Lucas made hundreds of changes in the Special Editions and subsequent DVD releases and refused for years to release original versions of the first three movies to watch at home. “Fans are an incredibly important part of our legacy and we never cease to be amazed by the passion and creativity they bring to all things ‘Star Wars,’ ” said a Lucasfilm spokeswoman.
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Harmacek distributes his Despecialized Editions free and encourages viewers to also buy legal versions of “Star Wars.” Download numbers aren’t available, but he has more than 32,000 likes on Facebook. , doesn’t pursue charges unless people are doing so for profit, said a person with knowledge of the matter. There have since been three more versions of the original, two of “The Empire Strikes Back” and two of “Return of the Jedi.”ĭownloading them requires knowledge of peer-to-peer file sharing networks, though online guides exist for the uninitiated.ĭistributing altered versions of the movies is illegal, but Lucasfilm, owned by Harmacek said he spent many 16-hour days on his first effort, the Despecialized “Star Wars” 1.0, that hit the Internet in 2010. Harmacek said.Ī college student studying to be an English teacher when he started, Mr. “No one knows perfectly what the original colors are anymore,” Mr. He has even found himself in ontological debates about details as obscure as how laser shots should look, because existing prints are faded. “I was just trying stuff out and I shared it with a few people on and it became more and more popular and got a little out of hand,” said Harmy, whose real name is Petr Harmacek, speaking via Skype from a home office lined with Star Wars DVD boxed sets. He has spent thousands of hours, he said, in cafes and his home office altering the movies frame by frame to re-create the versions seen in theaters in 1977, 19. Since 2010, he has been removing computer-generated effects, tweaking lightsaber colors, and making it clear once again that Han shot first. The creator of the “Despecialized Editions,” a 27-year-old Prague resident known online as “Harmy,” is trying to restore the movies to their original condition while also making them look good on a modern TV.
Lucas’s prequel trilogy released between 19, as well as changes he made to the originals in the theatrical “Special Editions” and DVD releases.
They brought the same passion to their disdain for Mr.
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