Star Wars: Special Editions

(The Disneycember logo is shown, before showing trailer clips and screenshots from the original Star Wars films that were re-released in 1997)

Doug (vo): It's time to talk about those controversial Special Editions, and when I say "controversial", I mean (A photo of a crowd full of "Star Wars" fans is shown) geeks complaining about the stuff that's clearly not important. But we're geeks. It's what we do.

(A picture of George Lucas at work is shown)

Doug (vo): In the mid-nineties, George Lucas re-released the Star Wars films on the big screen, which was a big deal. A lot of us never saw them on the big screen, so this was something really wonderful to see. On top of that, he updated a lot of the effects, added new scenes, and gave it a total digital cleanup.

(A screenshot from "The Empire Strikes Back", showing Luke shouting "NO!", is shown)

Doug (vo): People freaked. They couldn't stand the idea that he wanted and changed up something that was so perfect. "How dare you touch even one frame of this! Everything about it is absolutely magnificent! How dare you!"

(Back to the editions)

Doug (vo): My take on it? I...actually think it's kinda cool. It's kinda nice to see a little bit of an update. It was also a clever way to get new and younger audiences into the seas. Yeah, I don't like it, either, but you know there's a lot of younger people out there that say, "Oh, the effects! They look fake now, so I don't like it." And on top of that, Lucas said this was the version he always wanted to see. This is a world where there was no limitation. He could show much more of Cloud City, he could show much more of Mos Eisley, he could have a bigger dance number at Jabba's palace. And some of these really work...and some of them really don't.