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JadedSkywalker
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Do you think the special editions will get the same remastering as the 50th anniversary?
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31-May-2026, 1:27 PM

I’d love for nostalgia’s sake and preservation to get the 1997 cuts in the same quality as the cinema releases in 1997.
But I expect them to remain lost media. I mean to put things into perspective we still don’t have the original American Graffiti or Thx 1138.

Lucasfilm is mixed at best on restoring their catalogue titles. and I’d probably give them a failing grade, outside the Ali restoration for Star Wars. None of their 4K from the George era are demo worthy. Even when they come close like Raiders of the Lost Ark, there are things less than to be desired. At best you get scans that are either older or pretty much left alone like Howard the Duck or Willow 4K, or a 2k interpositive scan like Radioland Murders for Blu-Ray disc.

Star Wars was afforded high level restorations because its Star Wars, a license to print money.