Harmáček edited these sources together using programs such as Avisynth and Adobe After Effects.<ref name=Hosie/>
Harmáček was assisted by a group of like-minded fans from the website OriginalTrilogy.com. In total, they estimated that the project took thousands of hours of work between them.<ref name=Hosie/> In 2011, one year after the project had begun, the first version of ''Harmy's Despecialized Edition'' was published online;<ref name=Gizmodo/> new and updated versions were created regularly in the five years that followed.<ref name=Hutchinson/> {{As of|2021|10}}, the most recent versions of ''Star Wars'', ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi'' are v2.7, v2.0 and v2v3.51 respectively.<ref name=Eveleth/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD - V2.5 - AVCHD DVD9 & NTSC DVD5 (Released) - Original Trilogy |url=https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harmys-RETURN-OF-THE-JEDI-Despecialized-Edition-HD-V2-5-AVCHD-DVD9-and-NTSC-DVD5-Released/id/12905 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182355/https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harmys-RETURN-OF-THE-JEDI-Despecialized-Edition-HD-V2-5-AVCHD-DVD9-and-NTSC-DVD5-Released/id/12905 |archive-date=2021-10-21 |access-date=2021-10-21 |website=originaltrilogy.com}}</ref> As a result of the project, Harmáček was able to quit his teaching job and in 2015 was hired by [[UltraFlix]] to prepare and restore a library of 4K-encoded films for sale and rent. He has since joined UPP, a Prague-based VFX house, as a 2D digital compositor and worked on such projects as ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'', and AMC's ''[[The Terror (TV series)|The Terror]]''.<ref name=Miller/><ref name=Brew/>
