From: gmclain@lonestar.utsa.edu (Glenn A. Mclain)
Subject: Re: Star Wars titles (was: Did Spock syay 'Remember')
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:37:58 GMT

In article <Bx9Cys.78y@cmptrc.lonestar.org> brad@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Brad Barton) writes:
>In article <1992Nov4.194856.24613@neb> prp@neb (Paul Peterson) writes:
>>
>>When I first saw Star Wars on video, after TESB, the first thing I
>>noticed was that "Episode IV: A New Hope" had been added at the
>>beginning of the crawler.  It really gave me a start.
>>
>Ditto.. and is it just me or is Aunt Beru's intonations different in the
>scenes on Tatooine?  There is also some extra dialog tacked on here and
>there (such as in the choking scene aboard the Death Star, Tarkin did not
>say "We will crush the rebellion with one swift stroke." he finished that
>scene with "Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the hidden
>rebel base by the time this station is operational."

  Ok, let me try to eliminate alot of confusion.  Here is a snipit of the
FAQ from REC.ARTS.SF.STARWARS, from it's archive site.  It deals with the
"A NEW HOPE" Banner and some of the missing dialog in the VHS and Laserdisc
releases.

Q 001:   Why does it say Episode IV in the scroll-text at the beginning
         of Star Wars, Episode V in The Empire Strikes Back and Episode
         VI in Return of the Jedi?  Did the Episode IV sub-head appear
         in the original theatrical release or was it added at a later
         date?

Answer:  The Star Wars saga as originally conceived by Lucas was much
         too large to be made into a single film or even a single
         trilogy so Lucas structured his ideas into three trilogies.
         He decided to make the middle trilogy (Episodes IV, V and VI)
         first because he believed it had the greatest chance of being
         a theatrical success.

         An interesting point is that apparently the "Chapter IV: A
         New Hope" sub-title did not appear in the original theatrical
         release of Star Wars (SW - 1976).  According to
         pockrand@cs.umn.edu (Mitch Pockrandt) (and others):

            "Episode IV: A New Hope" appeared on the opening trailer
            at the _second_ theatrical release.  (I think this was during
            1979, but I'm not sure at the moment.)  During the initial
            release, which ran from May 1977 through at least March 1978
            (in Kansas City anyway) there never was a mention of an
            episode number.

         Empire Strikes Back (ESB - 1980) was always sub-titled Chapter V
         and Return of the Jedi (ROTJ - 1983) was always sub-titled
         Chapter VI.

         (Note: the name of the first FILM is Star Wars - the name of the
         CHAPTER is "A New Hope"  In Empire Strikes Back and Return of
         the Jedi the film name and chapter names just happen to be
         the same.  All the films together are collectively referred to
         as the Star Wars saga.)

Q 002:   Were there scenes cut from Star Wars after its original theatrical
         release?  I seem to remember a reunion scene on Tattoine between
         Luke and his friend Biggs on leave from the academy?

Answer:  This scene never appeared in any theatrical release of Star Wars.
         The scene is described in the novelization of Star Wars and
         apparently was even filmed since images from it appear in the Star
         Wars picture-book adaptation.  Perhaps is why so many people (me
         included) swore that they remember seeing the scene at one time.
         Also there was apparently a scene in the Rebel hangar which was
         filmed but not included where Red Leader speaks to Luke about
         having met Anakin Skywalker and what a great pilot he was.
         Another scene that was originally intended for Star Wars was an
         encounter between Han Solo and Jabba the Hutt at the spaceport on
         Tattoine.  The scene was partially filmed but never finished
         because Lucas was disatisfied with his options for portraying
         Jabba due to budget, FX technology and story constraints.
         Partial unfinished footage of this scene can be found on the VHS
         video titled From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga.
         Also there may have been some additional minor dialog in the
         original release of Star Wars.  When the StormTroopers are chasing
         Han & Chewie through the Death Star corridors in the original
         release they first say "Close the blast doors, close the blast
         doors!" and when they get trapped on the wrong side of the door
         they then say "Open the blast doors, open the blast doors!"  In
         the VHS version the "Close the blast door" line is not audible.

END OF FAQ SNIPIT.


From what I understand about the missing dialog(and there are several other
instances that I know of) the movie was in recorded in 6-track dolby(I guess)
, and all tracks were not transfered to the video or laserdisc release.  This
is what I heard, and it makes more sense than Lucas ordering additional lines
to be re-edited back into the movie.  Maybe some of the tech. experts can
give us a better idea on the transfer process.

Well enough, let's talk TREK!

Glenn..........




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