Okay, wow. I didn’t know that. I’ll have to look into it then. The only fan preservations I’ve seen are the Despecialized Editions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTn_qmVaQSw
this is 4K83’s trailer, if you haven’t seen it yet. it only utilizes footage from the project.
Yeah if the colors were a bit better (mainly just referring to that “decades-old-film” green/brown cast that I’m sure could be fixed) I’d say that looks Good enough for an official release, or at the very least good enough to make a completely seamless despecialized.