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Get the best deals for star wars despecialized blu ray at eBay.com. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! Harmy's Despecialized Edition is a fan-created film preservation of the original Star Wars trilogy films: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). It is a high quality replica of the out-of-print theatrical versions created by a team of Star Wars fans, with the intention of preserving the films, culturally.
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Thanks for your interest in the SW Trilogy Despecialized Editions. First of all, allow me to emphasize that I'm simply a fellow Star Wars fan helping others discover this amazing project. Credit for its actual creation goes to Harmy along with countless others who have dedicated their time, skills, and resources toward this restoration. Getting copies of the Despecialized Editions (“DE”) can be a hurdle if you don't know what you're doing, so I'm here to help.
Remember, as with any fan edit, YOU MAY ONLY OWN THIS IF YOU ARE A LEGAL OWNER OF THE OFFICIAL SOURCE. For Harmy’s DE project, this means YOU MUST OWN AN OFFICIAL HD RELEASE for each respective film (i.e. Star Wars Episodes IV, V, & VI), such as the official Blu-ray Discs or digital purchases.
This Star Wars fan community is built on the honor system, so your word is sufficient. Simply realize that if people who don't own legal copies of the Star Wars Original Trilogy obtain the DE, it's entirely possible that the entire project will be shut down before it's finished due to piracy allegations. So please encourage people to support the Star Wars franchise and purchase the official releases!
I am only selling you the time it took to create this wonderful set, with the cost of the ink, blank Blu-rays, Blu-ray cases, the time it took to cut and format everything. Trust me, it is not easy making these sets. I am throwing in the content for free because you already own a format of the official source.
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These are normal Blu-ray discs, if you have a Blu-ray player, these will work!
These will work on PS3, PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Blu-ray Players, 4K Blu-ray Players, etc. Just make sure they have the latest firmware installed.
DISCS ARE REGION FREE
SAMSUNG 4K BLU-RAY PLAYERS DO NOT PLAY 50GB BD-R DISCS - THESE WILL NOT WORK UNTIL THEY UPDATE THEIR FIRMWARE TO DO SO!
Other 4K Blu-ray Players work just fine. I personally test them on an Oppo UDP-203.
Each set is hand made so there may be some slight imperfections with the cutting, folding, printing etc. I do my best to make each set perfect but I am a one man team.
Each of the DE films includes a combination of three major projects: video, audio, and subtitles.
The video itself was painstakingly restored from various sources, including the official Blu-rays, bonus DVDs, Digital TV broadcasts, film scans, and more. All these were gathered from fans around the world, then compiled and underwent massive fine-tuning by Harmy and others.
The audio features availability in numerous streams. From 5.1 DTS-HD-MA surround, to 1.0 mono mix to reproduce the feel of the original theatrical showing, to various dubs in a multitude of languages, the sound choices bundled with Harmy’s DE allows the films’ sound to accommodate any preference.
Finally, Harmy’s DE also includes & supports subtitles courtesy of Project Threepio. This ongoing fan project provides high-quality subtitles for Star Wars films in their unaltered forms in order to broaden the appeal of fan preservation efforts beyond the English-speaking world.
What the set contains:
The cases are Clear 2 Disc Scavano cases. These are the sames cases that Criterion use for their Blu-ray releases.
The Blu-ray cases have double sided color printed artwork.
Each film has an insert, color double sided printed, explaining what is on each disc and chapters for the main film.
Each disc has color printed labels. These are not the stick on kind. These are special discs that get the artwork printed straight on them.
Despecialized Disc Versions
ANH - 2.7
ESB - 2.0
ROTJ - 2.5
All are the latest and greatest versions.
What each disc contains:
Star Wars IV - A New Hope
DISC 1 - 50GB Blu-ray Disc
MAIN FILM
This is the original 1977 version of Star Wars. No special edition changes, no Blu-ray release changes. Just as it was viewed in theaters in 1977.
