Imagine Hayden's reaction when seeing the Special Edition Return of the Jedi for the first time. "Ah, I Love this Scene...wait...is that me? What the heck am I doing here?"

There are only three sins in my opinion that the maker had destroyed his own franchise: 3. Obi Wan stepped on Lego sound effect. 2. Han shot first. 1. Vader screaming no at the end of Return of the Jedi.

Vader's "No" was actually in the Blu-Ray version in 2011, not the Special Editions from the '90s. Just pointing that out.

That quote of George defending the non-colorization of B&W films just made the irony-meter blow off the chart

I agree, except for the emperor change.

recently watched all of the 6 movies. That "Weesa freeeee" moment in Jedi made me cringe so much. The New Emperor I didn't mind at all, that old one looks weird as hell.

The New Emperor is so much better than the original

There's only been two changes that bothered me cause the rest I'm fine with. Ben's Kryat Dragon yell in ANH and Darth Vader's "Noooooo" in ROTJ and they were brought on by the Blu-Ray Editions. I don't mind Hayden Chrisensen replacing Sebastian Shaw, etc. HOWEVER, I should note that for those who don't like the changes should have the ability to own the unaltered versions. Also I really feel those people who say "George Lucas raped my childhood" are REALLY exaggerating.

The changes that bug me the most are those that disrespect the original actors, like the voice of Boba Fett. I love Jango and his voice, but the original voice had so much unique character to it that this change is not only disrespectful (imagine being the original actor and knowing that you were just cut out forever after all these years!), but is also a downgrade. Furthermore, Jango and Boba would NOT have the exact same voice even if Boba is an exact copy. There are so many outside factors that influence the way a person sounds, from what he or she eats / drinks to body weight, illnesses, traumas, way of speaking and sound formation, or even pure chance, that for Boba to have EXACTLY the same voice as Jango he had to live his "father's" exact life, which is impossible. Boba Fett might be a clone, but he lived his OWN life with his OWN experience. Also, the ghosts scene. When I saw RotJ for the first time, it was with Sebastian Shaw, and made perfect sense to me, a logical result of previous events: Vader turned back to the light as he died, hence he's back, after all these years, with his old friends. Now, with young Anakin, it's confusing as hell, and if I were Luke Skywalker, I wouldn't smile at them, I'd freak out and ask Ben or Yoda "Wait, who's that, do you know him, or is it just a random ghost who likes parties?.." I also imagine Yoda's probable response: "Your father it is, young and strong he is, old and weak we are, BULLSHIT THIS IS."

Regarding Fett's voice: On the '97 SE VHS it's still Wingreen because, of course, Jango Fett did not exist yet. It wasn't until the 2004 DVD that Morrison's voice was added. Hate Morrison's delivery. It's so flat and has no edge like Wingreen's. It's like they just brought in Morrison and had him record those lines in one take and said, "Meh, it's fine." Wingreen's voice will always be Boba Fett for me.

I like the original voice better it's more menacing and stronger. It fits the characters roll better

1997 Jabba hurts my eyes.

Most CGI looks so unfit and unnatural in the the originals. Such a shame

Great video, dude!

i feel like George lucas was drunk when he did the special additions

I thought putting Ian McDiarmid as the emperor The Empire Strikes Back made a lot more sense as he plays the emperor on Return of the Jedi, it makes no sense to have the emperor change from a different actor between empire and Jedi when you can correct it, the original emperor wasn't creepy when it should be as he is a Sith lord, But changing his dialogue with a mistake.

Couldn't agree any more..thanks for reminding me about the "you're lucky you don't taste very good!" Line..one of my favorites as a kid, I didn't realize until NOW it was replaced with the very lackluster "you were lucky to make it out if there"..I guess he was just trying to tie it with the wooden, lifeless dialogue of the prequels.

Another important point about the Hayden Christianson edit at the end of ROTJ. Luke hadn't been able to know his father. He asks Leia earlier in the movie what she remembered of their mother. So, seeing his father alone is an incredible, almost near-death-experience meeting his father at long last. Shaw's grin looks much more heartfelt. Even Kenobi turns his head from Luke to look at Shaw. By inserting Hayden, at Luke's age, there's no sense of a father figure.

Ugh! The Boba Fett voice change drives me CRAZY! The old voice had such passion and mystery. The new voice sounds like Temuera Morrison was half asleep during the recording session. Don't even get me started on the horrible Vader scream!

