Star Wars Ep. 4 A New Hope is not just a "movie from the 70s" to gawk at & enjoy the era
Its an integral part of a larger multi-decade film series
When JRR Tolkien finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy his original & much older book in the series, the Hobbit, seemed rough & inconsistent by comparison, did JRR Tolkien leave it as was to preserves the "history" (or more aptly people's nostalgia)?? NO!!! He changed it to better fit in with Lord of the Rings & his vision which he now knew how to better express
Most of Charlie Chaplinโs originally theatrical silent films are gone & the only versions left are edited editions he made in the 1930s
The theatrical cut of the Shinning has NEVER been re-released as Stanley Kubrick made large edits to the home video release, which remain in any version of the film distributed today
Kubrick also cut 20 mins from 2001 a Space Odyssey for its
home video release & burned the negatives so no one could ever put them back
Apocalypse Now is currently on its 3rd Directorโs cut, Blade Runner is on its 5th
Actually Directors going back & tinkering with their movies just as authors going back & tinkering with their books is entirely normal & they donโt owe it to anyone to present a sub-optimal version of their work, just as JRR Tolkien doesnโt owe you a re-release of the 1st edition Hobbit
I donโt think that new restorations of the โtheatricalโ versions of the Star Wars Original Trilogy should be made officially available. I am morally against it, especially because it is redundant. The fanmade preservations should be allowed to persist. Those are enough.
i put your fave song on my ig story, yet still can't your like ๐ค๐ค what's the message, #what are u trying to #send hmmmm do u hate me did u liee to my face ughhh :+(