- motion menus
- chapters menu
- audio/subtitles menu
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps (remuxed from the official MKV)
AUDIO:
1. 5.1 DTS-HD-MA [English] (1977 70mm six track mix)
2. 2.0 DTS-HD-MA [English] (1977 35mm stereo mix)
3. 1.0 DTS-HD-MA [English] (1977 35mm mono mix)
4. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (1985 Laserdisc mix)
5. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (1993 Laserdisc mix)
6. 2.0 Dolby Digital [German] (1978 dub reconstruction)
7. 2.0 Dolby Digital [French] (1977 dub)
8. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Spanish] (1977 Castilian dub)
9. 1.0 Dolby Digital [Spanish] (1980 Latino dub)
10. 1.0 Dolby Digital [Portuguese] (1980s Brazilian dub)
11. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Japanese] (1978 Dub)
12. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Italian] (1977 dub)
13. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Polish] (1995 Voiceover)
14. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Czech] (1992 dub)
15. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Hungarian] (1984 dub)
16. 1.0 Dolby Digital [Russian] (recut SE dub)
17. 1.0 Dolby Digital [Russian] (1980’s voiceover)
18. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Ukranian] (recut SE dub)
19. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Thai] (recut SE dub)
20. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Navajo] (recut from 2014 SE dub)
21. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (1993 LD Audio Commentary - silence filled with 1993 LD 2.0)
22. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (2004 DVD Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)
23. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (2004 starwars.com Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)
24. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (2011 BD Archival Interviews Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)
25. 2.0 Dolby Digital [Isolated Score]
26. 2.0 Dolby Digital [English] (Commentary For Visually Impaired)
27. ‘The Canon’ Podcast Commentary - Devin Faraci & Amy Nicholson (2016) (recut to fit)
28. Red Letter Media – Mr. Plinkett (2012) (recut to fit)
29. Rebel Force Radio Commentary (2014) (recut to fit)
30. Collider Commentary (2016) (recut to fit)
31. ‘Steele Wars’ Podcast - Live Comedy Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
32. Rifftrax Comedy Commentary (2011) (recut to fit)
SUBTITLES: (All subtitles are .sup files from Project Threepio v9.2)
English, English SDH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindu, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
SPECIAL FEATURES
- ‘Introducing the Despecialized Edition and its Sources’ – 20 mins
- All changes to Star Wars since 1977 Comparison Video – 25 mins
- Cast Interviews (1977)
Mark Hamill – BBC
Alec Guinness – Parkinson
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hammill – The Mike Douglas Show
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hammill – On set interviews
- Deleted Scenes/Bloopers
All deleted scenes, including the original cut of the Cantina scene, and blooper reel.
- Trailers/Tv Spots
Teaser Trailer, Theatrical Trailer, Re-Release Trailer, Honest Trailer (2016), 17 x 30 second TV Spots
- Cultural Impact
How Star Wars should have ended
Robot Chicken: All episode 4 clips edited together in chronological order
Family Guy: Blue Harvest TV special
Bad Lip Reading
Half in the Bag: George Lucas/Star Wars discussion episode
- Reviews
Hello Greedo (Despecialized edition + Film review)
Jeremy Jahns (Despecialized edition + Film review)
Chris Stuckmann (Film review only)
Star Wars IV - A New Hope
DISC 2 - 25GB Blu-ray Disc
DOCUMENTARY DISC
- Jamie Benning’s ‘Star Wars Begins’ Filmumentary (2hrs 20mins)
- Making of Star Wars (1977) (49 mins)
- Empire of Dreams - Part I (2004) (60 mins)
Star Wars V - The Empire Strikes Back
DISC 1 - 50GB Blu-ray Disc
MAIN FILM
This is the original 1980 version of Star Wars. No special edition changes, no Blu-ray release changes. Just as it was viewed in theaters in 1980.
- motion menus
- chapters menu
- audio/subtitles menu
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps (remuxed from the official release)
AUDIO:
1. English DTS-HD-MA 5.1 (1980 mix)
2. English DTS-HD-MA 2.0 (1980 mix)
3. English DD 2.0 (1993 Laserdisc mix)
4. French DD 2.0
5. Italian DD 2.0
6. Spanish (Cast.) DD 2.0
7. Spanish (Am.) DD 1.0
8. Portuguese DD 2.0
9. Portuguese (Br.) DD 1.0
10. German DD 2.0
11. Czech DD 2.0
12. Hungarian DD 2.0
13. Slovak DD 2.0
14. Russian DD 2.0
15. Polish DD 2.0 (voiceover)
16. Ukrainian DD 2.0 (voiceover)
17. Japanese DD 2.0
18. 1993 Laserdisc Audio Commentary
19. 2004 DVD Audio Commentary (recut to fit)
20. 2011 Blu-ray Audio Commentary (recut to fit)
21. Music-only Audio Track DD 2.0
22. Superego Podcast - Comedy Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
23. Collider Commentary (2016) (recut to fit)
24. Rebel Force Radio Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
25. The Weekly Planet Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
26. Rifftrax Comedy Commentary (2009) (recut to fit)
27. 'Far Far Away Radio' Commentary (2014) (recut to fit)
28. forcecast.net Commentary (2010) (recut to fit)
29. 'Tosche Station Radio' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
30. 'Armchair Directors' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
31. 'Geekvolution' Commentary (2014) (recut to fit)
32. 'The Comic Book Cast' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
SUBTITLES: (All subtitles are .sup files from Project Threepio v9.2)
English, English SDH, French, Italian, Spanish (Am.), Portuguese (Br.), German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Cantonese, Mandarin (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Thai
SPECIAL FEATURES
- All changes to The Empire Strikes Back since 1980 Comparison Video – 15 mins
- John Williams Featurette - 22 mins
- Cast/Crew Interviews (1980)
Mark Hamill + Harrison Ford (x2)
Carrie Fisher
Billy Dee Williams
David Prowse
John Williams
George Lucas
- Deleted Scenes/Bloopers
All deleted scenes, as well as the original cartoon featuring Boba Fett from the 'Star Wars Holiday Special', and blooper reel.
