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The Ultimate Preservation: Understanding the Star Wars 4K77 Project

set out to recover the film exactly as it looked in theaters in 1977. They tracked down several original 35mm Technicolor release prints that had been sitting in private collections for decades. The Restoration Process 05-star.wars.4k77.2160p.uhd.dnr.35mm.x265-v1.0.mkv

35mm

• The Source: This is not a digital negative or a home video master. This came from an actual 35mm positive print—the same type that ran through projectors in cinemas in 1977.
• Specific print: The 4K77 project used a “LPP” (Laser Pacific Print) from 1977, known for its slightly faded but highly detailed color timing before the 1981 re-release.

: The video codec used (HEVC), which allows for high quality at smaller file sizes. The Ultimate Preservation: Understanding the Star Wars 4K77

Check the MKV’s audio tracks using MediaInfo or VLC’s track selector. The Source: This is not a digital negative