"AHHHHHH!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!! DON'T LOOK AT THEM! LOOK AT ME!"

By the way, whatever happened to Howard's half-brother? That was something that was introduced that went nowhere (not a first for this show, I know.)

Admittedly, it sounds a lot more profound in Danish.

Pretty much. Star Wars initially opened in 32 theaters (that's exactly 4102 less than The Force Awakens opened on.) Dolby Stereo was rather new (and primarily in the bigger venues), so many theaters still had mono, and as it turns out, the success of Star Wars encouraged many theaters to upgrade.

George Lucas is a strange bird, of course. When it comes to the original trilogy theatrical versions he is unmoved, but when it comes to pandering to fanboys over a rather minor character in the Star Wars canon, he can't help himself.

There's also the point that not everything is a "mistake" that has to be "corrected." I didn't lose one ounce of sleep because the emperor was played by a different actor in Return of the Jedi, and didn't feel that the scene in Empire required revised dialogue after the fact. That you could do it is completely beside…

White dudes hold the record for creepy crimes…

It's such a horrible cliche (done to death as a gag on The Simpsons for decades, for instance) that you can't help but laugh.

Just smack the damn player nice and hard, the picture will pop right in.

Actually the 6-track was made first, then the stereo. Those two are fairly similar. The mono was made a month after release (June 1977) and has numerous minor differences (yes, folks, these were the dark days of 1977 when many movie theaters did not have stereo!)

There's many differences between the various contemporary theatrical sound mixes (35mm Dolby, 70mm 6-track, and a mono mix.) The 35mm and 70mm versions are pretty close, but the mono has a host of changes (though they are all pretty minor). You'd think they'd just fold down the audio to mono for the whole thing, but…

Exactly. If some CGI was used to smooth over some flaws, it wouldn't be as big of a deal. But many of the CGI-additions (to Star Wars) are so fucking in your face (i.e. the changes in Mos Eisley) they stick out like a several sore thumbs.

I only eat cobbler if it's made from 100% real old shoemaker.

Toast made on The Great Space Toaster?

Song of the South has been available in Japan (and various other countries) for decades. Imports as well as boots/pirates of those releases abound.

The thing is, for many people, that was their first introduction to the character. This is the big rub: A generation has been raised on the altered versions.

The most poignant point made in one of the videos above is how George Lucas essentially pissed on the work of numerous people who worked very hard for him and won freaking Academy Awards. His treatment of John Dykstra's work in particular is galling (the two did have a falling out during the production of Star Wars,…

I would imagine so. Everywhere I read Fox owns the "distribution rights" which for all intents and purposes means they own the film, even if they don't necessarily have the print in their possession. It's all very tricky, isn't it?

Correct. 20th Century Fox has the rights to all six films, actually. They'll lose the rights to I,II,III, V, and VI in 2020, but IV is theirs permanently.

I OWN YOU, MOON!