There have been various fan-made restorations of the original Star Wars trilogy over the years, most famously the "Despecialized Edition," which just released an updated Return of the Jedi earlier this year. ![]() Dubbed "The Silver Screen Edition," the project was completed by an anonymous group going under the name Team Negative1, and is largely taken from a Spanish-language low-fade 35mm print, with certain sections - including the original title crawl, which had neither "Episode IV" nor "A New Hope" when first released - filled in by a faded vintage print on Kodak Eastman film stock. ![]() While defaced "special editions" and numerous re-releases are the way many have experienced Star Wars, a group of dedicated fans have taken matters into their own hands, recently releasing a digitally restored version of the film pulled from 35mm prints dating back to the original release in 1977.
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