zee944 said:
CatBus said:
The GOUT transfer is generally pink-shifted, desaturated, and overly bright compared to the better color references Harmy used.
It's not the GOUT I'm talking about, but my memories about the theatrical version. Are my _memories_ wrong? I just mentioned GOUT because that's a well-known old print which happen to show those things in neutral gray (which could be wrong).
The death star interiors were never neutral grey, but had a green/blue tint. Harmy's color reference is from an original unfaded technicolor print. The GOUT on the other hand is sourced from a faded interpositive, and is thus very desaturated from its original appearance. Check out Dark Jedi/You_Too's project. They have color-corrected the GOUT and were able to bring out a lot the colors which were not visible on the official disc.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Original-Trilogy-Theatrical-Editions-Info-ALL-versions-SEE-FIRST-POST-FOR-INFO-AND-AVAILABILITY/post/626585/#TopicPost626585