They said they had a hard time figuring out how to get Han around Jabba without going through him. The time and money it must have cost to have him step on his tail.... You figured the whole thing out in a sentence.I'll never understand why they didn't cut to a close up of Jabba's face, his eyes turning to follow Solo, then cut back to Solo on the other side. Sure some pedantic nerd might have been all "What, did Solo STEP on Jabba's tail? Haw haw haw, snort!" But it would have been a hell of a lot better than SHOWING Solo step on Jabba's tail. What a silly moment, an insult to both characters, and a CG botch job.
They said they had a hard time figuring out how to get Han around Jabba without going through him. The time and money it must have cost to have him step on his tail.... You figured the whole thing out in a sentence.
Too bad the special editions happened before DVD really took hold as the dominant format. The Jabba scene would work so much better as a bonus deleted scene instead of actually being integrated into the film.NOTHING was gained by that scene but cringeworthy cg. It didn't explain Hans sitch in any way that greedo didn't. In fact it's weird to have greedo confront him at all when Jaba is there 5 minutes later.
just an excuse to throw in boba fett.
Of course it exists. There's a copy at the Library of Congress. The interpositives exist. The whole "It doesn't exist anymore" line has been debunked ages ago. This is entirely about LucasFilm apparently wanting to honor George's vision by not releasing the originals, and about otherwise not thinking it's worth paying the money to remaster the original originals (as opposed to the various DVD/Blu-Ray/SEs).
As much as I would love for George to have changed his mind, I don't think it will ever happen during his lifetime.
“People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.” Lucas implored for the preservation of original prints of films. “In the future,” he presciently cautions, “it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be ‘replaced’ by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.”
I'm sure it's written into the sale with Disney that they are not allowed to release any version of the films other than his Special Editions. Not to mention there are other legal binds with 20th Century Fox holding some of the rights. I forget how that works but I know it further complicates matters.
As for the quote, while it's incredibly ironic that Lucas himself said that, his argument was actually regarding people other than the original artist altering the works in question. I think Lucas/ Disney ought to release a properly restored version to the public considering they are historically significant films and they are losing out on making an enormous amount of money.
If it ever happens, and that's a very big if, they won't release them until after Lucas passes away.
But I think it's important to acknowledge the reality that George has no intention of backing down on his position no matter how wrong any of us think he is.