It is these Despecialised Editions that have become quite well known in Star Wars circles as the best way to watch the original trilogy in in purest form in 720P high definition. Here is an excellent documentary that demonstrates his work and how he achieved it. Using the Bluray transfers as a source material, he overlaid up-scaled footage from the original films over the parts of the footage that now contained a new and unwanted enhancement.
These conversions were then converted into a DVD format and uploaded to the internet for fans to enjoy.Īnother dedicated fan ,known as “Harmy”, took it upon himself to create the Despecialised Editions. The most popular method was to digitise the Laserdisc releases as they were only way to officially watch the original trilogy in its unaltered state. The fans weren’t pleased so they came up with their own solution. He even claims the original negatives no longer exist as they were used to create the Special Editions in 1990’s. George has responded by claiming these new tweaked versions are his vision and the originals in his mind, no longer exist. Such tweaks this time even included CGI effects to make the Ewoks blink as the original costumes lacked this facility.ĭespite this, the fans have still been asking for a high definition release of the original unaltered versions. With the advent of the Bluray releases, George Lucas added more tweaks and fixes to complete the film into what he considers to be the final complete version. It is these Special Editions that have been released on DVD. The Star Wars trilogy was first altered in the 1990’s with added CGI effects, restored deleted scenes and in the case of Return of the Jedi, a whole new musical number. That much is true but the original trilogy of films, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi that are contained within that set, don’t match the original versions released into cinemas back in the 1970’s and 80’s. “But that’s already happened with the Star Wars Saga Bluray set!” I hear you cry. A group of dedicated die hard Star Wars fans spent four years restoring a 35mm cinema print of A New Hope back to its original glory…and they haven’t finished yet.įor many a Star Wars fan, their dream is to own their favourite film in high definition.
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