I've always found it fascinating that Empire is the film that's been tinkered with the least and yet Star Wars and Jedi are constantly getting pushed around.

My favorite original cut scene is when that stormtrooper hits his head on the door. The original version didn’t have Biggs. Lucas was given 10 million in the 90s by the studio to preserve and remaster the original Star Wars films. He deliberately didn’t save the damaged silver nitrate negative, he let it continue to erode. In other words, for every scene he replaced, the original master film reels are in horrendous condition. The company which does most of the 4k transferral for Hollywoo has a website where they list all the movies they’ve done. They have original Star Wars on that list. When contacted they said that they couldn’t do the 4k transfer because the original master film elements are too disintegrated and would require complete digital reconstruction. So maybe for at least 10 million dollars..? Lucas did this on purpose. He only preserved the special editions. He also only sold the rights to the special editions to Disney, they’re not allowed to release the originals. Surprised JJ Abrams didn’t know that..

Harmy and those who assisted him deserve massive accolades. The DeSpecialized Editions are great. Lucas is a fool for not releasing a 4k version of the original theatrical cut.

Great comparison. Looking at this on screen, I definitely prefer the De-Specialized Edition overall because it does the best representation of contrast, details, colors and everything I look for in a movie. I used to be a projectionist at a movie theater and we were taught to look for things wrong with the picture and it's haunted me ever since. I'll see a coke stain before the movie and it will bug me throughout the whole movie and no one else will notice. Sometimes I'll point it out to a friend and then they'd be bothered the whole movie. Share the love, I always say ;) MTFBWY

Just like the old days of greedo

Harmy’s despecialized is fantastic. Now I’m some years out from having kids but I know that when I eventually share my love of Star Wars with my own children, it’ll be through Harmy’s trilogy.

I think i prefer the despecialized edition. The 4k77 is more "genuine"; but carry more of the flaws of that print as well. Despecialized has a better color correction, less washed out and more details. Retains both more shadow and highlight detail. The washed out color of the 4k77 is also questionable, as it was a cinema reel and would depend on projector, it's settings and the cinema canvas.The reel can also be faded over time. Not saying it isn't authentic though, but in my book, as long as the content is authentic, I still want the best image quality.

If you ask me: Despecialized is the best version for simply watching the movie - has good quality but is still the original version in terms of the edits they later made. 4k77 is the retro version - the one you go to to truly feel how people watched the movie in 1977. The blu ray is the cool alternative, if you want to watch the movie in a different way.

The blu-ray version looks dark compared to the "Despecialized" version and Project 4K77. Plus, the 4K77 looks more like a painting, with richer, brighter colors.

The CGI in the special editions were cool at the time, but I remember thinking how dated they looked just a few years later. The Despecialized Edition and Project 4K77 look so much better it's not even funny. Even in the space battles with more simple movements, the original still looks a lot better, thanks to the great models, excellent pacing and editing. Sure it looks dated, but so does the rest of the movie, so that's perfectly fine and how it should be. The CGI in the special editions looks fake, ugly and sticks out like a sore thumb. It's not even really that good CGI for the time. Starship Troopers (1997) holds up way better, much thanks to them also using a lot of models. The original version of Terminator 2 looks good even by todays standard, in some ways better since they use real film. That movie only had 42 CGI shots, less is more.

Just finished watching 4k77. It felt like watching the old VHS again, except not crappy. This is exactly how I want to experience the OT. I appreciate the despecialized editions and the fan edits but I like the imperfections of this version.

I think the color in the Tatooine scenes in 4K77 are fine the way they are. Anyone who has spent time in North Africa or the Middle East can tell you, the longer you are outside, the more washed out colors appear. 3P0 would have definitely been less saturated to the human eye against the sand except at dusk and dawn. Is it as "pretty"? No. But it's realistic. And I don't know if it was done on purpose, but the twitchy shadow under Luke's speeder is right too. Sometimes you get a heat shimmer and a shadow to combine just right and the edges sort of "flutter". I grew up in the middle east in the late 70s and a lot of those images being back the feels.

Fan edit ❌ Fan restoration ✅ These are *fan restorations* please and thank you.

I feel like anyone can read between the lines that when JJ says "for reasons I don't quite understand" he means "George Lucas".

Oh man that 4K77 version looks so retro and groovy. I’m definitely interested in checking that out.

From a purist standpoint, 4K77 (available in both DNR and non DNR versions) are as good as we're gonna get for super high definition 100% unadulterated cuts of the film. Harmy's version was the benchmark for quite a while (and deservedly so) but to date 4K77 in the one to beat. Massive gratitude to everyone for all the hard work that went into all these projects!

