Star Wars: Ultimate Edition (Johnsonverse)

The Ultimate Edition of Star Wars was released on May 4, 2017. It contained innumerable edits to the original and prequel trilogy films, as well as the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special.

General

 * Almost all space battles were remade from the ground up, mostly in the prequel trilogy and Battle of Yavin. The Battle of Endor was instead expanded with new shots.
 * All CGI in the prequels was replaced with various elements such as models, pyrotechnics, stop-motion, "go-motion", live-actors, and matte paintings. Any CGI in the original trilogy was also expunged and either replaced with the original shots or new shots.
 * The battle droids were all redubbed by Matthew Wood to sound like their The Clone Wars counterparts.
 * Lack of politics in the prequels.
 * Anakin's surname, Skywalker, is never mentioned.
 * Several deleted scenes were restored in the prequels to fill in plot holes.
 * The prequels and ROTJ use new crawls.

The Phantom Menace

 * Several Providence-class destroyers are added to the Trade Federation fleet.
 * The deleted pylat bird shot was restored.
 * The exchange between the two battle droids before Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon attack them is changed. The first droid now says "Uh, you go in first", and the second one says "I went in first last time!". The line "Uh-oh! Blast them!" is also changed, now simply being a yelp of surprise from the droids.
 * The line "You were right about one thing, master: the negotiations were short" is deleted.
 * Jar-Jar Binks' character is completely changed. For one, Ahmed Best was replaced by Danny DeVito as Jar-Jar's voice, and a new performer with an advanced animatronic head digitally replaced the original Jar-Jar. DeVito gives Jar-Jar a normal voice, though the other Gungans weren't similarly redubbed, with the explanation that Jar-Jar was banished for denouncing the existence of the Gungans' religious beliefs, and learning regular Galactic Basic behind their backs, as well as suffering from chronic kleptomania. His personality also changed from an utter, traitorous clown who later sells out the Republic to a snarky survivalist who takes credit for saving Qui-Gon's life, even when it was the other way around. During the climax, he takes a much more active role in combat, mowing down hundreds of battle droids with only a spear, and when told to put his hands up by a battle droid, Jar-Jar instead kicks the droid.
 * The Fall of Theed is shown to be a much more brutal affair, as a battle in the streets is added between Royal Security forces and the battle droids, including civilians being killed in the crossfire and buildings being blown up.
 * When Qui-Gon confronts the battle droid in the hangar, the line "Coruscant? Uh, that does not compute--oh, wait, uh, you're under arrest!" is shortened to simply "Arrest them!"
 * Vulture Droids now chase the queen's transport.
 * Watto was replaced with a puppet composited into the scene over the original CG Watto. Andrew Secombe was brought in to record several new lines.
 * Anakin's "virgin birth" is replaced with the explanation that his father Kane, a wise Jedi master, was struck down by a Sith in a risky mission and vanished when Ani was two months old.
 * Anakin, like Jar-Jar, is completely replaced. He is now played by Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things fame, and aged up to 16 so his later romance with Padme (who was 14 in The Phantom Menace) won't be creepy. Tim Johnson was hellbent on making Anakin tolerable, and to that end, gave him new dialogue to distance him from Jake Lloyd's widely-reviled performance. He is also made much more mature.
 * Darth Maul is now voiced by Sam Witwer instead of Peter Serafinowicz, to maintain continuity with The Clone Wars and Rebels.
 * Anakin does not build C-3PO. Rather, Threepio is a droid at Watto's who Jar-Jar steals under Watto's nose and gives to Shmi.
 * The concept of midichlorians is completely removed. A line making fun of the concept is added when Qui-Gon mentions that a scientist named Egroeg Sacul (George Lucas spelled backwards), Jorg's cousin, claimed he found a "scientific" explanation to the Force.
 * The podrace is remade from the ground up to use models and go-motion instead of CGI, but otherwise, is hardly changed.
 * Jabba the Hutt is replaced by a group of his henchmen, including Heater (using the design of the Jabba stand-in in ANH).
