I agree with you oojason, I see that as very likely.
I know for some time Lucas acted like theatrical reels of the the old films didn’t exist, and now that we have things like the 4K projects is a pretty big comfort. Because of that, what I’m most curious about now is a possible upscaling process for AOTC and ROTS. It would be a bit of a shame if those movies couldn’t stand up to the quality of the rest of the films.
How exactly would that work? Would it be necessary to redo any vfx?
Are there any examples of 2K films that have been upscaled to 4K? And if there are, how do they look?
Many UHD releases are from 2k masters, and there’s at least one (Resident Evil: Afterlife) that was shot in 1080p just like AotC and RotS. Avatar was also shot in 1080p.
2k masters can still look great on UHD. Mad Max: Fury Road is a good example. On the other end of the spectrum, the UHD of Oblivion must have had a botched upconversion process. By all accounts, the regular 1080p blu actually resolves more fine detail than the UHD.