However, for 99% of viewers, these artifacts are invisible during motion. And for the purist, these "flaws" are evidence of authenticity.

Watching the Project 4K77 version is like finding a pristine, never-opened 1977 film can in an attic and projecting it onto a silver screen. The lightsabers glow instead of bloom. The speeder models look tangible, not digital.

As of 2024, Disney has not issued a cease-and-desist against the project. It exists in a careful, non-commercial bubble, whispered about on forums like OriginalTrilogy.com and shared via BitTorrent.

is a fan-led initiative to create the highest possible quality 4K scan of the original 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) – completely unaltered.