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dlvh
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
23-May-2013, 5:14 PM

The new color timing. I really have to get used to it. The difference is astounding. Especially on Tatooine. Is this how the film looked back in 1977?

CatBus did a good job of explaining the color timing, in that it came from a "high-quality low-fade print", and the fact that a LOT of factors go into how a person saw the film in the day.

It could very though WIDELY how a person saw it, starting with the kind of projector that was playing it, the kind of illumination (sometimes a bulb) the projector used to illuminate it, the number of foot lamberts and sometimes even the screen may have had a factor on how it was viewed, and how it was/is remembered.

The prints that were in-part a factor of how this version was color timed, according to what I have read here on this forum by the author, and others who were involved in this project, were said to have been from Technicolor I.B. prints, if I am not mistaken. Please someone correct me if I am wrong people. If those facts are correct, we all know that Technicolor prints have a completely different look to them than non-technicolor film, and may be in-part why the color timing looks different to your eyes, and I and others on this forum, don't recognize this look, to how it was in the theaters in the time of it's original run, unless you/they were viewing this movie in a theater which was showing Star Wars in Technicolor, IMHO.

Technicolor has a MUCH warmer and vibrant color palette than non-technicolor prints do. If you've seen some older movies, of the silver-screen era, you most likely know what I mean...They are beautiful to watch.

Given all these facts, and others that are not mentioned here, there is a good chance that this is indeed not how it looked in the theaters that did not show a Technicolor print in the theater in the days of Star Wars original film release.

I know these statements will not give you a clear answer, but I'm sorry to say, that there is no clear answer. This version is a good HD representation of what a Technicolor print of Star Wars might have looked like in 1977, but I was not privy to that version, but do wish I could have seen one.

 

Edit: Does anyone have an know how many theaters showed the Technicolor version, or what the percentage was versus the non-Technicolor prints?