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You can buy a DVD set which has the original versions (no CGI, Han shoots first etc) on the bonus disks.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Original_unaltered_trilogy_%2...

IIUC, only the 2008 release set has them. But you can still buy those. Just check the reviews etc carefully to be sure it's the correct release.

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.. Soit's easier to find what you want in the sea of fake/wrong uploads that is the piratebay than to get the cut you want paying for it?

Seems to agree with everything in this thread, unfortunately.

I have that set; since the original cut is from the laserdisc transfer, you can actually see the matte backgrounds when the TIE fighters attack the Falcon as they escape the Death Star. I'm hoping Disney will restore the original cut and fix those little issues.

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