The interesting thing about all this (apart from how fantastically well Dre's tool works) is watching everyone's preferred grade of the Rebel soldier.

I've looked at that frame on countless prints now, and I agree, if someone sat down to do a grade now, without having seen the film, or a bunch of other 70s cinema/lived through the 70s, and using today's digital grading tools, then most would go with the less red, more tonally balanced look that is popular in some of these grades.

However on film, the guy is a bit red faced and blotchy, being from the red-headed tribes myself, that is pretty much how we show up on film. He's an older, pale guy with sun-damage, and it shows up pretty heavily on the film.

Current sensibilities would have us grade that look away, and make him look more pleasing to the eye, in the 70s typically they wouldn't, he would be red faced and a bit blotchy on-screen, unless he was the leading man/main character, in which case they would have gone to town on make-up.

The original 1977 Star Wars grade is all over the place, probably because of time constraints, the range of film stocks and composites and budgetary pressure, and the tools available at the time. People looked rougher in the 70s, their skin wasn't as good, and they lived a little harder, and you can see that in the original prints, especially on the older characters.

Every colourist that attempts to grade Star Wars now, even if they are looking at the original prints, will do a very different job, and it will most likely be quite different to the original, even if they are trying to capture the same look, and you can see that in the variety of opinions on the un-named trooper here in this thread.

DrDre, thanks for the tool, it is another powerful kit, especially for getting quick preview renders from faded prints, if the LUT is working, then it will be extra fast for knocking out a workprint, thanks for all the effort you are putting into it.