"Disney announces OT Theatrical in blu ray and 4K" OT Community: "The mission. The nightmares, are finally over."

How does Mike Zeroh have more subs than Hellogreedo? How is that humanly possible?

The in the making despecialized v3.0 looks like the perfect version of Star Wars for me. No stupid changes or effects, but a crisp, clean and modern image quality. I hope Harmy keeps working on it since it looks so good.

The 4k77 version looks fantastic on my projector. It's VERY much like being back in the theater in '77.

God i love the 1977 version visually, there's something about those imperfections and not so harsh blacks that makes the film feel more human and real

This is a wonderful video. It's wonderful to give shout outs to those who are as passionate about the original version of these movies as you are. It's was long-time fans have been wanting for decades. I applaud these efforts, and very much respect the folks doing this as a labor of love. Harmy is awesome, and the first one that made me aware of such wonderful fan efforts. His work is great and so appreciated. The 4K77 version is 100% the authentic version fans like me have always wanted to own. With all the bad in the world today, knowing that the original Star Wars is back, just like it was in 1977. Thank you HelloGreedo. ADDED: If there ever is an official release of the original films in their original edits, I still do not have faith that they will be as lovingly restored as they are by the efforts of the passionate fans and groups working on them today. There will always be the need for this type of community.

it would be a crime not having the 4k77 and despecialized versions exist amazing job done by the teams working on these

I love my Despecialized Edition Blu-rays. It took about 30 hours to download all the files and the anticipation was unbearable. But my friends and family are eternally grateful for the copies I gave them. 👍🏻👍🏻 Now I gotta get the 4K version too 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The latest 4K release (and the version that's streaming on Disney+ in a lower bitrate) is a closer match to the colour timing of the original release than the Blu-ray, which was clearly an abomination. However, there's a *far* better restoration than either the Despecialized or 4K77 versions that may never see the light of day - by Mike Verta. Mike took multiple 35mm prints (about 15-20), stacked them on top of each other and compared each using custom software to remove anomalies in dirt and grain to restore fine detail. It's a better technique than restoring a single print because there will always be some degree of interpretation when data is restored using interpolation or by resampling a single source. Do watch his videos because THAT'S the version we need.

I’m only 16, born in 2004, the year the updated special editions were released. I was lucky enough to grow up watching the OT on VHS instead of DVD. The Theatrical versions instead of the special editions. Thank god.

Disney: Oh so you want a new trilogy? NO!!! We want an HD- Disney: Yes, you love more Star Wars because you see all the movies we make. YOU FORCE THEM ONTO US!!!

You know it's kind of weird. All three of them at some point look better than the other two. I wish I could play all three of them at the same time. And edit together all the scenes that look the best from any one of the three.

There was a planned 3d release of the original trilogy slated for 2012 that never happened, but part of the problem was that there was a limited amount of objects in many shots that could be separated non-destructively. This was the reason for so many random CGI props and digital backgrounds seemingly inserted haphazardly all throughout the films. It was to add additional objects that could be separated for the planned 3d version before that fell through the cracks

Comparisons are fun but I like knowing the background of how these edits came to be. They're probably more interesting than the results themselves.

Thank you for taking the time to show us these three versions side by side by side like this. I really appreciate being able to see exactly what the difference is.

