ORIGINAL Star Wars Opening 4K | Project 4K77 v2.0 Preview 

I saw it 31 times by sitting through it twice most times I saw it.

​@teresadalton741i seen the primer at the lowes astor theater in midtown manhatten on may 25th 1977. We were on line for hrs. But it was such a experience! I first saw the trailer first at a star trek convention or famous monsters convention. In n.y.c. as well as the movie in theaters. Seen it 20 times that first year! Great memories!😊

Hasn't been and will never be a better opening

...i was 29 on opening day, i became a kid again by the time movie ended... truly something special...

I can imagine

changed the world

Oh, indeed how it does. Made summer of '77 one of my favorite summers ever--if not my absolute favorite.

It us in the top 4 movies ever made

Same. We were so, so lucky.

Weeeeeell , maybe not Solo.

episode 3 and 4 are the best, 5 and 6 are good too right behind those, chose to not watch 1 and 2 because of the hate they get so I figured they probably werent that good

@@nitroxylictv 1 and 2 are good in their own right.

@@nitroxylictv great name

SW and ESB are the best the prequels arent even in the same league as those 2. 3 is best out of the prequels but they are very mediocre

1974 - 1989, the best 15 years in film history. Summer blockbusters every year. So many iconic films.

Oh yeah. I was 5 and I distinctly remember my Dad reading the opening crawl to me, and then when the Star Destroyer was halfway overhead, him saying "whoa!". I wish I could relive that moment again. RIP Dad. I really miss you.

Has somebody who was born in 1998 and never saw the original on the big screen, I think this is the absolute perfect description of this opening shot. Even when I first saw it via the 2004 DVD release back in 2011, I instinctively knew that when I first saw this scene, it looked utterly incredible. And I was 13 when I saw it for the first time.

Born in 78, a bit too late, but close enough to totally relate to that era.. Your comment had me tearing up. Total magic.

I actually did duck LOL

It was exactly like that! In my case not so many people though. I lived in a small, less than 10k people town, so we had a small theater and not a lot else to do in town as kids, so we all hung out there as much as possible. In those days, you could pay one price and watch every showing all day, so you might spend all afternoon and night there socializing, playing video games in the lobby and watching movies over and over. I remember the tickets being $3 each and you could get $20 from your mom and have more than enough for the movie, the games and snacks and still have some left over. BIG movies, like Star Wars would often stay in the theater for WEEKS! I saw this original Star Wars in that theater 110 times! To this day, it still hasn't gotten old and I'm as big of a fan as I ever was. My only regret was not holding on to some of those original Star Wars toys I had. Star Wars would take over a kids life then. I lived in a rural farming community, and I remember many times standing in a field on the edge of town, watching the sunset. In my mind, there were two suns setting, and I was like Luke watching it, with many adventures ahead of me. Playing with friends battling with makeshift light sabers we made from the wooden broom stick handles. I don't think our moms ever really figured out what kept happening to their broomsticks. When the Star Wars arcade game finally made an appearance in the lobby there was a never ending line to get a chance to play it. It was all too short and dream come true to fly an xwing! Never could I have imagine that here in my late 50s I'd be able to do the things I can in the Star Wars universe today. I can play in these worlds I grew up with, some in VR! I can hold a realistic looking and sounding light saber in my hand! I can play those games and watch those movies over and over again on a 110 inch projection screen with full surround sound! I could buy and wear the costumes and gear. I can literally go and visit a Star Wars planet, walk around and fly in the Millennium Falcon! I got to grow up with those heroes, and in some cases watch them eventually die. You young Star Wars fans must truly appreciate the absolute treasure (despite the sometimes off rail Disney misgivings) in the Star Wars universe you have at your disposable today. And it all started, right here, in the opening scenes on this video! If I could give any of you young people a good piece of advise it would be this.... NEVER. STOP. PLAYING! Sure, you have to adult sometimes, but never loose that inner child and never let the old man (woman) in!

I agree DNR is worst thing you can do to movie and its make whole 1080p-4k pointless because it turns movie to blurry mess in which characters looks like wax figures.

Yeah the last thing you want is red streaks appearing on the film like here... 😂

I’m not too fussed about whether the picture is 35mm, VHS or whatever quality, what I most want is for the footage to be what is was pre-special editions!

Agreed, this looks like a good print. I found the Silver Screen Edition so soft and grainy as to be distracting.

This main source for this project actually comes from a British I.B. Technicolor print. Due to the ways these prints were produced, they were actually much higher in quality than a standard Eastman-Kodak LPP print.

OMG Traveller! What a fantastic game! Bought everything as soon as it came out.

🎯💯

Agreed. I watched both film reels on my projector and it was a real blast. Those two reels must have sold like crazy considering the fact they were the only way to see the movie at home at the time.

I own David Prowse's (Darth Vadar) copy of the original 8mm film box.

@@sleekflash16 Yes. The only way to see it at home at that time. Amazing. We had to wait until 1982 to get it on VHS. To buy a copy then cost £50. That is about £200 today. But I suppose in comparison for £29 for 16 minutes on Super 8 that was not a bad deal.

Everyone always talks about how good the sound was?

It’s called a script

It's an intended joke, a sight gag that used to get a big laugh in theaters. It's a break from seeing the slaughter of all the soldiers and shows us that these aren't "normal" droids. They're on a mission from God- er, I mean, TheForce

It was intentional comedy relief to break the tension and violence of the Imperial boarding and ensuing slaughter. Audiences reacted perfectly to this relief with huge laughter and thunderous applause, endearing the droids to them instantly. When Vader steps through the doorway into the Blockade Runner, the audience hissed - recalling audience reaction to villains in previous decades, which audience members young and old in 1977 were well aware of as a trope. STAR WARS was magic, because it had invoked audiences into old-fashioned interplay with the characters and action on-screen. It was a special moment in time.

We need a true wide-screen version of the originals on 4k. 2006 Limited edition is a letterbox. It simply can't be the best it can be.

Where are these available?

Good point

In a rough cut following their corridor cross there was a shot of Threepio, tangled in wires, saying “Help, I’m melting! This is all your fault!” We all know that shot because it was moved to later in the film (on the Falcon) after the TIE fighter battle. Should’ve stayed where it originally was.

I know right.

Oh no! You found a plot hole!

the helmets protect against smoke and debris, thats about it lol

It's to make it easy for the audience to know who the bad guys are.

It actually doe protect them, it’s made by a plastic that disperses the energy throughout the whole armor. So it just knocks them out but saves then from death.

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It's not the original as it appeared in theaters...it is polluted and disgraced with the same disgusting "Special Edition" insults, just not as many or as obvious. I saw the original in theaters when it debuted and I know what the original is, and that isn't it.

@@TheGamerZapocalypse The theatrical editions of Empire Strikes Back and Jedi are indeed on the bonus DVD discs that came with the 2006 sets. I can say that with confidence since I'm in my 50s and I saw the originals numerous times in the cinema, then on VHS, Laser Disc, and then on the bonus DVDs in the 2006 sets.

@@TheGamerZapocalypsethat’s disc one, the other one is where you’ll note a bonus pc dvd-rom demo of lego star wars ii is included.

The ones on the bonus disks are copies of the laser disc versions. There is motion smearing and it is letterbox rather than wide-screen so loses a lot of detail.

Yes, the lights were moving in the original.