This is the release of a 35mm film scan of the original version of Star Wars, from 1997. All the information is available below. I'm not part of the group.
It is with great pleasure that we bring this to you:Star Wars: 35mm Silver screen theatrical version---------------------------------------------------------Presented by : team negative1----------------------------------------------------Restored to its original brilliance and colorin 1080p with theatrical audio soundtracks.Features===============================- Major dust and dirt cleanup- Deflickered- Stabilized- Major scene by scene color correction- Replacement shots from Eastman print--------------------------------------- - Intro, and original 1977 crawl - Han shoots first - Various dark scenesVersions:---------------------25G mkv [mp4 contained] 1080p - v1-video and english audio- Star Wars theatrical trailer- artwork folder- documents folder----------------------History : Star Wars was the second print procured by Team Negative1. 6 x 35mm reels were scanned and archived. There was 6 reels of a Spanish LPP print, and 5 reelsof a red faded Eastman print, and 1 further reel 5 with10 minutes.The LPP had minimal damage, but more on the heads and tails.There was a constant amount of dust and dirt throughout.There were no splices except for the original crawl, andHan shoots first scene.Technical : Scan was in 2k, and resulted in a HD 1080p version.Later, select shots were rescanned in 4k, along with the restof the LPP print. This was not used as the workflow was already1080p.Compatibility : At this point, there is no GOUT compatibility and no subtitles.Not done:- Cleanup of glue framesFuture : There are advanced Eastman Kodak prints ready to berestored. The scans are 4k, but again we are targetting 1080pfor the final release.
