how can I watch the original '77 star wars?

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Omg it hurts.

any links to see this or a real download would be helpful. Thanks

Capitalization, punctuation, full words, and a little common sense would be even more helpful.

Go back in time to 1977, preferably on or shortly after May 25 (unless you don’t mind waiting).

TV’s Frink said:

Capitalization, punctuation, full words, and a little common sense would be even more helpful.

So would reading the rules.

chazstone2012 said:

any links to see this or a real download would be helpful. Thanks

1. Asking for or writing download links is a great way how to get the site in trouble and your self banned.
2. Read the rules before you write something down.
3. Nobody from us is a mind reader (at least I hope so), so you have to be more specific about what exactly are you searching for.
4. Go to this part of the forum : http://originaltrilogy.com/discussion/Star-Wars-Preservations-and-Other-Fan-Projects/id/17 , read the stickies, find a thread which sounds the most interesting to you and read it.

get the limited edition 2006 dvds or get the depecialized edition

1. Official DVD release - Limited Edition - might be expensive to come by. Look on ebay, amazon or country-specific e-shops. This release suffers from washed out colors and low resolution, looking more like a VHS release than a DVD.

2. Offical VHS release - There were many VHS releases but the best one is “The Faces” box set - a box set with face of Yoda, Vader and stormtrooper on the front. Obviously looks like shit since it’s a ~30y old technology. Again, look around ebay (some e-shops might have it but probably not).

3. Official Laserdisc release - Probably the best looking official release, depends on the state of the laserdisc you get. As previously, look on ebay (some e-shops might have it but probably not).

4. Harmy’s Despecialized Edition - The best looking version you can get. Created by a member of this forum, Petr Harmy, it combines footage from the special editions, film scans and the 2006 DVD to create a high-quality version of the entire Original Trilogy. The movies are in 720p with a very high bitrate, resulting in astounding quality - IMHO better than the official Blu-Ray, which had more than twice as many pixels to work with. The current versions are 2.7 for A New Hope, 2.0 for The Empire Strikes Back and 2.5 for Return of the Jedi. These can be found at various torrent trackers, such as KickassTorrents or ThePirateBay, but you may only find low-quality encodes, gigantic and for many people impractical MKV files or outdated versions. The best place to get the Despec. Edition is on MySpleen, which is a private torrent tracker for which you need an invite, but to get that you need to cement your position as a good user. Of course, it is illegal to download Despecialized Edition, so before you go look for it, make sure you own the official Blu-Rays.

All these are wrong. The only way right now to actually watch the pure 1977 Star Wars as it was originally released in theaters is the Silver Screen Edition, seeing as that is literally a scan of a 35mm print shown in theaters. The others are all either ever so slightly revised, be it the ANH title or an audio remix, or in the case of Despecialized, cobbled together from various sources. None of this is a big deal of course, but if you want to get nitpicky and technical, SSE is really your only totally “pure” option.

Density said:

All these are wrong. The only way right now to actually watch the pure 1977 Star Wars as it was originally released in theaters is the Silver Screen Edition, seeing as that is literally a scan of a 35mm print shown in theaters. The others are all either ever so slightly revised, be it the ANH title or an audio remix, or in the case of Despecialized, cobbled together from various sources. None of this is a big deal of course, but if you want to get nitpicky and technical, SSE is really your only totally “pure” option.

By that logic, if I accidentally make 1 pixel turn white for 1 frame, I make a new edition?

HansiG said:

Density said:

All these are wrong. The only way right now to actually watch the pure 1977 Star Wars as it was originally released in theaters is the Silver Screen Edition, seeing as that is literally a scan of a 35mm print shown in theaters. The others are all either ever so slightly revised, be it the ANH title or an audio remix, or in the case of Despecialized, cobbled together from various sources. None of this is a big deal of course, but if you want to get nitpicky and technical, SSE is really your only totally “pure” option.

By that logic, if I accidentally make 1 pixel turn white for 1 frame, I make a new edition?

No, that’s why I said it doesn’t matter and it’s just technical nitpicking. But if you’re OCD and you want original crawl+original audio+all original sources, that’s your only option at the moment.