OK, i have just found proof that they are using footage of the OT from trailers.
I guess the other question is: does that Han *yahoo" shot show up in any trailer with the same blemishes in the print on his face? That would confirm everything.
I don’t think all the footage is from trailers.
Right. So then where does that Han shot come from? None of this makes much sense.
Here are a few ideas I have:
- The Lucas-owned IB Technicolor print
- A surviving interpositive or a CRI-sourced print (like 4K78) that has damage unique to it - there’s too much detail for it to be a release print, even an AI-enhanced one
- Trailers for some, other print sources for Han
- IIRC, the shot of Han appeared in From Star Wars to Jedi, so maybe a scan of that?
- Press kit materials
Topaz was definitely used to process these scans, which makes me think something about them didn’t warrant a full 2K or 4K scan.