 * Ric Olie's "captain obvious" lines are removed.
 * Yoda was changed back to a puppet, albeit the one used in The Last Jedi.
 * The E.T. cameo is expanded, with Senator Grebleips and his aides being portrayed using the original E.T. puppets and animatronics. Grebleips (voiced by Steven Spielberg himself) is depicted speaking in Naboo's favor.
 * The deleted Bail Antilles scene is reincorporated.
 * A subplot in which Syfo-Dias (played by ILM artist Warren Fu, whom Syfo-Dias was modeled after in the first place) travels to Kamino to order the clone army is added.
 * The Battle of Theed is much, much more brutal and bloody, with over half of Theed shown being leveled in a spectacular pyrotechnic display through the use of Hyena bombers.
 * Anakin has a much better understanding of how to work the N-1 starfighter, and shoots down many enemy fighters. He also doesn't get shot down, but instead enters the Droid Control Ship's hangar knowing full well what he is doing, raking the interior and targeting the main reactor. The line "Now THIS is podracing!" is also deleted.
 * The ending scene is changed. Rather than a huge celebratory parade, there is instead a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Liberation of Theed, taking place in the wastes of Theed, which Queen Amidala vows to rebuild.

Attack of the Clones

 * Padme doesn't show much grief over Corde's death, as she had played her role as a decoy perfectly.
 * Like in The Phantom Menace, Anakin's character is overhauled. All of his whining is removed, Hayden Christensen redubbed every scene Anakin was in with Tim's writing and direction, and as a whole, he is much, much more tolerable.
 * The romance between Anakin and Padme is much more subtle.
 * Severe color corrections.
 * Shots showing the reconstruction of Theed are added.
 * The Tusken Raider slaughter is shown in full-detail.
 * Qui-Gon's Force ghost makes an appearance, watching in horror as Anakin slaughters the Tusken Raiders.
 * The Tusken slaughter doesn't include women and children.
 * Jar-Jar does not give Palpatine the emergency powers. Rather, a vote occurs to give the powers.
 * The clone troopers come from several templates, not just Jango Fett. This allows the clones to be of varying heights so live-actors can be used instead of CGI. The clones also have different voice actors besides Temuera Morrison, including Dee Bradley Baker, Matthew Wood, Steve Blum, and Tom Kane.
 * Young Boba remains silent.
 * The Battle of Geonosis is expanded to feature more clone vs droid actions, such as remakes of deleted scenes.
 * The Jedi attack on the droid control ship is reinstated, and edited to replace the CGI with practical effects.
 * Like in The Phantom Menace, Yoda is replaced with the puppet used in The Last Jedi. Despite this, he remained CG in the duel with Count Dooku.
 * Rune Haako is redubbed to sound like he did in The Phantom Menace.
 * Anakin and Padme's wedding is shortened significantly to fit a scene in which Count Dooku meets with General Grievous.

Revenge of the Sith

 * The space battle of Coruscant is shown in much more detail, with a massive dogfighting sequence, a Munificent-class frigate being taken out in a kamikaze attack on its bridge by an ARC-170, and several Separatist ships crashing into Coruscant and causing mass destruction.
 * The super battle droids are redubbed to sound like their Clone Wars counterparts.
 * Instead of complaining about joining the Jedi Council but not becoming a master, Anakin begrudgingly thanks Mace Windu. In the discussion between Anakin and Obi-Wan afterward, Anakin suspects that his failure with Ahsoka Tano may be the reason why he wasn't promoted to master.
 * Yoda is replaced with the puppet used in The Last Jedi, but he is still CG in action sequences.
 * Palpatine tricks Anakin by claiming Kane faked his death in the opera scene.
 * General Grievous' death is much more graphic, in that instead of shooting Grievous, Obi-Wan instead uses the Force to crumple his cybernetics and crush his organs, before throwing him into a passing Vulture Droid.
 * Mace Windu's line "The oppression of the Sith will never return! You have LOST." is replaced by Mace, much angrier, shouting "You and yours will never threaten galactic stability ever again!"