- Trailers/Tv Spots
Teaser Trailers, Theatrical Trailers, Re-Release Trailer, 8 x 30 second TV Spots, 6 x 30 second Kenner Toy/Atari Game TV commercials
- Cultural Impact
How The Empire Strikes Back should have ended
Robot Chicken: All episode 5 clips edited together in chronological order
Family Guy: 'Something Something Something Dark Side' TV special
Bad Lip Reading
The Muppet Show: Star Wars Episode (1980)
Tie Fighter Wars - Anime Short Film
Darth Vader Being a Jerk
Homer Simpson Ruins 'The Empire Strikes Back'
James Bond: ESB Opening Credits Homage
- Reviews
Hello Greedo (Film review + Deleted Scenes Analysis)
Jeremy Jahns (Film review only)
Chris Stuckmann (Film review only)
Star Wars V - The Empire Strikes Back
DISC 2 - 25GB Blu-ray Disc
DOCUMENTARY DISC
- Jamie Benning's 'Building Empire' Filmumentary (2006) - 2hrs 16mins
- SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 50 mins
- Empire of Dreams - Part II (2004) - 30 mins
- Jamie Benning's 'Do or Do not; There is No Try' (2016) - 30 mins
- Michel Parbot: Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Lost Footage) - 16 mins
Star Wars VI - The Return of the Jedi
DISC 1 - 50GB Blu-ray Disc
MAIN FILM
This is the original 1983 version of Star Wars. No special edition changes, no Blu-ray release changes. Just as it was viewed in theaters in 1983.
- motion menus
- chapter menus
- audio/subtitles menu
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps (remixed from the official release)
AUDIO:
1. English DTS-HD-MA 5.1 (1983 mix)
2. English DTS-HD-MA 2.0 (1983 mix)
3. English DD 2.0 (1993 Laserdisc mix)
4. French DD 2.0
5. Italian DD 2.0
6. Spanish (Cast.) DD 2.0
7. Spanish (Am.) DD 1.03
8. Portuguese DD 2.0
9. Portuguese (Br.) DD 1.0
10. German DD 2.0
11. Czech DD 2.0
12. Hungarian DD 2.0
13. Slovak DD 2.0
14. Russian DD 2.0
15. Polish DD 2.0 (voiceover)
16. Ukrainian DD 2.0 (voiceover)
17. Japanese DD 2.0
18. 1993 Laserdisc Audio Commentary
19. 2004 DVD Audio Commentary
20. 2011 Blu-ray Audio Commentary
21. Music-only Audio Track DD 2.0
21. Half in the Bag Commentary - Red Letter Media (2016) Recut to fit
22. Rebel Force Radio Commentary (2014) Recut to fit
23. Laser Time Podcast Commentary (2016) Recut to fit
24. Collider Commentary (2016) (recut to fit)
25. forcecast.net Commentary (2012) (recut to fit)
26. 'The Comic Book Cast' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
27. 'Geekvolution' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
29. 'Armchair Directors' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
30. 'Brain Scratch' Commentary (2014) (recut to fit)
31. 'The Weekly Planet' Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
32. Rifftrax Comedy Commentary (2010) (recut to fit)
SUBTITLES: (All subtitles are .sup files from Project Threepio v9.2)
English, English SDH, French, Italian, Spanish (Am.), Portuguese (Br.), German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Cantonese, Mandarin (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Thai
SPECIAL FEATURES
- All changes to Return of the Jedi since 1983 Comparison Video – 15 mins
- Cast/Crew Interviews (1983)
Mark Hamill - Gene Siskel Featurette and Interview
Mark Hamill - Maria Shriver Interview
Harrison Ford - The Today Show
Carrie Fisher - The Johnny Carson Show
Billy Dee Williams - Good Morning America
George Lucas - 'The Making of a Saga' Excerpt
- Deleted Scenes/Bloopers
All deleted scenes, as well as the 'Return of the Ewok' (1983) short film (25 mins), and blooper reel.
