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Like most, I've often scratched my head when I think about George Lucas's incessant need to tinker with the STAR WAR universe. In particularly, his seemingly never ending embellishment of the original trilogy and what had been established long ago. Now, I understand completely, and can even condone an artists need to revisit their past works and the urge to improve upon what might have been lacking at the time of original execution. After all, it is his universe and he should be able to do what he wants, regardless of how much we kick and scream in the process.
But one thing that has always perplexed me is, with all the upgrade to the effects, story changes and character re-imaginings, why didn't Lucas take the liberty to also upgrade the music? It seems that there is a real lack of cohesiveness to the original STAR WARS score. Meaning, that so many new themes had been developed after the first film (Episode IV), such as THE IMPERIAL MARCH, that one would think that Lucas would want to also incorporate these new themes into he re-imagining of the original trilogy.
Now, I love the original score and don't really see the need to change anything. I feel the same way about film and that it was fine the way it was. However, It just seems that since he started the process, and was so adamant about it, that he should have appropriately have finished what he started. Really, that first time we see Vader walk onto the scene of the Rebel transport ship, emerging from a vaporous cloud, that he should have been accompanied by a variation of the IMPERIAL MARCH.
How did Lucas miss this one?
Just thinking out loud.
- Oz
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