THIS version is a collection of bits and pieces taken from numerous varied copies of the original from around the world and pieced together and retouched to provide users with the BEST QUALITY possible. Something to note here, this is NOT the original as it was seen by audiences in 1977. Thus began my journey…Īfter some search, I have found it, Harmy’s Star Wars Despecialized Edition HD. Apparently there was no route left for someone who was seeking to watch this film in its unadulterated original form through Disney or any other online portal, only the updated for Blue ray version from the mid 2000s.

I realized I am not sure if I had ever seen the original Star Wars before George Lucas added all that CGI and renamed the first Star Wars movie, Episode IV: A New Hope. Gotta love the 'Star Wars' fans.It was only once I went back to rewatch the original three Star Wars movies, after starting the Mandalorian, that I read an article online about someone complaining about the added CGI, and how they struggled to find the original three movies untampered with from their original versions on the silver screen. The painstakingly detailed process continues and it is necessary for all fans of the holy trilogy to check out the featurette that the producers have put together for the 'Despecialized Edition.' Eventually the fan filmmakers will wade through the rest of the original trilogy to bring the films up to George Lucas' original vision. It may not sound like much from a group of 'amateurs,' but it is a dedicated cut to the film's preservation and its history. The title of the film is 'Star Wars: Despecialized Edition' and it represents the undying devotion of 'Star Wars' fans across the galaxy. Devoted fans of the Rebels have packaged together an effort to restore the original film's presentation by taking out any of the alterations made in the last decade or so.

However according to the ScreenRant report, 'these versions were purposely of a lower quality so as not to compete with the restores and remastered, though altered releases.'īut have no fear because the geeks are here. Due to the limitations of the technology available at the time, the movies were hamstrung and only '25 to 30 percent' of the film is what the auteur envisioned.Īlthough there was a 'pure' version of the original 'Star Wars' trilogy back in a 2006 DVD release that featured unaltered versions of the films but not in anamorphic widescreen. According to a report on ScreenRant, the alterations made to the original cut of the first trilogy were at George Lucas' behest. The many changes to the 'Star Wars' films over the years have caused fans to spend an obscene amount of money from the days of VHS to the more recent DVD & Blu-ray era. Fans' ravenous appetite will never be fulfilled, but at the very least, they are hopeful with the pending release of the new trilogy starting in 2015. There are controversies that have lasted decades that fans are desperate for producers to get right including, most famously, Han shooting first at Greedo in the Mos Eisley cantina. However the kibosh was soon put on the rumor, leaving fans still desperate for an official, unaltered release of the films. To date, there is still not a version of the original film (Episode IV) that satiates the fans' desire to see the ultimate original cut without all of the bells and whistles that digital photography and special effects later brought to the print.Įarlier this week, a rumor surfaced that Disney, the new Empire, was planning on releasing an unaltered version of the original 'Star Wars' trilogy in high definition Blu-ray. It is difficult to gauge 'Star Wars' fans and their obsessive attention to detail.

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