- Trailers/Tv Spots
Teaser Trailer (x4), Theatrical Trailer,
Re-Release Trailer, TV Spots (x4),
Kenner Toy/Atari Game TV commercials (x22)
Ewoks: Caravan of Courage Trailer (1984)
Ewoks: Battle for Endor Trailer (1985)
Droids/Ewoks cartoon trailers
- Cultural Impact
How Return of the Jedi should have ended
Robot Chicken: All episode 6 clips edited together in chronological order
Family Guy: 'It's a Trap' TV special
The Return of Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader Feels Blue
David Lynch's 'Return of the Jedi' Trailer
Return of the Jedi: Minecraft Parody
Complete History of Star Wars Video Games
Chad Vader (First Episode)
The Star Wars the I used to know - Music Video Parody
- Reviews
Hello Greedo (Film review + Deleted Scenes Analysis)
Jeremy Jahns (Film review only)
Chris Stuckmann (Film review only)
Star Wars VI - The Return of the Jedi
DISC 2 - 50GB Blu-ray Disc
DOCUMENTARY DISC + STAR WARS TRILOGY DOCUMENTARIES
ROTJ DOCUMENTARIES
- Returning to Jedi (2007) - 148 mins
- Empire of Dreams Part III (2004) - 30 mins
- Classic Creatures (1983) - 48 mins
- Jamie Benning: ROTJ Location Special Effects (2015) - 5 mins
- Jamie Benning: Life Inside Jabba The Hutt (2015) - 20 mins
STAR WARS TRILOGY DOCUMENTARIES
- From SW to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983) - 70 mins
- When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) - 50 mins
- Star Wars: The Magic and the Mystery (1997) - 50 mins
- The Characters of Star Wars (2004) - 19 mins
- The Force Is With Them: The Legacy Of Star Wars (2004) - 14 mins
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Harmy'sDespecialized Edition is a fan-createdfilm preservation of the original Star Wars trilogy films: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). It is a high quality replica of the out-of-print theatrical versions created by a team of Star Wars fans, with the intention of preserving the films, culturally and historically. The project was led by Petr Harmáček, an English teacher from Plzeň, Czech Republic under the online alias Harmy.
The original Star Wars trilogy was created by George Lucas and released theatrically between 1977 and 1983. For the 'Special Edition' theatrical re-release of the films in 1997, Lucas introduced noticeable changes to address his dissatisfaction with the original cuts. These included additional scenes and altered dialogue, and new sound-effects and computer-generated imagery. These changes were included in subsequent releases of the films for home viewing. As of 2020, the original theatrical releases are not commercially available, and have never been released in high definition.
Some of the alterations were met with a negative response from both critics and fans. Harmáček felt that altering the films in this way constituted 'an act of cultural vandalism'. In 2010, he began to create a high definition reconstruction of the films' theatrical versions. Harmáček and a team of eight other fans used the 2011 Blu-ray releases for the majority of material, the lower-definition 1993 LaserDisc releases as a guide to the original version, and various other sources. The first version was published online in 2011, and updated versions have been released since.
As a derivative work, Harmy's Despecialized Edition cannot be legally bought or sold in the United States and other countries with treaties respecting US copyrights, and is 'to be shared among legal owners of the officially available releases only'.[1] Consequently, the films are mainly available via various file sharing methods. Reaction to the project has been positive, with critics generally praising the quality and aesthetics of the work.
