  300px|thumb|the star wars logo, as seen in all of the films this is a partial list of changes in star wars re-releases. the commercial success of star wars gave george lucas the opportunity to alter the three original films: star wars, the empire strikes back, and return of the jedi. many changes were motivated by lucas's stated desire to make the original films closer to his vision for them. the changes are controversial, with opponents claiming that the changes detract from the story and tend to be more distracting than expedient. to celebrate the 20th anniversary of "star wars" in 1997, george lucas and lucasfilm went back to the original negatives of all three films of the original trilogy, and cleaned and restored them. in addition to restoring the films, many enhancements were made, including new computer-generated (cg) special-effects shots, cg enhancements to existing shots new scenes, and changed musical pieces. these changes have been highly controversial among fans, giving rise to the saying, "han shot first", a reference to one of the more controversial changes made to the original "star wars". for the 2004 dvd release of the original trilogy, the original negatives were re-scanned and the color timing was redone, and further changes were made to the films. the 2011 blu-ray release all six films in the star wars: the complete saga collection saw several more changes. the original trilogy used the same master as the 2004 dvd release, carrying over its color timing and changes, and adding further changes. minor changes were also made to all three films of the prequel trilogy. in a september 2004 msnbc article, lucas claimed that the original films were "25 to 30 percent" of what he intended. along with obvious changes to various scenes, the re-releases set out to improve the video and audio quality of the films. according to lucasfilm, the 2004 dvd version is the canonical version of the original trilogy, though the original, unaltered theatrical editions were later released on dvd in 2006. ==george lucas on the special editions== {{quote|there w
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