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That's his problem. I jave them on Laserdisc and VHS. These are the real Star Wars films...

Bought the Harmy edition off of ebay and absolutely dont reget paying that pretty penny

From what I understand, the 2006 DVDs had the laser disc transfers of the theatrical films that you own on laser disc (apparently, the transfer quality on the DVDs is poor). Someone please correct me, if I'm wrong. As for the 4K/blu ray discs, regardless of the video quality, those cases/artwork are beautiful. Although, I do wish Return of the Jedi had artwork more similar to New Hope and Empire.

I bought this trilogy when the crew put them out on standard blu and they’re perfect. I never watch the Di$ney 4Ks. There was a guy online who put them all together real nice, printed covers, and shipped em to me. Worth every penny.

I was able to purchase the despecialized bluray versions on ebay some years back and they look perfect. I've never watched the updated altered versions on purpose since the originals are what I grew up watching and love as they are.

Team Negative 1 did an incredible job scanning and restoring the 35mm prints. I have them all downloaded in their most recent versions. Star Wars and Return of the Jedi are both insanely high quality. Empire was the toughest job for them as the only print they had access to was in very bad condition. All the thanks in the world to them.

George hates the original and that has been true since the 1990s, I doubt that will change. What is strange is how the 1997 edits are also missing on Blu-Ray and 4K and they had to restore those and Phantom Menace theatrical cut as well.

The laser disc scans is what they used for the DVD special feature, was advertised at the last time they’d be available

I managed to pick up the despecialised versions on bluray from eBay a few years ago. I have a huge collection of 80s fantasy movies and they feel right at home in these versions with original theatrical art on the covers. I think this is a great example of the best thing fans are capable of.

Love Star Wars but on a side note. Where did you get that Noid plush?

Star Wars to Jedi is a crazy making of! There is a section in it where Ben Burt is talking to John Williams about how the Ewoks talks and John Williams says they sound like midgets which Ben Burt just replies that if we go any higher, they would sound like Alvin and the chipmunks 😂 The scene plays like a joke you’d see in a parody film today 😅

I would love the original trilogy on 4k especially the empire strikes back

It is unfortunate that the original versions of the original trilogy are not available officially on 4K Blu-Ray and most of the time I do my best to support the official releases of the movie's on home video but as you said there was a DVD release from 2006 that had the so called "Theatrical Version" on disc two of each of the movie's but in reality they were mostly just the master files for the 93/95 Laserdisc releases just ported over to DVD with only one minor change to Star Wars to exclude the Episode IV A New Hope subtitle from the opening crawl of the film to match the OG release of the movie but aside from that your only getting the Laserdisc versions from 93/95 which means not only do you have the big black bars on the top and bottom of the screen but you also get the big black bars on the left and right of the screen as well because it's a non-anamorphic letterboxed version of the movie's that were intended for viewing on a 4:3 television and not a 16:9 screen and then I do have the official Star Wars Skywalker Saga boxset from 2020 but those are the latest versions of the Special Edition's of the movie's with the CGI and all. Now back to what I was saying at the start of this comment it is unfortunate that there hasn't been a proper official release of these versions of the movie's but I do own these versions of the movie's you have on my computer as I do not have them burned on 4K Blu-Ray discs like you do but most of the time I just plug my computer into my TV and watch these on my TV and I don't usually support any kind of homemade or bootleg stuff but I did make one exception and that was for the Star Wars Holiday Special because there is no official home video release for that whatsoever and there probably never will be but it was something I saw at my local comic convention and I picked it up there but aside from that I don't usually support buying a bootleg DVD or Blu-Ray of anything unless they have been gifted to me or I did it myself with only the intent for my own personal home viewing.

I am one that refuses to own the special editions. I have the Definitive Collection on laserdisc. Gorgeous box set! I have an unboxing video. I did buy the de-specialized editions on blu-ray and was surprised how good they were.

Dude I had (and still) that gold VHS box set too, and Return Of The Jedi was my most watched tape as well! Those 1997 special editions are also lost versions of Star Wars as George Lucas has since changed those versions too. I don't think most people realize how sophisticated the world of bootlegging is becoming. There's an Australian company that's making factory pressed bootlegs of old Anchor Bay DVDs. I picked up Freaked, Near Dark, and Dutch. I have a ton of legit Anchor Bay releases and the bootlegs are basically the same quality as the offical discs. And those Warner Bros Tales From The Crypt box sets are factory pressed bootlegs too.

I have them it’s worth figuring out how to download and make them!

The theatrical cuts were released on DVD but the quality is pretty poor because it was ripped from a laser disc

Where can we get these? You need to put links man

Are the 4K's actually authored on BD-66 or BD-100 discs?

are they "pressed" or "burned" disc - if pressed then they will last for a long time // if burned then they will eventually deteriorate, aka "disc rot"

Can you give us a link or other information?

