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For thirty years, Lucasfilm refused to release a high-quality version of the theatrical cut. The last official release of the unaltered A New Hope was on the 2006 DVD bonus disc—a non-anamorphic, pan-and-scan transfer ripped directly from a 1993 LaserDisc, looking like garbage on a modern TV.
Enter: "Harmy." "Petr Harmáček" is a Czech film student and lifelong Star Wars fan. In the late 2000s, frustrated by the lack of a pristine original version, he decided to do what a multi-billion dollar studio wouldn't. Star Wars- A New Hope - Harmy-s Despecialized E...
Then, a miracle happened. A team known as "Team Negative 1" scanned an original 35mm print of A New Hope in 4K resolution. This project, known as was a raw, un-touched scan of a theatrical release print. It had scratches, reel change marks, and the original 1977 color timing (which was warmer and grainier than the cold Blu-ray). For thirty years, Lucasfilm refused to release a
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