I just bought a 35mm clip of Star Wars(1977) on ebay that is currently being shipped to me. It stated it was only a couple minutes long and featured the robots. This sounds to me like the desert scene.

When it arrives I was thinking of making a diy slide copier and using my 8mp digital camera to capture each frame. I guess it would take a long time to capture the frames this way but if it's under 2 minutes I think it's achievable even if it takes a couple weeks. Does anybody have any thoughts, ideas, or advice about this idea?

If it seems to be in pristine condition or something I might hold off and think about what to do with it. I imagine it is in rough shape though.