Hello, HG. You and I were both in the Navy. You're young. I'll offer some of what I've experienced as a response to your question, "What happens to that community when everyone sees that the mission pretty much has been accomplished?" (Nicely put, by the way.) I joined the Navy in the mid-1980s and served six years (one hitch) in the U. S. Submarine Service as a nuke ET/Reactor Operator. After two years training in electronics and reactor operations, I went to my boat, a mid-1960s, Sturgeon-class fast attack sub. I joined the boat when it was over twenty years old, about the same age as I was, in its mid-life refueling overhaul. I found it at the point of its maximum disassembly. When I got to it, the ship was nothing more than a pile of pipes, a Reactor Compartment, turbines, a propulsion drive train, some frames, and bits of hull at the bottom of a drydock. I got to work on it as we put the entire submarine back together. Two years of this and the ship sailed free of the yards, at last. I knew that boat inside and out, in ways nobody could without having worked the reassembly and testing. I then spent two years with the ship, operating as part of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet. The old Diesel subs were being retired. The sailors from the pigboats sneered at us in the nuke fleet: "DBF!", they shouted. Diesel Boats Forever. My hitch ended coincidental with the end of the Cold War. We asked, "Can we go home now?" They told us, "No". We had to wait. I got out a few months later and went to college. Here's what I've seen: - The boot camp drill halls and other buildings at Great Lakes, IL, have been demolished. Boot camp now focuses on a giant damage control simulator that never existed while I was in the Navy. - Electronics Technician training used to be based on SPS-10 radar and troubleshooting to individual components. There was no digital. - Many of the Mainside NTC/SSC buildings at GLAKES are gone, as well. - NAS Memphis, where I was assigned between schools, no longer exists. - NTC Orlando, where I went to Nuke School, no longer exists. The base was bulldozed and a suburban residential community with an entirely different street plan was laid in its place. - S1W reactor prototype at Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho is shut down and closed. - Mare Island Naval Shipyard is closed. The Navy base around it has been largely demolished. - The Horse and Cow bar is gone from Vallejo, moved and much subdued. - The Navy's forward submarine facility at Holy Loch, Scotland, no longer exists. - The Cold War is little more than a question mark to young people, now. - The Navy dropped as many ships off the roster as they could to save money. My submarine has been decommissioned and scrapped. Its reactor compartment is in a pit in Hanford , WA. One fairwater plane is in a park in Seattle. - Just days after I got out of the Navy, the Iraqis walked into Kuwait, launching Gulf War No. 1. The focus of the military would never be the same. In short, everything I knew during the most formative six years of my life is gone. Only NTC GLAKES is still operational, though it looks quite different. I have sometimes joked if I ever have kids, the closest I can come to showing them my life in the Navy is to go to the beach, point at the water, and tell them, " *There* That's where I used to work." The Submarine Service goes on. The Los Angeles-class attack boats and even the Ohio-class missile subs are being decommissioned. Virginia- and Seawolf- and Columbia-class boats are taking their places. I meet monthly with Submarine Service veterans. For most of us, the ships and places that shaped us are gone. Newer vets are now seeing their boats get scrapped, as we did. Now, they've added women to the Sub Service. Now, they frown on the drinking and rowdyness that was bedrock to sub culture; they give piss tests for drinking. Now, they dress submariners in camo like they're in the effing Army or some damned thing. It's "Submarines: The Modified Edition", if you will. It's not the "real" sub service. I saw the "real" subs, I say. Yet, I read a lot about submarine history, especially the WWII Fleet-type boats. I will never know the subs as they knew them in the '40s. I will always feel I've missed out on something I can only read about. But I am young. I have to deal with that. Soon, there won't be any of the Diesel sailors around even to reminisce with. It will be up to me to invite the kids sailing the new subs to join our vets' group. What happens to the community when the mission is over? I was thirteen years old when a girl in my class came to school one day, excited over a new movie about space ships attacking a humongous ball. A few days later, I got to see it, myself. Can you imagine? Thirteen years old! Right on the edge between being a little kid and building my serious view of the world, planning to be grown-up in it, thinking about what mattered and what I could do about it. Star Wars blew everything I saw wide open. I went back the the theater on weekend mornings and stayed to watch Star Wars again, and again until the place closed around midnight. I saw it 21 times in the theater, projected on a colossal screen. Lying in bed at night, I could close my eyes and watch the entire film. Theaters don't have screens like that, anymore. There are many, many tens of thousands more Star Wars fans, now, then there were, then, but how many of them have never seen the film I saw and memorized? After The Revenge of the Teddy Bears movie, I felt I was being played. I stopped watching. The franchise would belong to other people, not me and my friends. We had a different fandom, for a different movie. But, one day, the old vets and the new vets and the kids just getting into it, we'll talk about things that used to be and are no longer. We'll share stories. We'll gloss over the bits that were less-than-glorious. We'll josh each other. We'll validate each other's memories. Then we'll go home and be with our thoughts. That's what happens. Everything you had goes away. You share the stories. Thanks for letting me share.

I think the best version of the original trilogy would include the more accepted changes made over the years, such as the update to the Emperor in Empire. Its a shame Lucas went so far with some of the changes.

The 4k77 and 4k83 versions look amazing!

I will wait for all of the 4K project to be released before seeking out. I got Harmy's about 3 years ago and it's more than I could ask for. I can't bare to watch any of the Special Editions. Every time I have to point to anyone this was "added". I actually like the look of 4K77. While some scenes are blown out, there are others that look "HDR". Gredo was a nice dark, bright green. I grew up on the 1992 VHS box set and the look of 4K77 brought me back to when I was 6 😊

I saw Star Wars in England when it first came out, and I recall how confused the audience was when the words "chapter four: A New Hope" came on the screen. Could this have been a difference with the British edition?