Background[edit]
The original Star Wars trilogy was a Lucasfilm production released theatrically by 20th Century Fox between 1977 and 1983, and was subsequently released on home media during the 1980s and 1990s. The films were distributed by CBS/Fox Video on several formats, such as VHS, Betamax, and LaserDisc.[2] In 1997, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Star Wars, Lucas re-released new cuts of the trilogy to theaters, naming them the 'Special Editions'. The purpose of this release was to alter the films to meet Lucas' ideal vision that he could not achieve during their original productions. A number of changes to the original releases included additions of enhanced digital effects, previously unreleased scenes, altered dialogue, unreleased and newly recorded music by John Williams, updated sound-effects by THX and Skywalker Sound, and entirely new CGI sequences from Industrial Light & Magic.[3]
Reaction to the 'Special Edition' versions remain controversial with commentators praising the picture and sound restoration, but criticising unnecessary additions such as computer-generated characters, creatures, and vehicles as well as alterations to the essential story;[4] most notably a short scene involving the bounty hunter Greedo shooting at Han Solo from the first film drew significant ire.[5] Further changes to the series were added to the DVD release in 2004 to establish continuity with the prequel trilogy and to the Blu-ray releases from 2011. The final release of the theatrical cuts was in 2006, when unrestored masters used for the 1993 'Definitive Collection' trilogy on LaserDisc were added as a DVD bonus feature to a limited run – fans named this release 'George's Original Unaltered Trilogy' (GOUT).[6]
Despite a high demand and many online fan petitions, Lucasfilm has refused to release the theatrical versions of Star Wars in a high quality. In 2010, Lucas stated that bringing the original cuts to Blu-ray would be a 'very, very expensive' process;[7] as of 2020, the films are still only widely available in their altered versions.[8]
Production[edit]
Conception[edit]
Petr Harmáček (known online by the alias 'Harmy') had watched a dubbed version of the original cut of Star Wars at the age of six, and had then seen the Special Editions of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi on their 1997 release.[9] Although initially admiring them, he became disappointed when he learned how much the films had been changed retroactively; he argued that replacing the original effects with re-composited digital effects was 'an act of cultural vandalism'.[10] A fan of the original trilogy, he had written his undergraduate thesis on their cultural impact.[11] After seeing a trailer for Adywan's cut of The Empire Strikes Back, Harmáček was inspired to create a version of the film that 'undid' the post-1977 changes and restored the theatrical releases in high-definition.[12] He described his motivation as: 'I wanted to be able to show people who haven't seen Star Wars yet, like my little brother or my girlfriend, the original, Oscar-winning version, but I didn't want to have to show it to them in bad quality.'[10] Harmáček's edits were the first to recreate the theatrical releases in HD.[9]
Editing[edit]
— Petr 'Harmy' Harmáček explaining his motivation for creating the Despecialized Edition[11]
Harmáček began creating his new cuts in 2010.[7] At the time, he was working as an English teacher in Plzeň and had no professional experience with film editing.[9] Instead, he taught himself programs such as Avisynth and Adobe After Effects as the project progressed, beginning with Photoshop skills that he had developed in college.[3][11] To remove the post-1977 changes, Harmáček was required to go through the film frame-by-frame, correcting colors and rotoscoping.[2][13] Undoing some shots took only an hour, while others took hundreds. Lightsabers were color-corrected, shots of the Millennium Falcon cockpit were un-cropped, Boba Fett's original voice was restored, and CGI characters and backgrounds were removed.[3]
Sources[edit]
Most of the source material used for Harmy's Despecialized Edition was taken from Lucasfilm's official Blu-ray release of the films in 2011, while other sequences were upscaled from previous home video releases.
These include:
- The 2-disc 'Limited Edition' DVD release from 2006. This set contains a low resolution copy of the theatrical cuts on a bonus disc. Harmy refers to this disc as 'George's Original Unaltered Trilogy' (GOUT).[14]
- The official trilogy on DVD box set from 2004, primarily the HDTV broadcasts of those versions of the films.
- The 1997 'Special Edition' re-releases, most notably digital broadcasts of those cuts along with their LaserDisc releases.
- The 1993 LaserDisc 'Definitive Collection' box set.
- Digital transfers of a Spanish 35 mm Kodak LPP and 70 mm film cels, a 16 mm print.
- A collection of still images of the original matte paintings.
