Surprise: More changes from Lucas on the Star Wars Blu-ray set

Since their original theatrical releases, George Lucas has gone on to change his beloved Original Trilogy on two different occasions, once in their 1997 Special Editions and again in the 2004 DVD editions. Now, according to The Digital Bits, Lucas has changed things again, which will be clearly seen. Although the true extent of these changes are unknown, the source feels they’ll probably be cosmetic changes like a Digital Yoda in Episode I.

“Once again, George has apparently added a few new “surprises” into these films. I don’t know what they are and didn’t get to see any of them on Friday, but I was assured that there will be “new things to notice” when we watch the films. I think we can safely assume that one of them will be the new all-digital Yoda in Episode I. Way back when Episode III was released on DVD, ILM digital effects supervisor Pablo Helman confirmed to me that the puppet Yoda in Episode I was replaced with a digital version to better match his appearance in Episodes II and III. In fact, the Episode III DVD extras includes a clip of the Episode I digital Yoda. However, this Blu-ray set is really the first opportunity we’ll have to see it in full. What the other changes to these films may be, I have no idea, but I suspect there will be no lack of blog posts on this very subject within hours of the first discs becoming available to fans.”

Oh well. For the better. Face it, you’ll never get true HD versions of the original films, so I don’t know what to tell you. I’m still buying it, because at the end of the day, it’s still Star Wars on Blu.

Jon Peters

I love film. That is all.

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