I kinda liked the blue tint of the movie especially on hoth and carbon chamber. Some pictures looks better and some bader in my opinion.

Nice! Now the colors looks much more natural than ever.

I absolutely loved this transfer. That blue tint has been removed and makes everything so Natural.

ok, so after comparing the Disney+ versions to these screenshots, on a HDR screen, the blue has been removed from this new color version but a lot of the white highlight and color saturation DO come back with it being shown in HDR/Dolby, so when playing the movie its not as grey as these screenshots suggest. main point: it doesnt look as bad as it does when playing, although, im not really happy with 99% of the blue/orange removed.

Looks better and better with age , top film

ESB has always been my favourite film of all time. And I always associate the colours White, Blue and Orange to the film, reflecting its darker and complex nature. This transfer really makes the film look paler and fits the overall bleaker tone of the film. Love it.

I have the new UK skywalker saga blu-ray set, and it looks so much better than the 2011 blu-ray!

Love this new color very dark and very natural wowwww🤩

It definitely looks more natural but now it’s dull and rather colourless. Especially in the darker lit scenes it’s kinda hard to see anything

it looks like a black & white movie

I like that the 4k has the vintage feel to it. I bought Jaws on 4k and it's amazing. I really only like doing it for the older films though.

This is the best way to watch this move unless u have hd dvds of harmys trilogy. These 4k releases are amazing for what they are. Dont hate on them because they arnt the original versions. George lucas did a good job with them. There are people using 35mm prints but empire is almost destroyed. Lucas only had so much he could do at the time of this restoration

I love blue tint better, I suppose it's personal preference here. 4K looks to greyish for my taste. Space scenes look better on 4K.

I didn't know there's an HDR version of this. Also, nice pick for Gordy Haab's music from Jedi Fallen Order.

Sweet 4K UHD.

The 4K version is a dramatic improvement. The previous Blu Ray "master" was probably the same one used for the 2004 DVDs, and it showed: oversaturation, blown-out highlights, smeary details, compression artifacts galore, and too heavy on the blue/magenta tones. The 4K version is far more immersive not just because of the higher definition, but for the subdued/natural tones and restored details courtesy of the higher dynamic range. And I say this as someone who first saw TESB in 1980 as a 10 year-old kid--THIS is how I remember it. Even the old VHS releases had color truer to the theatrical releases than the awful DVD/1080 Blu Rays that followed.

What release is the "Regular Version" exactly ? The 2011 master ? And what are the standard (1080p) bluray versions included in the 2020 boxset ? The 2011 version or the remastered ones ?

Stunning transfer.The color correction is amazing.Not like a bloody cartoon anymore.

Very nice transfer

I'm a tiny bit confused... Wasn't the standard Blu-Ray 2019 release the same as the 2011 release?

Bumping the colors and contrast just a bit on my Vizio TV gives the brightness of the 2019 version with the natural colors of the HDR. So just a little tinkering will make the 4K the absolute winner.

The 1080p version has more color and looks BETTER than the 4K version! The people who made the 4K version made it look "Too Dark" and actually REMOVED COLOR - as often occurs in an "HDR" movie. The entire reason the "HDR" Marketing gimmick exists is because there is virtually no resolution difference from 1080p to 4K. So the movie companies needed to come up with the HDR (10-Bit) color gimmick instead. But all they are doing is remixing the colors. The fact is, they could release that EXACT SAME version of new colors on 1080p! BOTTOM LINE: I actually preferred the brighter and more colorful 1080p version. When George Lucas releases this thing as a 12-Bit Dolby Vision version with 65 Billion colors, it will probably be black and white and there there will be people dumb enough to say it looks better.

So glad i watch before i brought any of the 4k releases , i am not impressed at all , they may well just to a dark blue tint on the lot !! Must be the worst 4k disc i saw so far

The 4k while sharper, looks super desaturated. Not just the blue on Hoth, but also Leia's lips, skin tones, etc.

I really feel it should have been halfway between both, its either too desaturated and lacks feel or too saturated.

Now it looks gray, dark and lifeless

The colors are actually more like the original prints and less saturated like the Blu ray releases. Great!

Can you make a playlist on your channel of 4k movies in physical media that’s worth buying on 4k.

What is that music in the background?

I think some people just prefer over saturation. I get why they say it looks black and white, but then I see every ones hair has blond height lights rather than sandy blonde or brown mixed hair natural hair. Then skin tones are all red on the blu ray. I know people personally who chose a cheaper tv because the over saturated colors were more pleasing to their eyes. Maybe they're used to led tvs and older video formats that didn't show skin tones as well as todays technology.

OH YEAH. Take the blue out, baby. Feel like I'm returning to 1980!

No more that horrible blue tint. No more overexposed clipped files. 4K is so much better and natural looking. Love it.

Good job and video. There are many change. +1

All another's things to look are when both red and blue or ornage are in one shot. They reflect off everything, causing even nearby to reflect the same color, then the 4k separated the colors evenly. 3:15 perfect example of colors bleeding over. lol

I know this will generate debate but this 4K version of ESB is one of the best looking movies I've ever seen, mainly just because of the colour correction.

