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by godson_drafty 3451 days ago
I wish we legally purchase a copy of the original theatrical release of episodes 4-6.
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Ahh, the glorious FOX SET.
The 'despecialized editions' are reasonably faithful. These are certainly the ones I intend to bring my kids up on.
The 2005/2006 "Limited Edition" DVD sets contain the theatrical release as "bonus". http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Original_unaltered_trilogy
I have that set. It's not really a quality image, more VHS than DVD
That's because it is a transfer from the laserdisc pressing
There was a story I saw a while back that the Rogue One director was saying Disney has (at least?) 4 restored.

Gonna be a while though. Fox has distribution rights to 4 for forever and 5/6 until (IIRC) 2020.

I did, a few years ago for $0.25 each at a garage sale. I'd love an HD, professionally done and legally available version, though (Disney De-Specialized edition, or some such).
Han shot first.
Not sure why this is being downvoted. It perfectly summarizes in brief what the re-releases did to change the original artworks. Some things like replacing cardboard cutouts are nice, others not so much.