Though hard to tell in a still image, this jump cut before R2 rolls off has been fixed in the Blu-ray. (2011 Change)
The escape pod hatch was either reflective or blue originally. It has been darkened for the Blu-ray. 1977 / 2004 / 2011 images (2011 Change)
R2 now hides from the sand people behind rocks instead of just in a crevice. (2011 Change)
R2 now hides from the sand people behind rocks instead of just in a crevice. It doesn't look like he could fit back there. (2011 Change)
Frame comparisons between Greedo and Han. 2004 / 2011
Frame comparisons between Greedo and Han. 1997 / 2004 / 2011
Luke's lightsaber was recomposited in 2004, however the color became green. It has been fixed to blue in this one shot, but remains green in the others. 1977 / 2004 / 2011 images (2011 Change)
The brightness has been adjusted in select shots during the Obi-wan/Vader battle to help whiten the cores. (1977 / 2004 / 2011) (2011 Change)
Vader's saber now has more color, but it is still rather short. (2011 Change)
The garbage matte boxes around certain TIE Fighters that attack the Falcon have been eliminated in the Blu-ray. (2011 Change)
"Right before Han nails the last TIE fighter dogging his ship, his laser blasts zap into the empty spaces between the TIE's wings. But as the TIE flies toward camera, nearly a third of the frame has been left black and empty. 'It has always been missing,' says Huebler. 'Looking at it, what I think we were seeing was an image that had been flopped way back at the time, and you were seeing off into the soundtrack area [of the frame]. Because it was star-fields on black, it was subtle enough that it didn't catch people's eye. That one was kind of fun to do: we tracked in a star-field to match, and extended the laser-fire so it didn't get chopped off.'" (2011 Change)
This glitch on the Death Star surface existed for one frame in the 2004 master. This was discovered by canofhumdingers in late June 2011, and was present in the Blu-ray demo given at San Diego Comic-Con in mid-July. In late July, it was mentioned that the last thing that was fixed before going to press was the "humdinger" glitch. 1980 / 2004 / 2011 (2011 Fix of a 2004 Issue)
The Death Star explosion in 2004 had a blue halo effect for some reason. This has been fixed in the Blu-ray. 1977 / 2004 / 2011 (2011 Fix of 2004 Issue)
Added the same frame from the 97 SE to compare. 1977 / 1997 / 2004 / 2011 (2011 Fix of 2004 Issue)
The Wampa's puppeteer's arm has been visible along with his hair in earlier frames. It has been matted over in the Blu-ray. There are also rounded black parts in the lower left corner in most of the live action shots with Luke and his Tauntaun. It seems that perhaps the 2004 transfer is framed too close to the edge of the film that was shot. (2011 Change)
A reflection has been added to the Special Edition window. 2004 / 2011 images (2011 Change)
The furnace now glows orange and lets off sparks and additional smoke. Parts of the shot have been slightly color retimed to match. (2011 Change)
The edge of this wipe along the new furnace element is slightly modified. (2011 Change)
Jabba's Palace door has been expanded and has a zoom into the corner. This makes a new continuity error as the door is now 3 times bigger on the outside than the inside. (2011 Change)
Jabba's Palace door has been expanded and has a zoom into the corner. The droids have been matted into this new shot. (2011 Change)
The carbonite unfreezing effect has been enhanced in the 2011 Blu-rays, looks like from the original elements. (2011 Change)
The carbonite glows longer and red. (2011 Change)
The carbonite continues to glow as Han falls. (2011 Change)
A Dug from the prequels has been added walking down the stairs before Luke enters Jabba's throne room. (2011 Change)
The shot of Han accidentally hitting Boba Fett's jetpack has been replaced by an alternate take/angle. (2011 Change)
Wicket has new eyes in select scenes. (2011 Change)
Wicket also blinks in select scenes. (2011 Change)
This baby Ewok has new eyes and blinks. (2011 Change)
Another example of Wicket blinking. (2011 Change)
Another example of Wicket's new eyes. (2011 Change)
The dark spots on the Emperor's hood ILM used to cover up makeup problems have been digitally covered. (2011 Change)
The issue where Luke's lightsaber has a break in it due to bad color correction has been fixed in the Blu-ray using gamma adjustments. Also, the dark spot on the Emperor's hood ILM used to cover up makeup problems has been digitally covered. 1983 / 2004 / 2011 images (2011 Fix of a 2004 Issue + 2011 Change)
This comparison has the 97 Special Edition added to show that this only a problem on the 2004 DVD. It also shows that Luke's lightsaber core isn't quite bright enough in the fix, and Vader's lightsaber is almost purple. 1983 / 1997 / 2004 / 2011
After R2 gets shot and starts malfunctioning, several new CG pieces have been added and the existing pieces have been animated. The ground to the left of him has been replaced to help with the matting. (2011 Change)
After R2 gets shot and starts malfunctioning, several new CG pieces have been added and the existing pieces have been animated. Also, the piece that leaked water has been completely replaced. (2011 Change)
The lightsabers in this shot have been given better digital cores in the Blu-ray, though the glows are identical. (1983 / 2004 / 2011) (2011 Change)
