Star Wars - Episode IV, A New Hope (Special Edition) | Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Star Wars - Episode IV, A New Hope (Special Edition) | Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford | What a tease

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	Star Wars - Episode IV, A New Hope (Special Edition) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford 20th Century Fox, 1997 average customer review:based on 807 reviews view larger image
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Worthwhile.

I hate that the 'spotlight' reviews are so negative on here. Granted, I never bought any previous releases of the films. I didn't mind the little touch-ups so much, but frankly the stupid CGI Jabba, Greedo shooting first, and the entire prequel trilogy made me feel like an idiot for ever liking Star Wars to begin with.
So finally, here's the original cuts packaged with the rerelease ones, and while they're not updated for people's ultimate home theater systems, they ARE the original cuts. If you have that much of a problem with it, you probably have some bigger issues that need addressing.
For the rest of you, go ahead and enjoy some classic entertainment!

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What a tease

Oh how George Lucas teases us Star Wars fans, for years we've been waiting for a re-release of the theatrical version of our beloved Star Wars and finally our prayers have been answered... kind of. The original version is more of an afterthought on this DVD set. I would have loved for Lucas to have treated the original with the respect that we the star wars fans would have shown in, instead of slapping it onto the 2nd disc of a DVD set.
But i digress, i bought this the first day it came out, and if he releases another version i'll buy that too. but do yourself a favor, if you have kids who've never seen Star Wars before, or you somehow have never seen it, this is the edition to buy...and make sure you watch the theatrical version first, you'll finally understand what us Star Wars fans mean when we say that Han shot first!

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Almost there, Lucas

I really loved this disc. I hated the SPED versions of the original trilogy and I only bought this for the original cut which is now just a bonus feature. The transfer was very squashed and not put into true letterbox format however I will take anything I can to replace my poor, abused VHS versions! The SPED version was no different, or at least marginally different, than the set that came out before. Overall, you are paying for the bonus features which, if you hate the CGI add-ins like me, is a great investment.

NOT a new xfer

For all those complaining of the poor-quality non-anamorphic film transfer of this release, realize that LucasFilm dind't just turn the telecine machine to 'craptastic' and hit record for a sub-par transfer. This is an older transfer from the 1993 Laserdisc masters.

I too am unimpressed. Lots of details are available at the OriginalTrilogy website.

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