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Mavimao
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Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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11-Sep-2011, 10:42 AM

[quote=danny_boy]



LOL!---Regarding RAH's restoration of the Godfather---------Francis Ford Coppola admitted he could not even remember how the film  looked in it's original theatrical release.

Yet an anonymouse internet poster claims he can remember how "brilliant " Star Wars looked(over 25 years ago!).

I saw Star wars twice theatrically(1981 and 1983) and I cannot remember one  way or the other in 2011 wether the prints I saw were vibrant or dull or dirty or clean.

I'll stick with that 1982 VHS for reference for the time being. 


Ahem... regarding the restoration of the Godfather, they referenced a technicolor print. And in case you're not sure what a technicolor print is, it's basically a dye transfer process in which the colors never fade. So they knew exactly how the colors were supposed to look.

http://www.slate.com/id/2201240/pagenum/all/

It is thanks to this same technology that we all know what Star Wars is supposed to look like. Five technicolor prints were made of Star Wars, and one of which was shown in a public screening a couple years ago. People took photos and videos of the screening, which has helped us immensely in determining the exact colors of the original screenings.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Free-farewell-Screening-of-1977-Star-Wars-collectors-print-British-IB-Technicolor/topic/11733/