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Rewatching Star Wars (A New Hope)
Oct. 29th, 2006 06:46 pmIn my rewatching of the Star Wars saga, I've reached the movie originally identified by that title alone, if now also equipped with an episode title as well. Whether it's part of the "original trilogy," "classic trilogy," "Imperial trilogy," or the "old movies," I've moved on to the second half once again.
The last time I journeyed through the saga, I made the special effort to see all six movies in one weekend, and viewed Star Wars in the evening after watching Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith earlier that day. I had wondered just how I would manage the shift, whether the movie would look not quite as elaborate and carefully integrated as what had come before... or if the x-factor that somehow let the old movies show up the new for so many people would get to me at last. That didn't happen, but instead I kept feeling affected in some indescribable but unsettling way by the simple fact that the movie had been changed. This time around, having recently seen the Vintage Editions and wound up ambiguous about their matte lines where I could see a version without them, I was worried I might end up caught in the middle. The awareness of change might have recurred again... but it didn't seem as bad as before.
With that said, there is one thing about Star Wars that I keep anticipating getting to see all the way through the new movies. After multiple indignities including being abandoned half-finished, having his head knocked off and hijacked by a battle droid's programming, and having his memory wiped, See-Threepio finally gets to work as a more-or-less equal partner with Artoo-Deetoo, doing some clever thinking along the way. It may be his finest hour in the saga, although I think he probably does better for himself in Return of the Jedi than in The Empire Strikes Back.
The last time I journeyed through the saga, I made the special effort to see all six movies in one weekend, and viewed Star Wars in the evening after watching Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith earlier that day. I had wondered just how I would manage the shift, whether the movie would look not quite as elaborate and carefully integrated as what had come before... or if the x-factor that somehow let the old movies show up the new for so many people would get to me at last. That didn't happen, but instead I kept feeling affected in some indescribable but unsettling way by the simple fact that the movie had been changed. This time around, having recently seen the Vintage Editions and wound up ambiguous about their matte lines where I could see a version without them, I was worried I might end up caught in the middle. The awareness of change might have recurred again... but it didn't seem as bad as before.
With that said, there is one thing about Star Wars that I keep anticipating getting to see all the way through the new movies. After multiple indignities including being abandoned half-finished, having his head knocked off and hijacked by a battle droid's programming, and having his memory wiped, See-Threepio finally gets to work as a more-or-less equal partner with Artoo-Deetoo, doing some clever thinking along the way. It may be his finest hour in the saga, although I think he probably does better for himself in Return of the Jedi than in The Empire Strikes Back.