Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
As I recall, the technicolor print was used only for reference, because it had held up much better than the other prints. here's something from an article on technicolor:
"An article on the 1997 restoration of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (original version 1977) claimed that a rare dye-transfer print of the movie, made for director George Lucas at the British Technicolor lab, had been used as a color reference for the restoration. The article claimed that conventional color prints of the movie had all degraded over the years to the extent that no two had the same color balance."
So, it's sitting there. I'll scale the wall. I need people outside The Ranch to create a diversion. Ready...break!
As I recall, the technicolor print was used only for reference, because it had held up much better than the other prints. here's something from an article on technicolor:
"An article on the 1997 restoration of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (original version 1977) claimed that a rare dye-transfer print of the movie, made for director George Lucas at the British Technicolor lab, had been used as a color reference for the restoration. The article claimed that conventional color prints of the movie had all degraded over the years to the extent that no two had the same color balance."
So, it's sitting there. I'll scale the wall. I need people outside The Ranch to create a diversion. Ready...break!
Ya the technicolor print has never been cut or anything, it is in great shape. there is also a pre-se master for ESB(I don't know whether it is the 70mm or 35mm), and ROTJ. They were remastered in 1993-1996 for the SE's. So masters for all there OOT films are there in the archive, but LFL is lazy(at least with GL running it) and will old use an LD master for us.