 * Instead of cutting Mace's hand off, Anakin blocks him from striking down Palpatine, leading to a short sequence in which Anakin duels Mace, ultimately prevailing and sending him falling. A new scene also shows Mace landing on a conveniently-placed pile of textiles, and attempting to get back to the Jedi Temple to warn everyone of Palpatine and Anakin's betrayal, only to realize he wouldn't make it in time, so he finds transportation offworld before Order 66 is issued.
 * Aayla Secura survives when Commander Bly refuses to comply with Order 66, instead helping her fake her death.
 * Operation: Knightfall is shown in full, from Anakin killing Gate Master Durokk to his duel with Cin Drallig, and everything in between. Him slaughtering younglings is still kept discrete, and when he does kill them, it cuts the clones in the grand hall fighting both Jedi and Temple Security Guards alike.
 * The assassination of the Separatist council is much more graphic, showing Anakin brutally killing each member, ending with him throwing Nute Gunray into the lava.
 * Anakin's line "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" is shortened to "The Jedi are evil!"
 * Rather than losing the will to live, Padme's death is changed to her simply fainting from the physical strain of giving birth to twins. The medical droid's lines about her dying, and Padme's funeral, are consequently removed, and replaced with Padme going into exile. This was to keep in-line with Obi-Wan's comment in Return of the Jedi that Padme died when Luke and Leia were four. The original scene was the result of poor communication between Sheldon Johnson Jr. (who had written and directed Return of the Jedi) and George Lucas, who retconned that Obi-wan lied about Padme to protect Luke; Johnson replied, "Lucas' explanation is an actual stinkburger; this proves that his knowledge of his own characters has dried up. Obi-wan was Ani's friend, and thus would tell Luke the whole truth"".
 * No spoilers regarding the Skywalker family.
 * The Vader reveal is moved to just before the Jedi temple slaughter, too, cutting out all references to him killing Padme, and his suit is changed to match Rogue One and A New Hope. Vader, while mentioned, is never implied to be connected with Anakin, and Vader storms the Temple, not Anakin.
 * Tarkin's brief cameo is expanded upon, with Darth Vader and him now having an exchange of dialogue regarding Tarkin knowing Vader's true identity. This scene was shot during principal photography for Rogue One, with Guy Henry's face being replaced with a CG version of a younger Peter Cushing.
 * The line about C-3PO having his memory wiped is removed.

A New Hope

 * A complete color correction was carried out.
 * New 5.1 audio mix track with reversed surround channels fixed & a greater surround experience, using mainly a remixed 2004 DVD 5.1 audio track with elements of the Belbucus’ restored mono mix, Laserdisc 5.1 audio, the German 2004 DVD 5.1 mix, on set audio and new elements.
 * All lightsabers were re-rotoscoped to fix color (and other) errors.
 * A subwoofer channel was added to the lightsaber audio to give extra depth.
 * All of the laser blasts were re-rotoscoped for consistency. In addition, muzzle flashes and impact flasheswere added where needed.
 * All starfields were replaced/enhanced.
 * R2-D2’s lights change color (red/blue, yellow/green) when they flash to match the rest of the saga.
 * Blinking red lights were added to Darth Vader’s chestplate to match the rest of the saga.
 * Darth Vader’s eyepieces were changed from red transparent to solid black to match the rest of the saga.
 * An extra audio layer to Vader’s voice was added, one with a robotic-type filter, gave it a 1 frame delay and also lowered the pitch very slightly. This extra layer mixed with the original gave Vader’s voice a very subtle difference to match it closer to the Empire Strikes Back voice.
 * A blue glow was added to Falcon’s engines where missing (or wrong color), as was a red glow to Rebel fighter engines where missing.
 * The Star Wars logo was slowed down to match the speed in the rest of the saga.
 * The crawl appear slightly earlier as it did before the addition of the “A NEW HOPE” title, so it appears at the correct music cue that Williams intended.
 * The crawl was re-colored.
 * The third moon of Tatooine was added to match the number seen in Attack of the Clones.
 * The pan down was retimed so Tatooine appears at the correct musical cue.
