From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <1177117055.634889.324040@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,   
   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:   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > 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?   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > 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.    :-(   
   >   
   > It was dramatically improved when they redid that hideous '97 Jabba   
   > for the DVD release, though.   
      
   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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