Differences between different media formats: VHS, DVD, German DVD, BBFC PG, and BD.
Okay, here we are on the 2nd movie, so get ready to see some more changes.
Chasing Zam
What you're seeing here is a slightly different version of one scene in the chase sequence. The pictures you see are from both the DVD version (left) & the BD version (right); so what's the difference between them? Well, the two middle pictures have switched positions. The BD is better because before, it looked like they were going through multiple power couplings.
Where Are the Speeders?
This is another part of the chase-sequence in which Anakin (Hayden Christensen) loses his lightsaber while trying to apprehend Zam Wesell (Leeanna Walsman), & thanks to Obi-Wan Kenobi he plucks it out of the air. Yay! But actually it's the speeders that I'm going to explain. This is another "blink and you'll miss it" moment. Do you see the long white light above Obi-Wan's head in the left picture? That's a speeder; one of the many in the shot. Look at the picture on the right, the speeders are gone! Why are they gone? It's probably because the very quick movement of the speeders drew focus away from the falling lightsaber.
Anakin's Nightmare
Now, this is the ONLY DVD/BD audio change in the whole movie. When Anakin sees his mother in danger, he only talks in his sleep in the original release as heard
here. When the BD version came along, the sound of his mother calling out for him can now be heard. I don't really have an audio recording of it, so just believe me. One more thing about this change is the fact that Anakin just talking in his sleep wasn't all that great.
Jango Fett Head-butts Obi-Wan
This is so far the ONLY BBFC cut in the entire Star Wars saga. You see, the UK really had this thing against head-butts because they're an imitable technique as they call it. A 2 second long shot of Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison) head-butting Obi-Wan during their duel on Kamino was excised.
The bottom picture WAS included in UK release of the movie. Now this is where it gets really funny! As you can see, Obi-Wan seems to fly backwards FOR NO APPARENT REASON! LOL! At least the head-butt was reinstated for the BD release.
Anakin's Confession
When the original release of the movie was shown, the dialogue for Anakin's confession of the slaughter of the Tusken Raider tribe to Padme sounded like
this. The dialogue was briefly extended so that it now sounds like
this. I actually like this version, because now Padme forgives Anakin's crime.
Jango's Malfunctioning Jet Pack
I've heard that for the DVD release of the movie additional sparks & smoke have been added to Jango Fett's jet pack just shortly before his death to better present its malfunction. It IS hard to tell, isn't it?
Padme's Reply
If you think that this is a most welcoming change, YOU ARE SO RIGHT! In the original release of the film, when the clone trooper asks Padme "Are you alright?" she says
yes. You'd be right in thinking that when Padme says yes, she sounds like she wasn't hurt all that badly even though she fell 70 feet or so. When the DVD version came along, it was changed to a much more convincing pained expression of
uh-huh.
Count Dooku's Escape
This is yet another switcheroo done by the BD that shows Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) escaping. Although, I do have to admit that the DVD version (left) is much better than the BD version (right) because with the BD, Yoda just stands by while Dooku flees. The first 3 pictures are the beginning for both the DVD & BD versions. Pictures 4 through 7 come after pictures 8 through 10 in the BD version, then pictures 1-5 come next. The last 2 pictures are the ending for both the DVD & BD.
Hand in Marriage
In the original release of the movie, just before the camera pans upward, there's a shot of Anakin's mechanical hand during his & Padme's wedding. Now, despite a few ticks and twitches, it remained relatively still. For the DVD release onwards, Anakin's hand now takes Padme's. Also note that this version of Anakin's mechanical hand is more animated.
Now, let's make a quick pit stop to the
CGI TV series before we go to ROTS.
Now, on the left is the original TV version, while on the right is the director's cut version. Now, the DC version actually shows more of the picture than the TV version does, as shown.
