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#1650229
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❕ <strong>Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com |</strong> Introduce yourself in here | <strong>Useful info within</strong> ❕
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AEChadwick said:

Sagrona! fresh recruit here… Just finished ANDOR–my not-very-Star-Wars wife loved the series, but she can’t even remember Rogue One. I know she will appreciate the story anew, now that it’s the conclusion of a story she enjoyed. I went searching for “Rogue One recut into Episodes” and ended up here–what a great community! Now chilling until I can download @NFBism’s “ANDOR: The Rogue One Arc”

I think Andor is a great entry into the Star Wars universe for someone how isn’t necessarily a fan already, especially if their taste leans toward character driven “prestige” content with moral ambiguity and well written dialog. For me it’s the best Star Ware related thing to come out since the original trilogy. Welcome to the group.

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Welcome to the group!

Magistus said:

Hello guys,

i found this community while informing myself about those 35mm scans. I want to thank all the people involved in making the scans, work done better than most commercial releases imo.
As probably all of us here, I’m a passionate movie enthusiast too. I personally enjoy watching old movies (from 20 years ago) and ancient movies ( from 40 years ago). I don’t like what the movie industry is producing since like let’s say 2008/09 but that doesn’t change the quality of those classics, on the contrary.

With that said, I hope I won’t be a burden to this community and I can contribute in having a great time here.

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jnoodles09 said:

Hi Everyone,

I am here to learn about the different versions the Original trilogy and check out some fan edits. I remember seeing an attempt to recreate the original theatrical cut of Star Wars that was really good. Hoping to see more stuff like that.

Cheers!

Welcome! Definitely lots of cool fan preservations to discover here.

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PulseCodeRadio said:

Hey all, new here (obviously!). I’d like to introduce myself before asking for links.

I have ADHD. So I struggle to watch movies / series with filler, multiple plot lines and multiple characters etc. I can’t properly keep track of what’s going on and how less important stuff is related, or not. A good example is season 2 of Andor; I’m about the watch the last episode now, and I haven’t started to enjoy it until after episode 7. After episode 7, everything is much more linear and much more to the point, leading up towards Rogue One. I WANT to enjoy Andor, but there’s too much side / background stuff going on for me to properly enjoy it. So I’m very grateful for everyone creating truncated, more central plotline focused versions!

I’d rather watch a longer, clear, to the point, feature film than ~10 episodes of going back and fourth between plotlines and characters, just to fill of episodes to keep people engaged. I guess that’s what ADHD does to you, among many other things, of course.

Suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Welcome to the group!

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davidt0504 said:

Hello everyone, new around these parts but really interested to join the discussion.

I’ve been a fan of Star Wars since I was 5 years old and my grandfather gave me a toy Millenium Falcon for Christmas one year. Then my parents showed me the movies and it was instant love. I remember watching TMP in theaters in 1999 and each of the other movies. But, nothing has ever captivated me the way that the story in the original 3 have.

I can relate to that! The newer releases never given me the feeling I had watching the originals a kid. No matter how good they are, I’m not 10 anymore so it can’t possibly have the same impact. Still, there have been moments watching Andor that came pretty damn close.

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oojason said:

So very pleasing to see so many people with a love for the Original Trilogy (and for film preservation, edits and projects etc too) find this place and join the community here.

Hope to see many of you in joining in the conversations in the various discussion forums across the site. 👍
 

Thanks for all the work you’re doing here.

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D+77 - Star Wars - 4k Theatrical reconstruction (Released)
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This looks like an incredible project!

Out of curiosity - since most of this was sourced from the 4k (HDR) blu rays and the re-graded in SDR - has there been any discussion of doing an HDR release of this or the any other D+ restorations? As HDR displays are being more and more common, I would imagine its something people would be interested in.

Forgive me if that has already been discussed - I could not find any info searching the forums using google.

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Is 4k worth the upgrade???
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I think there is a difference, and it can be worth upgrading if you’re super particular about quality, or if you’re a cinephile who wants access to some of the great new restorations that are now being released exclusively in 4k. The amount of benefit will mainly depend on the display you’re watching on, and title in question.

One thing that doesn’t get mentioned much is many of the new 4k restorations of old films aren’t available on standard blu ray. Often the package will say something like “new 4k transfer approved by the director” but the standard blu ray is just a reprint of previous transfer. So, for an increasing number of movies originally shot on film, the most recent (and often best) transfer can only be viewed on a 4k setup.

As others have mentioned, an added benefit of 4ks is HDR, including the wider color gamut. A good TV (most OLEDs) will be able to take advantage of this added color data and give you an image that is brighter and more dynamic. I think this aspect of the experience is probably more noticeable than the resolution for most home setups. But if you have a TV with mediocre HDR performance, you won’t get much benefit and in fact the colors might end up looking worse than they would just watching in SDR. You’ll see a lot of threads on Reddit complaining about 4k masters being too dark or washed out, and usually this is due to people viewing them on TVs that can’t adequately handle the HDR content.

The resolution improvement won’t be very noticeable unless you have a pretty large TV (65") and are sitting relatively close to it. My girlfriend and I watch a lot of stuff on standard blu rays on her 75" 4k TV, and they look fantastic - no real lack of sharpness. I often forget that I’m not watching 4k content. The difference is more noticeable when I watch things on my 120" projector screen - but even then, the difference is more subtle than what you might expect. I wouldn’t say resolution alone is enough of a reason to drop thousands on a new setup.

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JURASSIC PARK 35mm 4K scan + 35mm 4k scans of many trailers Mega Project including the rare Spiderman Twin Towers Teaser, Blade Runner, Pretty In Pink and numerous, some rare, others, see post (WIP - 6.5K scans of JP and trailers complete. Scan data now in hand! Funding of the project is a little past half-way now. Contributor only project for feature. I can't publicly distribute it. Small preservation project.)
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Very cool project - please let me know if you still need donations.

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RaceDay49 said:

Hello All!
Fan of Star Wars since the very late 70’s. Have vague recollections of seeing Star Wars (Ep. 4) at a drive in theater. Collected everything I could when RotJ came out in 83: Action Figures, Trading Cards, Books.
A fan of most things 80’s and 90’s.
Recently found out about this site on Reddit and I am very impressed with what the community does and shares. Thank you for having me and I hope to be able to contribute in anyway possible.

Drive in theater sounds like an amazing way to see it for the first time!

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Hi Everyone!

New member here, glad to be part of the community now.

I grew up watching the 1995 VHS Trilogy set, which I recently revisited. Like many millennials, this was how I first experienced and fell in love with these movies. It could just be nostalgia, but I think there’s certain charm to the soft texture of the VHS that adds to the experience of watching these films. It was also fun remembering what it looks like in 4:3.

Anyway, I appreciate all the work this community has done in preserving the original films and bringing them into a more modern home release.