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The
Empire Strikes Back
Special Edition This,
heralded the 'greatest motion picture of all
time' and my personal favourite of the trilogy
had the least changes made to it. However, I must
confess that when you watch it you will notice a
lot of things you just cant pick out when
watching the film on the small screen at home,
such as the wonderful 'lit up' Star Destroyers
and the amount of rebel space craft in the
finale.
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Although
changes are minor, they really do add impact to the
movie.
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HOTH
ICE CAVE Thanks largely to an actor in a
suit [See Left],
new live-action has been added to the scene
inside the lair of the Wampa, the creature that
attacks Luke while he's on a tauntaun. Before we
saw very little of the creature ,and the new
additions add suspense and make Luke's escape
very dramatic. The Wampa is now seen eating
carrion when Luke, hanging feet first from the
cave ceiling awakens. New action shows the wampa
approaching Luke as he retrieves his lightsaber
and attempts to free himself. |
The Falcon's
landing on Bespin/Cloud City
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BESPIN/CLOUD
CITY Digitally added to the scene in
which the Rebels aboard the Millennium Falcon
first approach Cloud City are shots of the Falcon
and intercepting cloud cars banking around a
large structure and flying towards a landing
platform. Also inserted is originally filmed
footage of the Falcon's door dropping down after
the ships lands. [See Left]
Additional
shots of twin-pod cloud cars flying around Cloud
City buildings are now included (They Look
AMAZING!), as is a crowd shot of Cloud City
citizens leaving listening to a public
announcement by Lando.
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A storyboard
sketch of Vader's arrival to his shuttle
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VADER'S
SHUTTLE [See Left]
Following Vader's appearance and confrontation
with the Rebels, there's a new live-action scene
of the Dark Lord walking to his shuttle.
..."Bring my Shuttle".... now becomes
..."Prepare my Star Destroyer for my
arrival"... through a new voice-over, NOT
provided by James Earl Jones but still sounds
well.
A later CG enhancement shows Vader's shuttle as
it approaches the Star Destroyer. Finally as the
Falcon escapes from Bespin, a new shot of Vader's
shuttle landing in his Star Destroyer's hanger
bay has been inserted, with Vader exiting and
walking towards Stormtroopers (this is an
inverted shot from Return Of the Jedi). |
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