Why didn't they update the tauntauns?

I'm more a fan of the untouched originals, but yes, if they are going to go through the trouble of doing a Special Edition with updated CG, they probably could've redone the Tauntauns. But if I remember correctly, the stop-motion shots of them were fairly short and from a distance. When they were up close (as big puppets), they looked good enough. You could even see their breath coming out.

I hear ya, by far the most outdated special effect in Empire, especially in the 1080p Blu-Ray, they could have done it seamlessly like Yoda in the TPM remaster.

I just hate the whole updating of the titles even with the later prequels. I mean, seriously, c'mon!!!!! [angry]

Star Wars the original="Stars Wars Episode IV"
Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back="Star Wars Episode V"
Star Wars-Return of the Jedi="Star Wars Episode VI"
before the reboot in 1999 with Natalie Portman and so forth.

Hey, maybe we can have a third Airplane movie and call the original "Airplane 5"(but the totally different tongue in cheek style of the Airplane films of the early 80s would call for it).

I'd rather George Lucas just keep the original titles of the first three.:)

I love the tauntauns !!! I want a tauntaun !!!




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I thought they were fine. It's funny though cause Empire Strikes back had the least noticeable changes. Besides showing the snow monster more, what were the other changes to Empire Strikes back?