Me too! I saw it back on the early 90s at Eltree. It was the first time Warrick had shown it to a public audience.

There were some great little moments in there!

Any help on getting it would be appreciated.

Thanks
J

Are there any plans for a torrent of "Return of the Ewok"??

Thanks
J

I want this bad!!Please someone share it!!
If I had it i would!

Review: Return of the Ewok


Star Wars Return of the Ewok (1983)
Length: Various
Rated: G
Format: Full and Widescreen Mix 1:33.1
Language: English 2.0



It may have taken a small eternity, but the wait is over and the original Star Wars Return of the Ewok makes its DVD release debut courtesy of OCPMOVIE and as a extra the DVD is filled with bonus materials.
Expectations for this release ran high. So, I was eager to find out how the DVD set would satisfy my expectations.

This is a reconstruction of the original version with a combination of the hyperspace footage intergrated with a grainy yet very well restored version of the film. This is not the shortened version on STARWARS.COM. The true fans like us deserve better and OCPMOVIE delivers the goods.

I’ve been following OCPMOVIES for a few months now and quite frankly, I am impressed.
Overall the film exhibits a much stronger resemblance to what we are missing in poking fun and having fun. Frankly, I can't remember the last time a film was released that was from the heart such as this film.

On the presentation side, the DVD version is nothing but simply jaw-dropping. I can guarantee that you have never seen this movie short like this before, ever. The image quality is phenomenal for what was available with a razor sharp image that holds a level of detail even in transition with the original short print. Every single frame of this movie had to have been cleaned up to remove specks of dust or grain. As I watched I was feeling the pain of how much effort was put into every single frame. The result is an image that rivals most high end VHS recordings.
The thing that amazed me the most is the amazing level of detail and sharp editing the presentation, making the viewing simply and utterly breath-taking.


On the audio side things are equally very good considering the source. With aggressive seamless sound usage, the tracks are as identical kinetic as the movie it self. I could not tell the differnece between the two sources. No matter how well you know about this release I am sure you will still be able to hear things here you have not heard anywhere before.

You will also be treated to a good selection of special features as well as a beautiful title menu that is very cool. Infact, the menu was easy to navigate which was great for people such as my father who is sort of old school on all this DVD stuff. ie: "Do I hit where it say's play movie", laugh out loud!

The vision, of the one who would take this simple movie short and restore it to whats released is awesome.

Once again, OCPMOVIE delivers the goods in serving up a release like this.
This is "Return of the Ewok as it was meant to be seen and I am glad I had the opportunity and the privilege of that experience.



Once again, outstanding work.
The Return of the Ewok Disc was awesome

As soon as I recieve the final print of OCP Releases Classic Edition I will be in heaven because if it was anything like this I am in for a treat.

Peace

Well I figured i'd lump this question in here as this thread deals with all obscurities for the most part, but in regards to the Holiday Special I came across this statement lately:

"Along with the TV special,the 1980 CHRISTMAS IN THE STARS-THE STAR WARS CHRISTMAS ALBUM is not to be missed. Put together by Meco(of the Star Wars Disco hit fame) featured R2D2 and Anthony Daniels as 3-CPO and an early career vocal by Jon Bongiovi,it's a hoot on a near equal scale of the TV special("What Do You Get a Wookie for Christmas When He Already Has a Comb?"-priceless). It was originally released on Robert Stigwood's RSO label(of GREASE and SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER fame)and was rereleased on CD in the '90s on Rhino(though currently out of print)."

Anyone own or heard about this at all? A rip of this I think would be an awesome bonus to any DVD version of the HS...

Very close, Aziraphale, but not the 1.2 Re-Edit.
It's packaged with MagnoliaFan's The Clone War XviD torrent seeded by Blaksvn.

It's DVD-Rom content on Rikter's KCCI Holiday Special disc --
the HOLIDAY_V3.ISO image posted to Usenet by The Dark One
(formerly known as Darth Osor at the time of posting)

Its too bad no one has put together a musical compilation torrent or anything...

The CD version has been out of print for a while, and it goes on eBay for way too much money. I bought my copy at the Star Wars exhibit at the Smithsonian in 1997(?). Overall, it's really amusing and I listen to it every holiday season, but some of it is pretty grating. I even saw one CD edition once that had no Star Wars artwork on it, I'm assuming so they didn't have to pay for the image rights to the characters.

I think the review of the album on allmusic.com sums it up best: "What is mostly wrong with this album is that George Lucas does not seem to understand that the Star Wars universe and the birth of Jesus have very little to do with one another."

That review must have been written before The Phantom Menace came out.

Now thats a good one!

Although it hasn't been torrented, Rikter has put together one heck of a musical compilation.
That disc has 1.1G of OGG and MP3 music in its DVD-Rom content,
in addition to the best Holiday Special available (well, equal to RowMan's I guess)

Tell me more about this version... what station did it air on? Is it as dark as RowMan's version?

--SKot

The HS is from KCCI - Des Moines.
It's my understanding that Rikter got it from RowMan, before adding all the DVD-Rom contents.

Quick question for Garrett. As Jed mentioned over in the Classic Edition thread, sometimes the dialogue in the film is a tad diffucult to understand. Did you consider adding subtitles to this disc to aid in that issue? And if you did, why did you decide against it?

You're right, it's not really that bad. There were just one or two times where I instinctually went for my remote to turn on the subtitles when I couldn't understand something, but that didn't work this time. And it's totally understandable why you wouldn't want to take the time to do them in the first place.