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BbqChkn
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Custom Star Wars Crawl (DaVinci Resolve)
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22-Oct-2025, 5:33 PM

mrneighsayer said:

Can this be adapted for a 2.35:1 aspect ratio? I know the difference is negligible but I’m looking for maximum accuracy to the original release rather than subsequent re-releases. Though it’s only a 12 pixel difference when dealing with 1080p letterboxing.

EDIT: I’m admittedly having trouble getting a a straight answer on whether the original release was 2.35:1 or 2.39:1, as the two are often used interchangeably despite this not being accurate.

EDIT2: Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but the Blu-Ray release of ANH seems to have a resolution of 1920x816, which corresponds more closely to 2.35:1, rather than 2.39:1 which would be closer to 1920x804.

I’m working off of the 4k releases, so I can’t speak to the blu-ray versions, but at least according to:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-Un-Nouvel-Espoir-4K-Blu-ray/369156/

The original aspect ratio was 2.39. To my recollection, the only exception to this is TFA, which uses 2.40 instead