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So this was my chance to finish it." When pressed about whether the theatrical versions would ever be released again, he gave a pretty definitive answer: "The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. Still, Lucas seems happy with it, telling MSNBC how, "it's too bad you need to get kind of half a job done and never get to finish it. Which makes absolutely no sense, given that Obi-Wan is still played by Alec Guinness - not Ewan McGregor - in the same shot. When Anakin, Yoda and Obi-Wan appear in spirit form to Luke, Anakin is no longer played by Sebastian Shaw but a young Hayden Christensen. The helmet-less Darth Vader (Sebastian Shaw) no longer has any eyebrows, what with all the lava in Episode III. In amongst the final celebrations in Jedi, we have one more addition: cheering crowds on Naboo, with a Gungan (though apparently not Jar-Jar himself) shouting, "We-sa free!". The Emperor's hologram in Empire is now played by Ian McDiarmid instead of Clive Revill, with new dialogue.īoba Fett's voice now comes courtesy of Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett in Episode II), instead of Jason Wingreen. Greedo and Han now shoot at each other almost simultaneously. More stormtroopers and new CG dewbacks, searching for R2-D2 and C-3PO and present in Mos Eisley ĬGI Jabba in A New Hope has been given a makeover. Matte paintings replaced with digital versions The original Star Wars is subject to what are by far the most contentious and drastic changes of the three films. Unfortunately, that's the start of a very long list. For instance, the 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm logos at the start of the films have been updated and certainly look pretty. These are big changes, intended to unite the upcoming prequels with the original films and make them more aesthetically modern and consistent. Lucas spends a reported $10 million to rejig A New Hope – over a third of the original budget – and another $5 million collectively on Empire and Jedi. They are released into cinemas separately before arriving together on VHS as a lovely golden box set (or silver if you wanted the Widescreen version – and who didn't?). With Episode I still two years away, Lucas makes by far the most drastic changes to the original trilogy in order to better realise his vision. And most significantly, both versions begin their opening crawl with some very significant words: "Episode V". Overall, though, the differences between the 70mm and 35mm versions are fairly minor. In the end, though, the only 70mm tweak to be preserved was the above dialogue change, which resurfaced in the 1997 Special Edition and has featured in all subsequent altered versions. As well as this, the 70mm version includes alternate snippets of dialogue, different optical wipes and transitions between scenes and altered sound effects. In this, Luke Skywalker's sass quotient is severely reduced – when R2-D2 gets spat out of a swamp on Dagobah, Luke's line changes from "You're lucky you don't taste very good" to "You're lucky to get out of there," a dialogue change that was inexplicably kept for certain future editions.
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Empire is widely distributed in 35mm, but there is also a subtly different 70mm version out there. The Empire Strikes Back is released in cinemas, immediately becoming the benchmark for twist endings (sorry, Citizen Kane) and sequels improving on their predecessor (sorry, The Godfather Part II).