These all look the best they’ve ever looked officially, but still leave a lot to be desired.

TPM still is DNR’d to hell, which just sucks. And adding grain back doesn’t really fix the waxy appearance. I’m trying to find ways to recover detail lost in the noise reduction, mainly with AI sharpening algorithms.

AOTC looks about as good as it can given the source footage was 4:2:2 8 bit, still the colors could be a lot better. You can tell the grading is lacking the quality that ROTS has.

ROTS looks about as good as a new movie sourced from a 2K DI. Colors are great still for a 2005 digital film, extra detail from the 4:4:4 10 bit source is noticeable.

The OT is the best I’ve ever seen in terms of detail, with the exception of the excessive DNR. Colors aren’t purist, which isn’t surprising, but for non-purist colors they still leave a lot to be desired. Still tho, this is an incredibly disappointing transfer compared to other classic films I’ve seen on 4K or even standard blu-ray. Just imagine how good these films would look if they were done by a company like Criterion.

I’m happy for major improvements, but we are still very far from having transfers that lives up to the legacy of these original three films.