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All four arcs were solid. If anything, they could have done with maybe two extra episodes, since 1) for first time viewers, Bail just pops in out of nowhere with little to no explanation as to who he is or why he so quickly becomes so important. And 2) we get so little time with K-2, it would have been nice to get a little more before the final arc.
Compilation video of OT official restoration clip leaks.
I appreciate that they're doing this, but at the same it it should illustrate quite clearly why Lucas had little interest in it himself.
Carefully, painstakingly, and sensitively remastering (note: not restoring, because this is not a thing that ever existed before) a flawed, incomplete, and compromised piece of work is the job of a museum curator, not the original artist. Which is essentially what this is, and that's is how it should be.
This is an important cinematic document that should be preserved so future filmmakers can see what was achievable at the time under the circumstances, warts and all. Yes, a certain type of fan will faun over and evangelise about it ad nauseam too. Fine. Let them. The reality is that for better or worse, the "Maclunkey Cut" will be the definitive version going forward, as it was the last one Lucas had a hand in.
Carefully, painstakingly, and sensitively remastering (note: not restoring, because this is not a thing that ever existed before) a flawed, incomplete, and compromised piece of work is the job of a museum curator, not the original artist. Which is essentially what this is, and that's is how it should be.
This is an important cinematic document that should be preserved so future filmmakers can see what was achievable at the time under the circumstances, warts and all. Yes, a certain type of fan will faun over and evangelise about it ad nauseam too. Fine. Let them. The reality is that for better or worse, the "Maclunkey Cut" will be the definitive version going forward, as it was the last one Lucas had a hand in.
Definitely agree we need it preserved.
Film restoration is also known as film preservation. Here's an article you can educate yourself with, regarding what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_preservation
Here's an article about Disney's film restoration team: https://mickeyblog.com/2024/12/24/m...eserving-and-restoring-disneys-classic-films/
Can they do those kind of restorations with the original effects? Because I thought there was some issue with old school effects that they couldn't be upgraded to HD. I think I remember reading something when they did TOS Remastered about how they absolutely had to do the updated CGI effect because it was impossible to upgrade the old school effects to HD.
And on a side note, now I don't feel so bad about not going onto the Trek shows' sections of the board. Although my not going to those pages because they're just too busy for me to be able to keep up, not because I dislike the show. I've enjoyed all of the new shows, especially Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks.
I'll take a season of 8 - 13 great episodes over a 20+ episode season of mostly mediocre episodes with maybe 5 or 6 great ones in there if we're lucky.
Yeah, I was a little disappointed we didn't get to see more of the early days of K2 and Cassian's friendship. We pretty much jumped from them capturing and reactivating him, to where they were in Rogue One.
And on a side note, now I don't feel so bad about not going onto the Trek shows' sections of the board. Although my not going to those pages because they're just too busy for me to be able to keep up, not because I dislike the show. I've enjoyed all of the new shows, especially Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks.
I'm not going to talk about of my ass about what they can and cannot do. As far as I'm concerned, we'll have to wait to see what it is they did accomplish, when and if a version is ever released.
That said, there are original VFX shots in the leaked footage. For example, there's Luke's landspeeder entering Mos Eisley, and there are original matte shots. In addition, there's an asteroid field space VFX shot, and there are lightsaber and blaster VFX shots. I'm not an expert so I won't certify that those are all entirely original shots, but given that the landspeeder shot certainly is original it would be anomalous if they weren't all also original.