 * The Tatooine matte rotates slightly as the ships fly overhead.
 * The flight path of Tantive IV was changed so it can be seen the whole time the Star Destroyer is coming overhead.
 * The blue hazing as the Star Destroyer’s engines come into view is removed.
 * The laser bolt that hits Tantive IV was re-positioned so it hits the spot that explodes.
 * The explosion as the Tantive IV is hit is changed to remove a lot of the smoke.
 * Tantive IV reacts to the hit and has its engines fail.
 * The starfield is sped up as Tantive is hit to match the speed it had been going in previous shots.
 * The announcement to Tantive interior from the radio drama is added.
 * The original klaxon only heard in the original 1977 mono mix is restored.
 * 3POs line "there will be no escape for the princess this time" is changed to "there will be no escape for us this time".
 * The Imperial breaching scene is re-edited, partially to remove continuity errors where troops can be seen dying more than once and to eliminate flip shots.
 * The full-screen pink flashes when blasters are fired are removed.
 * Lasers were added to blasters that were fired with no bolt.
 * A laser that came from the sight of one of the blasters is removed.
 * The jump cut after the droids cross the hallway in the middle of the fight is fixed.
 * The dead Stormtrooper’s head that hit the floor as Vader enters is sped up.
 * Laser blasts were added to the hallway behind 3PO as he’s looking for R2 so that a trooper doesn’t just trip and fall.
 * The jump cut when R2 extends his third leg after Leia leaves her message is smoothed.
 * A bit of the set was shortened so it doesn’t look like R2 is going to hit the wall after heading towards 3PO.
 * The jump cut when R2 starts to roll forward after 3PO worries about the Spice Mines is smoothed.
 * A continuity error with the Stormtrooper’s legs standing behind Vader as he tortures Captain Antilles is fixed.
 * All of Leia’s dress now glows when she is hit by the stun blast.
 * The closeup of R2 opening the escape pod door is extended so his attachment retracts.
 * The escape pod interior is re-colored blue in some shots to fix continuity errors.
 * Some rotation was added to the escape pod as it blasts off.
 * The trajectory was changed so that the escape pod heads downward as the Star Destroyer gunners watch it.
 * The view outside the escape pod window was replaced so that the Star Destroyer has the Tantive IV in its underbelly and recedes at a different rate than the stars.
 * The twin suns were added to the shot of the escape pod heading towards Tatooine and, the pod enters the atmosphere at the end.
 * The blue color from the pod hatch on the ground in all shots showing it is removed.
 * The sky is changed in several shots to match the other shots.
 * The appearance of matte lines on sand dunes is reduced.
 * The sandcrawler shot removed from the Special Edition is added to replace the light reflection in the distance when 3P0 thinks he is rescued.
 * A new canyon matte for R2 was added to closer match what Tatooine looks like in the Prequels.
 * The restraining bolt mark on R2 was removed before he gets it attached.
 * The restraining bolt was moved to correct position immediately after it is attached.
 * A battle droid from the Prequels was added to the scrap inside the Sandcrawler.
 * R2’s eyepiece was darkened so you can no longer see what looked like Kenny Baker showing through.
 * Elements were added from previous shots to the Gonk droid shot due to bad levels on the 2004 DVD.
 * 3PO’s eye lights that flash off as he stands to greet R2 were removed.
 * The skyline and rocks from the dark shot of the Sandcrawler were enhanced to closer match how it appeared pre-Special Edition.
 * The CG dewbacks were replaced with stop-motion versions.
 * The sky in the SE shots of the Sandtroopers and Sandcrawler were re-colored so the color the sky is less saturated and closer matches the sky we see at the homestead.
 * The bushes were from the shot looking up at Luke from the pit to match the shot without bushes looking from the top.
 * Beru’s voice was changed to the dub taken from the 1977 mono mix, instead of the one used on every home video version.
 * The SE moisture vaporators that were added to the long shot of the homestead but missing as Luke headed towards the droid lineup are added.
 * The wire seen coming from 3PO’s neck is removed.
