mverta said:

So, in the end, it's do-able. It's just an odyssey of work, research, and asset acquisition. Oh yeah, and a shit-ton of money. :)

While I am enthusiastic and impressed about the Legacy project (as much as is possible given its doubtful I could ever get to see it), I still think the human eye on its own, by calibrating itself with just what it sees in the real world, can arrive at an image which looks the most convincingly lifelike to it, relative to a given condition, and then transfer that to work within the range of a non-professional monitor.

I think too much talk of subjectivity and lack of Lucasfilm materials/technology could end bogging a project down - better to push on intuitively and see if what you produce is better than whats out there, which with this project seems to be the case.