Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope [Despecialized]


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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope [Despecialized]

Faneditor: Harmy  
Fanedit Type: Preservation
Fanedit Release Date: 3rd September 2019
Fanedit Runtime: 0h:0m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:0m:0s
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Franchise: Star Wars
Genre: Action • Adventure • Fantasy • Sci-Fi
Original Title: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)   
Original Release Date: 1st January 1977
Original Runtime: 2h:1m:0s
Original Links:
Certificate: PG
Source: Digital
Resolution: 720p
Sound Mix: 5.1. Channels
Language: English
Subtitles: English • French • German • Spanish • Dutch • Italian • Portugese • Hindi • Arabic • Russian • Mandarin • Chinese • Japanese • Korean
   
Synopsis:

This is a reconstruction of the 1977 theatrical version of STAR WARS. The original shots were painstakingly restored using various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction based on a fade free 1977 I.B. Technicolor Print. The remastered (v2.0) version represented a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier version.

Intentions:

Version v2.1 further improved upon the previous version mainly by refining the color correction but also by replacing many of the >despecialized shots with much higher quality ones. Version v2.5 offers few more little tweaks to the picture and contains an unprecedented number of audio options, including lossless DTS-HD tracks for the original mixes, an isolated score, four different commentary tracks and dubbing tracks in ten different languages and dialects.

Change List:

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Additional Notes:

This is a fan restoration made for culturally historical and educational purposes. Fanedits, preservations and restorations must not be bought or sold. Please report the seller if you find this project for sale on eBay or elsewhere. Fanedits and preservations are an art form and to be shared only among legal owners of the officially available releases. Do not support piracy.

Other Sources:

v2.5 MKV info: VIDEO SOURCES: 1. STAR WARS Episode IV A New Hope Official Blu-Ray 2011 (Preliminary colour correction by You_Too) 2. STAR WARS 2006 Bonus DVD (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscales by Dark Jedi, You_Too and Harmy) 3. Star.Wars.Episode.IV.A.New.Hope.1977.720p.HDTV.x264-DON (2004 DVD Version) 4. STAR WARS 1997 Special Edition (Reivax DTV capture) 5. Custom mattes, 35mm and 70mm film cell scans etc. 6. Team Negative1 35mm LPP print scan of the Mos Eisley sequence 7. Puggo Grande (1977 16mm print transfer)


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