Not no, but fuck no!

The_root_of_all_evil:
Not just no, but the films should be reverted back to their original glory. The Special Editions were enough of an insult without making the Originals unavailable.

Whilst Cleverly does have some good points, the mishandling of key elements damaged the story.

actually if you read the book Lucas wrote for Star Wars, it's the other way around, the originals were the ones that mishandled the key elements :)

the only reason why Jabba the Hutt wasn't in the first one was because Lucas didn't like him to be a fat white guy, which he is in the book

sirdanrhodes:
They were shit then, they're shit now.

Lolwut? They were WAY better than the new ones. Especially III, which replaced the fun, seriously-undertoned intergalactic adventure with shitty CG and angst.

Sweet mercy no, hell no, *insert random curse* no.
As if this new trash wasn't bad enough, to also ruin the good ones?!

sirdanrhodes:
They were shit then, they're shit now.

How can you say that!? :O

Star Wars 4-6 Are the good Star Wars movies, 1-3 are all "meh", so NO, they should NOT make remakes.

I ll have to disagree here... I think the old Star Wars trilogy was actually pretty good... tons better compared to the new one.

If they were to remake it, it would turn even shittier then the new 3 episodes.

cleverlymadeup:
the digital tweaks they made to the originals were pretty good, not sure what you're talking about, i mean Han and Chewie running from 5 storm troopers in the original, come on. in the updated version they run from a whole unit

and at the end of the first one when they go to attack the death star with like 20 x-wings and such and then in the updated versions go with 100+ x-wings

sorry to say but they updated versions were way better and actually closer to the story that Lucas wrote

Too bad the number of stormtroopers they run away from has absolutely no bearing on the film. And too bad they still only have the footage of the original x-wings and y-wings being shot down and no explanation of what happened to all the other x-wings they threw in, not to mention that there were only 3 tie fighters sent out after them. And what was so good about seeing a bad cgi speeder fly into Mos Eisley as opposed to a bad prop speeder fly into Mos Eisley. How did seeing a speeder bike almost get stomped by that giant beast thing make the film better? How did changing who shot first in the cantina make the film better? The thing with Jabba was still ridiculous, you are right about why it got cut, but the first film worked wonderfully without it, so obviously its an unnecessary scene.

I won't even go into how terrible the 'updated' Jabba's palace scene and the Ewok celebration scene were.

The originals were fine in their first format, if anything, the prequels should be re-made. They should have been so much better than they turned out to be.

cleverlymadeup:

The_root_of_all_evil:
Not just no, but the films should be reverted back to their original glory. The Special Editions were enough of an insult without making the Originals unavailable.

Whilst Cleverly does have some good points, the mishandling of key elements damaged the story.

actually if you read the book Lucas wrote for Star Wars, it's the other way around, the originals were the ones that mishandled the key elements :)

This seems to be the major sticking point between the prequel and sequel crowd. The Prequels are George's vision, whilst the Sequels are the most loved.

The problem is that the sequels were what the public loved, and feature films are supposed to be about giving the AUDIENCE what they want, rather than the director.

For instance, in the original shooting of Life on Mars

Whilst the first is the Directors choice, there would have been a public outcry about it. I'd be a lot happier if the audience were allowed to see the film they liked, rather than only the Director's choice.

the only reason why Jabba the Hutt wasn't in the first one was because Lucas didn't like him to be a fat white guy, which he is in the book

Hutts aside, Han shot first. :)

The Rogue Wolf:
You know what I think would benefit from a revisit and a little spit-n-polish?

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Never. Happened. EVER.

And the original trilogy is off-limits.

No, of course not. Shame on you, heretic.

Maybe later, their technicle inferiority isn't bothersome right now.

And they'd probably be "ruined."

The_root_of_all_evil:
Not just no, but the films should be reverted back to their original glory. The Special Editions were enough of an insult without making the Originals unavailable.

Actually the 2 disc versions from 2006 (I think) contains both the old cinema versions and the special editions.

The cinema versions are from 1977, 1980 and 1983 respectively and are the closest we will ever get to the true originals (Star Wars (epIV) had a revised release approximately half a year after release and this revised edition is the one on the discs).

No remakes, but I would like to see more Star Wars. If you like Star Trek, there's a ton of shit you can watch, not all of it great (understatement) but at least there's a lot of stuff out there (5 TV series and a whack of movies). With Star Wars there's only really the movies. Hell, Knights of the Old Republic has a better story than most of the movies.

I'd normally say just leave the series all together, but the Star Wars universe is too interesting to abandon.

dannydamage:

Duskwaith:
Id think that if Geogre lucas did reshoot them, every starwars fanboi/lover etc. in the world would be after his balls for their mantle piece.

So the only thing that'd change is testicular location? (mouth -> mantle piece) :P

I thought that was lucas arts job?

The_root_of_all_evil:

This seems to be the major sticking point between the prequel and sequel crowd. The Prequels are George's vision, whilst the Sequels are the most loved.

