lucasdroid

kitt1987 said:

After anonymously reading the forum the last few weeks I finally decided to create an account and applaud you for the effort in bringing Star Wars back to the fans in hi def.  I read that ESB is already preserved, is there another site or index where we can follow the progress, if any, involved in that film?

Can you call this a preservation?  I think this is great but a real preservation needs to be made.  I guess we will not see that until Mr. Lucas passes away though.

Taking a photo right off the film with the lcd light sounds smart.  It would probably avoid losing quality over projecting the film onto ground glass like a real optical printer would.  This should produce some interesting results but nothing like a real preservation.  Especially since the source materials have to be a mess.  This is a slight step above the 16mm work being done. 

Impressive...most impressive. 

What are you projecting the image onto?  The only other way to do it would be to take a picture right off of the film? 

I know about what was previously said but I was hoping to get more specifics on what model numbers on the equipment being used.  I understand the basics.  What is the film being projected on?  Ground glass?  I would like to construct something similar maybe with a Nikon D300 shooting RAW files.  Thor's footage with the scanner was stupendous.  The stills look good but moving video might be something completely different.  I doubt a consumer camera has the dynamic range needed to capture all the information from film.   

How long have you been working on this project -1?  Will you post schematics of your scanning machine so that others may attempt to do what you are doing?  It would be very helpful for even non Star Wars related material.

none said:

I'm not a lawyer and my advice cannot and should not be construed as legal advice, but the forums maybe better off with a general legality discussion thread to alleviate these as the thread turns and to collect our delusions of grandeur into one big humorous mess.

Good idea.

I doubt the camera rig that has been created is not nearly as high quality as a real film scanner.  Maybe that is why -1 has been posting all the details here.  Shouldn't the possibility be considered though?  Are people willing to see someone go to prison because they want to see SW again?

Interesting work with the film guard. 

So is anyone on here a lawyer?  Your skills might come in handy when this thing is released. 

jero32 said:

Ya know now I watched the trailers a couple of times. The "Dirt" is kinda growing on me. Wouldn't say that it's not worth at all trying to "fix" the blu-rays using footage from this. But this version will definitely be worth watching on its own.

Also keep in mind, unlike most of you I'm only 19 years old. So I didn't really grow up with the originals the same way most of you would've.

I'm curious to see what a younger person thinks of people attempting to restore an old film like this.  I wonder if it seems like crazy old people trying to hold on to their youth from someone with your perspective. 

I think this is an excellent effort at preservation but a real preservation will be needed.  It will probably happen when Mr. Lucas passes away but none of us want to wait that long. 

Can you post the schematics for your mad invention so others may re-create and possibly improve on the effort? 

Wow!  That looks amazing.  How long did that take you?  It's so clean too.

He's a force you don't want to reckon with. 

It just seems like this is on a different level than previous restorations therefore it might get a different reaction from the gods of high.  Besides it's not Lucas at the top anymore it's Kennedy.  Not the VJ from MTV.  

http://www.nerdsraging.com/2011/12/20/man-sentenced-to-1-year-in-jail-for-leaking-wolverine-movie-online/

You have people's attention -1.  People are listening.