I remember back in the day I got so hyped to download Dark Jedi's V3 editions -- they were upscaled versions of the 2006 DVD / 1993 Laserdisc release. This was before Harmy released his, I believe. We've come a long way.

The Disney+ version looks great besides the Mclunkey of it all.

I believe these fan edit communities will still exist if we get an official release. The fact that these various projects all present different methodologies of restoration has led to a lot of fans having really specific taste about minute details they probably would have never noticed or thought about if we had been given official releases all along. Whichever project most resembles the official release will probably dip in popularity, but the community as a whole will likely still retain their preferences.

13:20 I remember seeing this scene in the theater in 1977. It was burned in my mind. After seeing the new tinkered with versions I always wondered where that scene had gone. I knew something was wrong. Good to be able to see it the real way again.

I recently watched the no DNR 4k77. It is the best way to watch it and such a different viewing experience. It's not as glossy and has lots of film grain but it is a movie made in the 70s and it's what it should look like.

cant imagine being a new star wars viewer in 2020. watching a movie from the 70s but theres a ton of CGI in it, they must be really confused

I downloaded the Harmy edition some ten years ago, and was so profoundly grateful to him. He placed a massive amount of credit in the faith-in-humanity column. I can't ever know, but I can imagine, how much work he put into the project. This is the only version I will ever want to watch, because it represents the same level of enthusiasm that I had seeing the original 1977 version for the first time in a theater. All hail Harmy!

I was 12 when Star wars first came out. It blew me away, it affected me, I went home after, sat on my bed and replayed in my head what I had just witnessed. I was so excited when it came out on blue ray, I had waited to watch it again just for that extra special. Then I played it and everything was cgi'd and different, I've never been so disappointed in my life, exactly the opposite of what I felt in the 70's. Didn't even finish watching it again. Haven't watched it again since and won't. All I want is to see what I saw when it was magical not the cgi BS. George Lucas sucks for taking that away

At the beginning i was like "huh, ill probably watch a little bit then skip to the comparisons" I ended up watching all of it. Great video! Very in-depth and definitely drew me into watching :)

I thought it was a stream because of the start of the video

The thing that always gets me is that Lucasfilm, and now Disney, have said repeatedly that it's "not possible" to do this, and now it's been done twice by regular people. The only reason I can think of that they wouldn't do it is maybe they feel like it would be disrespectful to the idea that the Special Editions are Lucas's "definitive" vision for the movies and the official canon. They have to know that they would make a shit-ton of money on something like that.

While I haven't watched all of these versions. My preference would be what Harmy is doing. Because Lucasfilm going back and digitally re-compositing all the ships and things really helped a lot. As I never liked how some of the ships and things looked like paper cutouts. And I'm glad Harmy is going to redo the movies off of the new 2019 versions that have better color correction.

You need to include the 2020 blu-ray versions packed with the 4K editions in these comparisons. The colour grading is totally different.

Superman is a great example! All versions of Superman: The Movie are available for purchase today!

In 1977, Lucas & crew went to the desert to make a movie. Sand got into everything. The sun bounced off the rough, coarse particles, and somehow that gave the film a soft and smooth look. If you watch 4K77 through a projector, you can almost feel that Tunisian heat bouncing back at you.

Christmas Day, 2023… I just watched the 4K77 today for the first time. I’m so happy to have seen this version since I watched SW in theaters as a kid in 1977. Thank you so much for this!!!

I like Harmy's Despecialized Edition

with disney's current standing with star wars fans, it wouldnt be a bad idea to release the hd version.

I really like your way of comparing. It's not filled with emotions but with things we can see. When we will see a release of the originals, fans will do a 8K version or fix movie errors. I think, a release will happen after Lucas has passed.

Hollywood ever since Jurrasic Park Lost World: "Just throw a dark filter over it."

When it's all finished we'll stand around in the woods while little bears play the drums on stormtrooper helmets and it will be *the end.*

Do we have to wait until George is dead? That's how I interpreted J.J. Abrams' remarks about it. If but hopefully when we get a commercial version of the theatrical release, I can just imagine a Criterion Collection box set of Star Wars, with bonus features that pay tribute to Harmy, 4K77 and the others who did their part to preserve the original film before I was available "officially."

Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection (LASERDISC) was one of the best releases. I still have mine.

