Title says it all.

I have the 1990s remastering on VHS, but my VCR doesn't work anymore

I have the original phantom menace on VHS and original versions of 2 and 3 on DVD

so what do I have to search to find those?

Star Wars Despecialized

Wasn't there like a silver screen edition or something like that ages ago? If I recall it was from 35mm film. And I only remember one film with all the fanfair.

But that was a long time ago in a torrent far, far away.

Project 4K77

I think is was Harmy’s despecialized editions…

https://archive.org/download/star-wars-1977-despecialized-720p.x-264.-ac-3.5.1

I’m on mobile atm, so not totally sure if those are actually the full files available right on archive.org, but it sure looks like it.

Oh wow! I was out of the loop! Super thanks!

The one, true release.

EDIT: seriously these folks love Star Wars more than George https://youtu.be/dHfLX_TMduY

there's also 4k80 and 4k83 for the other films, and they are all available with or without noise reduction. the no-dnr versions have incredible detail (to the extent of seeing flaws in the sets and costumes in some cases) but the film grain varies in size and contrast pretty wildly from scene to scene due to having various sources so it can be distracting, the DNR versions are oversmoothed IMO so I just watch with the grain intact.

They have some issues where there are colour and contrast variances scene to scene, again thats from having multiple film sources of various ages and generations, and their intent to do minimal colour correction. sometimes better quality film is found and the releases are updated with that.

They dont intend to be "perfect" but they are sourced directly from projection copies that people watched in the day, which may include some flaws that other versions like Harmy's aim to fix.

I have the 4K77/80/83 releases in DNR and no-DNR on my server, along with classic despec, Harmy's and one fan-edit that re-cuts the films.

What you want is 4K77, 4K80, and 4K83.

These are not official releases that have been “despecialized”. These are fan made 4K scans of the theatrical release film (film that was actually shown in a theater).

https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/

It is the best way to watch them, because it is basically as close to what you would have gotten in the actual theater as possible, film grain and all.

(Idk about the prequels, sorry.)

They're both excellent. I prefer the 4kxx since it is more original but I'll watch both.

Loving all these comments. I'm going to come back and investigate later.

Which fan edit?

Project 4k is awesome and highly recommend for any star wars fan

Wow! I’m pretty sure that I have the original trilogy on VHS tapes.

Hear hear!

I already have the despecialized ones, I'm asking for the 1990s remasters

the despecialized editions are the unremastered versions, I'm asking for the 1990s remasters

The GOUT edition might be what you're looking for, George's Original Unaltered Trilogy

"In 2006, Lucasfilm released a limited edition DVD of the trilogy. Hidden as a "bonus" on the second disc was the original 1977 theatrical cut.
This master was sourced from the 1993 "Definitive Collection" LaserDiscs."

for Ep 4 I like HAL9000's cut, Adywan's cuts are good too. I like their prequel trilogy cuts too.

if you are looking for a supercut of all 3 into one film, I like "Star Wars: Abridged II - The Rebellion" by SubjectZero, though their cuts of the other trilogies arent quite as good in my opinion.

as for other fan edits of other franchises, I just watched the M4 book edit of the Hobbit trilogy and that does a fantastic job combining those three bloated films back into something simpler and truer to the book.