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I think he had grander visions for Star Wars from the outset. I've always believed that if anything proves limitations can make a movie better, it's the original Star Wars movie. IMO it's likely if Lucas could have done the original Star Wars the way he dreamed, with all the trimmings, it...

I agree with you. But by the same token, we have had so many false rumors that never amounted to anything, I also can't dismiss my friend's hearsay. I hope my friend is wrong. One reason, however, too keep the truth secret is to spare making fans feel the way I felt when he told me: really...

Someone in the know who has no reason to lie to me said that one of the things Lucas insisted on in his agreement to sell Lucasfilm to Disney was that they would never release the original trilogy in its unaltered state. And I believe it, sad to say.

My takeaway from what he said was that George spent too much time tinkering with the same movies, and we missed out on some potentially great other work because of it.

Coppola said publicly that it was sad George Lucas spent his entire career basically on Star Wars.

I have no problem with the existence of the special editions. Most fans I know don't have a problem with their existence, either. Our problem is that the originals should also be made available in HD, the actual movies we grew up loving, the actual movies that revolutionized the history of...

Without those effects that you so flippantly deride, the effects that would win today would not exist.

Just to follow up on Yoda. Mark Hamill's performance really helped sell Yoda. Hamill acted as though he believed Yoda was real and Hamill's wonderful performance on Degobah helped make me feel that way too. It's not insignificant that Hamill had another performance to actually interact with...

I thought Yoda looked great in 1980. I will always respect George Lucas if for no other reason because he bet the farm on a rubber puppet and pulled it off.

My position is not so much about which version is better as it is the necessity of the movies being available in HD in their originally published form. It's now impossible to see the movie that was nominated for all those Oscars and won for visual effects. That movie no longer exists in an...

The way the interviewer framed the question confused Kennedy. I'm not sure she ever really understood what he was getting at. Maybe it's just me not wanting to give up hope, but I don't think she actually answered the question we're asking. She answered a question about "altering George's film,"...

I repeat, since you asked, I do not think the original unaltered trilogy is immediately on its way to BD. Would love to wake up tomorrow and be proven wrong.

Since you asked, I do not think it is immediately on its way to BD. Would love to wake up tomorrow and be proven wrong.

At the SE premiere of Empire I spoke to someone who was present during the incidents, who conveyed what was promised, what happened, and what was said afterwards. I can't cite a source, since it was told to me off the record, but the person had no reason to lie to me, and in THE MAKING OF THE...

I'm not convinced the RAIDERS BD is wrong, either. I think it's the way Spielberg wanted it. That means it's right. Do I respect someone being unhappy because it changed when it got corrected? Absolutely. The big thing about movies and TV shows for me is: They should never change. Period.

The one that jumps out at me was Kershner feeling Lucas dumbed down the end of the movie by adding the scene where Vader actually boards his shuttle and flies back to his Star Destroyer. Kershner had multiple objections, among them, it disrupted the pacing and it treated the audience like...

There are many things I felt disrespected about years ago that I am over now. Does that mean I never felt disrespected?

I am well informed in the making of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Unlike JEDI, this was the director's movie, Irvin Kershner's, to make. To say the later changes Lucas made to it are not disrespectful to the director is simply not true. Kershner shot some scenes the way Lucas wanted them, then did...

There was also an article in one of the early Starlogs where he talks about all nine episodes and characterizes 7-9 as being "very ethereal."

Lucas's lack of empathy for the fans is perhaps best epitomized during an advanced screening of REVENGE OF THE SITH, when near the end the audience cheered upon seeing the Rebel Blockade Runner. Lucas had no idea why they were cheering at that point. Someone explained that the fans were...

Lucas's comments were so badly taken out of context. It really angered me. As far as John Wayne's alleged advice never to apologize because it makes you weak, that is probably the worst advice I've ever heard. If I hadn't apologized, I wouldn't have the terrific wife I have, and I'd be...

People say the younger generation loves the prequel trilogy. That may be true. But I wonder, if I was 13 in 1999 instead of 1977, whether the Phantom Menace would have changed my life like Star Wars did; if it would have inspired me to grow up and become a writer, then a filmmaker. I don't...

I regret to say that I watched the BD of A New Hope the other day and I hate to report that I am becoming acclimatized to the "new" scenes. Normally I rant and rail at the ridiculous sound of the Crete dragon or the redundant Jabba scene or the bad CGI at the space port, but this time I just...

Yes my best pal was a senior in high school and I was a freshman when THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK premiered. He convinced me to cut my one--and only--day of school to go see the first show. It's one of my fondest memories. Sadly, he died in 1993 driving back from a movie set. He always comes to mind...

All I want is the original quadraphonic mix of the version I grew up with in HD (or better). And I want it to never change again. That's why I love movies like Star Wars and old TV shows like The Fugitive. They can be many things, including a time capsule, transporting me back to when my father...

It depends on the resolution. You can pretty much dump as much as you want on a disc, but at some point, picture and sound quality suffers. But I agree, in terms of archival documents, it could be done.

I've always appreciated that Mr. Spielberg restored E.T. and then apologized for his moment of insanity.

I think Lucas waited to make the prequels until he believed the digital state of the art could carry the movies. They only got made, in my view, because he believed he could successfully (cough) do them digitally--and digitally was the only way he could get what was in his mind (cough) onto the...

My response to this is to quote my favorite line from AMADEUS: "Well...there it is."

Something that really bugs me about EMPIRE: When looks tells R2 he was "lucky to get out of there," instead of the masterfully written line, "Lucky you don't taste very good." That line explained why the swamp creature spit him out. It's indirect, it's funny, and it worked. The other line makes...