Star.wars.4k77.2160p.uhd.dnr.35mm.x265-v1.0-4k7... ^hot^ Jun 2026

The project was born out of a desire to see the film as it appeared on May 25, 1977, without the CGI additions, altered color grading, or scene changes introduced in George Lucas's later "Special Editions".

Project 4K77 is a fan-led restoration by a group known as . Unlike official releases that often use intermediate masters or digitized interpositives, this team sourced original 1977 35mm Technicolor release prints . Star.Wars.4K77.2160p.UHD.DNR.35mm.x265-v1.0-4K7...

The "x265" label indicates that the video has been encoded using the H.265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) standard. This is a highly efficient video compression algorithm that allows for high-quality video to be encoded at lower bitrates. The project was born out of a desire