Using the balanced technicolor print as a reference, I’ve been able to correct the 1977 bootleg, which has all the hallmarks of a technicolor print. What is revealed is a color palette, that is natural, and doesn’t have the green shift that we’re used to seeing for the technicolor prints, and no yellow Tatooine. Could these approximately be the colors of the 1977 Star Wars interpositive? Here are a shots from reel 1. More to follow…
