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Harmáček felt that altering the films in this way constituted "an act of cultural vandalism", and in 2010 was inspired to create his own series of [[fan edit]]s that restored the theatrical releases in [[high-definition video|high definition]]. With no experience in professional film editing, he taught himself as he went, using programs such as [[Avisynth]] and [[Adobe After Effects]]. Taking the 1993 [[LaserDisc]] releases as a guide and a majority of source material from the 2011 [[Blu-ray]] releases, Harmáček and a team of eight other fans constructed the edits over many thousands of hours of work. In 2011, one year after the project had begun, the first version of ''Harmy's Despecialized Edition'' was published online. Updated versions have been created in the years that followed.

As a fan edit, ''Harmy's Despecialized Edition'' cannot be legally boughtsold orby soldretailers, and is "to be shared among legal owners of the officially available releases only". Consequently, the films are only available via various [[BitTorrent]] trackers and through specialized rapid download programs using file sharing sites, although copies are available for sale by individual owners. Reaction to the project has been positive: Nathan Barry of ''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]'' praised the films as "an absolute joy to watch", while [[Gizmodo]] described them as "very, ''very'' good". Sean Hutchinson of Inverse placed ''Harmy's Despecialized Edition'' at number one on his list of the best ''Star Wars'' fan edits and called them "the perfect pre-1997 way to experience the saga".

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