# Original, unaltered Star Wars movies coming to Blu-ray **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723 "2014-08-17T00:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/41 "2014-08-18T17:26:33Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Most movies are released on DVD the same as they were in the theater. No one has to worry about an “improved”\* Alien\*. or the _Terminator_ DVD saying “Episode 1” in the credits. The movies that are altered are “special editions”, and marketed as such. Fun Fact: After a lawsuit by Harlan Ellison, the only version of The Terminator available to purchase includes altered credits. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/42 "2014-08-18T17:32:31Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Fun Fact: After a lawsuit by Harlan Ellison, the only version of The Terminator available to purchase includes altered credits. Gah, I’d forgotten that one. At least it was a legally-required change and not an artistic vision one. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/43 "2014-08-18T17:32:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > ARRRRGGGGH! > > Just kidding… > > In 1977 the movie crawl just said “Star Wars”. The subtitle “Episode IV: A New Hope” was added in the 1980 theatrical rerelease, in conjunction with the release of “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back”, which had the full title and subtitle in the crawl from the beginning. Lucas’ first of many changes to the film, to make SW match the second and all following movies. Thank you. I didn’t see it in the theater (not having been born until '82). I thought you meant it was added once Lucas decided to make the prequels. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/44 "2014-08-18T17:33:31Z")
… and then there is the Star Wars Holiday Special. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/45 "2014-08-18T17:41:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I was kind of okay with Coruscant because they at least _mention_ it in the original series. Out of curiosity, when did they mention it? I don’t remember it at all. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/46 "2014-08-18T17:43:18Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > … and then there is the Star Wars Holiday Special. 😃 I’ve been told that I sat down and watched it once. Either my friends are lying to me, or I’ve repressed that traumatic memory. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/47 "2014-08-18T17:53:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I was kind of okay with Coruscant because they at least _mention_ it in the original series. But yeah, the inclusion of Naboo was fucking weird. Not exactly. Coruscant first appears onscreen in the 1997 theatrical re-release of ROTJ during the celebration scenes at the end of the movie. Naboo was added for either the DVD or Blu-ray release, I forget which. The name itself comes from the Timothy Zahn novels, which were written after the original trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/48 "2014-08-18T18:15:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Just Asking Questions** : > > The matte boxes seen around the fighters weren’t in the theatrical version, but are I believe an artifact of the transition to VHS. And then, when fans complained about it, Lucas told them that it was because their TVs weren’t adjusted properly, and that if you just perfectly customized all of your TV settings prior to watching the movie, they wouldn’t show up. Oh, and the Special Editions also gave us things like Luke’s lightsabre changing color for no particular reason. And the original Death Star explosion effect looked much better than the CGI monstrosity in the Special Edition. And don’t even get me started on the windows in Cloud City. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/49 "2014-08-18T18:26:42Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Not exactly. Coruscant first appears onscreen in the 1997 theatrical re-release of ROTJ during the celebration scenes at the end of the movie. Naboo was added for either the DVD or Blu-ray release, I forget which. The name itself comes from the Timothy Zahn novels, which were written after the original trilogy. Damn. I was sure it was in the original films because I remember it being in one of the early video games (some iteration of TIE Fighter?) Guess I was wrong on that too. Well, fuck Lucas. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/50 "2014-08-18T18:38:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Damn. I was sure it was in the original films because I remember it being in one of the early video games (some iteration of TIE Fighter?) Guess I was wrong on that too. > > Well, fuck Lucas. 🙂 With a shovel! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723.md?page=2)