The scale of the work was immense. At one point, the project required to hold uncompressed frames, each of which was about 100 megabytes. Beyond the visible edits, a shot-by-shot colour correction was performed using a well-preserved Technicolor print as a reference, ensuring that the final product looked as close to the original theatrical experience as humanly possible.
: If you are printing directly onto a disc, use Avery-style full-face labels or an inkjet-printable Blu-ray disc. What is "Despecialized"?
Every shot was then painstakingly restored. Some fixes took an hour, while others required hundreds of hours of work. Lightsabers were meticulously color-corrected to remove the magenta tint from the Blu-ray releases, original dialogue was restored, and unwanted CGI characters and backgrounds were excised. The goal was not to create a new version, but to achieve a "high-quality replica of the out-of-print theatrical versions," complete with all their original charms and little flaws.
The color palette is more faithful to the 1977, non-digitally-altered film. Star Wars- A New Hope - Harmy-s Despecialized E...
of Star Wars: A New Hope stands as one of the most significant achievements in fan-driven film preservation. For decades, the original 1977 theatrical version of the film that changed cinema forever has been officially unavailable to the public. Led by Petr "Harmy" Harmáček, a team of dedicated Star Wars enthusiasts meticulously reconstructed the movie. They removed decades of controversial alterations introduced by George Lucas, restoring the landmark space fantasy to its pure, original form. The Problem: Cultural Vandalism and the Special Editions
Provided the underlying structure of the original unaltered scenes.
You get the 1977 theatrical experience in HD. You get the unaltered Han/Greedo shootout (Han shoots first, naturally), the original Sy Snootles song, and—most importantly—the tactile, organic look of the original practical effects. The colors are vibrant and warm, contrasting heavily with the cooler, digital tint of the official Blu-rays. The scale of the work was immense
For decades, fans have wanted a high-definition release of the original 1977 film. While official DVD releases existed, they were notoriously low-quality transfers (the GOUT DVDs).
And there it was. Not the updated "A New Hope" title. Not the cluttered computer graphics. Just the simple, majestic crawl of text against the stars.
The is a high-quality reconstruction of the original theatrical releases of the Star Wars trilogy. Led by Petr "Harmy" Harmáček , a former English teacher from the Czech Republic, the project was born out of frustration with George Lucas’s refusal to release the unaltered films in high definition. : If you are printing directly onto a
is a critically acclaimed, fan-led digital restoration of the original Star Wars trilogy that removes decades of controversial post-release alterations to meticulously reconstruct the unaltered theatrical cuts in high definition.
Harmy's Despecialized Edition is a reconstruction of the original Star Wars: A New Hope film. A fan and restorationist known as "Harmy" started this project to remove the changes made in the 1997, 2004, and 2011 "Special Edition" releases.