ORIGINAL Opening Scene | Star Wars (1977) [4K77, Blu-ray, GOUT, SSE]
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it as a quick visual demonstration of how the fan-restored 4K77 preservation compares with the official Blu-ray, in threads about film preservation and Lucas's alterations.
Recommended by 0 people across 0 different months, 2021 to 2026.
What it is
A side-by-side comparison of the opening scene of the original 1977 Star Wars across several sources, including the fan-made 4K77 scan of a 35mm Technicolor print, the Blu-ray, and other releases. It is a silent visual comparison channel upload that shows differences in color grading and image quality.
What people said
Cites newsbinator · 2021-09 · Hacker News · on “Project 4K77”
I looked at the comparison video and perhaps it's my untrained eye, but the 2011 Blue-Ray version looks best to me (not as green/brown tinged): [this video] (MacBook Pro 2015 Retina screen)
Cites azalemeth · 2021-09 · Hacker News · on “Project 4K77”
Looking at the link they posted of the comparison ( [this video] ) I cannot believe how much worse the blueray looks. The whole frame turns bright magenta during every laser rifle burst in the opening sequence! I also think it's very telling that a bunch of fans made something better than the professional effort, with a small fraction of the budget, and are distributing it almost as a public good to ensue that it remains accessible in pereptuity.
Cites Namahanna · 2025-04 · Hacker News · on “The movie mistake mystery from "Revenge of the Sith"”
What you are looking for is this - [LINK] "97% of project 4K77 is from a single, original 1977 35mm Technicolor release print, scanned at full 4K, cleaned at 4K, and rendered at 4K." Opening scene comparison - [this video]
Cites Namahanna · 2026-09 · Hacker News · on “Pirating the Pirates”
Movies especially with re-releases. Star Wars with Lucas tinkering and blocking old copies. But we have this - [LINK] "97% of project 4K77 is from a single, original 1977 35mm Technicolor release print, scanned at full 4K, cleaned at 4K, and rendered at 4K." Opening scene comparison - [this video]