A. A. Ron

The story is whatever the screenwriters want to tell when they sit down to write a new screenplay. Sometimes they go back to old ideas. Sometimes they say "Screw it" and do things a little different than they thought they would. Sometimes they consider the plan the last writer had in mind and decide "That's dumb, I'm going to do my own thing instead." Wrong question. The question you should be asking is "Are you sure George Lucas uses the word 'redemption' correctly?" Toy sales. The point was toy sales, Mattris. Wrong. Star Wars only means what it does to you because it lets you feel like you have some special knowledge that the rest of us are too stubborn or too stupid to see for ourselves. You absolutely need us to make Star Wars "what it means to you.” An opinion isn't necessarily false just because you think it's "lame." The truth doesn't care how it makes you feel. Some facts are dull. Some delusions are fun. And some of us think whatever "Star Wars means to Mattris" is what's lame.

Mattris, even if you one day become convinced that “all has finally been revealed” it will probably be you who is shocked when you realize that the rest of us still haven’t “seen the light” and are still rejecting your theories. Realistically though, “all” will never be revealed and you’ll just keep saying that the big reveal is right around the corner for the rest of your life.

Great question, but that is the actual story of Star Wars, regardless of whatever fever dream you’re having at the moment. Dude, we’ve actually seen these movies.

My God. That is awful.

It‘s like a Hans Zimmer score!

It’s an allegory for how a happy person becomes disenchanted.

Well I’m convinced. We should all take bets on this. I’m guessing he’s 36.

Yes I still love that cover!

So to get back on topic, who’s feeling disenchanted and how is that influencing your dinner plans this evening?

Exactly. Mattris is one of those people who needs to see purpose in every little thing, probably because it’s too scary to acknowledge that life is chaos and there’s no one steering the ship.

Does he wash the mask after eating or does he just dispose of a mask after each meal?

The secret canon is that Vader staged the dinner so he could size up his daughter’s new boyfriend. They ate womp rat kabobs because that’s all Anakin ever learned how to cook. Don’t bother trying to disagree with any of this Mattris. I’m friends with several executives and contractors at Lucasfilm and they’ve all confirmed this is the correct interpretation.

Wait, how and why is this thread back? I thought it had vanished in a puff of bigotry.

Of course we do. You don't remake your animated film in live action just to use wildly different music. Nostalgia is the whole point.

I like all three of the HTTYD Jonsi songs.

Someone should have told the marketing people.

That could be an incredible movie! Then again, I’ve heard how 65 turned out…

I actively sought out TFA, R1 and TLJ. I only saw Solo because my best friend invited me shortly before moving across the country. Similarly, I only saw TROS because my brothers-in-law wanted to see it. For me, TFA is the only decent film out of the lot, but I still at least had fun watching R1, Solo and TROS. In the case of TROS, it definitely helped that I was expecting a complete shitshow after TLJ, but as others have said both of those films have strong score highlights and are at least pretty to look at.

248 signatures so far. Now if we could just get another 10,000 somehow...

Yeah it’s not a great film. Even young Christopher Walken and Donna’s mom from That ‘70s Show couldn’t save it.

I bet they just think the existing releases are good enough. Or they just don’t want to promote George Lucas era movies as much.

Great work @ThePenitentMan1! I think you can drop the quoted sentence as it doesn't add anything that you hadn't already said better in previous sentences, but other than that it's much punchier and more direct now. I like it a lot!

The Living Daylights is my most played Barry score. I love all of his Bond work though, very much including A View to a Kill.

Ok, well before I get into it, let me first say that you did a great job of including every major argument for why these scores need to be redone. So definite kudos for that! Right off the bat, I'd drop "the people at" and just address it directly. I think this sounds more serious and professional. I completely understand what you're going for here, but if you want normies to keep reading, you need to grab their attention immediately and keep it. You don't want them to skim and you don't them to click away. I'd have one sentence describing the importance of the Star Wars scores and then jump straight into a very quick description of the flaws in previous releases. Like 2 sentences quick. Excellent points, but I'd save them for the end so they'll be the last thing readers think about. A couple of things here. Your first mention of Mike in the petition immediately connects him to the 1997 Special Editions. If you want to build up Mike's resume, I would focus on more recent examples of his best work, especially on high profile non-Lucasfilm projects like Close Encounters, Harry Potter and The Sound of Music. I believe that if an executive were to actually read this paragraph as written, their very first thought would be "This guy has already done his best on this project, how much better would he really do today? And also why should I pay for Mike to work on these scores again when I can just reissue his previous work?" Further, the phrase "If given another chance" reinforces the implication that the Special Editions were highly flawed, but I believe it would also lead an executive to directly associate Mike's name with shoddy workmanship. What the petition needs to do here instead is quickly and succinctly instill complete confidence in Mike's abilities. I think you realized this and that's why you pivoted to "His involvement guarantees that this music will sound as good as it sounded on the day it was recorded." Good idea here. That said, the promise you make is arguably hyperbolic. The music probably can't sound as good as it did "on the day it was recorded" because the recordings themselves aren't especially great. This is just my opinion of course, but I'd back away from such strong language and instead just emphasize how far restoration techniques have advanced and that new albums from Mike would have the best sound that modern mastering technologies can provide. Your final sentence in this paragraph does a fabulous job of stating why we need Mike. I'd trim some of the fat preceding it and let that last sentence do more of the heavy lifting. I see the first part of this paragraph as basically redundant. Also, the final promise is weakened by the phrase "could also potentially" and while the idea to entice executives with the possibility of profit is sound, I think they're well aware that soundtracks don't sell millions of units anymore, even Star Wars. I'd drop all of this entirely. Great wording! The only reason I would change anything here is because it mostly appeals to the soundtrack fans and the die-hards who are already convinced new releases should happen. If we really want to get signatures from a large number of people, I feel what we really need to push are the arguments that promote buy-in from the normies and the executives. For that reason, I would end on a broader argument along the lines of "Let's preserve these beloved classics so that they can continue to be enjoyed for generations to come." For reference/comparison, here's the complete argument I made in my Reddit and FSM posts. It doesn’t flow perfectly, my sentences are probably a little too dense and I may have listed too many of Mike's recent accomplishments, but I still think it benefits greatly from being more concise. That said, there’s probably a happy medium to be found between the stripped down appeal I wrote and the lengthier one you did. Anyway I don't know if you'll find them helpful, but those are my thoughts. You're more than welcome to use any of my wording in your efforts going forward or to just completely ignore my advice if you prefer your own wording. Either way, I think it's great that you made the effort to organize this petition and I hope it at least continues to get more signatures and spark more conversations.

Well if Mike likes it as it is, don’t worry about re-writing anything.