Thanks God that Harmy and his crew (fans of the saga) made de "Despecialized" editions, that put the original vision of the trilogy in HD, with almost no changes. Of course that things like blue Hoth snow were difficult to edit and correct, but almost everything is in their place and with quality. I really liked you video and agree with everything you say.

Meh. I actually like the special editions Boba voice more. To be honest the only difference I can see is a more robotish filter on it. Plus, the original voice's delivery seems a bit... wooden. The redone voice actor just does a better job at being more expressive and natural sounding. If people are getting THAT upset over it, then I think thats nostalgia. Same goes for the blinking ewoks complaint. How is that even a problem? It makes them seem like actual living creatures instead of puppets.

bobba fett sounded so much better first

So it seems I'm the only Star Wars fan that respects Lucas' decisions. I'm not saying I agree with all of them, but I give him the respect he deserves. It's Lucas' decision; a lot were made to create continuity. It isn't like the original Boba voice was amazing, either. It was basically just a non-synthesized, basically the same version as the new one. I just...people just need to relax. The originals aren't flawless by themselves, either, guys. And I...UGH whatever. I'm done with this rant.

Star Trek fan here, which makes it kind of funny I'm calling you out on a technicality like this: The clones were *NOT* by any means completely identical. They shared the same biological "parent" i.e. Jango Fett, but each of them developed slightly differently and, through their experiences, wound up with unique character traits. Yoda specifically said that each clone was different in the Force, indicating that they were not just blanket copy-paste reproductions of the exact same bounty hunter. Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Bacara, Appo, Vill, and all the other characters throughout the saga were all, to some degree, unique. Even though they all obeyed orders in the end, *some* clones had regrets about Order 66 while others did not. You can't tell me that two ENTIRELY identical clones can have two different thoughts about the same action or event. That indicates that the clones, while similar in their mental training and programming, were ultimately wired slightly differently.

I love how George can't even understand the universe he created. If you want the ghosts to be good versions of the characters, use the good versions of the characters. Those of which were Jake Loyd or Sebastian Shaw. You can decide which one would suit the roll...

The only changes I dislike are Obi's Krayt scream, Luke's scream, Vader's "no," and Greedo shooting. The ones with Hayden, Boba, and Palpatine were meant to keep continuity, so I honestly don't mind them.

People were freaking out when disney bought the rights to star wars, but honestly, all I could think at the time was there is nothing disney could do to ruin the series any more than george lucas has already done.

I don't know what's worse. These horrible fucking changes that ruin a lot of the scenes, or the mentally ill people who actually like these changes. Thank fuck Lucas has next to nothing to do with the new movie.

John Lennon had not "just been killed" by the time Empire Strikes Back came out. The movie was released in May. Lennon was killed in December of that year, so you could not "get away from that terrible thing" and go watch Empire.

To get that good HD Star Wars footage you could use the Despecialized Editions made by Harmy.

All the clones traits are the same? Have you seen a episode of the clone wars the clone wars before?

I grew up watching the Special Editions so when I saw ghost Anakin, I said, who the heck is that?!?!

I'm a NZer but Lucas should have never changed Fett's voice to Tem Morrision's

Lucas also took out the subtitles in ROTJ, so if you didn't speak Greedo or Jabba you wouldn't know what they fuck they were saying. Which in itself takes away from the scenes.

This is spot on. You vented my frustration for me.

The nostalgia is strong with this one.

If he wants to have changes then fine. But we should be able to see both the special edition and a higher quality of the original. Lucas owes it to the fans to release the original unaltered version in high quality and not just bury his art under the mud.

On the clones being all the same...You never watched The Clone Wars did you? They all had the same biological parent but their personalites varied wildly fro one clone to another cause the Jedi wanted the clones to have a personality so they would perform better in battle. Honestly I don't mind the changes but Vader's "Nooooo" irks me and I grew up watching the unaltered original trilogy and the suspense of that scene where Vader is watching Palpatine fry his son to death and having to choose between his son and his master was just perfect. OH, and Ben's Krayt Dragon yell well...I liked the second one cause my god the third was bad!

You're spot on kid! I also hated it when GL replaced the werewolf guy in the cantina!

Lucas is like yes finally. I put a rock there

The two good changes: The Emperor hologram in Empire Strikes Back and Hayden Christiansen in Return of the Jedi (they provide continuity and I really like them)

6:56 I LOVE THAT LINE AND THE VOICE IS SO GOOD

Kid, you have no idea what Lucas brought to the table. If it wasn't for Lucas none of this would happen. Get over it.

