dvdmike said:

Mavimao said:

When he means low fade, he's not talking about the technicolor IB process. He's talking about regular Kodak color filmstock - but with more stable color chemistry that was introduced in the early 80s.

yes, but I was under the impression it was more expensive

No, LPP was not expensive. From what I've seen at revival screenings, on eBay, etc., it seems that the vast majority of positive printing had switched over to LPP and other low-fade stocks by 1983. 1984 at the absolute latest. I saw an original WarGames trailer a while back that had a yellow tint (not sure whether the tint was there from the beginning), but no actual fading.

I've seen an original 70mm of Star Trek II from 1982 that had gone nearly completely red, and an original 70mm of Ghostbusters from 1984 that had its color fully intact.

The switch to low-fade was very quick; every print of Jedi that has surfaced in the wild has retained its color. The only footage of Jedi I have seen that was faded were those film cells, and compositing tests that a former ILM employee was selling on eBay (printed on 1982 Kodak 65mm stock).