Today we got a few more updates for Star Wars Celebration Europe, coming up in only two months:
- Friday night will include a free outdoor screening of Return of the Jedi for its 30th anniversary, in the park next to the Messe Essen convention hall. I’m hoping that actual fireworks will go off over Grugapark after the Battle of Endor!
- Sound designer and voice actor David Collins returns as a Celebration host for the Digital Stage, which usually showcases animation, effects, and other multimedia panels. A veteran of many Star Wars games for LucasArts, Collins might be best recognized as the voice of PROXY from The Force Unleashed.
- With Mary Franklin hinting at the mammoth programming schedule she is preparing, the Celebration website has started listing the ongoing Celebration activities with the Continuous Daily Program. Check out what’s always available for Celebration attendees each day of the show.
To watch the wonder that is my favorite Star Wars movie on a big screen or not to watch the horror that remains after Lucas went over it for the umpteenth time, that is the question here. Hmm… I’ll probably go and take the “close your eyes and think of Endor” road whenever Ewoks start blinking uncontrollably and the heads of mediocre actors turn up in the middle of perfect scenes…
I am ranting again, aren’t I? Sorry. :-o
Aaron:
Since they used the 1997 SE film print for the screenings on May the 4th in Hollywood, it would make sense that they also use a film print for the Celebration Europe screening. And the last film version of ROTJ was the 1997 Special Edition — and not the DVD or Blu-ray versions.
The fans at the May the 4th screening cheered loudly when the ghost of Anakin was Sebastian Shaw, and I’m sure that they want cheering fans at Celebration Europe too!
Really, they showed the 97 version? *mindofficiallyblown*
Okay, I’m in! :-D
The showing in Texas this weekend is also the 97 version.