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No CGI Jabba the Hutt.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 64 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Once had a discussion with some coworkers that legit didn't know the original cut had no Jabba. They were so certain that they actually almost had me convinced for a moment.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

George Lucas is one of a handful of people on the planet where you can accurately say "They ruined my childhood."

Like, if you're a massive fan of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but hate the most recent incarnation, you can still go back and watch the original. Lucas has gone out of his way to make that more difficult for Star Wars fans. It's an impressive level of aggression and back-stabbery for the people who made him wealthy to begin with.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Original cut of Ep4 only, right? Because some of the others did have Jabba.

E: oh, I see. Yes. 'Star Wars', as in Ep4. Cool. Yes. No Jabba.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

There’s only one StarWars ma’am and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a CG Dinosaur.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What kind of Mandela effect shit is this?

I’ve spent more time than I would like to admit trying to fact check this. I swear when the special editions came out one of the behind the scenes was about restoring the scene with the fur coat Jabba that had appeared in the first pre-title-crawl version. Now all I can find are references to it being rereleased at least 4 times before the special edition but nothing about scene edits.

[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

As I understand it the original jabba scene where never in any release. It was recorded but scraped during editing.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

No-one out-pizza’s the hut!

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] moody 21 points 3 days ago

We don't see him until Return of the Jedi.

The remaster shoved in a stupid CGI scene of him in A New Hope.