The original award-winning effects, the films that changed the entire world, better than it ever looked in theaters. These separation masters could be scanned and used as the centerpiece of this set. We know this exists because LFL used it to color-time the 97SE and possibly the 19SE.
Lucasfilm has backups made directly off of the theatrical negative, and at least one of the prints is a fade-free three-color separation master. While the “original” negatives are currently cut to the 97SE (as in they printed the new effects onto film and spliced it into the negative), negatives aren’t the final word on preservation. So I’ve saved all my films, I’ve saved all my negatives, I’ve saved everything.“ George Lucas, Anatomy of a Dewback (1997) “I started out as an editor, so to me saving the film- the film is what the whole process is about. If someone grew up on that ( extremely flawed) version & prefers it, by all means they should be able to watch it as what it should have always been: the bonus disc. Yes, even the Special Edition is an historical artifact. These are historical artifacts and should be treated as such. Anyone should be able to walk into their local store or load up their favorite digital store or streaming service and have the choice of what version to watch.Īn ultimate release of the Original Trilogy should be about one thing: preservation.
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If you want to see it in 4K, you have to find and download a 90 GB file that is an illegally scanned fourth-generation theatrical-run print that is probably not in a format you can just play on your TV. If you want to see it in HD, you have to find a legally-grey fan recreation that utilizes the Blu-ray and undoes each change individually. In order to watch the original version of Star Wars legally, you need to find the “Limited Edition” DVD in a second-hand store or on eBay, and that only gives you the non-anamorphic rip of the 1993 Laserdisc. These fan preservations can fill the holes, but it’s shameful they have to exist at all. They have before, they can again…even if it’s just to have a leg to stand on against the distribution of modern fan preservations. They have the capacity to release the originals. Lucasfilm gave us a choice in the past with a bonus disc release. The infamous four-eyed Stormtrooper, part of the LaserDisc master.īut this did set a precedent. (I will give them credit for scanning the original theatrical crawl for Star Wars, although they tried their best to make it look as bad as the rest of the LaserDisc). Unfortunately, instead of doing a modernized release of the films, they took the exact same 1993 home video master and burned it to DVD retaining the 4:3 format of the LaserDisc. In order to curb what they considered to be piracy and not preservation, Lucasfilm decided to cut those fans off by releasing the 2006 “Limited Edition” DVD. In the mid-2000’s, Lucasfilm saw that the fan community was distributing preservations of 1993’s The Definitive Collection LaserDisc online, the last home video master made of the theatrical cuts (which was also used in the “THX” release from 1995). Lucasfilm tried to give us a choice once, but they did it using the least effort possible. Even Lucas’ personal friends know that choices are important. The Apocalypse Now UHD set gives you three versions of the the movie, all in 4K. He knew it was important to give the fans options, even if he personally disliked some of them. Blade Runner gave you five versions, even the theatrical cut that Ridley Scott hated. Most other movies with alternate cuts give you a choice of which version you want in the box.
Star Wars is one of the few movies treated like this. What We Wantįor almost 25 years, the fans have been handed one version at a time and told this is as good as it gets. Consider this a short sequel to my WIRED article.
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