i have very strongly felt for a long time that “Star Wars” and “Episode IV: A New Hope” are two different movies. the former is a shaggy 1970s sci-fi hangout movie, the latter is the opening shot in a long-running franchise

‘Star Wars’ “Looks Terrible” in Screening of Long Lost Original 1977 Version
The years have not been kind to the oft-romanticized original print of the sci-fi classic, which lacks all of George Lucas' post-release tweaks and polishes and looks "like a completely different film...