8 Movies That Were Changed AFTER They Were Released

The original three Star Wars films have been tinkered with so many times that we'd be here all week if we discussed every instance, but there's one big change that few people know about - or even remember - and it happened right around the time the first Star Wars film was released back in 1977.

Because Fox didn't have much faith in Star Wars, it was only released on a small number of screens (at first), but on the plus side, the studio wanted to show the film in the best possible picture and sound quality, and so, they put it into theatres with 70mm projection systems and full Dolby surround.

However, the majority of cinemas at the time only had 35mm projectors and mono sound systems, so after George Lucas and his team had finished and released that initial cut for 70mm screens, they had to go back to the film and put together a separate mono audio mix for those... less-capable theatres.

But pure sound quality wasn't the only change Lucas focused on - some of the dialogue and sound effects were directly altered, and the mono mix even contained some extra dialogue that wasn't in the surround mix (for example, a Stormtrooper saying "close the blast doors!"). In addition, Rebel pilots didn't have distortion effects added to their over-the-radio voices in the mono mix, making for a cleaner sound.

The changes weren't exactly movie-altering, but they marked one of the first times - of many - that Lucas has tweaked his magnum opus.