- Post
- #1656001
- Topic
- Does the 2K scan of Star wars from 1997 still exist?
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1656001/action/topic#1656001
- Time
In 1997, as part of the restoration, the newly assembled negative was scanned and digitally restored in 2k. does this mean that there is currently a 2k file of the original film(s) sitting in lucasfilm archive?
There is no 2K scan of the special edition trilogy, the restoration was all analog and physical, Digitizing the entire film in 1996 would have been PROHIBITED due to the high cost and limited storage capacity of hard drives, the only thing that was scanned were the scenes that were going to be “enhanced” with CGI like the entrance to Mos Eisley until its exit, (Which was what George always wanted since 1977), or the stay on Bespin, and for some recompositions using original negative pieces, That George Lucas had saved for all these years and that LucasFilm surely has in a Disney vault, if today each piece were digitized in 4K or 6K and those scenes were recomposed, they would look better than ever, and scenes that even in 1997 were never recomposed would look very modernized, it is worth dreaming that one day they will make a recomposed edition…