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#227688
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Info Wanted: Has anyone done a Super 8 preservation of Star Wars?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227688/action/topic#227688
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After Jambe revealed the audio variations on ESB for his Building Empire DVD it got me thinking "Why hasn't anyone done this yet?". It's a worthwhile project with some obvious flow on benefits. So i've tracked down some good condition Super 8 reels (two of Star Wars and two of Empire) and I'm currently in discussions with some companies now to get quotes on a decent transfer.

I have two reels of each movie, but they're all labelled pretty similar. Ken Films, Selected scenes, 17 minutes, Colour Sound, Super 8. The Star Wars have the codes F-64 and F48 on them, ESB F-63 and F-64. Does anyone know if they contain the same footage?

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#223989
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223989/action/topic#223989
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Originally posted by: Gorram As for lining up your own code with the X0 code, it just means you insert the right amount of frames at the start of your own project doesn't it?


Is that really going to be feasible when most preservations will be running at either 25 or 29.97 FPS while the X0 runs at 24?

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#216125
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.: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216125/action/topic#216125
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Originally posted by: boris
D-VHS holds more then that capacity - and has been available since '98, how come you not excited about it? Like I said, better technology is not always more popular. HVD will take over, and HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will be short lived.


Perhaps its the degradation factor, perhaps its the possibility of breaks, snags and stretches, perhaps its just the inconvenience of having to rewind your tapes, the relative ease of duplication, the lower price and ease of digital distribution afforded the DVD all probably play a factor.
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#211535
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ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211535/action/topic#211535
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The Digital Bits have another go at LFL over the new info that's come to light. My favourite passage:

"The 1993 laserdisc masters are the best source material that can be found for use on DVD after exhaustive searches of the Lucasfilm Archives

This is flatly absurd. If this were true, Lucasfilm's archivists should be ashamed of themselves. We know of few professionals tasked with the preservation of film materials that would allow such critically important film elements as the original Star Wars films to be lost, to deteriorate or be wholesale destroyed. And again, even if Lucasfilm's vaults were so woefully incomplete, we know for a fact that quality elements exist elsewhere. Given 48 hours notice, we could track them down ourselves. Surely, with its significant resources and influence, Lucasfilm could do the same. If the 1993 laserdisc masters are really the best that Lucasfilm can do, it's disturbing. If not, a statement like "We returned to the Lucasfilm Archives to search exhaustively for source material that could be presented on DVD..." seems terribly disingenuous - the corporate PR equivalent of "I'm so sorry, but the dog ate my homework."