Star Wars

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (1 child)

So they doing their own 4K77? This is the best possible outcome. I hope they market it well.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

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.

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 11 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Seems they're claiming it's some original reels. Obviously no way to confirm that until release, though.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago* (2 children)

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

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

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.

https://archive.org/download/star-wars-1977-despecialized-720p.x-264.-ac-3.5.1

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago* (2 children)

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.

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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 12 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

I’m partial to 4K77 myself

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[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 5 points 20 hours ago

Agreed. The despecialized editions were clever, but the 4K## releases have been wonderful.

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[–] charokol@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

The poster says Star Wars. No mention of Episode IV.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 19 hours ago

AFAICR that was its title at release in '77.

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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 5 points 12 hours ago

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".

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 17 hours ago (1 child)

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...

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 13 hours ago

LucasFilm already allowed the original cut to be screened in London last year.