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TN1 followed ''4K77'' with ''Project 4K83'', based on an original 35mm print of ''Return of the Jedi'' (released in 1983) that was discovered and scanned in 4K. According to their website, this print required little cleanup, and the restoration was released in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Project 4K83 {{!}} The Star Wars Trilogy|url=https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k83/|access-date=2020-10-04|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028162547/https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k83/|url-status=live}}</ref> TN1 released a subsequent improved V2.0 of this restoration in 2023, which contains more "theatrically accurate" colors due to a technical error when encoding the original release.

''Project 4K80'', a restoration of ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), was begun by TN1 in 2020, reporting that although they have multiple prints, some were faded and they required substantially more cleanup, with a projected two-year time frame to complete.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Project 4K80 {{!}} The Star Wars Trilogy|url=https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k80/|access-date=2020-10-04|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001055812/https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k80/|url-status=live}}</ref>. This is because unlike 4K77 and 4K83, which were either primarily or entirely sourced from a single print, none of the prints available for 4K80 were complete. Each of the six sources used also had their own unique color timing, meaning additional re-grading was needed to match each source's colors to one another.

TN1 has since discovered a complete print of ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), in substantially better condition than the sources used up to that point. They have announced intentions to eventually use this as the basis of a V2.0 with more theatrically accurate colors, similar to 4K83's V2.0, and have also announced intentions to do the same for 4K77 using since acquired prints. When discussing TN1's projects, Harmy expressed that he considered them "vastly superior" restorations to the Despecialized Editions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/4K77-Released/id/60815/page/7#1211042|title=**4K77** - Released - Original Trilogy|last=Harmáček|first=Petr|date=2018-08-26|website=Original Trilogy.com|access-date=2023-07-25|quote=I have previously already recommended the SSE over DeEdv2.7 and this one is vastly superior to the SSE, so I’d definitely recommend this as the go to version, at least for now}}</ref>