Originally posted by: wadetv
The documentary on the official DVD's is the most definative example that the OT still exists and was not destroyed as some have taken Lucas's quotes to mean. I wonder if the documentary maker required that the originals be used if they wanted him to make the documentary or if someone at Lucasfilm made that decision.
The documentary on the official DVD's is the most definative example that the OT still exists and was not destroyed as some have taken Lucas's quotes to mean. I wonder if the documentary maker required that the originals be used if they wanted him to make the documentary or if someone at Lucasfilm made that decision.
I can guarantee the documentary maker didn't "require" jack. But yes, an original (actually 2, I think) print was scanned long ago and is on drives at Lucasfilm, or ILM or both. I have a friend who's seen the files. Every last frame of the original is actually intact on drives, just in various stages of restoration/alteration.
Lucas's saying that the originals are "dead," or "gone," or any of that is just figurative.
_Mike