6. Cutting Down Vader's Noooo
Yes, despite many people not realising, Lucas did tinker with the prequels when they came out on DVD. The biggest changes were made to The Phantom Menace - the pod race was extended and that pointless air taxi scene was integrated - but the best decision made upon their immediate release (theres another change that was made later for the Blu-Ray still to come) was fixing a major fan complaint. It clearly wasn't planned, but when Darth Vader hears of Padmes death audiences the world over laughed away at his comic NOOOOOOOO!. It was just so far away from everything wed seen of the masked character in previous films and tonally left us too far away from the original Star Wars, which is narratively just a few minutes away. Clearly Lucas heeded the massive backlash, because the line in the DVD version is considerably shorter. Thats right - the Nooo you've been listening to for the past eight years at home is a fraction of the one we originally experienced. And a good thing it was. Now its just about possible to make it through Episode III without bursting out laughing at the dialogue; it's only shortened slightly, but the change had a big impact.