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There is a specific shot in Star Wars: A New Hope that haunts fans of a certain age.

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If you own the movies already, you owe it to yourself to see them the way they won Oscars for Visual Effects. Before the "Maclunkey." Before the "Nooo." Before the dancing fat alien in Jabba’s Palace. star wars despecialized edition download

Most frustratingly? Lucasfilm has never released a high-quality, official version of the theatrical cuts on Blu-ray or 4K. There is a specific shot in Star Wars:

If you know that pain, you are ready to discover (or rediscover) . What is it? Between 1997 and 2011, George Lucas heavily modified the Original Trilogy. CGI creatures were plopped into the Mos Eisley cantina. A horrible "Jedi Rocks" musical number replaced the classic Lapti Nek. Darth Vader gained a cheesy "Nooo!" at the end of Return of the Jedi . Most frustratingly