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| Reepicheep wrote: |
| ESB made sense because it fit continuity nicely but didn't change anything plot-wise. It was an improvement all around. In the case of TPM, however, the change causes a fairly major character to live who fans have rightly assumed was dead for twelve years. That's a huge change! Very unprofessional. |
Well, I can't really disagree that a character death has a bigger impact on the universe as a whole than a face change and a dialogue mix, but in principle this argument fails. Maul falling down in one or two pieces would not affect TPM in isolation, and certainly not more than the daddy-angle of the altered ESB changed it.
And this puts the cart before the horse still. For by this logic, if TCW went ahead and resurrected Maul with no explanation, enjoyed great success as a result of Maul's inclusion, and GL went back and changed TPM afterwards, all would be forgiven. Yet by the prediction, he is doing one better, namely making the (by your logic acceptable) change before using it as a springboard for later events. Being even more continuity-friendly.
As I said, don't be blinded by the success of a change after the fact. Since we don't know whether Maul in TCW will be awesome or not, any criticism of a potential TPM edit rests solely on the acceptability of changing a released movie. The results thereof are completely besides the point. I for one don't adore TPM nearly enough to care whether it is butchered or not, so my angle obviously doesn't lie there.
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