mark7 said:

Thanks Danfun128, but I haven't been able to find Project Blu of ANH on public sites.

Anyway, what's the difference between SW Trilogy V3 versions from this topic and GOUT? More audio tracks available? Is video quality the same or has it been fixed/upscaled/upgraded?

I can't really answer as far as what they did, technically. I think there might be a few details scattered throughout the thread. But it's upscaled and the video quality is certainly improved with the bluray release as opposed to V3. V3 looks like a nicely cleaned up anamorphic version derived from GOUT. An improved GOUT. Perhaps it looks like what they *should* have released in 2006 if they were determined to use the LD masters.

The blu release has some nifty filters applied that really sharpens up the image. For many shots it's almost impossible to believe that it's GOUT sourced. While the V3 colors, from what I remember, looked just like the GOUT, the Blu is slightly adjusted (at least in brightness/contrast).

The only downside to the Blu release is the digital graininess present at times, which is to be expected given the source. The first time I viewed the release, on a 1080p laptop, I thought this was quite noticeable. I've since watched it on a 720p CCFL television, and it wasn't as noticeable. It looked good enough to probably fool someone who didn't know better as an official 480p anamorphic release. Certainly the best version of Star Wars derived solely from a home video OOT source.