Well, I know for sure that the "Close the blast doors!" line existed in the very first version of the movie, back in '77. It's subtraction in subsequent versions always bugged me.
A lot of the audio inconsistencies have been explained by Ben Burtt.
The very first versions of the audio mix were mostly mono. A few stereo mixes existed, but they were primitive. Most theaters were strictly mono back in '77, and most didn't have hi-fi speakers, and most of the audio was printed optically on the actual film stock, which is pretty bad sounding.
When the movie was re-released in subsequent versions the entire mix had to be re-created from all the original recorded elements each and every time; first to hi-fi magnetic stereo, then again for early surround (left/right/rear,) Dolby surround, and so on. Each time the mix was slightly different, due to not being able to find some of the original lines or FX elements, or degradation of the tape of certain recorded elements, as well as just human error. (There was no mix automation back then, so you had to do a full scene at a time as a performance, so every time was slightly different. If you messed up you had to reset everything and do it again.)
When the special editions came out everything was digitized to pro-tools and cleaned up with the CEDAR process, certain elements were lost and had to be replaced and re-created from scratch, others found that had been missing and put back into the mix, and certain other "creative decisions" were made. Again, everything was re-mixed to take advantage of high-fidelity 5.1 Dolby Digital or SDDS sound systems that most theaters have these days, with sub-woofers and stereo surround speakers, and far extended low and high-frequency reproduction.
The CEDAR process, as well as just digitizing everything, could explain why certain things sound far different than we remember. It's likely that the filter effect on Vader's dialog is a digital plug-in these days, for example.
The other movies in the series were far better organized with the audio, and didn't suffer quite the same fate.
Her's an article that describes some of the challenges he faced:
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/hawkslane/575/starwars-advanced.htm#)
There was a Mix Magazine article that I read once that went into more details, but I can't seem to find it on the web anywhere.