coming by even remotely decent-quality prints of Star Wars is rare. âThey 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,â he says. âTheyâre all in very, very poor condition. Theyâre 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.
...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."