I really really appreciate that you specify when something is 'in your opinion', even those times I would naturally agree with you on something. This differentiates you from a vast number of Star Wars commentators and analysts

So, does this count as a sequel to The Changes series from the early days of HelloGreedo? Because damn, its been nearly a decade and you really have grown alot since 2011, you definitely understand Star Wars in a way i never thought about, you went from PT bashing, close minded OT fanboy to The Enlightened Star Wars Fan

That 5 disc Blade Runner set you mentioned was my favorite Blu-ray.

Many thanks for this split screen comparison. I've heard a lot of 4K77 but seeing it in this comparison, I couldn't help but feel that its makers went into the opposite extreme of the 2011 Blu-ray (or the latest official UHD Blu-ray). Where the official versions are too dark, 4K77 apparently boosted contrast, thus eliminating subtle half-tone details in dark and white areas (e.g. stormtrooper armor). IMHO Harmy's despecialized version 2.7 looks like the proverbial "best of both worlds" and I consider him - when it comes to STAR WARS - as a sort of personal savior.

the despecialized has the best contrast and natural colors, I think it looks great. I just watched whatever version is on disneyplus in dolbyvision and I didn't love the look of it.

George Lucas couldn't possibly give a reason that makes sense for those changes

I treasure my BluRay Despecialized Editions

How do you record audio with that helmet on or do you need to record it with helmet off and resync to movement?

I look forward to the team behind 4k77 completing Empire next, these versions and these alone... are the film's of my childhood

I'm really looking forward to the release of TN1 Project 4K80 'The Empire Strikes Back'

Seeing this reminded of all the times that I saw star wars in the theater with my dad. I always believed it was '77, but after I heard you talk the Episode: IV I realized it was the '81 rerelease that I was at. It doesnt change anything. The important part was what I was seeing and who I saw it with.

is the despecialized version in bd quality aynwhere available? and can i remux it with different bluray languages or are the timestamps altered?

Nothing like to trying to notice the difference while watching on a phone at 144p

I love the great dedicated restoration done by harmy and others of the original trilogy movies and in 4K even though I grew up with the special editions on vhs and on DVD and love 4K77 and 4K83 and despecialized editions

What is the song at the end and how can I get it? KZfaq music library? What is the name? Help please, thank you.

I was born in ‘95 so I’m so far removed from the original films I’m used to these movies being everrr so different every few years. It’s such a legend of home releases, I would love the see untampered versions.

When I saw it in LA theatres it was 70MM Dolby 6-track.

I wonder if an official Despecialized Edition would keep the weird Palpatine from 1980

I recently watched the 4k77 - and I think prior to this when watching comparison videos I would have preferred the CC that was done on despecialized or the blu ray versions. Having now watched the whole thing together, it's much more cinematic with the original projection look, I could see it benefitting from a minor hue correction for how green everything has degraded in the upper ranges from the film degrading, but wouldn't want to touch the more overexposed parts of the film to the extent that other editions have done. The real shocking thing is that the blu ray doesn't even look 1080p when I was doing some comparisons to the 4k77 versions in certain scenes. It looks so smeared. I kind of think that this movie looks best on a good CRT with VHS or at 4k on a high res display, and because of how things have been restored I'm not sure if there will be an edition that reaches the 4k quality level outside of scanning an old print. Everything in between has resulted in this degradation and artefacting that makes the film less cinematic. The VHS versions, by virtue of the medium and display, had an organic warmth to them that really hasn't been present in the subsequent releases - and I feel like a lot of intangibles are back with 4k77 by making the film artefacts so sharp and apparent. I haven't enjoyed a Star Wars rewatch in around 25 years, maybe longer. I thought it might have been because I'm older and the filmmaking doesn't work as well for my cynical brain - and that's certainly part of it - but I'm increasingly feel like some combination of medium and display has undersold the greatness that is in the original work.

I like the 4K version. The newer CG sections need to be updated to be honest but of all the colour and lighting treatments. The BluRay appeals to me most.

For me, I'll prefer the newest version. Sure there are a lot of nonsensical additions, but there are too many edits that improve the films for me to go back. I prefer most lf the new effects, I prefer the new Ian McDiarmid scene in Episode 5 etc... Plus I am one of those people who like the canonical connections between a lot of the new Disney era stuff, so for me, the now canonical version will be my go to

I hate the addition of the rock in front of R2 more than I hate the Greedo changes. It's so stupid and I genuinely don't see why it's necessary.

