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Which shitty remaster will it be though?
A new one true to the original theatrical. If you know anything about the online DIY remaster community around the original trilogy they've gone through the stills that have been leaked by Disney and they are of a quality previously unseen.
https://youtu.be/J29_AcURtyc
So they doing their own 4K77? This is the best possible outcome. I hope they market it well.
This is the second announcement, and they were marketing prior to the announcements by leaking these images to the restoration community. And those of us that follow that have been watching closely.
Seems they're claiming it's some original reels. Obviously no way to confirm that until release, though.
They have leaked remastered frames already and the De-specialized editions community has confirmed they must be from original reels, no other sources have ever been as high a quality.
https://youtu.be/J29_AcURtyc
That video seems to be nearly a year old, and as he said himself at the end, who knows what they're gonna add to the final release. Maybe they have the reels, but that doesn't mean that's what we'll get to see.
True, but the source must be original reels to be that quality.
And yes, they were leaking things a year ago, they've been working on it a long time. The release was announced months ago.
The poster says Star Wars. No mention of Episode IV.
Did you know that the "Episode IV: A New Hope" - header in the iconic scrolling text was added later? The original theatrical release did not have this at all, it was simply named "Star Wars".
AFAICR that was its title at release in '77.
Which is interesting, because I thought part of Disney's deal to buy it included making sure the new fucked with versions were the only ones they'd show...
LucasFilm already allowed the original cut to be screened in London last year.
Came here to say this. Since George claims the originals are gone.
Edit: Just stay home and watch this and don't give Disney your time or money.
https://archive.org/download/star-wars-1977-despecialized-720p.x-264.-ac-3.5.1
I’m partial to 4K77 myself
Agreed. The despecialized editions were clever, but the 4K## releases have been wonderful.