Isn’t the D-Cinema version the same as the DVD?
Hard to say. The only reported change, at the time, was the hand at the end. Not clear if Padme’s ‘to be angry’ stuff is present or not. We don’t know about the deleted speeder either, of course, because no one would have noticed a silly change like that.
The “are you okay? yes” awkward line was mocked quite a bit at the time. I think it would have been noticed or mentioned somewhere if there was a version without it. It was adjusted for the DVD.
Fang Zei, you’re right about the blu-ray. They changed the shot order in that scene. But also at the end of the chase, early in the film, when they go through the power couplings. I believe they also added Anakin’s mom’s voice into his nightmare, or something like that.
Also, when were the extra speeders removed in the scene where OB1 catches the lightsaber? Was it a DCP change or a DVD change?
Right, that’s the one that is really impossible to know. Only through obsessive comparing to a cam recording did anyone even spot this little change. So, no one in the theater would have ever noticed a difference. Rick McCallum stated that there are many visual changes in the DCP version. Of course, McCallum was a well trained liar, so who knows? However, it is possible that it, as a purely visual change that does not impact the locked off run time, was changed for the DCP just like the hand. They may have thought too many speeders makes the lightsaber trickier to see or something strange like that.
It’s possible that these strictly visual changes existed between the film and DCP, while the audio changes and scene extension didn’t happen until DVD.
I would have also considered it possible that the DVD and DCP are identical. Unlike TPM, the DVD came out really soon after theatrical release. But if people at the time spotted the hand difference, I think they would have noticed the “to be human” change, which was relatively large. And as I said before, the “are you okay” response, simply because it was derided so much.