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Post #1067874

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yotsuya
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Info Wanted: Highest quality version or reconstruction of 1997 SE of ROTJ?
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Date created
19-Apr-2017, 8:06 PM

There were several broadcasts of the 97 SE in Europe. The GKAR and TB versions are out there and far superior to the LD version. GKAR tends to be sharper, but has some missing frames. TB tends to be more complete, but not quite as sharp. I am currently working on a remastering/reconstruction of the 1981 title/crawl/flyover for A New Hope in HD (the best sources are a 35 mm print with super crushed blacks and the various LD sources - none of which is equal to the 35 mm print scans of the rest of the film). My next project is to combine the GKAR and TB versions to maximize the picture quality and use the AC3 audio from the LD and the DTS tracks from the theatrical audio. At the moment I’m not sure what level of color correction I will attempt (faithful to the 97 SE choices or closer to the original theatrical colors). The main purpose is to use it to help guide my choices in color correcting and restoring the DVD/blu-ray version. GKAR and TB are out there, I think spleen might have them. Barring that, althor1138 just put up on spleen his preservation of the SE LD with the AC3 and DTS audio that I intend to use. It is surprisingly high quality considering the source, but it isn’t as good as GKAR or TB.