Star Wars- A New Hope - Harmy-s Despecialized E...

If you watch A New Hope - Despecialized Edition, here are the specific changes you will experience that differ from the official Disney/FOX Blu-rays:

This is the tricky part. Because the file contains copyrighted material owned by Disney/Lucasfilm, you cannot buy it on Amazon. Harmy does not charge money.

The ethical rule of fan edits is: You must own an official copy of the source material. Star Wars- A New Hope - Harmy-s Despecialized E...

If you own the 2011 Blu-ray set or the Disney+ subscription, most fans consider downloading the Despecialized Edition a format-shifting exercise. The fan editing community operates on the principle of "preservation, not piracy."

You can find Harmy’s Despecialized Edition v3.0 via: If you watch A New Hope - Despecialized

WARNING: Do not download random EXE files. The legitimate release is a massive MKV file (usually 20-30 GB for the 1080p version). There is also a 4K upscale version, but v3.0 remains the canonical release.

"Petr Harmáček" is a Czech film student and lifelong Star Wars fan. In the late 2000s, frustrated by the lack of a pristine original version, he decided to do what a multi-billion dollar studio wouldn't. WARNING: Do not download random EXE files

Using nothing but consumer-grade software, a massive Blu-ray source, and a near-obsessive attention to detail, Harmy began the Herculean task of "despecializing" Star Wars: A New Hope.

His goal was simple: Keep the high-definition video quality of the 2011 Blu-ray, but surgically remove every single Special Edition change and replace them with the original 1977 elements.