How Star Wars Character C3PO Became an Unlikely Fashion Icon

The truth is, only people who saw the first Star Wars in theaters between 1977 and 1980 saw the original film that was nominated for Best Picture at the 1977 Oscars.

If you’re starting to feel bamboozled, never fear, because YouTuber Marcelo Zuniga has combed through the original release and the 2011 blu-ray for a comprehensive comparison of each and every change. (The Wild Bunch, for example, was changed multiple times in its first year of release, with only one version considered by Peckinpah to be an acceptable cut.).

Star Wars will return to cinemas in December with The Force Awakens, the beginning of a brand new trilogy starring original cast members Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.

Pre-orders aren’t quite available as of yet, but they should be coming soon. But do you know what Ben Kenobi’s screech to scare away the Tusken Raiders originally sounded like? They’ve seen the Special Editions, which are lesser versions of the originals. But they’ve undergone a few additional changes ever since then.

You can watch the second part of the video on A New Hope below, along with the videos on Empire and Jedi. It isn’t the addition of the “Episode IV – A New Hope” subtitle. The big alterations are well known about of course, but now, a trio of videos has taken A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi in turn, and done a side by side comparison of what’s altered in each. I guess even Lucas realized what a masterpiece it was.