Wow, I watched most of ANH via VLC on my high pixel count notebook last night. Really, really amazing work. The scene in Ben's house to me showed the Kurosawa influence that GL was under, it was like golden silverlight. Most impressive. I can see how the films really captured the imaginations of you 1977 youngsters!

Another thing was the whole analogness of the movie. In a digital world, I can see how that might want to suppressed by some, but analog is "real" and digital is "not." The new versions of the movie are not "real" anymore.