Jedi is not rare, nor is the LPP as rare as star wars or empire.

I think Derann had 2 releases on super8mm the first was very high quality but by the time they did the second release their negative was in rough shape.

There were more prints done for Jedi as it is the more popular film than star wars, derann got far less orders for that and is a rare title because it was only available for a limited time whereas Jedi was still available as a used print up until recently when they sold the last one.

The classic home cinema release was duped from a 35mm foreign release print, when it was imported they spliced on the english roll up and redubbed it into english from the laserdisc i believe.

So not a proper preserved print. But people that owned it thought it was great.

The reason Jedi seems so hard to find is the demand. Partially caused by the non existent release of a decent DVD release of the originals or a blu ray, but also because it is the more favorite of the three films. Or the one people obligatory seem to buy to complete their set because they already own star wars and empire.

I personally think its because the first derann print is one of their finest releases they ever put out said to match the quality of the 35mm almost. Obviously an exaggeration. But the colors were very good and no fade. The only negative was the audio was in MONO folded down from the stereo mix.

As for the 35mm prints any screenings would be problematic because of the pre LPP Eastman stock. Star Wars and Empire being the biggest offenders. But their are also badly faded copies of Jedi although the re-release was printed on LPP in 1985.

I cannot say for sure if their were new prints struck for the re-issues of star wars and empire. But if they exist they are obviously very rare in LPP.

Never mind the 2 technicolor prints in existence that are the holy grail of star wars on film.