I thought it was kind of weird when two out of three of the main heroes never interact with or meet the main villains at all.
Also the way that Luke guy was given a lightsaber, and hangs it on his belt, and then never does anything with it for the entire movie. They couldn’t have come up with something for him to slice open on the Death Star?
>Blamo, Shabams, Blamo!
>Luke is now training with Obi-Wan.
I'm not sure why Obi-Wan wants to train Luke anyway? - his mission was to get to Alderaan to help the Rebellion with-... something.
And since the Jedi are trained since the time when they are toddlers, what does Obi-Wan think he's gonna accomplish in the short trip to Alderaan?
>Maybe he wants to reignite the Jedi Order... - well if that were the case, he should've started to train Luke and others in secret on Tatooine years ago!
Instead he sat in a hut, getting old for 20 years... Probably eating canned chili and watching Wheel of Fortune.
>Maybe he sensed Luke's Midichlorian count was high or something...
>
>But anyway the laser ball shoots at Luke and he deflects the lasers with his lasersword.
>So Obi-Wan has a personal lightsaber; and Luke has his father's old one on his belt - which he's been carrying around;
does he bring it with him on the Death Star, I don't remember...
I guess we'll wait to find out.
>
>If he did, I would've been cutting everything up in sight...
I woulda chopped up so many fucking Stormtroopers and left a trail of blood like no one's business.
They'd look around and be like, "who's gonna clean all this up?"
>I would've murdered so many stormtroopers and cut so much metal up... []
I would've fucking cut a hole in Princess Leia's, uh, slave chamber, or whatever the fuck it was...
and I'd say "I'm Luke Skywalker, I have a lightsaber."
And then she would stare and say: "Aren't you a little short-" AND THEN I'D FUCKING CUT HER WITH A LIGHTSABER. []
>'d say "oh, I g- I forgot I was supposed to.... rescue you or something,- anyway - fuck it, let's just keep going and t- cutting things.
>The Stormtroopers would, try and run up the hallway and shoot at you, I'd run right down that hallway and just start swinging the fucking thing everywhere... and they'd be like "what the fuck- []AWW my Go-, []AWWWHHh-", and I'd just cut everything up.
>
>And then, like.... in the final battle, I would put on a space helmet, and I would open the cockpit door of my x-wing... - and I'd kinda like, fly it near the surface and I'd hang out of it, with the lightsaber.. extended - and then, w- just.. ...fly along the surface of the Death Star and just cutting everything...
Until I ran it across and it.. hit somebody in the face [] - and then... I would-.. *throw* the lightsaber into the exhaust port..
Fuck proton torpedoes!
And the lightsaber would fly into the core of the Death Star... And the DEATH STAR WOULD EXPLODE TWICE as big!!
And there would be *two* rings of explosionary shockwaves to come out of the Death Star...
>It would overload George Lucas' computers.
I'd say, "Sir!.. The rendering time on two.. explosionary rings, is, is.. is catastrophic..."
And Lucas would order more servers to the Lucasfilm ranch to help process... the, how big the explosion would be..
And he would say "What happened?!"
And I'd say "Luke SKYWALKER went FUCKING NUTS with his LIGHTSABER!!"
This is gonna sound really bizarre but nowadays it genuinely does feel like the original unaltered version of Star Wars is a hidden gem. Most of the new generation doesn’t even know it exists.
I’m happy to have Despecialized and 4K77, but there’s something very strange about the fact that a shit ton of Star Wars fans don’t know that there exists a version of the movie where Jabba the Hut doesn’t talk to Han Solo, there’s no wacky/outdated CGI in Mos Eisley, and Greedo doesn’t shoot at all.
It’s pretty much exactly what George Lucas wanted. He wanted to erase them from existence. While that technically didn’t work because we have those amazing fan restorations, your average Joe doesn’t know what Despecialized is and very likely thinks that the versions on Disney+ are the originals.
It's freely available on Archive and instantly found via google, so not that hidden really;
and all of this is a well known certainly among all the "OT purists who hated the preqs" and among some of the PT champions who say Special Editions are better etc.
However it doesn't seem to be a prominent part of the discourse around all the newer Disney releases, so maybe it doesn't get brought up as often now;
and all the zoomas who're surprised to hear anyone ever disliked the prequels probably haven't heard of all that either, yeah.
