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#156957
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Lucas Did Not Think about It
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
What is going to happen is the same thing that happened with Abel Gance's silent epic, Napoleon. Gance continued tinkering with the film into the 1960s, changing the score and reediting. By the 1980s, a restoration had to be mounted to find the original film, because Gance kept going back to the ONeg, striking new prints, and cutting as he saw fit.

We can hope that GL struck new prints after the color correction and pre-digital effects restoration work was done, but I'm somewhat cynical about that.


I would have to believe that Lucas and other filmmakers are smarter than that now, especially with the recent resurrection of preserving films. I remember reading after all the color correction, etc, he struck new prints and placed them in the vault (i couldn't tell you what the source was, it's been so long).
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#156948
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Lucas Did Not Think about It
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great discussion.

as i'm sure most on this site will attest to, the oot is what is missing. given lucas' past actions and interviews, we are hard pressed to expect the oot in the immediate future. with the constant changes ebbing throughout star wars, including yoda having a digital makeover in episode 1, who knows what to expect with these films. What I do know, however, is if people would like to actually find a copy of the oot, they will. i am not worried about historians not being able to locate the oot. if historians can find out what hitler's last breakfast was before committing suicide, then the oot will be found as well. and i'm sure lucas knows this.