Originally posted by: WaragainsttheCouncil
Also, Lucas does have several Technicolour prints in perfect condition in storage. Articles surrounding the 97 restoration confirmed this - as they were used for the color-timing of the 1997 edition. A reasonable Google search should turn up some good sources. Those sources also confirm the production of new O-negs and 35 pristine prints from the 97 process. All of which was color-timed using the Technicolour prints (the best process to date for capturing color in film) as a source.
Also, Lucas does have several Technicolour prints in perfect condition in storage. Articles surrounding the 97 restoration confirmed this - as they were used for the color-timing of the 1997 edition. A reasonable Google search should turn up some good sources. Those sources also confirm the production of new O-negs and 35 pristine prints from the 97 process. All of which was color-timed using the Technicolour prints (the best process to date for capturing color in film) as a source.
Don't know about 'several' Technicolor prints...he does have a dye-transfer print of SW, and most likely black and white separation masters for all three, but it's doubtful that he has Technicolor prints of ESB and Jedi since Technicolor stopped making d-t prints in the US and Britian in the 1970's.