zombie84 said:
No, only the scenes they changed--they only needed to scan the shots that had stuff added to them. The altered shots were then printed back onto film, and re-spliced into the negative, replacing the originals. So, I would estimate about 30% of the OOT is in the computer--if it was kept at all. The negative that was scanned for the 2004 edition was the 1997 SE with the CGI, as the negative of the OOT no longer existed.
No, only the scenes they changed--they only needed to scan the shots that had stuff added to them. The altered shots were then printed back onto film, and re-spliced into the negative, replacing the originals. So, I would estimate about 30% of the OOT is in the computer--if it was kept at all. The negative that was scanned for the 2004 edition was the 1997 SE with the CGI, as the negative of the OOT no longer existed.
Do you know that for sure? One of the "lines" that McCallum gave on the 97 SE's was that "the negative had deteriorated so badly that if we hadn't done this restoration now, the film may have been lost forever"...which admittedly sounds to me like an "Oh no, the sky is falling" kind of comment, but I still tend to think Lucas would have scanned the entire film as a precaution and just kept it on file for future use. He seems to be a great one for planning ahead and always having that fifth ace up his sleeve.