doubleofive said:

Let me stress that Episode 1 was mastered at 2k Episodes 2 & 3 were recorded at 1080p. Lucas doesn't want the "second" trilogy outshining the "first", does he now?

I just went and looked up the camera (it appears they used the Sony HDW-F900) -- though I don't understand how they shot at just 1080p, if they were not only playing in cinemas, but also using the films as proponents for digital cinema projection systems (which, if my memory serves me, project at at least 2K). Seems strange, doesn't it?