 * A new shot of R2 after “Red” explodes was added to eliminate the reused shot of R2 with “Red” next to him.
 * The ILM crew member disguised as a Jawa was removed from shot of R2 heading to meet up with 3PO.
 * The spot of pink sky as 3PO wonders why he sticks his neck out for R2 is removed.
 * Leia’s “Help me” lines loop through the scene and are synced with the holo image.
 * All missing glows to R2 holoprojector were added.
 * The shot of Leia’s hologram from behind was removed.
 * 3PO coming out of the garage behind Luke was added so he no longer appears next to him a few seconds later.
 * The macrobinocular shot was redone to match the set around Luke, ending with a closeup of 3PO’s face to match where Luke is looking when he puts them down.
 * The light-droid’s tracks from a previous take were removed.
 * The treadwell droid was removed as Owen shouts for Luke to match where it was in the shot from above.
 * A fly on the lens of the camera in the same scene was removed.
 * The Special Edition landspeeder the Sandpeople are watching as it sped up towards the end of the shot is slowed down.
 * The music as the Sandpeople mount their Banthas is remixed to fix the horrible cut in the original.
 * The macrobinocular graphics were redone as Luke watches the Banthas.
 * The rock R2 is hiding behind, added in the 2011 Blu-Ray release, is removed.
 * The original Krayt Dragon call Obi-Wan does to scare of the Sandpeople is restored.
 * The color of the sky behind Obi-Wan is changed in some shots to match others.
 * Obi-Wan’s Hut Scene was re-edited to match the script and remove 3PO’s on-again, off-again status.
 * The extra ornament to Obi-Wan’s table that Leia’s holo is being played on that is visible in all the other shots is added.
 * The cloak behind Luke as his ignites his father’s lightsaber for the first time that is present in all the other shots is added.
 * The jump cut as Luke activates the lightsaber is smoothed.
 * The reveal of the Death Star takes place at Scarif in the aftermath of the battle depicted in the climax of Rogue One. A new shot of the Profundity's remains is added.
 * The music now continues into the Death Star Conference Scene, which contains the Emperor’s Theme.
 * A line from the Radio Drama was added to an Admiral whose mouth moved but nothing was heard.
 * The planet Scarif and a Star Destroyer in orbit were added before the shot of Vader entering Leia’s cell.
 * The writing on the torture droid’s needle was erased, and some lightning is now seen arcing across it to make it more menacing.
 * The Special Edition Scurriers are removed.
 * The shot as the landspeeder goes over the hill into the city is removed to get rid of the Special Edition droid slapstick while being able to keep the music cues.
 * The smaller droid involved in the SE slapstick is removed from the shot of the landspeeder flying by.
 * The Special Edition shot of the Ronto being buzzed by the swoop bike knocking off it’s Jawa riders is removed.
 * The Special Edition Ronto that walked in front of the Stormtroopers as they approach the landspeeder is removed.
 * The rock that moves on its own as Obi-Wan persuades the Stormtroopers is fixed.
 * The SE floating droid that flew behind the interviewing Stormtrooper is removed, and the shot is zoomed in closer on him.
 * The badly-composited Special Edition Ronto that wasn’t there in earlier shots as the landspeeder is moved along is removed.
 * A Special Edition ship is moved so that it flies behind a moisture vaporator instead of in front of it.
 * The shadow direction continuity error as Luke first looks at the Cantina is moved.
 * The Special Edition patrons that enter the Cantina are moved so that they enter earlier.
 * The bloody furry arm that Obi-Wan cuts off is replaced with a cauterized human arm (Dr. Evazan's).
 * The tiny alien no longer misses its mouth with the cup as the Stormtroopers are pointed to Obi-Wan.
 * Greedo’s “Going somewhere Solo?” subtitle appears as he’s saying it instead of it being there as the scene starts.
 * The look of the burned in subtitles on the original film is recreated.
 * Han’s “Yes” was restored to “I bet you have” just before he shoots Greedo.
 * The poor dummy shot of Greedo about to explode was replaced with a frame from earlier.
