SW SE: Found Something New

[Dean1700 4]

I found something new in the Star Wars Special Edition (that is Episode IV Star Wars-A New Hope for the Episode fans) that I hadn't seen before and I don't know if it has been mentioned yet so forgive me if it has.

I borrowed my brother's 2004 DVD copy of Star Wars tonight and was watching some of my favourite scenes. Our heroes had just escaped from the Trash Compactor and had just arrived at the viewing station over the Millennium Falcon and Leia says "You came here in that thing? You're braver than I thought!"

But wait! What was that? Something is not right here.

So away I went and whipped out the 1997 VHS version and checked the same scene. Yup. It's the same as the 2004 DVD's. So I then went to my 1995 VHS original cinema release version and checked that seen again. It IS different.

The Millennium Falcon has been switched.

In the 95 version it shows the Falcon as the original 5ft version however, with the release of the 97 Special Edition the Falcon was switched for the 32in Empire Strikes Back version and remains so in the DVD's

So why the change?

Because the "action" is to the centre of the screen it is not noticeable and is only seen in the widescreen versions. When the 5ft Falcon was built it had to be mounted from various positions for different camera angles. The mounts were located on the bottom (Gunner's station), at the rear, on the left and right sides and at the front (actually two mounts, one in each mandible). All these points were hidden under removable sections of the models detail.

Now, watching the 95 version look closely at the front of the mandibles and you see the reason why it was changed. Some twit forgot to cover the mandible mount on the right side.

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

[Todd 30]

Screen cap?? Nice find!