poita said:
There is a good argument for Disney going back to the negative again and commisioning a new scan
Wasn't somebody going to create a new master for the 3D re-release eventually?
Brooks said:
What resolution were the scans used for the official blurays? I don't know much about motion film, I've been scanning my still photo negatives at 4800 dpi and that works out to about 100mb a frame too. I would love to see a frame of motion film scanned at 4k (or 10k, wow!).
http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html
This article explains the official restoration process ver well. It's interesting how the first special edition used 2k scans but the DVD/Blu-ray is a 1080p scan