We have a saying around my house: You live by the sword, you
die by the sword. It’s one of those family things, you know. We write it to
each other in Christmas cards, say it before meals, have it tattooed on our
wrists.
Usual
stuff, really.
Anyway,
that old family motto seems extremely appropriate in regards to this story.
George
Lucas, the king of the tinkerers, has just had his films tinkered with… by
someone else! Burn! Extra burn? The man responsible is none other than… Topher
f’n Grace star of “That 70’s Show” and uhhh other things.
Grace
took Lucas’ three “Star Wars” prequels and edited them together into ONE 85
minute long movie. That’s one hour and 25 minutes. The length of your average
Adam Sandler movie. The prequel trilogy originally totaled almost SEVEN hours.
Holy lord.
Among
the highlights of Grace’s edit:
- Jar Jar Binks is reduced to ONE line
- Jake Lloyd’s young Anakin is totally gone
- No General Grevious (Sad)
- No Trade Federation, midichlorians, Gungans, etc.
Basically,
Grace cut out all the fluff and crap and left 85 coherent minutes that tell basically
the same story (Anakin’s rise and eventual fall) without wasting everyone’s
time.
Grace
screened his cut in Hollywood for a group of his friends and that will likely be
the end of it. There are obviously copyright problems that go along with this
kind of project. In order for anything more than the occasional private
screening to take place, Lucas would need to grant permission.
And let’s face it, that seems…
unlikely isn’t a strong enough word… snowballs have better chances in hell.
Apparently, Grace’s version is
pretty good. So “Star Wars” geeks everywhere can take solace in the fact that
Lucas, the perpetual changer of his films, has finally gotten beaten at his own
game.
Read the full recap here.
Definitely worth it.
Source: Slashfilm
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