Siskel & Ebert (1997) - Star Wars: Special Edition, Gridlock’d, Shadow Conspiracy, Walkabout

Saddly, this episode is incomplete. It ends at the "Walkabout" segment. Siskel and Ebert review: Star Wars: Special Edition, Gridlock’d, Shadow Conspiracy, Waiting for Guffman, Prisoner of the Mountains and Walkabout.

[@MacReady1980]

Slowly going through all these Siskel and Ebert as, being born and living in Australia my whole life we never got these reviews. They’re amazing. Please keep them coming as they are fantastic.

[@jstewlly4747]

I love to rewatch these....Idgad..........long love Siskel and Ebert!!!!...taught me more than my father lol hahah

[@DesertGuy702]

As a kid I sure loved it. Was just excited to be able to see it in theaters.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

I got lucky with Star Wars recently. For 2 bucks each, I bought Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi (DVD format) at a thrift store, still wrapped in plastic, never viewed. Thrift stores can be great.

[@HallofWisdom]

--- Ebert can't contain his laughter at 2:18 and neither could I --- 16FEB24

[@Robotron2084psn]

I remember this episode very well. Great episode.

[@spider-mantobeymaguirefanc9469]

my favorite star wars movie

[@threeminuteshate]

Waiting for Guffman is one of the funniest movies ever made.

[@mowm88]

Star Wars reboot there did HUGE was great to see it happen too.

[@threeminuteshate]

What?

[@VikingMatt879]

I was 17 when Star Wars Special Edition was released in 1997. I saw it in the biggest theater in my city. My young immature eyes knew that the CGI additions just stood out like a sore thumb, instead of seamlessly integrating themselves into the patchwork. It was just....wrong. At least Spielberg was man enough to admit that the "updated" changes he made to ET were wrong.

[@dragondaveltd1992]

People back in 1997 has an outrage on The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition and having divided on those who hated the CGI changes and some who don't mind some changes...

[@kali3665]

The Jabba scene still doesn't work, no matter how many times Lucas has it redone. It was totally unnecessary and looks stupid besides.
When Brian Daley did the USC/NPR radio series, they replaced Jabba with a new character, Heater, which makes a lot more sense. If Jabba is essentially Mos Eisley's Capone, why the hell would he risk personally meeting with a -- sorry Han -- low level smuggler? Especially when Chewbacca could beat him to a pulp?
Besides, Heater had a upper class Brit Twit accent, which makes him scarier. /snark