Not Surprisingly, Yoda Will Be Computer-Generated on the Phantom Menace Blu-ray
Because you don't own Star Wars on enough platforms, Lucasfilm is releasing the complete saga on Blu-ray in September. The massive and anticipated release will feature loads of bells and whistles -- including Original Trilogy deleted scenes! -- plus some new stuff. Like a computer-generated version of Yoda to replace the puppet used in The Phantom Menace . Click through for a comparison.
First off, The Phantom Menace is as bad as you remember, no? Egad! Jake Lloyd much!? That low-hanging fruit grabbed and squashed, let's give credit where credit is due: Puppet Yoda looks more fake than usual in Menace, surrounded by all the other computer-generated moments; his CG replacement feels somehow more real -- or at least complementary to Lucas's overwhelming digital aesthetic. As long as the bearded one doesn't touch OG Yoda, we're cool.
Star Wars: The Complete Saga hits Blu-ray on Sept. 16.
[via Slashfilm]
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Just as there are only two Indiana Jones movies and one Matrix movie I still believe that there are only three Star Wars movies.
I shall pass on this and stick with my laserdisc rip of the original versions.
Which two Indiana Jones movies?
haha the first two for me.
I know a lot of people enjoyed the adventures of Sr and Jr I prefer the darkness of Temple of Doom more than the comedy road trip of Last Crusade.
In Blu-ray Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo now says "I love you, too, my darling, and I really do mean that." in response to Leia before he is lowered into carbonite.
If anything, they should use digital technology to insert more puppets
I know what you mean and I sympathize. BUT c’mon. I don’t really have an argument. Just that. C’mon.
Seriously though there are four in the series. One sucks. You don’t recognize 3, but 3 is better than 2. 3 may have over done the comedy but 2 became almost like a horror movie.
I’d also like to make an argument for Matrix Reloaded. That one holds up. It has aged well.
Insert more puppets where? hahahaha
Just out of curiosity, they have left the rubber yoda from Empire & Jedi alone haven't they? right, right???
Insert puppets in place of all the annoyingly fake-looking CGI characters. Starting with Jar Jar...Ugh, it's all coming back to me now. On second thought, I wish someone would insert a puppet into George Lucas's esophagus and let him choke to death. I'd buy a Blu-ray of that.
Instead of focusing on Yoda, he should've age-regressed Hayden Christensen's face, stuck it on Llyod's body, and hired a real actor to voice it.
Will Lucas quit making all these retroactive changes. I like Puppet Yoda better than CGI Yoda.
Clueless as to why people still go goo-gah over this. Seriously, in 1977 Star Wars was pretty flat out amazing... but that was 1977. George Mucus should have had a third grader write the dialog to these horrid prequels. There just might have been a little excitement there...
Puppet Yoda looks a bit drunk and high. GG Yoda looks like Puppet Yoda after a couple of Red Bulls and a cold shower.
Did you really enjoy the rave scene? Or was it the pie-gasm?
I do agree that Last Crusade should be saved along with Raiders.
I can already hear the crying fanboys saying "we want our sock-puppet back"
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