An intriguing new thread appeared on Original Trilogy this week. Lowry Digital, the company that ‘restored’ the Star Wars trilogy in 2004 for the DVD release – removing all the film grain and cranking up the saturation to a candy colored mess, is now owned by Reliance Media Works and they list a 2012, 4k, 16 bit restoration of Star Wars on their list of projects. Since the 2011 Blu-rays and the 2004 DVDs were based upon the same 2k scan, this has to be a new scan but which version of the film is it? If the 1997 SE materials are to be believed, the ‘original negative’ now represents the 1997 Special Edition, having been chopped up during that process. Hopefully, the original elements still exist, and perhaps they have been scanned also, ready to be re-inserted into the film digitally.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Famous Monsters Star Wars Spectacular 1977
Browse and download The ‘Star Wars Spectacular’ special issue from Famous Monsters Magazine, 1977.
Atari Print ads for Star Wars games, circa 1983
Two magazine Ads for ‘Star Wars’ video games on the Atari System, circa 1983.
Eager to capitalize on the fresh wave of Star Wars mania sweeping the nation following the long anticipated release of Return of the Jedi, Parker Brothers quickly rushed out these games to market. which may or may not have been created with Star Wars in mind.
Jedi Arena seems to have more in common with Pong than Star Wars and could have been created with no intention of carrying the Star Wars brand, but it was allegedly inspired by the scene in Star Wars where Luke begins to learn how to handle his lightsaber against a ‘remote’. To find out just how bad it was, [To find out just how bad it is, play Star Wars Jedi Arena online for free, right now at virtualatari.org]