I've had downloaded the Harmy versions and the Oohteedee D+ versions. I prefer the Oohteedee versions as he takes the official Disney 4k versions and then used scans of theatrical film to replace the offensive CGI. Though the latest versions aren't perfect. As there are some shots that are lower quality where I know there are better quality scans floating around. I have the files on a USB drive connected to my blu-ray player. That way I don't have to mess with burning discs. So hopefully he'll do a new version some time. If Disney would put out the theatrical versions in 4k, I'd gladly buy it.

I feel like Han shooting first is more inline with the character. He is a scoundrel when we first meet him. He doesn't start to show any growth out of that until the very end of Episode 4.

It's a shame that you can't get the OG trilogy on a quality release. It's worse that you can't get the pre-Marcia Lucas cut of Star Wars. Would love to see it in that documentary style with all the long cuts. I had a boot DVD I made back in the day from a FLAC torrent but the sound sucked and the picture was stretched. Gave it to a friend whose kids got a lot of miles out of it.

as his son, i can confirm they are 100% awesome

Nah these along with the Harmy Despecialised discs as well as 4k77,80 and 83 are pretty easy to find if you want to purchase online from somebody.

I was fortunate enough to pick up the fan made despecialised editions on blu ray right before Disney started putting the smack down on distribution (they were quite freely available on eBay at one time). It’s as close as you can get now to a HD version of the unaltered original trilogy. Only versions I watch - Disney can keep their £250 4K box set

I’ve got all three original on blu ray I managed to pick up They play great

i see people selling 4k77 and despecialized editions on etsy all the time with no trouble.

You can find some of these in uh.. those places. I did. I recommend the Harmy Despecialized versions. You can see the labor of love it was for him to use many different cuts, go on and clean up certain effects.. Amazing. The making of is here on YT. If only current content creators had the reverence this guy has for the films. Anyone who makes these restorations provides them free to watch. As for buying physical copies, caveat emptor. Some sellers take it seriously, some spread the love, some are outright thieves.

I have these bootlegs on Blu-Ray left to me by my brother-in-law before he died during Covid. Not sure where he had got them but they look pretty good. The print of Star Wars I have even has it as just simply Star Wars without it saying Episode 4 A New Hope. That's how I remember seeing it in the thester when it first came out.

is there any way i can at least buy the case artwork from him?

The gold vhs box set your talking about is the 1997 special edition set

I saw nightmare cafe a long time ago it was good at least when I was in high school.

I went to the theater, in the 90's and saw Star wars on the big screen. The theater was totally empty. My parents were divorced, so this was when my dad would take us all out for the day. Because I wanted to be an actor he took me to a bunch of stage plays. Mainly show tunes, which I loved and I still love musicals. He also took us other places of course. Once to the St.Patrick's day parade and a car show. My grandpa, who again was a total movie nerd loved Star wars and owned the box set with all 3 movies on VHS, which included "the making of" behind the scenes footage. So I watched that box set for a while, over and over again. I saw the phantom menace and was disgusted, and again as a horror fan and general movie fan, in the 2000's I was like "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! Star wars sucks, Halloween sucks, Friday the 13th sucks, Child's play sucks. What the fuck?!" So I ended up reluctantly watching Attack of the clones and that is when I went "I am so disgusted I hence forth am BOYCOTTING Star wars. The Star wars franchise is officially DEAD TO ME now." Now I know a lot of fans can look past the prequels, will watch the original 3 movies and put the prequels out of their minds, but it so tainted my love for Star wars, and the fact that Lucas refused to release the ORIGINAL FILMS the way they were intended, it's been decades and decades now, going on 3 decades that I have not watched a single star wars movie. My brother had to force me to watch The Mandalorian, and I was like "This is great. I'm shocked. This is actually good!!!" and Yoda has always been my favorite character, so I loved seeing baby Yoda...so now I am finally going "I need to give the first 3 movies a rewatch all these years. I need to end the boycott." lol. But I will never watch the prequels again, or any of the other recent movies. So ya, I'm gonna be watching the original 3 movies relatively soon, eventually,lol and I am hopeful all the altered stuff doesn't make me go "F**** YHOU! F*** YUUUO! I'm done! I'm boycotting again!" lol. I hope I can just accept it, live with it, and move on and still enjoy the movies.

Let’s talk about the Hitchhiker HBO series needs a blubray/4k release, especially since we’re not getting Takes from the Crypt anytime soon

Can I borrow them from you bro?? KIDDING!!!! :)

They look amazing

Are these burned or pressed discs?

I've been after these forever but no luck. Love that packaging too!

Awesome bootlegs, I've got them downloading as we speak 😊 I've got the DVDs but these look too awesome to not own. Cheers for showing them off ❤😊

We owe TN1 A huge debt for what they have done for us. I have made the discs and the art, but I don't presently have the means to print them.

