So are there any good 4K extended editions fanedits that retain the original look without the mixed bag DNR, muted color-grading, digital artifacts, etc?
Well, without access to the source material, the best that we could hope for would be a superior upscale of the HD edition.
It turns out that some folks over on the Star Wars Original Trilogy forums are doing exactly that, in the Presevation of Other Properties section section. A user named DrDre has created “deremastered” releases of the theatrical editions, and is (slowly) working on the extended editions:
So are there any good 4K extended editions fanedits that retain the original look without the mixed bag DNR, muted color-grading, digital artifacts, etc?
Well, without access to the source material, the best that we could hope for would be a superior upscale of the HD edition.
It turns out that some folks over on the Star Wars Original Trilogy forums are doing exactly that, in the Presevation of Other Properties section section. A user named DrDre has created “deremastered” releases of the theatrical editions, and is (slowly) working on the extended editions: