Star Wars restored theatrical version

As I saw Star Wars in the theater in '77, I've always loved this film. It was utterly amazing to me (granted, I was 8).
A lot of the luster has worn off, if you watch it on say Disney+ it really appears to show it's age. Doesn't look near as good as more modern movies.

I'm posting today, that's a bit deceptive.

I was able to get the UHD version of 4K77, which is basically a complete restoration. The guys involved were able to get ahold of almost all the prints, which is 35mm Technicolor prints (or slides, I'm unsure which) of each frame, that they then cleaned physically to restore as best they can, and then scanned and did digital corrections (color and other editting), to restore at a true 4k resolution. Let me point out, analog film can have higher "resolution" and sharpness than any digital, if it's processed and developed right. Professionals making a movie for 20th Century Fox did it the right way. You can far exceed even 4k, as film buffs know, and the resulting scan is as sharp as the resolution allows.

The attention to detail on the models can, and does, exceed any CGI rendering.. These guys understood how to photograph a miniature, and this is a tour de force on practical effects. I know people will argue it, but I believe your eye knows the difference between a real object and a computer-rendered 3d graphic. And even the landscape of the Death Star was real.

Watching this in the original restored version at UHD, with the soundtrack synched in 6 channel Dolby 5.1 from the laserdisc version, is stunning. It brings the magic back in a way you don't expect. If you haven't seen it in this format, you need to. It's a huge download, over 80gb, but it's worth it.