It’s probably worth pointing out that the original theatrical release of what we today call A New Hope was just released as Star Wars, wasn’t even called episode four, didn’t have a title crawl, and included that scene with Jabba but instead of it being Jabba it was some guy in a fur suit, so it’s going to depend on which directors cut you’re talking about.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

and included that scene with Jabba but instead of it being Jabba it was some guy in a fur suit

The original theatrical release did not contain Jabba at all. A scene was shot with a human actor, but never used in the film.

We wouldn't get Jabba in the film until the 1997 Special Edition, which replaced him with CGI. In the documentary alongside that release we do see the original clip and Han stepping on Jabba's tail is due to Harrison Ford moving around the human actor in a way that doesn't work with a tail in the way.

We also later got an updated Jabba for the DVD release.

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-jabba-hutt-human-actor-change-reason/

[–] 007ace@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

The Star Wars Movies have had fans create despecialized editions, to match the theatrical releases. Ive made sure to keep a copy of them on my media server. I really enjoy them.

I think the intention of this post is to look at theatrical/physical release vs the directors cut.