2004 director's cut upright=1.6|thumbnail|right|The George Lucas Director's Cut includes completely new footage, such as this shot of the factory where THX works. In 2004, The George Lucas Director's Cut of the film was released. Under Lucas' supervision, the film underwent an extensive restoration and digital intermediate process by Lowry Digital and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), where the film's original negative was scanned, digital color correction was applied and a new digital master was created. Computer-generated imagery and audio/video restoration techniques were also applied to the film.
2004 director's cut upright=1.6|thumbnail|right|The George Lucas Director's Cut includes completely new footage, such as this shot of the factory where THX works. In 2004, The George Lucas Director's Cut of the film was released. Under Lucas' supervision, the film underwent an extensive restoration and digital intermediate process by Lowry Digital and I,ndustrial Light & Magic (ILM) where the film's original negative was scanned, digital color correction was applied and a new digital master was created. Computer-generated imagery and audio/video restoration techniques were also applied to the film.