THR: The BFI print of the unaltered Star Wars was in terrible shape. Jun 16, 14:16
Though it seems mostly just viewers weren't used to seeing it without all of Lucas' tweaks, vs the actual print condition {nm} Jun 16, 14:18
The movie is 48 years old! I bet these are the same people that laughed at VERTIGO when it screened at the Aero Jun 16, 14:22
had the TCF widescreen laserdisc versions before DVD became a thing. you could always see the "seams" in a handful of shots Jun 16, 14:58
if one was so inclined, one could find a 35mm scan of the film online {nm} Jun 16, 15:06