count_doodie said:
thankyou for clearing that up guys! i see ady has been a busy busy man! my net connection is super SLOW so i spent over a week downloading the xvid version which you've labeled first draft. are there any differances between the drafts? (on youtube i saw a version where we see bail and jar jar on alderaan - not a fan)
also after readin the stickies i came across the B&P method. anyone on here from the UK who would be wiling to help this humble pilgrim? cursed as i am with such slow internet.
-doodie
The Extended Alderaan Destruction sequence is not in any version of the film, but extended and added as a bonus feature deleted scene on the DVD-9.
Here are the differences which are listed on Fanedits.com (which I wrote, actually):
DVD-5
Changes from the Xvid:
- Removed the ILM crew member from the droid sale
- Removed the wire and batteries seen up Luke's sleeve in Ben's hut
- Removed the remaining wires from Ben's sleeve during the sabre fight
- Ponda Baba's arm swapped for Dr. Evazan' s arm & hand
- Slight tweak to the TIE approach. The background & camera is no longer static at the beginning & a new Death Star surface
- Fixed the gunport shot during the TIE battle where the gun remains static when Han swings the chair and the gun can clearly be seen over the top of the chair instead of behind it
- Typos in the credits fixed
DVD-9
Changes from the DVD-5:
- Replaced "fixed shot" where gun was added to the Death Star Control Room to prevent a continuity error and erased a gun from the following shot. Now there are three guns on the rack after our heroes leave the droids behind.
- Remixed Vader's voice even further to match the rest of the trilogy(?)
PURIST
Changes from the full version:
- Changed 3PO's line back to "There'll be no excape for the princess this time"
- Re-edited Obi-Wan's Hut scene back to its original version
- Removed the extended Death Star reveal
- Removed the extended TIE Fighter reveal
- Removed all music not originally found in the film
So the DVD-5 really isn't so much of a "second draft" as it is a pretty much final draft with one, maybe two tweaks. Adywan really doesn't remember exactly what changed, but the bonus features are the real draw to the DVD-9 (or DVD DL or dual layer DVD).