‘Star Wars’ Boss Says It’s ‘Remarkable’ the ‘First Print’ of George Lucas’ 1977 Original Was Found and Screened After Decades; Discovery Called a ‘Miracle’ (variety.com)

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As the article states, this was screened at the London BFI the other day. It's an original technicolour print from 1977. There's a ten minute video about it here.

I've heard interviews with the people at the BFI and if I remember correctly, they have a film scanner capable of 12k scans. The films in the archive all get digital scans made for backup purposes.

So sitting on a hard drive, somewhere at the BFI, is probably a huge 4K scan of this very print.

But I presume the best we will have access to is 4K77.

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