A New Hope: Special Edition -- What Has Changed?

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January 15, 1997

What has Changed?

New shots added, old shots fine-tuned, and twenty-year-old footage combined with state-of-the-art computer graphics make the Star Wars: Special Edition a new look at a familiar universe.

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Keywords: Behind-the-Scenes, ILM

Filed under: The Movies, Episode IV
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