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dark_jedi said:

Luke does not even look like a white guy anymore LOL

Ah, no, he looks like a tan 70s white dude. Which...he was. Also, it's friggin Tatooine.

What are the benefits of the OT with recoposited elements (ie no matte-lines) but without any other upgrades? Could someone explain that?

Akwat Kbrana said:

Those obsolete, deleted scenes from the rough draft were considered for HD scanning and inclusion in this set, but it quickly became apparent that such inclusion would leave no room for the 91-minute documentary on Star Wars spoofs (in 3-d!), so George had to put his foot down. Priorities, people.

Can we get citations on this kind of claim or clear notice that this is a joke? The level of conspiracy-theory, demanding-answers, anger, and more around here is such that posts like this can quickly become believed.

I wish I had taken note of the flesh-tones better at the Technicolor screening, but I can at least confirm that the reds should be very vibrant. It sticks out in my mind that when R2 & 3PO are in the little alcove in the Death Star hangar, there's a red disc-shaped protrusion or two behind 3PO in some shots. I remember being shocked at just how much the red popped off the screen.

aha! Thank you. I really enjoyed the trailer as it was, but I sure do like being able to definitively see the difference. Incredible, as always.

Wow, George Lucas casts no shadow!

Hal 9000 said:

At this rate, this is going to end up virtually indistinguishable from a properly restored OOT!

Well...no. I do believe this will, at times, be missing the messy black borders from optically composited effects.

You know, I never explicitly realized how different the two are. Anybody know good references for their differences?

Not sure why the Rebel Commandos are arresting Luke, but I'd love to see more of them.

I wonder if Criterion would do the trilogy, were Lucas willing.

Harmy said:

I'm glad he likes it and I'm glad he took at least some pics :-) But it's a pity he didn't know before, not only could he have taken higher quality pics but he could also have taken pics of some more original matte paintings, as those would have been an invaluable source for this kind of thing :-( 

 

Believe me, with a little more planning, notice and awareness of this site, I would have tried to get an HD camcorder on a tripod into that place. Or something. That would have been nice.

I keep my friend who took those Technicolor Screening pics posted on when his stuff gets used, and he's amazed at this. He also wishes he had known about the want for this sort of thing so he could have used a tripod, less off-center. But so it goes...

Potentially my mistake, then. In that case, who does A/V right?

I think I've said this before: I think they should probably let The Criterion Collection handle the OT restoration.

Oh gosh, the Bongos. That's perfect.

Deleted scenes, though....

dark_jedi said:

To be honest with you, I have deleted ALL V3 files from my hard drives, after I watched the samples of this on my HDTV, I lost ALL interest in the V3 DVD's

Oh man, we're gonna have to start a new site! originaloriginaltrilogy.com, dedicated to preserving and archiving the work done at originaltrilogy.com before it gets deleted!

Well, I guess that answers RedLetterMedia's great question! Who is the protagonist of the PT? Yoda. Yoda is the protagonist.

So yeah, Disc 8 is the one to care about. Well, that and the colars. But basically Disc 8.

Well, the timer hit 0....and we got a blank page.

Ooooh gosh the gang's all here...

Will you be correcting the starfield to at least be the right brightness, if not the same stars?

Never mind.... you'd think I might have realized it was a different shot.

To be honest, I think I prefer this scene without the fog, red lights, etc.

I guess I had some small hope that the photo was a preview.