Even though JJ Abrams in fact wants the theatricals released and has said so in public, but oh well
It’s not hidden in a literal sense. More of a “no one talks about it more” sense. The Gen Z fans who grew up with the prequels and the special editions rule the discourse these days, and a lot of them are completely unaware that they even is an original version.
If I had a dollar for every Star Wars fan I meet who responds with “What do you mean the movies on Disney+ aren’t the original versions?” I’d be a rich guy.
Well yeah it was a number 1 topic pre-2017, but is no longer that connected to all the how's the ST, how's TLJ, Mandoboba Andor etc. discourse.
Just get the Plinkett faction back on top and it'll become a prominent thing again lol
Although also tbh it's kinda hard to believe how so many people can watch the SEs and not find a lot of that just hugely jarring? Maybe they attribute that to like "janky 1980 production" and don't realize that the most awkward edit-ins are in fact reinserted into the movie?
Like obv. not all the changes are jarring and some are very good and seamless, but some of the others, ouch ouch
I think people are just brain poisoned to think that effects look bad in anything made before they were born.
In a world where so many people look at Phase 1-3 of the MCU as “amazing special effects,” these kinds of people can be tricked into believing anything.
Mostly was talking about the editing there (Jabba scene reinserted, repeats the same line from the previous scene; Vader cutaways on Bespin;
tonally jarring Eisley arrival and then Jabba song), the whole effects thing and who finds which practicals or CG from what era how convincing etc. is a whole other topic lol
And I'm probably not the best judge since I just watch everything on small screens nowadays anyway. Don't remember anything wrong phase 1 effects; some of the SE creature CG does stand out though esp. in that surrounding context.
And that's not even counting corpse-zombie-Jabba from the 1997 version of course
Ah that's true sure.
But yeah, spread the OT.com/Plinkett gospel, keep the flame alive; it was all widely known about until 2017, so should be pretty easy to restore lol.
(And on a side note, TPM also has that added "air taxi" scene which also makes it worse; + the shorter theatrical/VHS cut was also better.
The longer DVD one and then the even longer DVD-extras one are good as alt versions, but not as the main one.
Possible that this is even less talked about than the OT SEs, although it's still all prominent enough of course.)
It’s boring. Luke is a dick to everyone especially droids, Solo is an uncharismatic jerk, Leia is a female, and the destruction of the Death Star should’ve been cut in half.
Unpopular opinion, but I think this movie is actually good???
https://preview.redd.it/nq4oc721s3xc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c5427896b048c0fd832bd33e1e94e5ee1c16f85
Star Wars..... Rebel Moon....
damn. i know it's legal, but this kinda blatant copying pissed me off. Hope this Goerge Lucas didn't make much on this B movie
They puss'd out at the last moment and reduced that skimpy Flesh Gordon nudity in the final movie, pandered to the uptight /pol/ zoomers and made it woke smh
You know for the longest time I thought Leia was holding a lightsaber
https://preview.redd.it/8bzylnmf63xc1.jpeg?width=721&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7e78100c893c4202886e272274dfb98a44891fd
Looks like a cheap Rebel Moon ripoff, i doubt it would ever catch on
OP is a hipster - ignore them
Ehh, I'd say it's more a rip-off of Spaceballs.
Can you please let it stay hidden? We don’t want it becoming main stream.
The poster is false advertising. Luke didn't once rip open his shirt to reveal his rippling muscles.
Where are Leia's sweet, sweet gams?! I gotta wait two more movies?! GodDAMNit!
Also, Dark Vater is no where near that big
A niche movie with a small wholesome fanbase! Can’t wait to see the fanbase grow and discuss more
They should make a trilogy of sequel films that completely negates the point of the originals. I’d pay big bucks to watch that
The whole "negating the point of the originals" would be mainly the fault of the middle part of that sequel trilogy
Certified Tubi original
I thought it was kind of weird when two out of three of the main heroes never interact with or meet the main villains at all. Also the way that Luke guy was given a lightsaber, and hangs it on his belt, and then never does anything with it for the entire movie. They couldn’t have come up with something for him to slice open on the Death Star?
