team_negative1 said:

After seeing how poor the Reliance samples are closeup, it's a good thing that they won't announce or acknowledge anything about another restoration.

The grain reduction comparison shows how extreme they went. The colors still aren't a good match either. This is for both Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back.

Thanks to the anonymous sources for confirmation.

Team Negative1

Like I've said before in this thread and elsewhere, I'm convinced the Reliance 4k job was done as a basis for the 3D conversion. Hence it's the SE again.

Not that I really care, but it would be nice if they could at least get the "official" version of the movie looking right, as that article on savestarwars.com points out.

Mike Verta's comparison seems to indicate they will once again not get it looking right. Even if it corrects the flaws of the Lowry transfer, it apparently introduces new problems of its own. The pendulum swings too far in the other direction.

The only saving grace of this, I suppose, is that the new SE can have its own distinct look and we can still possibly also get a restoration of the OOT looking exactly as it should.