Before prequels, successors, amusement parks, video games and more showed an independent sci-fi to be the Smash Hit of Summer 1977. The audience today almost struggling with Star Wars Fatigue, but back in the late seventies, the movie guests couldn’t get enough of Luke, he and Leia’s adventures in a galaxy far, far away.
For modern audience, to find original Version that screened in theaters when the movie was originally released has been as tough as trying to finish the Kessel race on less than 12 parsecs, but now thanks to little known streamer cinema (available on ROKU devices), Pure, UN-Tinkered with version of Secinal Sci-Fi is available to stream, and what’s more, it’s completely free (VIA MP’s journal).
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Under Creator George Lucas, Star Wars Franchise has been edited and remastered a number of times over the years, dating all the way back to 1981, when the reissue of Star Wars (in the course of the release of Empire beats back) Then the subtitle ‘Episode IV – a new hope’.
The biggest changes came in 1997, when the whole of the original trilogy got a CGI gloss, much for horror of long-standing fans. Desert locations became densely populated circus, Jabba The Hutt became a shoe horn where he did not belong at home, and he shot first, he shot first. The films were changed again to the flagship 2004 DVD release, and again for their Blu Ray Bow in 2011.
Since Disney’s acquisition of the franchise in 2012, no major changes have been made to bar changes to opening logos to reflect new ownership and small adjustments of the color, composition and effect solution for a 4K HDR release.
The theater versions of the original trilogy, especially before the 1981 version of Star WarsHas previously been available at VHS, LaserDisc and as bonus features of 2006 DVD releases of the films, but to my knowledge this is the first time 1977 release of the and movie appears on streaming.
Over on the Reddit pointed out a user that this particular version of the film appears to be a version known as Harmy’s Des specialized editionA fanredit aimed to recreate the original as close as possible-by help of recordings from the Blu-ray release and laser disc from 1993 as a guide – Unlike a real copy of the original master.
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While the cinema box seems to be exclusive to ROKU devices (so not available via a browser), it also seems to come and go – if you are interested in watching this curio, you may need to take action on HyperSpeed.
