poita said:

Actually that is incorrect. I have viewed two non-faded 35mm prints of ESB in the past month, and Hoth is blue, and white and grey. The grade on the original 35mm release was all over the place. Some scenes are quite blue.

It would be impossible to know the correct colours from pink-faded prints, you can do a reasonable job restoring them so that they look 'good', but the original colour balance is unknowable without a non-faded print as reference. So it will look great, but may not be original timing.

These images look really good, great work on restoring colour from the lost channles, but the colour will be somewhat arbitrary and not what it would have been at release.

Not to take anything away from what is great work, just letting any anal archivists know that the colours chosen for this release may not be all that close to the original timing.

poita,

I certainly appreciate your voice on the matter. I'm sure there aren't a huge number of us who've ever even had access to a non-faded print let alone had the wonderful experience of watching one.

I cannot speak for anyone else on this matter but I am a noob in all this. I figured from the beginning we would not be getting final color grading shots until the projects are done. I am however happy to see the richness available in these prints. It tells me that a lot more can be accomplished than what the GOUT could ever offer.

That said, maybe folks doing projects need caveats about such things, so people don't get the wrong idea.

I am excited no matter what. I LOVE the look of film compared to digital and these basic shots show why it's so important to save these prints.