The Aurora Light Imageworks (ALI) OOT Restoration : Image Comparisons…
A comparison gallery; some ALI screenshots - with physical media releases from: 2019 UHD / 4K, 2011 blu ray, & 4K77/80/83…
Note: the screenshots below are saved from the ALI youtube channel - complete with the usual youtube compression issues - so an actual restoration from ALI (if released) may appear superior to the images below. It is also worth remembering these may NOT be the final shots used for this archival project - they are simply screenshots from a ‘Work In Progress’ (WIP).
The ALI videos uploaded to youtube are from restoration work taken using the OCN (Original Camera Negative) - a 6K scan undertaken in ~2022 (6144x2570). Some other high quality sources may have been used as / when required (CRIs, VVIs, IPs, CSMs etc). The video uploads to the ALI youtube channel were then rescaled to 3840x2160 for youtube - so along with the usual youtube compression issues… the comparison images below from the ALI are not shown in their fullest quality.
All credit to X for the time, dedication, and energy - in compiling these. And also for their permission to post the screenshots here. 👍
Please do NOT quote this entire post. It is fairly image intensive - and may affect others with slower internet speeds and limited connections etc (plus it is just bad form in general to quote such a lengthy image-laden post on here). Thank you.
28.10.25 Edit: As there are a significant number of images listed in here already (some 120 in total) and the page loading time is already quite long - any future leaked ‘image comparisons’ will appear throughout this thread… and will not be added in here.
1️⃣ Star Wars
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2011 Blu Ray…
ALI…
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2011 blu ray…
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ALI…
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ALI…
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2011 Blu Ray…
4K77…
Detail: ALI…
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Tarkin Comparison…
ALI…
UHD…
2011 blu ray…
4K77…
Detail: ALI…
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ALI…
UHD…
2011 blu ray…
4K77…
Detail: ALI…
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Comparison: ALIvsUHD…
ALI…
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4K77…
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with more image comparisons for ‘Star Wars’ to be found…
Here - on Page 6 of this thread
Here - on Page 9 of this thread; Part 1
Here - on Page 9 of this thread; Part 2
Here - on Page 9 of this thread; Part 3
Here - on Page 9 of this thread; Part 4
2️⃣ Empire Strikes Back
ALI…
UHD…
2011 Blu Ray…
Detail: Ali…
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ALI…
UHD…
2011 blu ray…
4K80…
Detail: ALI…
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ALI…
UHD…
2011 Blu Ray…
4K80…
Detail: ALI…
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ALI…
UHD…
2011 Blu Ray…
4K80…
Detail: ALI…
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ALI…
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2011 Blu Ray…
4K80…
Detail: ALI…
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ALI…
UHD…
2011 Blu Ray…
4K80…
Detail: ALI…
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with more image comparisons for ‘Empire Strikes Back’ to be found…
Here - on Page 6 of this thread
3️⃣ Return Of The Jedi
ALI…
4K83…
GOUT…
Detail: Ali…
Detail: 4K83…
ALI…
UHD…
2011 Blu Ray…
4K83…
ALI…
UHD…
4K83 v2…
Detail: ALI…
Detail: UHD…
Detail: 4K83 v2…
Ali…
UHD…
4K83 v2…
2011 blu ray…
4K83 v1…
Detail: ALI…
Detail: UHD…
with more image comparisons for ‘Return Of The Jedi’ to be found…
Here - on Page 8 of this thread
Here - on Page 9 of this thread
All credit to X for the time, dedication, and energy - in compiling these. And also for their permission to post the screenshots here. 👍
Last Updated: Friday 31st October, 2025.
If you are in the UK… you likely won’t be able to see the above images - or any images from Imgur online at all… which is a pity as many members of this site over the years use Imgur as their image sharing platform of choice. Reasons why you can no longer see images from Imgur in the UK can be found here from Imgur themselves and here at the BBC.
A VPN set to outside the UK may be of assistance in allowing you to see the above images.
Free and easy-to-use VPN add-ons are available from the Chrome Web Store - or as a Firefox add-on etc. Certain web browsers like Opera have a simple, free, and easy-to-use VPN built-in (literally an ‘on/off’ switch in Opera’s case). 👍
A Mini-Index for info on the ALI OOT Restoration Leaks…
• An Introduction / Overview
• Image Screenshots & Comparisons
• Video Clips
• Media Coverage & Content
• FAQs
• News & Updates (tba; for when we hopefully get an official announcement on the ALI OOT restoration for the 50th anniversary)