The guys who modernised (brutalised) these films for the special editions must have been very bored.
...yes, I did register just to post that comment
Fantastic project by the way, been following this site since about Xmas time, got the TR47 v1.0 off MySpleen which I'm really happy with as its better than my Faces VHS boxset that was getting very worn out. That still image you have above comparing to the TR47 version is amazing, HUGE quality improvement, and I certainly much prefer it to the 2004 remaster image as well (what the hell were they doing when colour grading these films? Someone mentioned "Smurf Wars" before, and they weren't kidding!) Hey, even if George eventually decided to release the OriginalTrilogy himself (I doubt it), I don't think his team would do as good a job as you guys anyway, considering the glaring errors in the special editions (especially the colour!). Considering you are working with the LaserDiscs and the special editions were worked from the original film masters, the sharpness difference between the images is extremely minimal. I've learnt loads about video capture/restoration etc through this forum, fantastic resourse for us willing to learn to do these things ourselves. Keep up the fantastic work guys
