10 Star Wars Changes George Lucas Made That Were Completely Justified

If it ain't broke, George Lucas can still fix it.

[amalaspina]

Can I just say the Femi Taylor who played Oola, came back after 14 years to shoot those new Rancor pit scenes and still looked exactly the same.

[myrtlemountaineer]

I’ve never had a problem with the changes among the films, excluding a few exceptions.

My problem was, and still is George Lucas’ commitment to not allowing us to experience both the original theatrical versions AND the remastered versions.

[jucker]

"Jabba, you're a wonderful human being." I love that they left that line in. It fits Han's sarcastic personality.

[Pengun]

Best change

The helmet “donk” emphasis in Episode 4

[Nurichiri]

One thing I’m on the fence about is the change to Anakin’s force ghost. On one side it ties the original to the prequels, but on the other the appearance of Anakin as older emphasizes his redemption.

[highwaysamurai]

My head cannon of Han Solo charging in on the garrison on the Death Star is that he actually ran in on the briefing being given to the garrison to expand the search for the rebels running loose on the station and the troopers were just shocked that he was there.

[Werrf]

You missed one of the biggest good changes - clear shots of the rebel fighters rising out of the jungle. The original just had little white lights shooting off into the sky.

[macho-zbrc]

The extended scene at the ending of return of the jedi is really great because my issue was always how empty the universe feels in the original compared to the prequels and seeing that scene really showed that everything is still there.. it may be a small chance but to me it felt really relieving

[gosigrattagosigmus]

IMO the best change was removing Vader's eyebrows.

[The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth]

Here's a great change that needs to happen: All of the Disney Wars movies being erased from history, retconned as not existing, and generally being forgotten about. *That would fix it.*

[murilo.sccp]

8:57 He didn't even talked about Anakin appearing with Obi Wan and Yoda ;-;

[bluejjay]

At the time of filming, the crew was unsure how successful these movies would have been. I bet the younger Lucas and crew were anxious and stressed in trying to make do with various limitations. I also bet the older Lucas has held those memories of not being able to do everything he wanted, or the drive to overcome those past feelings of anxiety and regret. I personally think it's wholesome how he's excited about modern movie tech, and letting his imagination run wild. Just look at how much he put into Phantom Menace. The movie was bloated and the story was all over the place, but you could really feel the man's excitement in it. The prequel trilogy was like his sandbox, and was certainly a lot more fun than the sequel trilogy.

[RYUZAKILL]

Now that we’re talking about changes, I actually like seeing Hayden Christensen as a Force ghost rather than the original actor. Maybe it’s mostly because I grew up with the 2004 version of the films, but I also believe it was a great choice as it shows how Anakin really died in The Revenge of the Sith and that it wasn’t until The Return of the Jedi when he finally came back.

[jesusortiz]

One change I liked was the added scene of Vader getting on his shuttle in Empire after his fight with Luke. I wish they didn't give him any lines for that, because while the inflection for "bring me my shuttle" makes it sound like he's pissed, Vader not saying anything and just is seen walking to his shuttle makes him even more terrifying

[UnsafeTuna]

While the removal of the matte paintings (calling them cardboard cutouts feels flatout disrespectful to the artistry that went into it) does make it look more realistic, I personally loved them. Plus it's easy to pick apart the ones that include people cause they're not moving but what about when an imperial ship lands on Endor? Everything except for the AT-AT in the background is a painting and it's indistinguishable cause it's so detailed.

[stevennelson]

See I always thought the stormtroopers ran from Han cause well they aren't use to being charged at so they are like "he's running at us we better run away" Then they stop and realize hey wait it's only two of them!

[red.hydrogen]

I don't think everyone will agree with me on this one, but here's another change I think is perfectly justified: Temuera Morrison Re-recording Boba Fett's voice lines in Empire.

[jackccurbs]

I always think that any CGI remastering that replaces the work done by the Creature Shop is a real shame, considering just how much work they put into puppetry. But that may just be me.
However, I really do appreciate so many of the changes Lucas made. I wish they could reinsert the deleted scene of Luke and Biggs in the beginning of A New Hope, though!

[Nick_Kearney]

I personally like the removal of English writing from consoles and replacing them with Aurebesh. It's a little touch that helps sell that it's not our Galaxy.

That said I really wish Disney would change that scene from Phantom Menace where that guy reads R2-D2's name off his chassis, despite there being no writing at all.

[ShenDoodles]

The final scene of RotJ is triumphant and powerful, perfectly ending the t-"WE'SA FREE!"

Almost perfectly ending the trilogy.