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The 1983 doc Star Wars to Jedi:The Making of a Saga was strangely absent as well. Guess they needed the space for all those Robot Chicken parodies you can get elsewhere. ;)

And The Phantom Menace has more dynamic shots done with motion control models too. So why did they go with CGI ships that haven't aged very well? And if you're replacing "bad" shots, Red Leader's ship crashing into the Death Star surface should have been high on the list.

The new Death Star battle shots stick out to me like a sore thumb. They just don't blend in with the original model shots. Since they were still doing things "old school" even on the prequels, I don't understand why they just didn't dust off the original X Wing and TIE fighter miniatures, and...

I've encountered a lot of people online over the years who claim to prefer the SE's. Variations on "Respect George's vision" were often repeated like a mantra. Rational arguments about film preservation were blown off. Some have fallen silent since the Disney deal, (but not before expressing...

It's part and parcel of the overall experience. There's hardly a fan who doesn't get goosebumps hearing that fanfare, then seeing the Fox logo followed by the Lucasfilm one. It takes us all back to that first time we saw these films. Most of us anyway. ;) The Fox fanfare has been part of every...

I've seen prices for even the most common of Star Wars items go up on Ebay because the new movie is coming out. 'Tis the season to cash in on Episode 7 mania. I wish someone at Lucasfilm or Disney could at least hint that us old fans who refuse to buy the special edition in sheep's clothing...

Screw this, I'm buying the fully restored Manos: The Hands of Fate Blu Ray on that day. ;)