George Lucas' tinkering with the original Star Wars gives credence to the saying: "LESS is MORE."

I liked the palpating change. I agree with the lines, but the real actor resembles palatine much better than a lab disaster.

"Clone troopers are all the same, no defining traits or personalities." Read the Republic Commando books, you'll see that it's actually the opposite :)

Each of the Special Editions have exactly ONE change I just can't stand. "A New Hope": The CGI-Rocks. Seriously, how did R2 even squeeze in there? "The Empire strikes back": The Scene(s) unneccessarily detailing Vaders' flight from Cloud City to the Executor. Not only are they distracting, but we know that he got there by shuttle, we dont need to see it. "The Return of the Jedi": Vaders' "NNNOOOOOOOO!!!" I think that one speaks for itself.

FYI, some of the character line changes (e.g. "There's nowhere to go" & "You were lucky to get out of there") were either in different versions released long before the 1997 special editions or actually the original lines put back in (the latter example being one of the most notable).

George Lucas had a obsession with changing movie lines!

#1 had to be done, there's no way Hayden Christianson grew up to look like Sebastian Shaw.

"Weesa Free!" Jar Jar turned Naboo into a drug house.

The blue tint on Hoth isn't just there because _snow is blue_, it's there because _blue is a cold color_. It's subtle enough that it makes the planet feel colder without intruding or hurting your eyes.

StarGeek Finally finished Watching the whole video... THANK YOU! I 100% agree... I still love Star Wars, Even the Special Editions... But I 100% Agree on All those changes! They were just POINTLESS!!!!!

Have to totally disagree with you about the Boba Fett voice change. If you are at all familiar with the Clone Wars TV series you would know that they went out of their way to give all the clones individual personalities, and even looks with different haircuts and so on. Boba is a clone, so its a nice nod to that by giving him a clone voice. Most of his dialogue is throw away anyway. Its actually ONE of the changes that I like. The rest, I have to agree with you with. Good job.

14:18 I must say I can't take my eyes off of that Twi'lek. O_O

My only problem with the special editions is one of the things Lucas did NOT edit: Those stupid Luke and Leia kissing moments, especially in Episode 5. Why couldn't George get rid of that?! You have them making out then in the next movie you have Leia saying she always... knew...Luke...was...her....brother. Luke finds out he and Leia are siblings and does not give a frick he made out with her.... George Lucas made so many pointless editions that get WAY too much crap. Even Doug Walker was like "Why are people complaining about the Greedo Shooting First thing? It is pointless, but it is ONE SECOND IN THE MOVIE" Why, Lucas, Why? I do not like taring people down but there are so many questions that have yet to be answered. 1. Why do people complain about these things? 2. Do you believe hating will get them what they want? 3. What did George hope to gain with the stuff? 4. Was he TRYING to sabatoge himself? He pretty much just spat on his films AND fans. 5. Why am I still talking?

Your complaint on the changes of Sidious in ESB make no sense. Yeah the whole line of Vader asking how is it possible Luke is his son fine enough. Though with the recent Vader comics that have come out, it's plausible to assume that maybe Vader simply kept the knowledge of Luke Skywalker's existence from his master Sidious. Just a fun yet plausible theory. No problem with the scene of what I see.

I honestly think George Lucas secretly despises Star Wars fans and brought all of these pointless changes to piss them off.

Jabba change is the absolute worst. 1) It looks horrible especially the way Han's arm passes through Jabba at one point. 2) It ruins the mystery of who Jabba is 3) It repeats alot of the dialogue from the Greedo scene 4) Jabba comes across as a total pushover who lets Han step on his tail. There is just so much wrong with this scene.

I'm a little surprised no one mentioned it but one of my least favorite changes was the addition of the deleted scene where Luke talks with his childhood friend before the attack on the death star. While it's not a bad scene in it of itself, what it replaced was so much better. Originally it was a 7 or so second scene of Luke walking alone to his x-wing, silent except for a few ambient noises. Obi-Wan had just been killed, Han is ditching him, and Leia says goodbye possibly for the last time- you can feel how alone Luke must feel in this moment before a risky battle and makes hearing Ben's voice later even more powerful. It's something so simple buy actually ends up being one of my favorite moments in the whole trilogy. Having the upbeat and smiley reunion kinda ruins the atmosphere in my opinion.

