Great:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_cut_privilege
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change...rs_re-releases
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Prior to making A New Hope, Lucas experienced dissatisfaction with the changes made to his previous films by the studios that produced them. His first feature, THX 1138 (1971), had five minutes removed by Warner Bros.His next film, American Graffiti (1973), had several minutes removed by Universal Pictures.
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People who alter or destroy works of art, and our cultural heritage, for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians ... Today, engineers with their computers can ... add or subtract material to the philosophical taste of the copyright holder. Tomorrow, more advanced technology will be able to replace actors with "fresher faces," or alter dialogue ... Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see ... the past generation as it saw itself, and how it worked with the mediums that were available to it.
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The scene was later altered so that Greedo also shoots at Han, leading to the infamous fan controversy known as "Han shot first", which the character has since come to be most associated with.
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This instead has an entire chapter by itself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first
Nice what Lucas said there too - imho.
I wasn't to know abot this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmy%...alized_Edition