I'm jealous there the films I want there very nice I love the artwork and I agree put them out george

Love these films!

You made TMNT melts??? Which flavor were they? 😍

You know fans can't get these! You're such a tease! 😂

Are they pressed discs? The way you can tell is if you see on the back that it was recorded on a blank disc, like a BD-R. Either way, they're pretty cool. Maybe one day we'll get an official release. I do have those DVDs with the extra originals. And I'm with you. Return of the Jedi was my favorite as a kid. Not so much now, but I still love it, and of course all 3 of the original films.

They had released them once on DVD with the original cuts.

I wonder if anyone has ever done any homebrews for Blair Witch 2 for the director's cut

i was 12 years old downloading movies took a week than i would edit them brighten them and encode them to 480x480 i can’t even imagine what i could do now days i would definitely be force to be reckoned with lol

I know the sight where those were brought at and I almost picked them up..

Dude, you are a total disc tease. Kidding, those are sweet and certainly cool to have in your collection.

They probably will eventually be on websites here soon. I honestly dont care what these companies think. They can keep trying to prevent people from selling these bootlegs, but the sellers will just jump to another app. I've bought several bootlegs from ebay and most of those blurays had great image quality. And also all those that i bought are not available on any physical media. I say its what you're willing to pay also. If you think its to much ,then dont justify buying it.

I don’t know why everyone wants to ignore the legal truth about the original versions. Lucas will never sell them due to his ex wife getting a major cut of any profits after the divorce, he changed them to avoid that issue 🤷‍♂️

I always thought the biggest reason Lucas did the Special Editions was to help raise funds for the prequel trilogy. That being said, I think the Special Edition of the original '77 film is actually closer to Lucas' original vision. If he had had the funds and special effects tech had been more advanced, I think he would have made the "Special Edition" version of that film in the first place.

I bought the DVDs of the OT Despecialized editions off of Amazon. Theyre killer

Probably will be at some point

I like the 4K editions done by team negative one and harmy and others and the despecialized editions but interesting collection in 4K

I'm a bit older than you, 51, and ROTJ, is my favorite one as well.

Technically they can be sold. Your mate could find something star wars related that can be sold and basically put those version in the special features but not specify all the special features on the cover or add them as Easter eggs. It's the long way round to do it, but can still be done.

The F13th Part 2 German Media blu ray has been posted mate.

I have blu ray versions of them!

If these are the 4K77, 4K80 & 4K83 project versions, I didn't think they'd finished mastering the 4k version of Empire (for whatever reason). Are these completely different versions? I believe that among the bulk of the fandom, long term or otherwise, The Empire Strikes Back is considered the best of the Original Trilogy, and I'd have to agree. A New Hope would be a very close second though...

Download team negative one’s Star Wars restoration here archive.org/details/3E40D664255000C624307999EAE7CDCF54DF91D9

I am a huge mark for Star Wars. Glad you got the real movies MTFBWY

Absolute holy grail bluray releases for me. Would pay top dollar for these releases.

Man, growing up loving these in the 80s made it such a massive gut punch when Lucas screwed with them in the 90s for a quick ca$h grab to support his out of control cheeseburger addiction. The most heart-wrenching was that atrocious screw-over of the Ewok celebration at the end of Return of the Jedi. Ugh! I still have nightmares of watching that in the theater.

They did this to themselves, they choose not to release the original theatrical cuts on blu ray and on 4k. Harmy and TN1 did a fantastic job so fans can enjoy the original unaltered versions of Star Wars in HD. I do own Harmy original trilogy and TN1 4k trilogy. And yes I also own the Star Wars complete saga boxset and Disney 4k Star Wars episodes 4-6

I'd love to own those bootlegs.

Lucas doesn't have to like them. He sold SW. And if Disney ever wants to make Money of off SW, they better release 4k discs of the unaltered trilogy, which were newly scanned not so long ago, as a friend of mine, who worked at LF told me.

I just wanna buy that box of return of the Jedi

The color in the original movie was rather soft so they might be screen accurate

The only thing that ever got mad me about Star Wars was George Lucas was trying to bury the original versions.

I personally feel that these editions still don’t get the colors right. I have the technidisc 1994 pressing of a new Hope on Laserdisc and the colors on that film along with the quality of transfer really just presents such a vibrate image I can’t watch any other copy. The bonus dvd edition did finally add the original opening and closing credits which had never been on legal home video so that’s probably the only other edition i even bother to watch for the original film. As far as sound goes it’s a nightmare so I’ll just say the only original versions of the audio are all on pan and scan copies. Beta for the mono and the cav/ standard play laserdiscs for the stereo. I do say that the film that had the current edition do the most to make it better would be empire. If you watch the original cuts empire is easily the worst film.

