Feeling a little bad for the souls that have spent years scanning and retouching every frame in 4k based on George’s lie.
It’s not really a waste, the 4KXX series are there to preserve the actual “theatrical print” media of how the movies would’ve looked like back to audiences in 1977, 1980 and 1983. The 50th Anniversary restoration would be basically how the conformed OCN in 1977 would’ve looked like, in the highest resolution and quality possible.
I mean, if the 4K77 team had access to a higher quality copy like an interpositive, they would’ve scanned that instead.
The goal was to just get a modern HD or 4K transfer, instead of the 2006 DVDs.
They scanned theatrical prints because that’s really the only thing anyone outside of Lucasfilm has access to.
I don’t know who would prefer 4K77 once this 6K scan of the negative is released, unless you like all the extra grain, scratches, dust, and lower resolution.