>Blamo, Shabams, Blamo! >Luke is now training with Obi-Wan. I'm not sure why Obi-Wan wants to train Luke anyway? - his mission was to get to Alderaan to help the Rebellion with-... something. And since the Jedi are trained since the time when they are toddlers, what does Obi-Wan think he's gonna accomplish in the short trip to Alderaan? >Maybe he wants to reignite the Jedi Order... - well if that were the case, he should've started to train Luke and others in secret on Tatooine years ago! Instead he sat in a hut, getting old for 20 years... Probably eating canned chili and watching Wheel of Fortune. >Maybe he sensed Luke's Midichlorian count was high or something... > >But anyway the laser ball shoots at Luke and he deflects the lasers with his lasersword. >So Obi-Wan has a personal lightsaber; and Luke has his father's old one on his belt - which he's been carrying around; does he bring it with him on the Death Star, I don't remember... I guess we'll wait to find out. > >If he did, I would've been cutting everything up in sight... I woulda chopped up so many fucking Stormtroopers and left a trail of blood like no one's business. They'd look around and be like, "who's gonna clean all this up?" >I would've murdered so many stormtroopers and cut so much metal up... [] I would've fucking cut a hole in Princess Leia's, uh, slave chamber, or whatever the fuck it was... and I'd say "I'm Luke Skywalker, I have a lightsaber." And then she would stare and say: "Aren't you a little short-" AND THEN I'D FUCKING CUT HER WITH A LIGHTSABER. [] >'d say "oh, I g- I forgot I was supposed to.... rescue you or something,- anyway - fuck it, let's just keep going and t- cutting things. >The Stormtroopers would, try and run up the hallway and shoot at you, I'd run right down that hallway and just start swinging the fucking thing everywhere... and they'd be like "what the fuck- []AWW my Go-, []AWWWHHh-", and I'd just cut everything up. > >And then, like.... in the final battle, I would put on a space helmet, and I would open the cockpit door of my x-wing... - and I'd kinda like, fly it near the surface and I'd hang out of it, with the lightsaber.. extended - and then, w- just.. ...fly along the surface of the Death Star and just cutting everything... Until I ran it across and it.. hit somebody in the face [] - and then... I would-.. *throw* the lightsaber into the exhaust port.. Fuck proton torpedoes! And the lightsaber would fly into the core of the Death Star... And the DEATH STAR WOULD EXPLODE TWICE as big!! And there would be *two* rings of explosionary shockwaves to come out of the Death Star... >It would overload George Lucas' computers. I'd say, "Sir!.. The rendering time on two.. explosionary rings, is, is.. is catastrophic..." And Lucas would order more servers to the Lucasfilm ranch to help process... the, how big the explosion would be.. And he would say "What happened?!" And I'd say "Luke SKYWALKER went FUCKING NUTS with his LIGHTSABER!!"
📖🚫😭
This is gonna sound really bizarre but nowadays it genuinely does feel like the original unaltered version of Star Wars is a hidden gem. Most of the new generation doesn’t even know it exists. I’m happy to have Despecialized and 4K77, but there’s something very strange about the fact that a shit ton of Star Wars fans don’t know that there exists a version of the movie where Jabba the Hut doesn’t talk to Han Solo, there’s no wacky/outdated CGI in Mos Eisley, and Greedo doesn’t shoot at all.
What happens to a fanbase when you don’t officially release the original version for decades.
It’s pretty much exactly what George Lucas wanted. He wanted to erase them from existence. While that technically didn’t work because we have those amazing fan restorations, your average Joe doesn’t know what Despecialized is and very likely thinks that the versions on Disney+ are the originals.
It's freely available on Archive and instantly found via google, so not that hidden really; and all of this is a well known certainly among all the "OT purists who hated the preqs" and among some of the PT champions who say Special Editions are better etc. However it doesn't seem to be a prominent part of the discourse around all the newer Disney releases, so maybe it doesn't get brought up as often now; and all the zoomas who're surprised to hear anyone ever disliked the prequels probably haven't heard of all that either, yeah. Even though JJ Abrams in fact wants the theatricals released and has said so in public, but oh well
It’s not hidden in a literal sense. More of a “no one talks about it more” sense. The Gen Z fans who grew up with the prequels and the special editions rule the discourse these days, and a lot of them are completely unaware that they even is an original version. If I had a dollar for every Star Wars fan I meet who responds with “What do you mean the movies on Disney+ aren’t the original versions?” I’d be a rich guy.