The problem is that the sequels were what the public loved, and feature films are supposed to be about giving the AUDIENCE what they want, rather than the director.

actually it's about what the STUDIO wants not what the audience or the director, hence why you get so many "director's cuts" which mostly start off with "i did this because the studio wanted me to ..." or something to that effect, hardly ever have i heard "oh it's because the fans wanted this ..."

the only reason why Jabba the Hutt wasn't in the first one was because Lucas didn't like him to be a fat white guy, which he is in the book

Hutts aside, Han shot first. :)

that's about the only thing really different

I don't mind improved special effects provided they do them consistently. The Special Edition stuff kinda sucks because the scenes that they've improved stand out like a sore thumb. You can't take a 3D Jabba the Hutt in one film and then switch back to the puppet for the other one, or show a computer-animated Dewback and Sarlacc but then go back to that nasty-looking superimposed Rancor. It just doesn't work.

Can we just like, kill George Lucas? He's fucked up Star Wars so badly. See, real Star Wars fans hate Star Wars, but they love the idea of it, the universe. It's what they do with it that sucks.

why isn't there a answer called "fuck off Spielberg/Lucas, its fine as it is" (because we all know that Lucas is just a marionette to the puppeteer named Spielberg)

No, the movies shouldn't be redone, just look at the "updated" version of indiana jones, those had stuff changed and it pissed off some people

Hoo, boy, no-ho. Nope. No.

They take the parts that the viewing public loved, and would try to 'update' it and make it 'edgier' to give it a wider appeal. All that would serve to do would be to ruin the atmosphere of the films. Even if nothing was changed, remaking the films with different actors wouldn't be the same. They would try too hard to fill their predecessors' shoes and the end result would, as a result, be worse.

I've learned that whatever problems Lucas has, better technology isn't the answer. I love the theatrical versions of episodes IV, V, and VI and don't want them improved. In the same way I love the '33 version of King Kong, Metropolis (not the anime), and Jason and the Argonauts and don't see any reason to remake them.

That being said, if someone wants to remake them I say, 'let them.' I have my copies of the theatrical (or untainted) versions of Star Wars and can watch them any time I want. George Lucas can stink them up in future releases as much as he wants to. It affects me not.

sirdanrhodes:
They were shit then, they're shit now.

Ahhh, heresy HERSEY!! Burn him! BURN HIM!!!

But back on track, 4, 5 and 6 cannot be without Harrison Ford.

Though I wouldn't mind a few extended universe films, so long as Lucas is kept away with a ten foot pole, unless we decide to inject the talent back in. Or he promises not to use much CGI. Actually, let me make them. Please?

No, I heavily disagree to that.

I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but I don't hate it. And remaking it would most likely piss off every major Star Wars fan boy/girl. They were pretty good as it is for that, and remaking them would just completely ruin it. They would change so much really.

I wouldnt mind them being redone (yes ive seen the old ones beforthe new ones were ever advertised).

Personaly I woudl liek it if they used the saem exact script and just the blasted reshot theblasted things so we can see it in HD. Yes that is as i want, up dated vissual and audio quality.They can use different actors and change the fighting scenes (sin dialog), but I really jstu want to see what lucas would do now that he doesnt have any phsycial or fincial limits.

No.

I mean, it's the quirkiness that makes it so good. And lack of that (as well as Anakin's constant emo beams) is what made episodes 2 and 3 so bad.

I mean, it would be interesting to see how they do it, but I probably won't care by the time it's released in Australia (6 months after everyone else).

Whats the point George Lucas would just fuck them up anyways

searanox:

Can we just like, kill George Lucas? He's fucked up Star Wars so badly. See, real Star Wars fans hate Star Wars, but they love the idea of it, the universe. It's what they do with it that sucks.

actually it's ppl like you who have done more harm to star wars than Lucas ever did

btw i am one of the few in this forum that actually remember seeing ALL the movies in theaters, that makes me a bigger fan than you :)

Hell No.

Rather than remaking any, Lucas should do what he said years ago he'd do, make episodes VII, VIII, and IX. Let him write his precious scripts, but he should NOT direct. Maybe then we'll have a trilogy on par with or even better than the originals.

No a remake would suck even the updated version was kinda crappy, specially where they added new scenes, put Hayden Christenson in it and did the whole Greedo shoots first thing.

I miss my old copies of the movies :(

Hecks no! I swear I will kill any director who attempts to remake them.

What, so they can bring them up to the high standards of the prequels? *snort*

Leave the classic movies alone. I don't really like the remakes with the CG that they have already done. I kind of regret even buying those remakes. I watched them out of curiosity to see what they did and other than adding some more detail in the backgrounds, they didn't really improve them any. Besides, changing the controversial scene to make it so Greedo shoots first was stupid. There was nothing wrong with Han shooting first. Han knew Greedo was about to kill him so he beat him to the punch like any great gunslinger would. With the remake, instead we have Greedo being such a poor shot, he would have never made it as a bounty hunter in the first place. How do you miss hitting a sitting person at point blank range? Even I could do that and I'm no deadeye.