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Nerd.
Is there a link for this release? Could not find it on the ARSTechnica article.
Never watched I, never will.
HAN SHOT FIRST. HAN SHOT FIRST. HAN SHOT FIRST!!!
coming by even remotely decent-quality prints of Star Wars is rare. “They all had to be destroyed after they were shown. So the ones that still exist, somebody just dug them out of dumpsters and managed to hang on to them,†he says. “They’re all in very, very poor condition. They’re all very beat up. Even the best one, even the one that was used as a reference for the Special Edition was in terrible shape. The colours are there, but the damage is just insurmountable.â€
You really have to have a driving need to have a "pure" version to go to all this trouble for so many years.
sooooo, how many here saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater in 1977...raises hand!
I saw it opening day and I’ll tell you if its original print because one thing the sound was off with the film.... the sound would end about half second before every scene would end
Here is the link to it..... May the Farce be with you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymFxkFfIhU
i like star wars as much as the next software dev... but 22GB is a bit over the top for me.
if that doesn’t bother you, the torrent is out there. search for ‘star wars silver screen’
from Team Negative1:
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GOALS
Our philosophy was to restore the print back to what it would have been viewed like
theatrically. It is not a pristine cleaned version. We have cleaned major dust and dirt,
stabilized, deflickered, and color corrected it. It is also cropped theatrically,
although there is slightly more image in the original scans which was not intended
to be viewed in the theater.
SOURCE INFORMATION AND DETAILS
Q : What is this sourced from?
A : This version is a digital recreation of Star Wars sourced from different 35mm prints.
Q : What was used from which print?
A : The primary source was a Spanish 35 mm LPP print.
The intro and crawl were from a faded English Eastman Kodak print. (Does not have Episode 4 in it)
The Han shoots first scene was sourced from a faded Eastman Kodak print.
There are also several replacement shots throughout the movie from faded Eastman Kodak prints.
Q : What was it scanned at?
A : The majority of it was taken from 2k scans, but some sections were scanned in 4k,
and downsampled to 2k.
Q : What is an LPP print.
A : It is a type of print that is Low fade Positive Print, and retains colors better than
the Eastman Kodak types that fade.
Q : Some shots look blurry and lower resolution?
A : Any shot with effects will have lower resolution, due to multiple copies for that process.
Q : There are dirt and some shots with marks on them?
A : For our restoration, we chose to leave original marks, matte lines, and boxes in the film.
So keep an eye out for those, along with the reel change marks.
Q : The bluray has more detail.
A : Yes, the scans of these prints, will never be able to match that clarity due to multiple
process used to produce a release print. However, many scenes are still as sharp or sharper.
Q : How authentic are the colors.
A : Although not a Technicolor, which is a different process. This version accurately matches
the colors of the print if it were being projected. We have compared this with projected versions,
and the match is fairly close. Shots were color corrected scene by scene in a lot of the film.
Q : How long did it take to do this?
A : The project started 7 years ago, but 4 years is when the bulk of the work was done. With
the fine tuning and quality checks in the last year.
Q : How many releases are there?
A : Currently we have 1) MKV 1080p 2) Bluray 1080p ISO file versions. There may be more
downconverts, and a few updates, on the audio, images, and other items released
later on. We do not currently have plans for a Grindhouse version of this.
Q : Do I have to pay for this?
A : NO, this is a free fanedit restoration. Just make sure you support Disney, and Lucasfilm.
Q : Where can I find it?
A : Usenet groups(eventually), and private trackers like Myspleen, sharing site tehparadox.
Thanks for checking this out, and also look for the previously released Empire Strikes Back
Grindhouse series (3 releases).
FUTURE PLANS
Return of the Jedi, and a few more surprises are being worked on currently.
OTHER RELEASES
Star Wars 8mm
Star Wars EIAJ tape
Star Wars CED trilogy (pre-laserdisc)
May the Force be with You
Team Negative1
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