XPost: alt.fan.starwars   
   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article <4ce1d50d$0$1612$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,   
    sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com wrote:   
      
   > In rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc Sandman  wrote:   
   > : I can understand the kind of sheer work that would have to go into   
   > : restoring the originals and why he would focus on the versions he   
   > : actually prefers himself as a director.   
   >   
   > This presumes that it would be expensive to do so.  Heck, if he simply   
   > re-released the already-existing laserdisc masters (that were used for   
   > the 2006 bonus disk) with the anamorphic switch set to "on", a lot of   
   > people would be thrilled.  That would cost absolutely nothing.   
      
   I didn't know the laserdisc edition of Star Wars was digital 1080p   
   video.   
      
   Laserdiscs had 425 lines resolution of analog video. I have a hard   
   time assuming that the supposed master for this low-resolution format   
   would be suited for a bluray release. And said master would also   
   probably still be analog, so the same thing applies.   
      
   I read somewhere that the Bluray release will be the first all-digital   
   restoration of the original trilogy (SE, that is) and that the DVD   
   release was a mostly analog restoration and then transfer to digital.   
   I can't remember where I read it and I could be mistaken, of course.   
      
      
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