 * HAN SHOOTS FIRST. End of story.
 * The planet Scarif was added to the Death Star establishing shot, along with a Star Destroyer leaving the system as the Death Star is now operational and no longer needs an escort.
 * The stormtrooper dialog as they search for the droids door-to-door is replaced with the dialog from the 1977 mono mix.
 * The Special Edition Jabba scene is completely removed.
 * The R2 unit next to 3PO is recolored to red as they approach Docking Bay 94, and a glimpse of a blue one in front of the party is added to correct a continuity error.
 * A line from 3PO about R2 being careful is added.
 * The fade to inside the docking bay that was missing from the SE is added.
 * The Falcon’s dish is added in the docking bay shot, and the docking bay is expanded.
 * The docking bay shootout is re-edited to fix some continuity errors.
 * The issues with Hans “wobbly” wrist as he fires is fixed.
 * The missing middle strut is added to all the Falcons cockpit window scenes.
 * What looked like Obi-Wan ducking down the hallway behind Han as he pilots the Falcon is removed.
 * The Falcon escaping Tatooine was enhanced to be more visually dynamic.
 * A Star Destroyer was added for the Falcon to dodge.
 * The additional Star Destroyers were replaced with better-looking ones.
 * The Falcon actually does “a few maneuvers” after Han claims to be able to lose them, rather than just list lazily to the left.
 * The random flashes outside the cockpit are replaced with laser blasts.
 * The stars no longer spin as the Falcon goes to lightspeed.
 * The Death Star interiors are changed to a colourless grey to have a warship feel and better match with the grey interior of the Death Star II in Return of the Jedi.
 * Alderaan is moved to come into the long shot of the Death Star approaching later and further away.
 * The rear projected image of Alderaan in the Death Star control room is replaced with a moving image of the planet that grows closer in each shot.
 * The wobbly blade on Luke’s lightsaber as he is training is fixed, and the retracting effect as he turns it off is added.
 * The holotable game pieces are enhanced to look more like the other holograms in the saga, and a reflection is added on the table.
 * The reused closeup of R2 in the Death Star is replaced with a new background of the Falcon interior.
 * The jump cut as Luke turns off his saber for the second time is fixed, and the retracting effect is added.
 * The color was added to the remote’s laser in close up; this was missing from the 2004 DVDs.
 * Vader’s empty gesture from his meeting with Tarkin about Leia lying to them was removed.
 * The misaligned engine glow while the Falcon is in hyperspace is fixed.
 * More asteroids and the beginning of a belt when they reach where Alderaan was is added.
 * The random flashes as the TIE flies past the cockpit is replaced with laser blasts.
 * A tiny Death Star is added to the shot where our heroes first notice it, replacing the point of light.
 * The exterior docking bay mattes are replaced with ones that match the interior matte.
 * The matte of the Falcon entering the docking bay is enhanced to match the rest of the shots.
 * The height of the docking bay entrance in the long shot is changed after the Falcon lands.
 * A glow around the docking bay entrance is added in all shots.
 * A moving starfield outside the docking bay entrance is added in all shots.
 * Vader’s lines about returning the stolen plans to the princess is moved a few frames earlier to match his head gesture.
 * The display graphics in the small control room the heroes take over is re-colored.
 * The sound of blasters being fired at the Stormtroopers whose armour the heroes steal is replaced with Wookiee yells and punches to explain the lack of burn marks on the armor.
 * All of the SE-censored blaster impacts are un-censored.
 * An Imperial officer’s uniform as the heroes wait for the elevator is darkened to match the color in the next closer shot.
 * The guard who runs down the cell block hallway is actually shot instead of just falling over as the scenery next to him explodes.
 * The obvious cover up of the hole the Stormtroopers blast through to get into the cell block is removed.
 * The gun from the rack that the heroes took as they left is removed to fix a continuity error.
 * The matte of the tractor beam control is enhanced with Stormtroopers and a retracting bridge.
 * Han’s shot into the garbage masher is realigned so it hits its target.
