Shoeless Jedi got to see the Episode II feature on the new copies of the classic trilogy:

Well I just got through watching it and my jaw is still on the ground. Since I haven't seen any reports on it yet on TFn, I figured you'd wanna hear what I just saw. Basically it starts off with George giving some basic info. He confirmed that the Clone Wars start in 2 and Anakin gets fully seduced by the dark side in 3. Then it talked about how in this episode they go back to the Lars homestead. Joel Eggerton and Bonnie Piese comment a bit about portraying Beru and Owen but don't reveal much.

There is a great shot of Joel in costum though and he looks just like Owen, it was awesome. One nice moment was when he taed about first meeting Anthony Daniels. He said the two of them had fun running through the scene in ANH when Owen first buys the droids. It also showed the construction of the homestead and some comments on how they went about replicating the original. Apparently the new one is more disheveled than the one from ANH to show how the homestead hasn't been taken care of very well but gets fixed up by ANH.

Next up was perhaps the greatest part of the featurette. They spoke to Anthony Daniels, which would've been good enough for me, but they actually showed him as 3PO. First he and George commented how 3PO starts the way we saw him in TPM but gets more or less completed by the end of the movie, but then they showed us! First they showed Anthony doing the puppeteering for 3PO and then in the new suit! Basically he's made out of junk. He's a mish mash of spare parts, beat up looking, grey, brown, not the goldenrod we're familiar with, but we see where the siver leg comes from! What a sight seeing a "completed" 3PO! If this is how Owen meets 3PO in Ep2, then it's no surprise he doesn't recognize him in ANH. It's still anyone's guess how 3PO doesn't remember Owen. Other than this great stuff, there really wasn't anything else new. Another interesting comment from George though was how the PT shows the vastness of the SW universe contrasting with the small corner the OT shows.

This is supposed to be meant to help convey Luke's angst in ANH, how he feels trapped in this small corner of the galaxy while there's so much out there which we the audience are already familiar with. Also it's to familiarize us with all the different places spoken about in the OT. Accoding to George, we get to see everything now, so that when it's mentioned in 4,5, and 6 we already have seen what they're talking about and don't have to see it again. Basically those are the highlights of the video. I'm gonna try to make some screen caps that I'll send if I can. Hope u like and post on the site :) I'm still kinda in awe here so when I go back and watch again, I'll send anything new I might notice. Right now I'm enjoying watching my new copy of A New Hope though :)

Also might I add that the artwork on the box and packaging is beautiful. If you haven't seen it in person, the design of the individual boxes is the same style as the TPM video, very nice to have a matching set. Also, the box they all go in has great pics of Yoda on one side with Vader on the other and on the 3rd side in between is 3PO. The slip sleave that goes over the box is clear plastic with white on the 3PO and Yoda sides and Black on the Vader side, nice touch :) Also if you didn't know, the way the logos are written is in the same TPM style, "Star Wars" with the Roman Numeral behind, plus the spine of ANH actually says "A New Hope" rather than "Star Wars". I personally think it's nice to see it finally labeled as "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" rather than just "Star Wars". Ok, I'm done rambling now, hope you can use this stuff:)

Thanks for the report!