10 Star Wars Moments You'll Never See Again

But here's a change that actually has its fair share of supporters, even as some would prefer that Lucas simply left the original trilogy alone.

In The Empire Strikes Back, Emperor Palpatine makes his first appearance in the series via a hologram, though at the time of the film's release, Ian McDiarmid hadn't yet been cast in the part in earnest.

And so, the cameo was physically portrayed by Marjorie Eaton under heavy layers of makeup - complete with chimpanzee eyes superimposed over the eye sockets - while the voice was provided by Clive Revill.

From the 2004 Special Edition onwards, however, Eaton and Revill's work has been deleted, with the hologram footage being re-shot with Ian McDiarmid in place, with alterations also being made to the original dialogue.

Again, the effort to create visual continuity throughout the series makes sense, and the original Palpatine makeup doesn't exactly look great, yet many fans argue that jettisoning Eaton and Revill's work from the franchise is cruel and unnecessary.

Plus, changing Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan's original dialogue added nothing worthwhile to the scene.