Harmáček edited these sources together using programs such as Avisynth and Adobe After Effects.[10]
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To help, Harmáček was assisted by a group of like-minded fans from the website OriginalTrilogy.com. In total, the project took thousands of hours of work between them.[10] In 2011, one year after the project had begun, the first version of Harmy's Despecialized Edition was published online;[15] new and updated versions were created regularly in the five years that followed.[5] As of February 2017, the most recent 'despecialized' versions of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are v2.7, v2.0 and v2.5 respectively.[11] As a result of the project, Harmáček was able to quit his teaching job and in 2015 was hired by UltraFlix to prepare and restore a library of 4K-encoded films for sale and rent. He has since joined UPP, a Prague-based VFX house, as a 2D digital compositor and worked on such projects as Blade Runner 2049, Wonder Woman, and AMC's The Terror.[3][7]
Legality[edit]
The legality of downloading Harmy's Despecialized Edition is contentious.[2] As a fan edit, the cut cannot be legally bought or sold, and treads a line between fair use and copyright infringement.[16] OriginalTrilogy.com states that the edits are 'made for culturally historical and educational purposes' and that they are 'to be shared among legal owners of the officially available releases only'.[7] Consequently, the films are only available via various BitTorrent trackers and through specialized rapid download programs using file sharing sites.[4][17] Harmáček himself remarked: 'I'm convinced that 99% of people who download this already bought Star Wars 10 times over on DVD.'[11] As of January 2020, he had received no legal challenge from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the owner of Lucasfilm and 20th Century Studios, over the Despecialized Edition.[10]
Alternate projects[edit]
Team Negative 1[edit]
Star Wars 4K77 is a fan project where original 35mm prints of Star Wars from 1977 were scanned and restored by a group of dedicated fans. The project takes its name based on the high quality of 4K resolution and the film's release year of 1977. In 2016, a few 35mm prints managed to be located and donated to group of fans called 'Team Negative 1' (TN1), who took these prints and scanned them in 4K. After two years of painstaking restoration, TN1 released the film online on May 18, 2018, first in the form of a 4K UHD file and then a 1080p downscale. According to the Project 4K77 website, 97% of the restoration came from a single print that contained a Spanish dub. The other 3% came from an alternate print and some frames were upscaled from the official Lucasfilm Blu-ray. Nothing required upscaling from any of the DVD or VHS releases. [18]
TN1 followed up 4K77 with Project 4K83 based on an original 35mm print of Return of the Jedi was that was discovered and scanned in 4K. According to their website, the print that was utilized for this restoration for the third film required little cleanup and was finished and released before their completed restoration of The Empire Strikes Back on October 18, 2018.[19]Project 4K80, a restoration of The Empire Strikes Back, is currently being restored by TN1 as of 2020. The prints to the 1980 film required a lot more cleanup and are expected to take at least over a year to complete, despite only having 6 reels of film to clean up.[20]
Reception[edit]
Reaction to Harmy's Despecialized Edition has been universally positive. Writing for Inverse, Sean Hutchinson placed it at number one on his list of the best Star Wars fan edits, and described it as 'the perfect pre-1997 way to experience the saga'.[5] Whitson Gordon of Lifehacker called the edits 'the best version of Star Wars you can watch', and named them 'the version of Star Wars we've all been clamoring for the last 20 years'.[4] Similarly, Nathan Barry of Wired praised the films as 'an absolute joy to watch',[13] while Gizmodo described them as 'very, very good'.[15] In an article listing Ars Technica's favorite Star Wars items, Sam Machkovech selected Harmy's Despecialized Edition, calling it 'a treat'.[17]
References[edit]
Empire Strikes Back Despecialized
- ^'The Ultimate Introductory Guide to Harmy's Star Wars Trilogy Despecialized Editions'. docs.google.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ abcGoldberg, Matt (December 14, 2015). 'Yes, an HD Version of the Unaltered 'Star Wars' Original Trilogy Lurks Online'. Collider. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^ abcdMiller, Daniel (December 2015). 'Restoring Star Wars'. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^ abcGordon, Whitston (December 14, 2015). 'Watch the Original Star Wars Trilogy As It Was Before George Lucas Screwed It Up'. Lifehacker. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ abcHutchinson, Sean (January 22, 2016). 'These Are the 5 Best 'Star Wars' Fan Edits'. San Francisco: Inverse. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^Smith, Chris (December 15, 2015). 'How to watch the original Star Wars trilogy from before George Lucas altered it'. Boy Genius Report. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ abcdBrew, Simon (May 20, 2015). 'Star Wars: Fan creates 'despecialized' original trilogy'. London: Den of Geek. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^Hutchinson, Lee (May 10, 2014). 'Could Disney finally give us the remastered, unedited Star Wars we want?'. Ars Technica. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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External links[edit]
- Harmy's channel on YouTube
- Star Wars Trilogy Despecialized Edition on Facebook
- Why watching the best version of Star Wars is actually illegal via Looper
- Star Wars: Despecialized Edition Remastered V2.5, Introducing the Sources on IMDb
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