 * An audio error as Luke and Leia split up from Han and Chewbacca that sounded like someone spitting is fixed.
 * The Special Edition shot of the many Stormtroopers as Han chases them is re-composited to look more natural.
 * An extra laser bolt is aded when Han’s gun fires but no laser was seen.
 * The sound of a laser blast when no Stormtrooper has fired at Luke and Leia as they reach the chasm is removed.
 * An impact blast is added to the Stormtrooper across the chasm who falls over when the scenery next to him explodes.
 * The wide shot of Luke and Leia swinging across the chasm is enhanced to give the impression that they are higher up.
 * The lightsaber duel is reshot to make it faster-paced. Obi-Wan is depicted using a stuntman with Alec Guiness' face digitally added. This scene was shot during principal photography for Rogue One.
 * The power cord seen up Obi-Wan’s sleeve in various shots is removed.
 * Scorch mark seen on wall before Vader hits it are removed.
 * The saber flashes are recolored white to match the rest of the saga.
 * The saber flashes are redone so they don’t shine through people’s bodies.
 * The shadows of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher as they wait for their cue to meet up with Han and Chewbacca are removed.
 * Vader’s long saber is shortened in some shots.
 * All of the dummy shots of Obi-Wan are replaced with a new Obi-Wan model.
 * R2’s leg support is removed as he heads towards the Falcon.
 * Vader’s strike down of Obi-Wan is slowed down.
 * Saber burn marks are added to Obi-Wan as he’s being cut.
 * The shot of Obi-Wan’s cloak dropping to the floor is lengthened.
 * The blue haze is removed from around the edge of the hanger bay entrance.
 * The continuity error when the door Vader is standing in is removed; the door could be seen closing twice.
 * The Falcon escaping the docking bay is enhanced by making it accelerate faster.
 * The holotable that wobbles when Luke pushes against it is fixed.
 * A faster moving starfield is added to each gun port window & Falcon cockpit shots.
 * New Falcon targeting displays with TIE graphics instead of just arrows were created.
 * The motion blur is removed from the shots of Luke & Han in the gun port as the TIEs approach.
 * The scene is re-edited slightly to accommodate longer exterior shots.
 * The incorrect X-Wing sounds heard during the battle are replaced with the correct TIE sounds.
 * Some new exterior shots of the Falcon getting chased by the TIEs are added.
 * Laser blasts are added coming from the Falcon so that it is firing at a consistent rate and not only when it’s an interior shot.
 * The Falcon now gets hit by a laser blast that knocks 3PO over.
 * The background behind R2 after the battle is replaced, the original shot having been reused from the Death Star control room.
 * A new shot of the Falcon in the hyperspace tunnel is added.
 * A blue tint is added to the conversation between Han and Leia in the cockpit to show the lighting from the hyperspace tunnel.
 * Views of the interior of the hyperspace tunnel to the Falcon cockpit windows are added.
 * The shots of the Falcon entering the Yavin system are re-arranged, and the first shot is enhanced so the Falcon is shown coming out of hyperspace.
 * The Falcon now heads towards the surface of Yavin IV faster.
 * The sky when the Falcon is heading over the trees is replaced to better match the following shots.
 * A shadow from the Falcon is added on the trees it flies over.
 * The shots of Leia and Co meeting up with the Rebel leaders are flipped to correct numerous errors (Han’s blaster on the wrong side, backwards R2, etc.).
 * The hanger bay is expanded and the cardboard cutout Rebel fighters are replaced with models.
 * Several characters from Star Wars: Rebels are added, including Hera Syndulla, Alexsandr Kallus, Garazeb Orrelios, and Chopper.
 * A new CG Death Star schematics created by Will Martin replaces the incorrect one with the superlaser in the middle to better match the schematics from Episode II.
 * The display in the Rebel briefing room is enhanced with new CGI fading into the original vector graphics coloured red when able.
 * The lights in the Rebel briefing room are turned down and brought back up when the meeting is over.
 * All blue Rebel insignias on helmets are re-colored to red.
 * The graphics of the Death Star destruction in the briefing is made more in line with the one in Return of the Jedi.
