OVERALL: Draw

The 4-disc trilogy releases have the most extras. Only minor language differences. Avoid the US Fullscreen box as it has cropped transfers of all three films.
The "Limited Edition" releases have the original theatrical release version as a bonus, though the transfer is non-anamorphic.

General note:
A few audio/mixing errors on the DVD (Special Edition) version of A New Hope have been detected. These are as follows:

1) The familiar Force theme trumpet fanfare that used to play right after Red Leader says: "This is it!" and just as the X-wings start diving towards the Death Star's surface has been dialed back in volume so that it's almost inaudible - it's almost completely buried in the surround mix.

2) The audio quality varies wildly as Tarkin says the line: "You would prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system." - almost as if the master sound element was damaged.

3) Also, John Williams' score for the film seems to have been flipped in the rear channels, so that what should be the left rear channel seems to be playing from the right rear channel (and vise versa). What this means is that the rear channels don't match the front channels - instruments heard from the front right channel come from the left rear instead of the right rear. It's hard to notice, but we're getting a number of reports from people hearing this.

This applies to the English soundtrack on all regions ("Limited Edition"-releases also). At this point, the official word from Lucasfilm is that "..any changes that you hear on the all-new Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX tracks on the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set are deliberate creative decisions. We can confirm that there are no technical glitches as reported."

The following versions of the movie are known:
- The original Theatrical version
- The VHS versions
- The 1997 Special Edition version
- The DVD version
- The 2011 Blu-ray version
- The 2019 version (found on Disney+, 4K UltraHD, and the 2020 Blu-ray)

A comparison between the Theatrical and Special Edtion versions is available on Movie Censorship.
A comparison between the Special Edition and DVD versions is available on Movie Censorship.
Comparisons between the DVD and Blu-ray versions is available on Movie Censorship.
A comparison between the Theatrical, Special Edition, DVD, Blu-ray, and 2019 versions is available on The Digital Bits.

CUTS:

• R1 Limited Edition America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes:
  -2004 Special Edition, with digital enhancements.
  -The original 1980 Theatrical Version.
• R1 The Star Wars Trilogy America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (127:14 NTSC).
• R1 The Star Wars Trilogy America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (127:14 NTSC).
• R2 Limited Edition Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes:
  -2004 Special Edition, with digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
  -The original 1980 Theatrical Version (119:45 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy - 3 Disc Edition Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy - 3 Disc Reissue Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2011 Blu-ray Version (122:09 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy Scandinavia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R2 Limited Edition Spain- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes:
  -2004 Special Edition, with digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
  -The original 1980 Theatrical Version (119:45 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy Spain- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R2 Limited Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes:
  -2004 Special Edition, with digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
  -The original 1980 Theatrical Version (119:45 PAL).
• R2 The Star Wars Trilogy United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R4 Limited Edition Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes:
  -2004 Special Edition, with digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
  -The original 1980 Theatrical Version (119:45 PAL).
• R4 The Star Wars Trilogy Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movies which has had digital enhancements (122:15 PAL).
• R4 The Star Wars Trilogy Brazil- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2004 Special Editions of the movie which have digital enhancements.

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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 26/09/06
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 17/04/20

UPDATE LOG:

06 Feb 2011: Fixes to the LE releases.
06 Feb 2011: Mergement of the Original Trilogy Box Sets.
14 Apr 2016: Addition of ASIN and Caps-A-Holic links and additional titles and clean up.
04/04/20: Added US full, Germany x4, Spain x2.
17/04/20: Updated capsaholic.