Duke of Crydee said:

I have a question that probably has been asked before, but I'm unsure how to search 344 pages to find it.

Basically, I've been collecting Star Wars digital material for decades now and while I have not watched each version, can someone who has watched the major ones tell me if I'm right?

Question is, the fan made version which most comes close to the theatrical OT. The top 3 I think are:

OCP Classic Edition

This Harmy Despecialized Edition

Adywan Revisited Edition

My gut is telling me Harmy's should be the closest? If I am remembering right, OCP's is a DVD/LD mashup which is very close but no other updates plus resolution issues. Adywan's, while very good resolution, color correction, etc.....contains a lot of personal additions/upgrades that never existed.

This one though, seems to just be great resolution, purist content with slight updates like color correction.

Am I right or am I really off the mark and need to do a lot more research? :) Thanks.

Yes, and just to clarify - even Harmy's color corrections were done with the intent of preserving the original theatrical appearance. He had access to original 1977 color references, which he used to re-time the blu-ray.

Two more projects to check out:

- Dark Jedi & You_Too's Blu V2. http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-OT-1997-Special-Edition-Blu-rays-Info-by-Team-Blu/topic/10550/

It is sourced from the official 2006 theatrical dvds, and have been color-corrected and upscaled. The quality is phenomenal, considering the source. They will be finished sometime this year, I believe.

- Team Negative 1 - 35mm preservation http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/team-negative1-star-wars-1977-35mm-theatrical-version-release-details-and-updates/topic/14590/

Star Wars might be done this year, with Empire to follow.