For a Brief Moment, the Original Version of Star Wars Was Actually Streaming Online

No subtitle. No CG characters in Mos Eisley. Han shoots first. Those things and more were all back this past weekend as the original, unedited, unaltered version of George Lucas’ 1977 Star Wars was available on the Roku app Cinema Box. Or so we’ve read. That app is no longer available on Roku and with it went Star Wars too. For those who may not know, during the 20th anniversary of Star Wars, George Lucas released the Special Editions, new versions of the films with a bunch of changes that he deemed preferable to the original. And so, the Special Editions became the only versions Lucasfilm would release officially. When you watch the movies on TV, Disney+, or maybe even in a theater, they’re the Special Editions. The one exception was a 2006 DVD release that included the originals as special features. That, according to Screenrant, was the version that was uploaded to Roku’s Cinema Box this past weekend. However, Men’s Journal noticed that by March 4, not only was the original Star W ... Read full article.