Looking at the visual effects of the original version today, they possess a weight that computer graphics often struggle to replicate. When an X-Wing explodes, it is a physical model filled with pyrotechnics detonating on camera. The interaction of light, smoke, and debris is real because it is real.

The unavailability of the Star Wars -1977 Original Version- did not destroy the fandom; it radicalized it. Enter a mysterious fan-preservationist known online as In a feat of digital archaeology that rivals the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant, Harmy created Star Wars: Despecialized Edition.

In the 1997 Special Edition, Lucas added a CGI Jabba the Hutt to the hangar bay. It looks like a wet, beige potato with eyes. In the 1977 version, that scene doesn't exist. It was cut for a reason. The pacing is tighter without it. Han just gets in the Falcon and leaves.