"

- Insert a scene right after the DSII blows up where the Imperial Admiral says something like, "Without the Emperor, we're finished. Request surrender terms."

No no no, he should say "Nuts to the Emperor! Gather our vast fleet, onward to victory!" *cue much Rebel screaming*

In fact, they should make an alternate ending where the Death Star II survives and blows up Endor with EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FURRY LITTLE BASTARD EWOKS!!! HYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

*ahem*

Yes.

Chris Walker · Post by **Chris Walker** » 2002-09-27 09:00am

IG-88E wrote:YES! I wanna see the B-wings in action!

I've dug out the screenshot and posted it at this link:

http://www.angelfire.com/space/gcu_arbitrary/index.html

Unfortunately, AngelFire won't display the image directly in the forum - you have to go to the page to see it.

Sardaukar · Post by **Sardaukar** » 2002-10-03 12:40am

IG-88E wrote:Yes, it was an AT-PT.

No way. It was an AT-ST, not an AT-PT. There are no AT-PTs in any of the films.

"The AT-ST was first developed for The Empire Strikes Back, and the miniature developed for that film has a number of cosmetic differences to the finals produced for Return of the Jedi. Though the scout walker appears briefly in the Battle of Hoth, it was intended to be in at least one more scene..." - www.starwars,com

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2002-10-03 03:11am

ANH:
-While the trench runs are going, intense dogfights between the rest of the Rebel starfighters and the Imperial starfighters that were launched over the Death Star's surface.
-Change the targetting computers so they look a little more advanced than the old Atari console systems.
-Add a scene where some Storm Troopers with the carbines' stock extended are quietly watch the Rebels (maybe a few quick shots of AOTC-ish sniper scope graphics), and just as we see one starting to squeeze the trigger, they get the order to back down herd the Rebels back to their ship.

TESB:
-AT-STs and Snowspeeders throwing blaster fire at each other, and some Imperial speeders bikes escorting the troops accompanying Vader.
-Vader paying a personal visit to the Star Destroyer captain who failed to destroy that asteroid which cause an interruption to the holo meeting.
-Have a scene where the Falcon tries to hide behind a big asteroid, but flying away as a HTL blasts it to bits.

-Have Vader repeat the order that he wanted the Rebels alive when he hears of their escape on Bespin.

ROTJ:
-Make the Sarlacc (sp?) scene more blaster fire intense.
-Have a high ranking Alliance officer emphasing how difficult it was to find out about the Death Star because how the Imperials did it with so little of their total resources, and why that means that it will be to their advantage due to lack of conspicuious Imperial presense in the area.
-We want B-Wing anti-capship bombing runs!