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Detailed Empire Strikes Back DVD Change List

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the a-film-far-far-away dept.

JSDopefish writes "The DVD news site DVDanswers.com is back with Part 2 (of 3) of the series by Chris Gould showing in detail the changes between some the various iterations of the Star Wars original trilogy movies. In Part 2, Chris covers The Empire Strikes Back, showing such important changes as the color of Han Solo's jacket before he's frozen in carbonite, as well as other things like the change in actor for the Emperor, and more on light saber colors. Chris has screen captures from the original, the 1997 remaster, and the 2004 DVD versions, plus some audio clips for you to check out. There is an existing Part 1 covering A New Hope, and a forthcoming Part 3 covering Return of the Jedi." Very detailed synopsis. Worth a read if... well, you're me.

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  1. Empire strikes back? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does Boba get swallowed (by the Sarlacc) first???

    1. Re:Empire strikes back? by chrish · · Score: 5, Funny

      Feh. Jet pack indeed. Kids today...

      In my day we had to climb out of the bloody Saarlak ourselves, then walk several kilometers across the desert, naked.

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    2. Re:Empire strikes back? by aquasheep · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I hope this isn't too off topic, since the story is about Empire Strikes Back, but I was listening to the commentary on the ROTJ DVDs, and Lucas said something to the effect of, "if I had known Boba Fett was going to be such a popular character, I would have put more effort into giving him a more interesting death. Most people don't really believe he's dead anyways."

  2. ...been there, done that. by wertarbyte · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.schnittberichte.com/sw.php Although this is in german, the pictures speak for themselves. They also have Episode 1 as well as Episode 4/5/6.

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  3. Umm the site says by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    'Upgrading, please come back later'

    I feel a great disturbance in the force, as if suddenly a web server had thousands of requests, cried out, and then went silent.

  4. It's a rainy day here... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Seems like nitpicking movie changes and details would require a string of bad weather, as I hope the authors/researchers don't sit in on a good day. Heck, I can even remember when I used to watch movies for enjoyment other than picking them apart.

    I blame MST3K

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  5. Fascinating reads by SeanDuggan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I read the first part and am (hopefully) loading the second one. To me, it's fascinating, as many of the changes they make, I never would have noticed. I never really stopped and thought too much about lightsaber colors or the funky shadows below a landspeeder. And honestly, had I not read all the vehement discussions on the ramifications of Greedo shooting first, I might have passed over that change. (Well, not entirely... at least on the first remake, his head looks really weird when he dodges...) By opening my eyes to things I might not have noticed before, I think these articles are serving a valuable purpose.

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  6. slashdotted by GerbilSocks · · Score: 5, Informative
    Thank goodness I read the article 6 hours ago before it got Slashdotted to hell.

    Basically, the baddest changes occured with Boba Fett's voice now dubbed by Temura Morrison. Also some changes in dialogue for Vader that helped with continuity, plus an extended scene with the Emperor.

    Visual changes include details shots of the Wampa, Cloud City exteriors, and a scene of Vader heading back to the Star Destroyer recycled from Outtakes from RoTJ.

  7. The force tells me... by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... that this topic will be 95% filled with people complaining about Lucas.

  8. Color of Han Solo's Jacket Important?!? by MooseByte · · Score: 5, Funny

    "showing such important changes as the color of Han Solo's jacket before he's frozen in carbonite"

    OK, it's official: Someone is in desperate need of a girlfriend.

    Tip for first date - don't wear the Y-Wing pilot uniform, try a t-shirt. Also Yoda-speak does not make ladies hot. Unless they're into small green muppets. In which case send me their phone number.

    1. Re:Color of Han Solo's Jacket Important?!? by AvantLegion · · Score: 5, Funny
      Also Yoda-speak does not make ladies hot.

      Bullshit.

      "Good on my floor, your clothes look."

      "In sack with me, you shall be!"

      "Kissing leads to sucking, sucking leads to screwing, screwing leads to cum-ming!"

      All stuff that's gotten me laid. Although they usually say "Pay up front, you must."

  9. Re:sigh. by flyneye · · Score: 5, Funny

    Better? what could be better than EP V or IV?
    How about a sequel to John Waters "Pink Flamingoes"
    How about remastered Ed Wood movies with new THX?
    Reruns of "Real People"
    The Gong Show?
    Burger King Breakfast with the King commercial?
    obsession....tsk..tsk.

    just grumpy I guess.

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  10. Missing change... A new blooper! by Bigthecat · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Come on! How could it miss the most important change of all? That being revealing the 'creature' that attacks Luke in the snow to being nothing other than a hand puppet!

    1 | 2

    Shocking stuff how they could miss that while redoing it almost frame by frame, and now all my childhood memories of that creature looking real have been ruined. I hate you George Lucas :(

  11. Maybe George Lucas will make some GOOD changes.... by timepilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was thinking, maybe George Lucas can use his magic movie editing powers for good instead of evil.

    For example, instead of doing idiotic things like making Greedo shoot first or inserting Jabba the hut into a scene that was rightfully left out from the original Episode IV, perhaps Mr Lucas can remove Jarjar Binks entirely from Episodes I and II.

    Or maybe he can graft some character onto Anakin Skywalker in Episode II.

    You listening George??

  12. gunzip ep5v3.0.0.diff.gz | patch -R by ajlitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that we know the changes, can we back this one out?

  13. Lucas' Stilted Script Dialog by MooseByte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "the line change for Vader from "Bring my shuttle" to "Alert my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival" was a bad idea."

    Agreed, for the reasons you mention. Also, he's freakin' DARTH VADER! "Alert my star destroyer for my arrival"? Yeah right. His entire staff would be like terrified meerkats passing the alarm, constantly alerting each and every station sector whenever Vader was about to even pass by, much less arrive at his destination.

    You think Patton ever said, "Alert my carrier for my arrival"? You think Genghis Khan ever said "Alert my Horde for my arrival"?

    Lucas has the dialog skills of the Zero Wing translation team.