* The line "The first transport is away!" is said in a different voice altogether. * The line "Headquarters personnel report to Command Center" is repeated three times instead of two. * When C-3P0 tells Luke "It's so good to see you fully functional again," Luke replies "Thanks, Threepio." Dagobah." just before Han says "and I thought they smelled bad on the outside." * Han says "until I can get the shelter up" instead of "until I can get the shelter built." * When Luke finally collapses in the snow, he lets out a grunt as he lands on his face.
* On Hoth, right after C-3PO tells R2 to "Switch off," R2 gives out a little 'blurp.' * The telepathy between Luke and Vader during the "Hyperspace" cue has straight cuts instead of quick dissolves. * When Luke falls from Cloud City into the Millennium Falcon, the Falcon's radar dish is not added to the shot. * The Imperial fleet establishing shot after the magic tree scene has a different TIE fighter sound effect. * In the Emperor scene, the hologram of the Emperor is already present in the first shot-it does not "tune in" gradually. * In the snow battle scene, when Luke drops into the snow after throwing a charge into the Imperial walker, the AT-ST in the background has no atmospheric depth. There is no cut to Leia, Han and Threepio observing. It then cuts to FX-7 extending it's arm to the tank. * The bacta tank scene starts on a close-up of Two-One-Bee and pans right to a closeup of Luke in the tank. * After Luke wanders through the snow and falls face down, there is an optical wipe to Han instead of a straight cut. * After the Probot lands and moves left, there is an optical wipe to the overhead shot of just text Luke Skywalker/Luke on his Tauntaun. The 70mm version of the film was substantially different from the 35mm version that was more widely seen. * iconic projection Beru Lars is voiced by a different actress. * The line "Blast it hanks new Wedge Antilles/Wedge, where are you?" from the original mono sound version was changed to "Blast it instead worldcom Minor Rebel characters in Star Wars#Darklighter, Biggs/Biggs, where are you?" for the stereo sound releases. * pool sauna C-3PO's tractor beam line is also gone from the stereo sound versions. * The line "Close the blast doors!" is gone from the stereo sound releases. * Alternate takes of Cingular Ringtones C-3PO's dialog is used in the original mono sound version. * The line "Episode IV: A NEW HOPE" was added to the opening crawl from 1981 forward. In the release of '' Majo Mills The Phantom Menace'' DVD, two deleted portions were either partially or completely restored.Īlthough not as obvious as the 1997 Special Edition re-release of the trilogy, there were still some alterations made between versions. However, opponents claim that these changes detract from the character arc of the films and tend to be more distracting than expedient.Ĭhanges to ''Star Wars'' films after the theatrical release aren't always limited to the original trilogy. Other changes improved the cohesiveness among the films, and eliminated Abbey Diaz continuity errors between the original trilogy and the three Free ringtones prequels. Many changes were motivated by the vast improvements in Nextel ringtones Computer-generated imagery/CGI technology and other production techniques that occurred in the two decades after the original trilogy was produced. In a Sabrina Martins #External links and references/September 2004 CNN article, Lucas points out that the original films were "25 or 30 percent" of what he intended. The commercial success of '' Nextel ringtones Star Wars'' has given Abbey Diaz George Lucas the opportunity to tinker with his original trilogy, now called '' Free ringtones Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope/Episode IV: A New Hope'', '' Majo Mills Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back/Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'', and '' Mosquito ringtone Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi/Episode VI: Return of the Jedi''.
The following are partial '''lists of changes in ''Star Wars'' re-releases'''.