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5. It's Not Been The Same Since 1977 - Star Wars

The various changes to the Star Wars films is painfully well documented. Greedo shooting Han, Vader screaming no as he throws the Emperor down the pit, Hayden Christensen popping up at the end of Jedi; we can all agree it's all pretty messy. Now Disney have control of the franchise the future's a lot brighter; with any hope as the hype for Episode VII rises we'll get to see the untampered versions beautifully restored on Blu-Ray. It'll be a major day for many fans, who have never seen the originals. The only official way to get them was pre-Special Editions VHS and a short-lived 2006 DVD release that looked like dirty dishwater. The real Holy Grail, however, would be a cinema release because even though the trilogy has been in cinemas plenty of times since they were first unleashed, its never been an untampered version. Obviously the Special Editions in 1997 were full of CGI, but any time the original Star Wars has come into cinemas since the first run in 1977 it's being changed. Bits of the soundtrack and lines from the droids have been altered, but most importantly, the subtitle was added; Episode IV: A New Hope was introduced to the crawl in 1980 and has been part of the film ever since.