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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
I'm not sure if the cost of remastering the original versions vs. sales would warrant such a decision.
You're talking at least $50 million as well as a bunch of cross-editing (no one wants to see the outlines around Tie Fighters, X Wings, etc.) into a seamless transition.
Also, you have to keep in mind that 20 years has passed since the release of the Anniversary Editions, so there's a whole generation of people that have only seen those versions.
UnderEJ could certainly shed some insight into the Post Production process but I just don't think it's a financially viable move at this point in time.
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This is the 1997 conundrum. Assuming availability of all materials was not a problem, it would matter what release they planned. If it needs to hold up to a 4k ultra format, the good clean up work done in 1997 might not hold up. Original negative would have all the fidelity needed, but shots that were worked on and then reoutput to film in 1997 would not have all the same fidelity because the scan back out to negative from a digital frame only has as much information as the file holds. They would probably be looking at a brand new effort, a 4k restoration, and a redo of all the clean up work.