Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope: The Changes

(Retitled from Star Wars The Changes Part 1: Episode IV b/c I'm not making a Part 2 or 3 or 4. Anyone else though wants to, of course, you're more than welcome to.)

In "celebration" of the Star Wars Saga Blu-Ray release in September 2011, here is a comparison of the 1977 and 2004 versions of Episode IV: A New Hope.

The amount of changes, big or small, are striking.

Source: http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/star-wars-the-changes-part-one.html

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[OfficerTwix]

George Lucas Is Semi-retired now because everyone keeps hating on him for changing a few things. Does anyone else think that he can fix anything in the orignal movie except in 2015 when its in 3-d he changes it back to HAN SHOT FIRST

[JediFan421]

@OfficerTwix He's semi-retired because of many things. For me, George Lucas started and continues to fund a great many things that are important to film but somewhere between 1983 and 1997, he let his ego get the best of him. Kurtz and Kasdan and Kershner and Maarquand really defined Star Wars just as much as Lucas. He created the original concept and others have now expanded it better than him. This is certainly proven true by him saying Red Tails is "basically Episode VII."

[Envy987001]

I want a scene where the planet shoots first at the death star

[rhys12carr]

i see no problem with these changes, they affect the story in no way, and make the it look slightly more realistic, people are just complaining over absolutely nothing.

[Trailerguy94]

15:07 The first explosion looks better!!

[VRslashrocks]

Lol 2004 lukes lightsaber is green

[nubfail]

cgi speeder bike looks so fake, i do like the original here

[jimmyjazz82391]

Do we really need to see the whole thing?! We know it's taking off and leaving, that original cut did just fine!

[jimmyjazz82391]

I agree with most Star Wars fans on the changes TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. I mean, if George Lucas had just digitally remastered some things and made some shots a bit cleaner and brighter and such, just easier on the eyes, which I believe half of these changes are, that would've been fine. The additions and the BIG changes, however, like the extended and redone shots, I really disagree with. I mean, what's the plus side to showing the whole Millennium Falcon actually take off from the hangar?!

[CheckmateRidRot]

The only change I ever had a problem with was Greedo shooting first, the rest do not effect the story whatsoever, what exactly is everybody's problem, is it the changes your annoyed with or the greed of George Lucas??? I mean it keeps the trilogy living on, and despite the questionable motives of Lucas, at least kids of todays age can build the same memories we all have of star wars, I mean it is everybody's sentimental classic and a few tweaks here and there keep it relevant.

[RandomChannel1337]

I think the "Han chasing the stoormtroopers" scene makes more sense now because he chased them and then when they looked at him he was like "WOOOW! Thats alot of Stormtroopers" when it was exactly as many as he chased. Now its like 100 so that make sense why he is scared.

[SelasSolaris]

Why the hell is Luke's lightsaber (aka Anakin's lightsaber) now green?!