Unlike most other projects here, this is only an historical archival project. In 2076, when Mike's prints provide the basis for Criterion's 8K Mauve-ray release of Star Wars, his work will be appreciated, as will his eagerness to share the fruits of his work in every legal manner available to him.

Current generations may never see these prints. That's okay--the point is that future generations may.

In the meantime, those of us stuck in the present are enjoying what Mike has determined he can legally share, which is less than the entire film scanned in glorious 4K, but quite a bit more than nothing.

Seriously, the color reference alone did more than improve Harmy's colors. It also sped up the whole process by leaps and bounds. You'll see once the ESB project gets going again, how the lack of an authoritative color reference can lead to a storm of second-guessing colors that never, ever ends. With Star Wars, he could just say, "This is how the colors were." and he'd be right, and we'd move on. All thanks to this project. Who knows in what little ways it might still benefit the OT.com community in the future?

Oh, and thanks for the avatar change!