Star.Wars.A.New.Hope.1977.2160p.UHD-Film.D+77.v1.1.oohteedee

THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 1977 THEATER VERSION OF STAR WARS SOURCES ARE MOSTLY 4K UHD PLUS SOME 4K77 FILM SCANS MOST OF THE ORIGINAL 1977 SHOTS OF THE FILM ARE RESTORED MOST (BUT NOT ALL) OF THE CGI AND OTHER UNNECESSARY CHANGES ARE REMOVED THIS IS AN X265 HEVC SDR 4K VIDEO (NOT h d r)

GREAT THANKS TO THE ORIGINAL FANEDITOR oohteedee AND THANKS TO THE ORIGINAL PRIVATE SITE POSTER

Star Wars A New Hope 1977 2160p UHD-Film D+77 oohteedee video: 3840x2160 x265 hevc 40000kbps abr audio1: AC3 2.0 stereo 320kbps - 1977 35mm stereo mix 2018 audio2: AC3 5.1 surround 640kbps - 1977 70mm six track mix 2018 audio3: AC3 1.0 mono 256kbps - 1977 35mm mono mix 2h01m08s 37,306,108,192bytes 34.7GB 1977.05.25 USA Theatrical Release 2020.03.31 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray IMDB: tt0076759 source: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and 4K77 film scan

Please see Star.Wars.1977.D+77.v1.1.2160p.HEVC.x265-10.oohteedee.txt for complete details of this FANEDIT.

oohteedee D+77 v1.1:

This is a "theatrical" reconstruction (mostly) of Star Wars using the Disney+ 2160p HDR version as it's main source.

Theatrical but not completely theatrical... I restored most of the original 1977 shots of the film, removing most of the CGI and other unnecessary changes. My preference was quality over authenticity though.

Things I didn't restore and kept the D+ versions of...

• any recomposited FX shots or wipes that still used the original elements I use the D+ versions because they are higher quality.
• one shot of 3PO in the desert had a different sky in D+. I replaced the sky with 4k77 footage.
• The last shot of 3PO in the desert ends in a wipe to R2 as it tilts down. D+ kept because of much the higher quality. The R2 shot has 20 extra frames in D+. I removed the first 20 frames so R2 ends in the same position as the original. The tilt starts and ends at a lower point now which frames it better. I redid the wipe because of the change.
• Sand people looking down at the land speeder is D+. Different speeder. D+ looks better.
• The wide shot looking down at Mos Eisley is D+. It has tiny CGI ships added but the quality is much better in D+. D+ change also give life to an otherwise static shot.
• The shot of Luke selling his speeder has tiny little ships added in the distant sky. All but one ship removed just because I like it.
• The notorious drive-by shot is probably the grainiest and worst looking shot in the original movie. The D+ version is far superior but has the Ronto (large creature). SkyDude has used the force and removed the Ronto from the shot.
• The corridor in the detention block is D+. It looks better aligned.
• Lightsabers are unchanged from D+.
• The shot of Vader striking down Ben is D+. It fixes the bad looking robe FX in the original.
• Luke climbing into his X-Wing is D+. It's either an alternate take or edited different. If I didn't mention it you probably wouldn't have noticed since it's so similar.

Other than those the rest should be restored to the original '77 shots.

The opening titles and crawl are the latest 4k77 files (post v1.4) but newly tweaked for this.

My intent was to keep it as theatrical as possible, but I'm willing to sacrifice some authenticity for quality sake so some creative license was used in the process.

Thanks again to oohteedee for this amazing FANEDIT - thank you!

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