harrison ford stepping on Jabba's tail was never supposed to be in the movie from the start. First off, just because a scene was filmed doesnt mean its gonna make it to the final version of a film, there are probably dozens of scenes for every movie that never make it pass the cutting room floor. Heck, even all the deleted scenes we get to see on dvds now a days probably isnt all inclusive of the scenes that were filmed but never made it. Some of the scenes dont even get finished (by finished i mean polished up, look at the deleted scenes in highlander: end game, they dont have the same polished look that the rest of the movie does)

second, when the scene was filmed what Jabba looked like wasnt established/the concept was different than what we know now. When lucas filmed it there was a human actor playing Jabba's role. Then 20 years later when he decided to reinclude this footage he had to add Jabba in using computers. Because of the way Han Solo interected with the human actor when Jabba was put in place the whole Han walking behind Jabba didnt work hence we get the wonderful Han stepping on one of the galaxies most ruthless gansters tail...heh, yeah, fett would have fried him right then and their.

third, the whole scene was cut with good reason. The Han/Greedo scene establishes the exact same plot points but additionally (at least in the original version) establishes Han's smuggler/rogue character traits when he pre-emptively blasts greedo.

dont get me wrong, im not trying to trash your opinion, your welcome to like the movies for what you like (some people get overly touchy so just making sure you know im not attacking you)

I agree with the removing of Yub Nub as a bad change, ive actually never really noticed the statue probably cause i was too upset by the removal of Yub Nub (thats one of my fav songs in the trilogy)

As far as the 'fixed' version being better, i think that is by far a matter of opinion, one which many on this board will disagree with. Mainly because it breaks more than it fixes. Besides, if it aint broke, dont fix it. and there was nothing wrong with the OT.

also, while i was typing this i realized something. If all these bounty hunters are out looking for Han at the beginning of the OT, what the heck is Fett doing hanging around Jabba instead of being out looking for Han to collect the bounty?

-Darth Simon