A video essay exploring how Star Wars' editors recut and rearranged Star Wars: A New Hope to create the cinematic classic it became. Check out more essays at http://youtube.com/rjfilmschool Written by David Welch (@watsonwelch) Narrated and Edited by Joey Scoma (@joey2meals) References: Deleted Magic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2r4Nffrc6Y&t=1585s Deleted Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00IkrWvur4 Harmy's Star Wars: Despecialized Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfLX_TMduY&t=201s Empire of Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw_VeZk_q0U More awesome videos at RocketJump.com! RJ Store ➤ http://shop.rocketjump.com Follow RocketJump on Twitter ➤ http://bit.ly/RJtweet Follow RJFS on Twitter ➤ https://twitter.com/rjfilmschool Join the discussion ➤ https://discuss.rocketjump.com/ For licensing and usage inquiries please email licensing@rocketjump.com