From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <1177159148.091426.210400@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,   
   Sean Walsh  wrote:   
      
   > On Apr 21, 12:25 am, Anybody  wrote:   
   > > In article <1177117055.634889.324...@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,   
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   > > Sean Walsh  wrote:   
   > > > On Apr 20, 7:22 pm, Anybody  wrote:   
   > > > > In article <1177088582.922816.26...@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, Sean   
   > > > > Walsh  wrote:   
   > > > > > On Apr 20, 3:24 am, Anybody  wrote:   
   > > > > > > In article <462865C4.21E60...@hotmail.com>, David B   
   > > > > > >  wrote:   
   > > > > > > > Chris Schumacher wrote:   
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   > > > > > > > > There's something I've never been clear on. It's been a long   
   > time   
   > > > > > > > > since I've seen the unedited Jabba footage from episode 4, and   
   > back   
   > > > > > > > > then I didn't know to look; but was Boba in the original   
   > footage, or   
   > > > > > > > > was he matted in during the restoration?   
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   > > > > > > > I think he was inserted for the restoration.   
   > >   
   > > > > > > Yep, Boba Fett never appeared in the original release of ANH. His   
   > > > > > > first   
   > > > > > > ever appearance was a short animated story in the awful Holiday   
   > > > > > > Special   
   > > > > > > and then in TESB. He was digitally inserted into ANH as one of the   
   > > > > > > changes for Special Edition re-release ... and as with Hayden's   
   head   
   > > > > > > stuck on at the end of RotJ, Boba Fett look out of place in ANH.   
   > > > > > > :-(   
   > >   
   > > > > > Him walking by the camera and then looking out at the audience was   
   > > > > > cute at the time, but 10 years later it looks dopey.   
   > >   
   > > > > It looked silly and forced even when the Special Edition was first   
   > > > > released ... of course that whole re-added Jabba scene looks a little   
   > > > > silly anyway.    :-(   
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   > > > It was dramatically improved when they redid that hideous '97 Jabba   
   > > > for the DVD release, though.   
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   > > I haven't seen the DVD, so they may have improved the Jabba model, but   
   > > they won't have improved the scene ... it's the silly stepping on the   
   > > tail and Boba Fett that ruin it.   
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   > It's the same Jabba model that was in Ep1. A VAST improvement. I think   
   > they smoothed out the tail bit, too; personally I always found it   
   > funny.   
      
   Funny, perhaps, but it's far too forced unlike much of the other funny   
   parts in the movies.   
      
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