 * The shot of Yavin & the Death Star is replaced so that Yavin matches the SE Yavin
 * The graphics for the Death Star viewscreen are replaced, and the rear projected shots are re-composited.
 * The countdown clock to when the Death Star will be in range matches the time stated by the voiceover.
 * The missing engine are added to the Y-Wing that Han is stacking boxes near.
 * R2’s sudden leap up the X-Wing during the cut of the Special Edition “Reunion with Biggs” scene is removed.
 * Garvin Dreis' line about knowing Anakin is restored.
 * An extra stripe is added to one of the high view X-Wing shots to remove the repeated “Red Leader” X-Wing shots.
 * Luke’s X-Wing heads towards the camera and retracts its landing gears.
 * The background of the temple recedes as Luke leaves the hanger.
 * All Rebel command centre shots are re-edited to fix issues where the image has been flipped (you can tell because 3PO’s dent on his head keeps swapping sides and Leia keeps changing position).
 * Hologram schematics are added to all shots of the tactical table in the middle of the command centre.
 * All SE shots are replaced with new shots created at Johnson Studios.
 * Yavin is added to the background of several shots to give the viewer a point of reference.
 * More Rebel fighters are added to the background of several shots.
 * Starfields are added to shots that had none.
 * Several blank backgrounds seen out of the cockpit windows are replaced.
 * Various flip shots of the pilots in their cockpits are replaced.
 * Red Leader’s microphone is moved to the correct side in at least one shot.
 * The Death Star surface is added to several shots.
 * R2 is recolored blue in shots where he was still black.
 * The blue lights that flash when the Death Star turrets are firing are re-colored to match the green they actually fire.
 * Numerous alternate and new shots created during principal photography of the Death Star attack sequence in Episode 18 of Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War are added to add more motion to originally sterile backgrounds.
 * A shot of Porkins getting hit is added.
 * Instead of six TIE Fighters, the station's entire complement of TIE Fighters is scrambled. These shots are stock footage from Episode 18 of Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War.
 * A shot from behind a TIE pilot taken from the fan film “Star Wars Revelations” is added.
 * Fighters chasing each other are added in the cockpit backgrounds.
 * Luke’s line of “Blast it, Biggs, where are you?” is replaced with “Blast it, Wedge, where are you?” from the mono mix.
 * The X-Wing targeting display is replaced to match the display in the MS-DOS game Star Wars: X-Wing.
 * The shot of Vader's TIE and wingmen taking off is replaced by a new shot made for Episode 18 of Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War.
 * A new matte for the trench approach is created to lessen the change between the 2D image and the model shot.
 * The colors of the X-Wing displays are enhanced.
 * Ships are added in the trench when they should be seen.
 * An alternate shot of a TIE pilot is used so that the shot of the wrong pilot dying could be replaced with a new shot of the correct pilot.
 * Red Leader’s X-Wing is now seen hitting the surface.
 * The window behind Vader’s head in his TIE is blacked out.
 * Dialog is added from the radio drama of Luke yelling for Biggs after he dies.
 * R2’s explosion as he gets hit is enhanced, and the explosion still going on in the next cockpit shot.
 * The damage seen as they remove R2 from the fighter is added to R2 in the next shot of him.
 * The TIE next to Vader’s that explodes a few frames after its hit is fixed so that it explodes as its hit.
 * A lens flare is added to the Falcon’s dramatic entrance.
 * New shots of the remaining fighters flying away from the Death Star are added, and the shots of them preparing to fire are rearranged.
 * Vader’s TIE now gets darker as it flies away from camera.
 * R2’s damaged dome is recolored to blue.
 * A lens flare is added to the skylight behind Leia.
 * Cameos by 1976 George Lucas, Tim and Chloe Johnson, Sheldon Johnson Jr., and Gareth Edwards are added to the Rebel soldiers lined up.
 * Using alternate shots, Leia manages to find time to give Chewbacca a medal.
 * Chewbacca has a medal in all following shots.

Holiday Special

 * Opening text crawl.