J'adore ce ton sombre. Ça colle parfaitement avec l'esprit du film selon moi

Who made the 4k Transfer? Zac Snyder?

Oh dear they cropped all the shots!!! How come someone decided to crop the framing of the photography.. at least the color correction is better.. thanks for posting

Magnifique transfert 4K. Enfin la planete hoth a un rendu naturelle. Les silhouettes des personnages sont mieux définis. L intérieur des vaisseaux de l empire est sublime. Une grande réussite dans l ensemble.

Which release of the blu ray are you comparing ?

The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite movie of all time!!!! This 4K looks great but I think I will always prefer the blu ray. Idk jus the colors pop out more on blu ray and look more brighter

I dunno. I kinda miss the bluing up of the Hoth portions. Gives it a bit more pop and vibrancy. Itfeels like ambient arctic light whereas the 4K just looks like raw footage that was shot on a soundstage. I know they filmed for real in Norway for a lot of it but it’s kinda noticeable when the red light Leia is standing next to has the glow on her face just disappears. Kinda like seeing through the illusion there is no lightsaber blade so therefore there is not glow in dark places like in the prequels how they were like nightlights. Thus it makes it look like the set they were on didn’t have all the electronics on.

I like that the colors are more natural, but I feel like it isn't really color corrected correctly. As a tonal shift it gets across a moody atmosphere, but I think that they over corrected from over saturated to under saturated. It looks like a flat profile on a dslr. Maybe it's because my brain was trained on the colors of the original, or maybe it is because I am not watching it in all its quality, but the compressed KZfaq "4k" version on a 1080p display. I just wish it was brighter and had more color detail, for instance their faces almost look like they were shot on sepia toned film instead of color. And all the detail in Han's face is taken out at around the 11 minute mark. Like maybe with HDR it would be brought back, but it looks crushed here.

Cool, a black and white version of star wars! ...

To bad the HDR always translates to brown on KZfaq, because the colors look 10x better when viewed on a HDR setup.

Some shots look like an improvment like 2:05 but others are just way too dark like 2:27. I agree that the blu ray is too blue and saturated but the 4k is too muted and dark. There is a nice imbetween the hasn't been done yet. DNR is also off puting. This is one of those 4Ks that isn't god awful but, untill we got another new 4k remaster/grade, I'm sticking with my blu ray

If you want an awesome 4k space opera experience, don't buy Star Wars. Buy Flash Gordon instead. It looks incredible.

One of the changes I liked is that when Luke fights Vader, the carbon chamber lights match up to when they freeze Han. Being more orange than red. Before this I had always assumed Vader had just turned the lights onto low :p Only issue I have with the transfer is now the boxes around the Tie Fighters are super visible.

If we could just get the movie in 4k the way it was originally released... now after georgey has played with it so many times.

Bespin duel colors are not like the original. The light is supposed to be blue not gray.

Disney did a fantastic job remastering the original trilogy for 4K. A lot better than the 2004 DVDs and 2011 Blu-rays.

As far as i can see the blue tint has gone but also colour saturation.. Looks almost black and white? If it actually looks like that id be very disappointed.

I have the 2004 Widescreen DVD.

The 4k version has slight monochrome tint to it. Is this how the original looked?

Do I need to be looking at the difference with a 4K screen? Because I much prefer the vibrant colors of the blu? As mentioned below, the 4K screens look dull.

Man, they really screwed up the 4K for this awesome film. Drained all the colour, muted the tones.... was like watching the film through sunglasses. Awful.

Wow, looks so much better. Waiting for a good release until buying OT on bluray was totally worth it. 9 years of waiting.

Booth versions doesn't look like this AT ALL.

I don’t like the 4K version. I like the blue 2019 version.

Still better than the blu ray's

It should look better than this. Disney is lazy

It looks so... dull. I was watching the Disney+ version and I just kept saying to myself, are they trying to copy the matrix or what?

Dose any one else feal that the removal of filters actually rob the Sean's of there emotion. They did the same with the HD buffy the Vampire Slayer and ti robs it of the desired mood and feeling that the shot is ment to give. Things just look so dark and drab now on the HD star wars. I have them but I prefer my my blurry and VHS rips

🤔 i think the normal blu ray looks more star wars-ish🤷‍♂️.. the 4k is not bad i guess.. but i'll stick to the normal blu ray🙂

Looks great..original colour ..fantastic

Blue Tint is what makes Empire Strikes Back, well Empire Strikes Back. Now, its normal, natural, perfectly balance, like all Marvel movies after Iron Man 1 & 2 and Thor, bland. Kid these days will love it.

Too much unnecessary colour grading. Ruined some shots in my opinion

4k makes it look so good.

Great video. But the special editions are garbage. I'll wait until Lucas passes and Disney releases the theatrical cuts.

some scenes are too much greyish and lacking of blacks; as Homer Simpsons would say: "job mediocrely done”

2019 looks better

its awful in 4k. those conversions from the old star wars movies are very dissapointing.

Disney's 4k transfers are awful, just like everything else Star Wars related that they've been involved with.

Empire Strikes Back is episode 3.

Not impressed. 4k is overrated.