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Why are there two? iTunes is showing both 1080p and 720p versions of each movie (which also explains the size differences), so you can choose which to sync to an iOS device-you'll save a bit of space with the 720p versions. With 150 or so purchased movies over the years, these dupes make reading through the movie list quite annoying…įinally annoyed enough to do something about it, I chatted with Apple Support this morning, and they quickly identified the cause… (a) Why do I see this twice? (It was in a bundle I bought from iTunes) So how can you get these Despecialized versions for yourself? That's a bit tricky…Įarlier today, I tweeted about duplicates of purchased movies in my iTunes library… Oh, and (spoiler alert!) Han shoots first. And most importantly, all the cruft added on through the years is gone. The movies are not at Blu-Ray (1920x1080) resolution, but they're very well done 720p (1280x720) versions which look amazingly nice even when scaled to fill the screen of my 27" iMac. As a very brief example, here's one still (click for a much larger version) from Star Wars: The end result is something called Harmy’s Star Wars Trilogy Despecialized 3 Because these versions remove the Special Editions' changes-get it? Editions: Amazingly high quality versions of the theatrical releases of all three original movies. This 20-minute video explains the process, and contains a number of before-and-after comparison shots. Using multiple sources, Harmy and the others pieced together all three original films, doing away with the edits, correcting colors, upscaling imagery, and replacing sound effects. He called these releases Special Editions…but to fans of the originals, they weren't so special.Įnter one Petr Harmy and an army of volunteers. From 1997 onwards, only modified versions have been available-with newly-added CGI effects, deleted scenes that add nothing to the story, changes to sound effects, and even replacement of characters, such as some of those in the cantina in the original Star Wars. 2 Unedited versions exist on LaserDisc and DVD, but they are low quality transfers. Unfortunately, George Lucas has made it virtually impossible to watch the original unedited versions of the films. As a child of the 1970s, the original Star Wars trilogy 1 Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi was-and remains-one of my favorite movie series of all time.
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