Agreed, though I assume it’s an artistic choice made by someone at Ken Films and not anyone directly related to the original production? It is is nonetheless a fun - if a little repetitive and tedious - project.

I was able to replicate the framing pretty closely for most of Reel 1 using the 2011 Blu Ray and D+80 as sources, but a few of the Millennium Falcon Interior shots required GOUT to show everything that was in the 8mm frame.

Reel 2 has more unique framing/more in the lowest part of the frame than my main sources. I will still complete it with the framing approximated as closely as possible though. Maybe 4k80, when it materializes, will prompt me to redo this whole thing?

Thanks for reading! I’ll try to get the 4:3 Reel 1 up by the end of the week.