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Return of the Jedi DVD Detailed Changes

Posted by timothy on from the things-that-matter-a-lot dept.

JSDopefish writes "The DVD news site DVDanswers.com is back with its final installment (3 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. Chris has screen captures from the original, the 1997 remaster, and the 2004 DVD versions, plus some audio clips for you to check out. One of the best lists of changes, mostly because of the pictures. Some of the changes listed here are The Sarlacc monster, Lightsaber consistency (again), as well as new things like even more celebrations added to the end, and an appearance by Hayden Christensen. There is an existing Part 1 covering A New Hope, and a Part 2 that covers The Empire Strikes back as well."

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  1. Re:Can you still get the original trilogy? by nearlygod · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a great idea. How come no one else has asked for this? Does any one have Lucas' number?

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  2. you know you're cool when... by torrents · · Score: 5, Funny

    you participate in the slashdotting of a star wars site...

    what's even worse is if you use that achievement as a pickup line...

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  3. The shadows are wrong by Jim+Hall · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish when they re-did ROTJ for the DVD release, someone at ILM noticed that the shadows are completely wrong on the Tatooine segment where Jabba's sail barge moves flys across the dunes.

    Look at this photo

    Note that on the sail barge, the light source is somewhere forward and to the left.

    Look at the dunes in the background. The light source is clearly somewhere behind and to the left.

    Well, I suppose Tattooine does have two suns. They're special - one sun only illuminates ships, the other only illuminates natural landscapes. :-)