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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/starwarsmemes

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[–] themeatbridge 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The rumor I heard decades ago (so a mountain-sized grain of salt) was that he didn't want to admit he fucked up the originals when making the specialized editions, and just acted like he didn't want to release remastered theatrical versions. He was also fiercely defensive of the specialized versions, saying that they were closer to his "vision" than the originals.

Master negatives can create higher resolutions than what you get from the prints. The fan-made versions did a ton of upscaling from the best quality digital versions they could find.

[–] Blue_Morpho 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The negative is 35mm like the print. There is technically a generational loss between negative and print but that's far far below the resolution of a 480p DVD when Lucas claimed he couldn't release the original. 35mm film print is higher resolution than 4k. The 4k77 version does not use upscaling.

[–] themeatbridge 3 points 7 months ago

Lucas had just re-released the Specialized editions in the theaters, and they did very well. There's no way they go through the effort of remastering the originals without releasing them to theaters.

[–] danc4498 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is there literally only one master? Shouldn't there be copies?

[–] Blue_Morpho 3 points 7 months ago

There is the negative that was in the cameras when it was originally filmed. Prints are made from those original negatives of which there are many.