WOW george lucas is the master of the art of ruining things

My favorite special edition change is actually the Hayden Christensen force ghost. I really agree with George on that one, but my least favorites are: Greedo getting a shot out at all, the horribly rendered Jabba cgi deleted scene in A New Hope with redundant dialogue, and my all time worst is Vader screaming "Noooo!" at the climax of Return of the Jedi. For the most part I'm either indifferent or actually really like all the other changes.

The continuity of Boba Fett's voice: Totally unneeded and ridiculous The continuity of The Emperor's Change in Episode V: A good change and possibly needed. Sure, he isn't as covered and looks a lot less mysterious, but, the Emperor in Episode V looks nothing like The Emperor in Episode VI. But the new Emperor, the Ian McDiarmid one, looks like the Episode VI Emperor. I believe that's needed continuity.

the special editions are fine i'd actually like them

If these changes are "pointless" then why do you care!

Although Greedo shooting and Hayden Jedi are the worst changes by far, to me it pales in comparison to the point that after the 1997 remastered special editions, the 2004 re-remastered dvd editions, and the 2011 re-re-remastered blu-ray editions...why do I still see green boxes around tie fighters and other ships? This is something that should have been addressed long LONG ago and has yet to be touched. George believes that adding a rock in front of R2, or adding blinking to ewoks, or adding Hayden, or adding Greedo shooting at all, is more important than actually fixing the out of date effects that are severely noticeable on the Blu's. This is why I only watch Star Wars The Despecialized editions by Harmy, or Star Wars Revisited by Adywan (which is actually the true special editions we should have gotten.)

It makes complete sense that Hayden replaced the other guy. He appears in no other Star Wars movies and is still in VI as Darth Vader - it's not like he is being removed completely. It ties episode VI into the prequels.

so i was doing a star wars marathon for the nth time in a while and im just ready for a single tear to drop from the nostalgia from my childhood and then bam! hayden shows up.

I watched the theatrical version of return of the Jedi with my Aunt whenever I visited her I still have the tape She was always there to talk to when I found myself questioning my own existence, I wish she were still alive, I could use her help right now

For some reason, I like the the end Celebration for the special editions. It makes the Star Wars universe seem more connected and shows how much people hated the empire.

One important point, and one I think is most important, I believe you missed upon in terms of the Anakin ghost, is that the original ghost scene conveyed the message that Anakin, Yoda, and Obi-Wan were experienced and wise in their old age, that these were Luke's father figures. The role of Luke's father was passed down from Uncle Owen to Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan to Yoda, and finally Yoda to Anakin. The Hayden Anakin ghost destroyed the original message the ghosts portrayed.

Great Job! I like a lot of your list.

No one I know notices that Vader had Eyebrows when his mask was removed. Did anyone else remember this originally?

But how would the old anakin have had hair, that always bugged me even as a kid.

"giant animated dinosaur cow" that made me laugh my ass off!

I like Hayden’s addition to the special edition. It really brought the whole saga full circle for me. I don’t know why people complain about it so much.

Just saying, the Rubik's cube isn't a terrible thing.

My personal opinion is that Lucas hates his creation. I think he feels trapped by them, like an actor whose been typecast. I think he is purposely screwing up Star Wars out of hatred and bitterness.

The most egregious, to me, is the "NOOOOO!!!" when Vader picks up Palps and throws him. Aside from the fact that it's cheesy and unnecessary, it just completely takes me out of the emotion of that scene. I remember seeing Vader looking on silently, back and forth between the Emperor and Luke as the torture went on. And it was such a powerfully emotional moment went that internal struggle becomes resolve and he goes for Palpatine like a terminator (silently). The whole scene was about the inner conflict, and how powerfully you felt that on a masked(!) face as it turned back and forth, lit up by the reflection of force lightning. NOOOO. It just absolutely deflates all the power and chills you get right out of the scene.

All I wanted on the re-release was cleaned up negatives, a little colour grading and some remastered audio. Like how the faded ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was restored. Being very careful NOT to alter the underlying masterpiece. That's all it needed, just a little freshen up. That would have been perfect.

I agree nobody's ghost is 20 years younger than they are that's just baloney

Have you ever heard of the star wars despecialized edition it's a HD, widescreen, unaltered cut of the original trilogy made by fans it's awesome I'd highly recommend you check it out

The PS1 couldn't render distances very well, so we got the iconic Silent Hill fog. Just saying that sometimes, technical limitations can do something for your work, and not everything needs to be "fixed".

