Should Disney erase PT from canon?

They will reboot the prequels, not in our life time, or George Lucas' life time. In the next century, they might decide its time to reboot the whole thing. If you don't like the prequels do what all my friends do, don't watch them. I enjoy them and watch them several times a year.

 

Not if the legally binding agreement says otherwise, and I doubt it does allow one. Even with the Disney purchase, George Lucas is still is the only one who can approve the release of the original OT cuts.

Both him and his estate still has alot of power.

 

I voted no to a Prequel reboot.

I have a one-word reason for this, more compelling than anything discussed so far:

GHOSTBUSTERS.

 

That would apply if they gender-swapped it with main characters who are really outside of their comfort zone then hired a director who really only has one style and try to force Star Wars into his mold rather than let it fit comfortably in Star Wars....

 

I rather enjoyed "GHOSTBUSTERS". I didn't dismiss the movie as terrible and pretend it had nothing to do with gender issues, like a lot of moviegoers did.

 

Maybe he was a legendary Jedi from Obi Wans "certain point of view."

 

You were wrong then, weren't you.

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And what better way to get the son to avenge the death of his father than by telling the son his dad was a hero?

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The duel between Dooku and Yoda only had one actor in it. I'm not realy sure what directions George Lucas could've given to CGI Yoda in terms of blocking etc.

 

Yoda is still a character that expresses emotions, performs actions and reacts with Count Dooku. How on Earth could Chrostopher Lee, CG artists working on Yoda or his stunt double have any idea how to enact this this scene if they received a non-existent description of the fight. The only thing I can compare it to is a recipe for a meringue that consists of one sentence: "Make meringues using egg whites and white sugar."

 

The answer you seek is in From Puppets To Pixels. It's on the second disc of the Attack of The Clones DVD.

 

My DVD copies of the six first SW film lack Bonus Features' discs.

 

Very heated topic.

 

I voted for both because Im in the middle. I still loved certain parts of the PT but felt the ideas that were there werent well utilized in a way that could have worked to broaden the most important connections more deeper than what is aleady there...from a certain point of view. Lol.

In truth i don't care about reboots these days and I honestly think it isnt very fitting for Star Wars as a whole. Im fine with the old EU being legends and I am glad that alot of the good stuff that i enjoyed have been brought back into the new canon. This allows the creative staff to play around with the material and perhaps what may not have been the best idea in terms of characterizations and such could work better the second time around. It also enables writers to provide a more but different take of certain characters and storylines to new perspectives.

I have yet to finish Bloodline... i definitely should.

 

But not for the reason stated in the thread's topic... Prequels are an essential part of SW legacy, whether you like them or not and most of the folks on this forum agree with that statement.

 

I'm sorry to hear that. You can check it out here on YouTube:

If you get time to watch it, you'll see just how involved George was in making the duel between Dooku and Yoda such a memorable and well executed sequence (which puts the lie to your meringue analogy). Also you'll note Sir Christopher Lee commenting that acting opposite something that isn't there is bread and butter for any actor (their job is to make believe, after all) and that he often acts against something that isn't there - a sly dig at some of thw acting "talent" with whom he's had to work over the years.

Don't forget, though, that George Lucas is not a fight choreographer - he left the live action fight sequences in the prequels to the genius Nick Gillard. I think in the ROTS feature on the DVD he admits to a lot of "cheats" in the script it such as "They fight"!

And that fight sequence you mention in TFA. Not much cop is it? Compared to the stuff Ray Park does in TPM it's very basic.

 

I he knew how to choose the right words for the son of Skywalker, a insult would have resulted on Luke on whipping out that lightsaber, endlessly saying ''Liar, liar, liar''

 

I was being sarcastic

 

Sarcasm tends not to work too well on internet forums.

 

I rewatched Episode 1 last night. I don't think it's horrible nor great, just good. But something that I noticed during that viewing is how varying the effects look. Sometimes I think the CGI looks quite good, other times it looks really dated. It made me release that all six of the original movies look a little dated in terms of camera visuals and special effects. Of course that's going to happen, but I think they should fix that. I'm not saying to reboot them, or Special Edition them (shudder), but rather touch them up a little bit. With the improved CGI these days, I think that they have the capability to fix certain things, particularly the space battles. I know that a lot of people will disagree with me, and it's really unlikely, but it can help fix up some of the visuals in not just the prequels, but the originals too, rather than reboot them. (Just none of that Special Edition garbage.)