The original three effects shots exist in many home video English language versions released during the '80s. All of them exist in the earliest bootleg video tapes and in the English 16mm prints. These four shots run exactly the same length. All of these changes were made before the foreign language prints were made later in 1977 and well before the last good interpositive was struck in 1985. The earliest visual edits to the original film occurred between the initial release in May and the wider release later in 1977. 3.1 2016 Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Blu-Ray/DVDĬhanges to the Original Trilogy Theatrical releasesĪlthough not as obvious as the 1997 Special Edition re-release of the trilogy, there were still some alterations made in 1977, 1980, and 1983.2.3 2005 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith DVD.2.2 2002 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones DVD.2.1 2001 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace DVD.1.4 1997 Star Wars Trilogy Special Editions.1.2 TV broadcasts and VHS/Betamax/CED editions.In 2011, the latest modifications to Episodes I-VI were released on Blu-ray. The original, unaltered theatrical editions were released (as bonus material) on DVD on September 12, 2006. In the release of The Phantom Menace DVD, two deleted portions were either partially or completely restored. Other changes improved the cohesiveness among the films, and eliminated continuity errors between the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy.Ĭhanges to Star Wars films after the theatrical release aren't always limited to the original trilogy. Many changes were motivated by the vast improvements in CGI technology and other production techniques that occurred in the two decades after the original trilogy was produced. In a September 2004 MSNBC article, Lucas points out that the original films were "25 or 30 percent" of what he intended. The commercial success of Star Wars has given George Lucas the opportunity to tinker with his original trilogy, now called Episode IV A New Hope, Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The following are partial lists of changes in Star Wars re-releases. Please follow the article standards laid out in the Layout Guide and the Manual of Style and complete this article to the highest level of quality before continuing on other articles. This article or section needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of article quality.
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