Fucking up a classic, scene by scene
by David Wong
How does it improve the message of your movie when you show less consequences to the violence instead of more? Blasters hurt, Mr. Lucas. I know.
The official Star Wars site is running slideshows showing exactly what was changed in the original trilogy to make the new, shitter trilogies in the 90’s. Some of it is striking because you never noticed the changes… the rest will just piss you off, like making the laser blast strikes less graphic:
How does it improve the message of your movie when you show less consequences to the violence instead of more? Blasters hurt, Mr. Lucas. I know.
So far they just have Episode IV and Empire Strikes Back.