Wait these are the original versions without the cgI bs added to them. Is jabba a human in this one, or was that a test shot im thinking of.

I kept my DVD versions of the original theatrical releases and there are 4K. Non official releases of these 3 films online which I may upgrade to someday. I hate all the new footage that was put in after nineteen ninety seven And I prefer them as they were originally shown

You need to understand, these people do not care about money anymore!

There's no love lost on George Lucas' part for the original versions. His recent appearance for an award ceremony alongside Coppola at the Cannes Film Festival confirms he's not wavered since '97 in saying that as the auteur, he wants to bring the OT up to his standards and doesn't care for the exact original versions whose problems mostly came out of lack of time and budget. He also can't "get his head out of his ass" and release them because he wouldn't, nor could he since after so many 35mm theater prints the original negatives were in rough shape by 1994, so for the '97 edit they permanently preserved it with the edits applied, so it's just cold facts that it won't happen officially.

In 3 years Star Wars will be 50, guess if they ever do this properly that would be the time

Bootlegs can be touchy subject. I try not to support them. BUT if a movie is NOT available on physical media, I would be willing to get the bootleg. AND if it DOES get an official release, I would then replace it. Example...Prey. I did buy the bootleg on ebay from China. When it did finally get released on 4K, I bought it. Most recently I bought a bootleg of Song of the South on bluray. I highly doubt it will EVER get a release. I also got a bluray of Bright (with Will Smith). But it's not actually a bootleg. It is a Promo copy I found online. But, yeah, these Star Wars movies need proper releases. I agree that Lucas needs to get his head out of his ass! To simply deny the fans the ability to own the theatrical versions is uncalled for.

Imo, the best looking versions I have found is D+77, D+80 and Harmy's Despecialized Return of the Jedi v3.1. The files is not that difficult to find online.

They are sold on etsy all the time

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The DVDs of the unspecial editions when the original trilogy came out individually on DVD for the first time 07. They were a bonus disc and they came directly from the laser disc edition

I kinda was a star wars fan. I'm not. Yet i buy them on 4k anyway. maybe they have value in 20 years

Considering how badly Disney has screwed up Star Wars I am not surprised they were stupid enough to sign a contract to agree to never release the original trilogy unaltered ever again!

You shouldn't feel 'guilty' about having those. I've bought a TON of legal media over the years. But when media producers deliberately hold back content from The People to even purchase, I don't consider it 'theft' to try to restore and reproduce, as these fans have done. What's overlooked is corporate theft. In the early years of this Nation, intellectual property went to Public Domain after 25--30 years. And it was only in the early 70's that corporations (like Disney) heavily lobbied Congress to extend copyrights to an insane 100 years; essentially letting corporate property outlive humans. In an earlier America, all 3 of the original Star Wars films would've already been Public Domain over a decade ago. ... And then when Disney would put out trash like the Acolyte or Kenobi, WE (anyone) could put out our own "early days of Star Wars" mythology, books and movies in competition. ... Instead, Lucas's incredible stories are captive of a woke media corporation gone mad, and we have to be 'happy' with their morally bankrupt viewpoints being rammed into what used to be a 'family-friendly story'. The same goes for those Ninja Turtles, btw (created in 1983: 40 years ago).

Yeah Disney definitely own Star wars

Random comment: You should get tattoo in all your chest and stomach of Julie from Return of the Living Dead. ...also, a video review of Festival of the Dead?

I only watch the original theatrical versions. 😉

The only thing it suks you cant find online to rip anymore.....and Burnt Blurays suk cuz there Scratch....i bought those too and i cant watch The New Hope cuz it got scratched enuff to not play right....

So jealous 😢

The 90s cgi, the Jedi rocks song , all the distractive crap in Mos Eisley, seeing Jabba and the tail walk, Vader saying noooo and Greedo shooting at all makes the SE stink. The originals are better. Not to to mention the censorship of the blaster shots on the Death Star when they go into the control room and the cell block.

George Lucas is an idiot, you can't erase or make people forget that the Original editions of this Trilogy don't exist. I still own the old VHS's and 2006 dvds of the Original versions of this Trilogy. Great Video 😀

George Lucas had it put in the deal with Disney that they can never release these versions physically ever again as his CGI messed with Special Editions are classed as the definitive editions in his vision

nice flex. not a controversial choice at all (empire is a favor of most OG fans). they will never get release though. pretty sure it's in Disney's contract. I bet the don't even own the original unaltered negatives. I wonder if they even exist any more..

wouldn't it have been great if George Lucas - who made so much money off of us, had put Star Wars into Public Domain

The Disney 4k OT transfers are terrible. They look almost like black and white movies. Color is off. Way off.

Look at these - you’ll never get them! Haha 😂

If someone wants to gift me a set like this? I’d like to gift them $100.00