Thanks for the sentiments, guys - much appreciated. You know, garbage in/garbage out. I am amazed with what, given enough time and love and effort, we can pull out of prints. But every single day I work on Legacy I think, "Damn, if only I had the negative." I know it's severely damaged; I know the color separation masters are incomplete, but if you're willing to put enough work into it AND have those original sources, I can only dream of the results one could achieve.

I've said many times that I know what goes into each frame of Legacy is not sustainable or reasonable for a commercial restoration, but what I HOPE is that a "reasonable" restoration PLUS original materials will yield something better than I could do. I see serious potential in those Reliance clips. I'm so rooting for that.

There have been many restoration efforts over the years; I am on record many times for having said that we never knew what the future could be, and should hope for the best but prepare for the worst, but I don't think ANY of us could've imagined Lucas suddenly cashing out of Star Wars altogether and selling to Disney. There is money to be made in a commercial 4K release of the original Star Wars; we all know it. There was almost zero chance before now; there is a chance now. But again, until we all have that perfect, pristine 4K original in our grubby little hands, we gotta keep at it.

Personally, viewing this entire movie frame by frame at 800% has given me more respect for the film, for the medium, and for the amazing tools we have at our disposal. I've learned or discovered dozens of image processing techniques which I now use daily in my other work, and it continues to be a lot of fun. I just can't imagine regretting a second of it!

_Mike