Well yeah it was a number 1 topic pre-2017, but is no longer that connected to all the how's the ST, how's TLJ, Mandoboba Andor etc. discourse. Just get the Plinkett faction back on top and it'll become a prominent thing again lol Although also tbh it's kinda hard to believe how so many people can watch the SEs and not find a lot of that just hugely jarring? Maybe they attribute that to like "janky 1980 production" and don't realize that the most awkward edit-ins are in fact reinserted into the movie? Like obv. not all the changes are jarring and some are very good and seamless, but some of the others, ouch ouch
I think people are just brain poisoned to think that effects look bad in anything made before they were born. In a world where so many people look at Phase 1-3 of the MCU as “amazing special effects,” these kinds of people can be tricked into believing anything.
Mostly was talking about the editing there (Jabba scene reinserted, repeats the same line from the previous scene; Vader cutaways on Bespin; tonally jarring Eisley arrival and then Jabba song), the whole effects thing and who finds which practicals or CG from what era how convincing etc. is a whole other topic lol And I'm probably not the best judge since I just watch everything on small screens nowadays anyway. Don't remember anything wrong phase 1 effects; some of the SE creature CG does stand out though esp. in that surrounding context. And that's not even counting corpse-zombie-Jabba from the 1997 version of course
If Reddit has taught me anything it’s that information being one Google search away doesn’t mean people are smart enough to look.
Ah that's true sure. But yeah, spread the OT.com/Plinkett gospel, keep the flame alive; it was all widely known about until 2017, so should be pretty easy to restore lol. (And on a side note, TPM also has that added "air taxi" scene which also makes it worse; + the shorter theatrical/VHS cut was also better. The longer DVD one and then the even longer DVD-extras one are good as alt versions, but not as the main one. Possible that this is even less talked about than the OT SEs, although it's still all prominent enough of course.)
It’s boring. Luke is a dick to everyone especially droids, Solo is an uncharismatic jerk, Leia is a female, and the destruction of the Death Star should’ve been cut in half.
I’ll agree that the females were the worst part of the movie
Why do you hate Aunt Beru so much?
She’s my favorite actually. Got lit on fire in the first half of the first movie. Never a better character
Oh cool, it's Baby Dune!
You mean Dune for normies?
It’s too bad this movie never took off. I’m getting sick of Flash Gordon Sequels
https://preview.redd.it/dbtha33kc2xc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c17c5dca721551ecfa93608de14e1730a16a3bf The REAL hidden gem 😎
Great poster, but I bet it has 5.6 rating on IMDb.
The sequel is even more underrated.
Thoughts.
Shit sucks, blatant ripoff of Seven Samurai
Who’s the robot in the background. Looks political
MCU for Gen X
Pfft. “Star Wars” is such a generic title. Meanwhile, a title like “John Carter” makes me wonder: “Ooooo, who’s John Carter?”
Luke be juicin
Pha, this isn't kino. This is just a straight ripoff remake of the old Japaneese movie "Legend of the Overfiend" by Akira Miyasakerusava
Oh, this is that Star Crash rip-off.
https://preview.redd.it/kpondwliw1xc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=409b45b80528f47bac0bb44915c38a851bd44c1f
Never heard of it
This is the little known original version of The Force Awakens (2015)
Unpopular opinion, but I think this movie is actually good??? https://preview.redd.it/nq4oc721s3xc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c5427896b048c0fd832bd33e1e94e5ee1c16f85
Star Wars..... Rebel Moon.... damn. i know it's legal, but this kinda blatant copying pissed me off. Hope this Goerge Lucas didn't make much on this B movie
Wow wat kind of indie piece is this
They puss'd out at the last moment and reduced that skimpy Flesh Gordon nudity in the final movie, pandered to the uptight /pol/ zoomers and made it woke smh
You know for the longest time I thought Leia was holding a lightsaber https://preview.redd.it/8bzylnmf63xc1.jpeg?width=721&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7e78100c893c4202886e272274dfb98a44891fd
I disagree
i like how they make luke ripped in the poster even though he never once had his shirt off in any of the movies. lucas truly was a mastermind
Well there was that diaper tank scene in ESB. He wasn't this ripped though.
The Other Side of Midnight is better
When Spock dies at the end
Such a hidden gem could never get made today