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Info Wanted: What's the best or closest way I can see the first (and thus, original) version of a Star Wars release print (meaning the 35mm two-track stereo version in 1977)?

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What’s the best or closest way I can see the first (and thus, original) version of a Star Wars release print (meaning the 35mm two-track stereo version in 1977)? The first version of a Star Wars release print to be finished in 1977 was a print with the 35mn two track Dolby stereo mix.

So technically, that would make the 35mm two-track stereo version the original out of the original version. I don’t know if there’s a print of this version floating around though. So can anyone tell me if there’s a fan edit that’s pretty much a recreation of that version from 1977 and what the fan edit is called (For example, there’s an edit called the phantom edit.

So I would like to know the name of the edit. Like, is it called the fruit loop edit? You get the point) You know, a fan edit that has an original opening crawl of 1977 and strictly uses the 35mm two-track stereo mix?

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Despecialized Edition V2.5?

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Both Tem Blu's SW and Harmy's Despecialized have the 35mm stereo track as one of the audio tracks. You can get the Despecialized edition from demonoid (which I'm seeding) or myspleen and Team Blu's SW on myspleen. PM me if you need an invite. There is probably some other versions (eg Laserdisc rips) on the spleen with sync'd audio.

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RU.08 said:

Both Tem Blu's SW and Harmy's Despecialized have the 35mm stereo track as one of the audio tracks. You can get the Despecialized edition from demonoid (which I'm seeding) or myspleen and Team Blu's SW on myspleen. PM me if you need an invite. There is probably some other versions (eg Laserdisc rips) on the spleen with sync'd audio.

 When you say the 35mm stereo track is one of the audio tracks on both of those fan edits, you mean it's one of the audio options, right? Like, I can choose to watch the movie in strictly 35mm stereo, right?

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Yes, in the Despecialized v2.5, you can choose between these audio tracks:

TRACK  1) 5.1   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1977 70mm six track mix)

TRACK  2) 2.0   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1977 35mm stereo mix)

TRACK  3) 1.0   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1977 35mm mono mix)

TRACK  4) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (1985 Laserdisc mix)

TRACK  5) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (1993 Laserdisc mix)

TRACK  6) 2.0 Dolby Digital [German]         (1978 dub reconstruction)

TRACK  7) 2.0 Dolby Digital [French]         (1977 dub)

TRACK  8) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Spanish]        (1977 Castilian dub)

TRACK  9) 1.0 Dolby Digital [Spanish]        (1980 Latino dub)
 
TRACK 10) 1.0 Dolby Digital [Portuguese]     (1980s Brazilian dub)

TRACK 11) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Japanese]       (1978 Dub)

TRACK 12) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Italian]        (1977 dub)

TRACK 13) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Polish]         (1995 Voiceover)
 
TRACK 14) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Czech]          (1992 dub)

TRACK 15) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Hungarian]      (1984 dub)

TRACK 16) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (1993 LD Audio Commentary - silence filled with 1993 LD 2.0)

TRACK 17) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (2004 DVD Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)

TRACK 18) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (2004 starwars.com Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)

TRACK 19) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (2011 BD Archival Interviews Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)

TRACK 20) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Isolated Score] (Compiled by hairy_hen)

TRACK 21) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (Commentary For Visually Impaired)

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