The Emperor's face change was needed for continuity.

I think most of the changes made it better especially the hayden christensen appearance as Anakin's ghost. It gave the sage a better sense of closure and I like seeing the young Anakin Skywalker because it connects it to the prequels.

George Lucas must have done so much drugs in 1989. Somebody introduced him to coke and he lost of f*cken mind.

Yes! This was the video I have been waiting for, and it's here! I thought you Spooktacular video was going to be it, but this is the real deal! Great video man. P.S. Another one of my least favourite changes is adding pupils to the Ewoks. Making them blink was fine, but the pupils made them look creepy as.

Loved this video! I subbed immediately!

Omg your mouth just keeps going and going and going... and going... at 10:59 you are talking about distraction, is that just the irony of the fate or is it just me? And yes, the dialog between Vader and the Emperor in the new edition IS a good change, i mean the sound of the Emperors voice when he says; "The young rebel who destroyed the Death Staaaaaaaar..." All tho, I do agree with you at the number 1, THAT ending could have been left out, since Vader was kinda old when he finally stepped over to the Bright Side... or light side... or something better anyways.

Um... It may just be that I just heard Jango's voice in Boba so many times before now, and that this is the first time I heard Boba's first voice, but... I gotta say, I don't like Boba's first voice. I just don't. It hurt my ears a bit and it's kind of annoying. Also, I'm pretty sure Empire was released in 1979 and I gotta say, I hate that freaky eye thing in the original cut. I mean... Ugh... If I grew up watching that eyesore on Palpatine's head, I gotta say, I'd have had nightmares about ONLY Palpatine, instead of Darth Vader and Maul. Also, here's a little tip: When you want people to hear something, try not to talk over that something to the point you can't hear the samples you're playing. You talked all over those lines from the hologram Emperor, so... Why play them if you won't let us hear? Also, as you said mere moments later, that scene did exist before... So... Why do you say that scene where Han met up with Jabba after the Greedo scene didn't happen before? I mean... I keep hearing how so many people hated that they changed Jabba to CGI in that very specific scene, so... How could it not have existed before? If it didn't, how do people remember any alternate version? Also, Hayden Christensen being the Force Ghost in 6 can be easily explained... Or at least made not as bad. People manage to... I don't know what the term for it is... they just make it seem less bad by saying that you only appear as a Force Ghost in the appearance you had when you last touched the light side. You could argue that Vader touched the light side at the end of 6 before he died when he killed the Emperor... but the problem with that is... well... He was still Vader. He was still Sith. He still technically was part of the dark side. He didn't have time to go back to the ways of the light, despite being redeemed. So it only makes sense Hayden took Shaw's place. He was still touching the light side during episode III. Maybe not at the exact moment that scene was recycled from, but still. He wasn't fully evil in the prequels. Not until he started slaughtering children. So, pretty much, any scene from before Anakin was dubbed Vader, he could still count as being part of the light.

Regarding the repeated lines in the Jabba scene.. When Han says to Greedo "Even I get boarded sometimes, you think I had a choice?", Greedo tells Han to "tell it to Jabba". Which is exactly what Han does. He tells it to Jabba. Hence the repeated lines. :)

Also agree on the 'No Jabba in episode IV' - too quickly after death of Greedo and makes Jabba look like a big softie with Han literally walking all over him.

boba fett isn't a clone of jango, it's jango's son. thats why i find the voice change unnecsary. it also took an acting credit away from the orignal actor. I think if i was in a star wars movie and got uncredited and replaced by someone else i would be very angry.

You stole so much of this from HelloGreedo.

Okay, this video is perfect and sums up my feelings on the "altered" editions. Thank you very much for creating and posting it! (Please don't go back and make any enhancements at a later date) xD

Glad you didn't mention the Bantha herd trotting through the desert (as the heroes are being taken to the Sarlaac pit), it is one of the very FEW alterations I do like.

I'm happy J.J. Abrams is directing 7,8 & 9

dude are you serious? I'm glad they changed the emperors face the original looked like shit and it's the same actor, stop being a original freak

Actually, I can ignore all of the special edition changes, that's why I don't really mind them. The one that it is quite difficult for me to ignore, is the one of Darth Vader screaming "No" before saving Luke and killing the Emperor, when I saw that for the first time I was like: "Wait what? That wasn't there before" and being honest I think it diminished the power that, that particular scene withheld.

Wow man, you're gaining subscribers fast!