Once had a discussion with some coworkers that legit didn’t know the original cut had no Jabba. They were so certain that they actually almost had me convinced for a moment.
George Lucas is one of a handful of people on the planet where you can accurately say “They ruined my childhood.”
Like, if you’re a massive fan of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but hate the most recent incarnation, you can still go back and watch the original. Lucas has gone out of his way to make that more difficult for Star Wars fans. It’s an impressive level of aggression and back-stabbery for the people who made him wealthy to begin with.
I’ve spent more time than I would like to admit trying to fact check this. I swear when the special editions came out one of the behind the scenes was about restoring the scene with the fur coat Jabba that had appeared in the first pre-title-crawl version. Now all I can find are references to it being rereleased at least 4 times before the special edition but nothing about scene edits.
Ok so you’re mixing up a couple things. No, the original theatrical version did not have the scene at all. But it was filmed with Ford, just left on the editing floor. They took that footage and did mediocre cgi to add in the too-small jabba for the special editions
None at all. They originally filmed the scene with an actor in a big fur coat, but they cut it out because it’s kind of redundant - we don’t learn anything about Han that the earlier scene with Greedo doesn’t teach us in a more interesting way. Then they decided that Jabba would be a giant slug man some time in between 1977 and 1983.
Once had a discussion with some coworkers that legit didn’t know the original cut had no Jabba. They were so certain that they actually almost had me convinced for a moment.
George Lucas is one of a handful of people on the planet where you can accurately say “They ruined my childhood.”
Like, if you’re a massive fan of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but hate the most recent incarnation, you can still go back and watch the original. Lucas has gone out of his way to make that more difficult for Star Wars fans. It’s an impressive level of aggression and back-stabbery for the people who made him wealthy to begin with.
Original cut of Ep4 only, right? Because some of the others did have Jabba.
E: oh, I see. Yes. ‘Star Wars’, as in Ep4. Cool. Yes. No Jabba.
There’s only one StarWars ma’am and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a CG Dinosaur.
What kind of Mandela effect shit is this?
I’ve spent more time than I would like to admit trying to fact check this. I swear when the special editions came out one of the behind the scenes was about restoring the scene with the fur coat Jabba that had appeared in the first pre-title-crawl version. Now all I can find are references to it being rereleased at least 4 times before the special edition but nothing about scene edits.
Ok so you’re mixing up a couple things. No, the original theatrical version did not have the scene at all. But it was filmed with Ford, just left on the editing floor. They took that footage and did mediocre cgi to add in the too-small jabba for the special editions
As I understand it the original jabba scene where never in any release. It was recorded but scraped during editing.
I remember they had to edit solo going up as he walked around to simulate him going over his snail tail
Wait. No jabba at all?
We don’t see him until Return of the Jedi.
The remaster shoved in a stupid CGI scene of him in A New Hope.
None at all. They originally filmed the scene with an actor in a big fur coat, but they cut it out because it’s kind of redundant - we don’t learn anything about Han that the earlier scene with Greedo doesn’t teach us in a more interesting way. Then they decided that Jabba would be a giant slug man some time in between 1977 and 1983.
No-one out-pizza’s the hut!