I am not slagging off the editing I am merely pointing out those 2 shots during the chess game might be to cover for what you don’t have i.e. stop motion chess pieces effects.
This happens all the time if you can’t understand what covering something is because you don’t have it in the can.
The point was if that was what was meant to go there why not restore that to a Special edition?
But perhaps it is not meant to go there.
Conan the Barbarian uses quite a lot of covering shots in it’s editing still a great film same as Star Wars essentially it is interesting to identify alternates.
You can Lump that last shot of Tarkin also before the death Star explodes this was a covering edit. The chain reaction special effects shot was never completed.
This is just reused repeated footage to cover not having the material. You can see it in Return of the Jedi though. And this is probably why this never got restored to the film.
I have decided to point out where and what and it’s not all that much.
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The exterior Exposion on the Tantive does not co-incide with the interior explosion.
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First escape Pod Launch and destruction missing uses cover shots of 3p0 and R2-D2 for this missing material.
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Tantive corridor Gunfight Jumbled timeline
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Leia insert the Card to R2-D2 moved splice missing.
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Cantina had certain shots in diffetent places alternates for Ponda Baba Arm Head Flipper Arm.unused material also.
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Falcon shoot out in mos eisley tattooine Jumbled Time Line
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Falcon swerve in Space Star Destroyer is Missing.
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Cell Block shootout the Shot of the Door control exploding was moved to the falcon Hanger Shootout. They have an argument about shooting this Door Control.
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Chasm scene Death star Core matte painting looking down missing probably replaces the object that Luke grapples. Gunfight timeline is Jumbled footage. Missing Audio can be found in the trailer
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Death Star Hanger shootout Jumbled timeline
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Jumbled edit of Death Star attack Shot of wedge in trench used to cover shot of x-wing destroyed by surface guns before Luke Goes in.
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Chain reaction explosion Special effects missing. Tarkin thinking reused footage to cover this missing material.
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Kenobi vs Vader Jumbled timeline misses shot of Vader swinging and hitting the wall from trailer
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Jumpcut on Alderaan explosion and music slightly out of alignment due to a shot from behind of Peter Cushin mouthing dialogue no Audio dialogue… This put the music out and also got even more messed up when the explosion was also cut short. The graphic was not completed for the screen prior to Leias arrival.
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Shots of R2-D2 on Death Star during game of chess might of been an alternate to some stop motion chess pieces that were deleted.
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Falcon Escape turret battle re-arranged Jumbled timeline.
That is about all I ever found.
Some of the gun fights may not be confused however in 4:3 depending on the pan and scan framing of a scene as the 4:3 cropping and pan and scan would always be given precedence over 16:9 framing in the cinema. Not always the case but 4:3 version would already have been considered and be taken into account. Meaning you might see too much in cinema of the frame compared to a 4:3 version which may eliminate some confusion.