If I plan to watch these on a 1080P TV (via USB thumb drive somehow), which versions should I get? In some scenes in this video, Despecialized seems to bright, yet in some 4Kxx seems to dark. Other than picture quality, are Despecialized and 4Kxx the same content? Also 4K80 is still only in Beta.

Hello, I have never seen the old star wars movies before, what version would the star wars people recommended to watch?

If we get a fourth trilogy, maybe we can have those heroes multiverse hopping and use it to subtlety explain every edit to the original trilogy. Each edit is canon to a different dimension they travel to. Hell, we could take it a step further and have them meet/learn about legends characters like Kyle Katarn or Starkiller.

I wish they released a version that is kind of like a "Pick your own adventure" type thing. They take the parts that are obviously changed, like the "Han Shot First" scene and you can pick which version you want. You could choose if you want the color grading of the original or the blu-ray version for example. Then you could have the movie exactly the way you like it, I think that would be a really cool and satisfying way to watch it

The two things I love about watching the Despecialised editions - they're nice and bright and warm, the same way I remember the colour, brightness and contrast being whenever I watched it in the 80s and 90s. Also, the fact that the lack of CGI is something you take without even a second thought. Whenever I watch the special editions, the modified scenes just take me out of the movie for that moment, whereas I can watch these ones and feel completely enveloped from start to finish.

It's nice to look back at Harmy's despecialized version. It's my childhood in so many ways. The importance of a true-as-possible restoration of the original is a matter of preserving the historical development of cinematic technology that it is. I want to see what they were able to produce at that time compared to other enterprises.

I want a official release of the original versions as a show of respect to the fans and the franchise itself. The special edition was never the problem, it was the official dismissal that the original versions even exist that bothers me.

This is such an interesting topic. I like the idea of preservation and at some point in my life i had the desire to get the old versions i remember from my childhood (I´m from 93´ and mostly grew up with VHS television grabs) and now that i am somewhat of a filmmaker i came to have more acceptance of George Lucas´s desire to alter the films to more match his original vision. Often times i look at my old footage of something i shot and re-edit or further alter or grade it as i progress as an artist and get better. But also at some point i think there has to be put a stop to the madness sometimes. You could always go and find something different like "Hey let´s watch Star Wars in Monochrome today" or "hey let´s just for fun watch the spanish version" or something like that. I think the main core that made the movies great will always prevail in all versions and always shine through any color grading or correction done to the material.

Okay, where do get the Despecialize addition? I am out of the blue to where I can download it

What is the name of the music track that starts at the 9:20 time mark please?

The Disney÷ versions are very close to the Despecialised's colour grading

Is that lotion on the desk behind you, my dude? Hahaha

How do the Disney+ versions compare? Are they identical to the 2011 Blu-ray release?

I saw it 13 times from 1977 to 1979. I saw alternate cuts and takes as well, to include some now-found original Jabba footage and some more Biggs at Toshi Station footage back then, and I took note of it at the time. All in all, Harmy's Version is the closest, particularly his 70mm cut when you buy the deluxe version in 6-speaker surround. Very accurate.

Yeah, but the bullshit you have to go through just to get the download for the Despecialized edition, and especially the 4K77 edition, is really discouraging. - you have to sign up with this site - then download a code reading software - then wait hours upon hours for the 100+GB required to download - and possibly rack up your internet bill - plus you'd have to buy a Blu-ray burner - then make a trip to OfficeMax and get some high quality labels printed - and there's probably stuff I'm forgetting about So it just makes me want to pay for someone else to do it.

Harmy and Team did a stellar job and restored things for so many fans. With 4K77 being the definitive version, Huge well done team, is there any point in further edits???

thats awesome to hear you were in the navy! I've been a fan of yours for a long time and I've been in the navy for about a year and eight months now. thank you for making these awesome videos! :)

Anyone know how to get the despecialized edition? I can't seem to find an easy to understand tutorial on how to install it

Great job on this! For me, it's almost a shot by shot thing. For any given shot, I found I preferred any of the three. In terms of overall appeal, I generally did not care for the "cooling" and darkening of the 2011 colors, though in some shots it looks great. For the brighter and outdoor scenes, the 4K77 version tended to get washed out or came across as too bright in the highlights. The despecialized version was hit or miss. Some shots looked great and others fell a little short, usually in the color grade. My hatred for the CGI creature additions in the 2011 version are so potent that I would just as soon remove every copy of it from the planet and pretend it never existed. I'd also hold everyone involved accountable to the fullest extent of the law. They should be in prison.