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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD (AVCHD DVD9 & NTSC DVD5 available!!! SEE FIRST POST!!!)

Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION HD


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This is now on tehparadox (JDownloader) and myspleen (torrent). Just go there and search for "Harmy", if you want to get this.

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This is a cut which is very close to the 1983 theatrical version of ROTJ except for some of the cleaned up original VFX (a list of changes with picture comparisons and explanations of how the shots were despecialized can be found here).



SOURCES:

1) Star.Wars.Episode.VI.Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.720p. HDTV.x264-DON (2004 SE)


2) Dark Jedi's 720p upscale of the GOUT.


3) 1997 SE DTV capture (G'Kar)


I did an extensive shot by shot colour correction and although the colours may not be 100% perfect, I'm really quite satisfied with them.



HIGH DEFINITION RELEASE


FORMAT: AVCHD DVD9

VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps

AUDIO:

TRACK 1) hairy_hen's 5.1 purist mix @ 448Kbps AC3


TRACK 2) 1993 2.0 mix @ 320Kbps AC3


TRACK 3) 1983 2.0 mix @ 224Kbps


TRACK 4) 1992 2.0 Czech dub @ 256Kbps


TRACK 5) 1983 2.0 German dub @ 256Kbps

Printable covers and disc art can be found here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R4UWXWY8

 


STANDARD DEFINITION RELEASE (Coverted by Chewtobacca)

FORMAT: NTSC DVD5

VIDEO: 720x480p MPEG2

AUDIO: hairy_hen's 5.1 purist mix @ 448Kbps AC3

 

 

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The Empire Strikes Back is now finished and available, (see here) and STAR WARS is now nearly finished as well and I already started some work on Return of the Jedi.

Here are two clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtpru8IHT6o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU2gbiV4jnk&feature=related

Last edited on September 14, 2013 at 5:05 PM by Harmy

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"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

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Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

doubleofive's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Excellent work, as usual!

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joshdv's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Looked seamless to me.

Last edited on June 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM by joshdv

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bilditup1's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Good stuff right there. the colors on the 2004/2006 dvds are icky

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Here's what I've been working on these past few days ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9E2zz9hGc

LIST OF MY PROJECTS

Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

Nero's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Looking fantastic Harmy. Can't wait until the despecialized trilogy is done. Will be the ultimate versions for me to watch.

rockin's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Why is it ROTJ PDE always and i mean ALWAYS looks hugely better than the other PDE versions in my opinion? My answer: I think it's because ROTJ 2004SE is such a shoddy version that any improvments are going to look great. For one, the colour looks about 100x better in that recent clip.

(No disrepect to the other PDE versions by the way - just I see the improvments more in ROTJ because I really disliek the 2004 SE of this film much more than the rest).

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Hang on, are you actually talking about the Partly Despecialized Editions or do you mean the new Despecialized ones?

And anyway, Jedi is also my favourite of the old PDE versions (and I mean the cut, not the film) but this new Despecialized Version should totally blow it out of the water, becuase as you can see in that clip, there will be no more purely GOUT shots where it can be helped (and unfortunately there are whole scenes like the music number where it can't) where the PDE was basically just splicing GOUT shots into the SE.

Side note: As you can see, the subtitles have not been replaced yet in that clip and to be honest I'm pissing blood just thinking about it, because where in STAR WARS replacing the subs was a matter of one scene, in Jedi they are all over the place. But as there seems to be high demand for original looking subs, I think I will do it and this time hopefully without drops in quality like in my ROTJ DVD reconstruction.

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

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RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Harmy said:

Here's what I've been working on these past few days ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9E2zz9hGc

 goddamn it....where's that orgasm emoticon?

"I will laugh my ass off a hundred years from now when the only version of STARWARS people remember are harmys despecialized editions.  They will project it on a 20' by 40' screen with perfect quality."

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RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

joshdv said:

Harmy said:

Here's what I've been working on these past few days ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9E2zz9hGc

 goddamn it....where's that orgasm emoticon?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/avatars/custom/avatar-8621.jpg

rockin's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Harmy said:

Hang on, are you actually talking about the Partly Despecialized Editions or do you mean the new Despecialized ones?

And anyway, Jedi is also my favourite of the old PDE versions (and I mean the cut, not the film) but this new Despecialized Version should totally blow it out of the water, becuase as you can see in that clip, there will be no more purely GOUT shots where it can be helped (and unfortunately there are whole scenes like the music number where it can't) where the PDE was basically just splicing GOUT shots into the SE.

Side note: As you can see, the subtitles have not been replaced yet in that clip and to be honest I'm pissing blood just thinking about it, because where in STAR WARS replacing the subs was a matter of one scene, in Jedi they are all over the place. But as there seems to be high demand for original looking subs, I think I will do it and this time hopefully without drops in quality like in my ROTJ DVD reconstruction.

Ah sorry Harmy, I wasn't clear. I meant that any improvements to ROTJ in my opinion stand out more than some (not all) of your other work because ROTJ is so messed up in the 2004 SE. So any improvment (if only small) is going to look fantastic in ROTJ because there are so many more things wrong with it in the 2004 SE, but again my opinion. The fact you keep getting things better and better with each PDE makes it truly amazing.

I can take some of the changes in the 2004 SE for ANH and ESB by Lucas but the new stuff in ROTJ is just damn horrible. So I thank you for your work so far on ROTJ, I really do.

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RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

LeeThorogood's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Looking Very Good Harmy! :D

LexX's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Was the atmosphere added in the SEs? Can't see it in the original. Otherwise looks good.

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Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Oh, I think you're right  but I'll probably keep it this way, because I'm not sure if I'd be able to remove the atmosphere. I could try though...

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

Ziz's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

It looks like the atmosphere might just be showing up in the '04 because of the difference in brightness.  Crank up the GOUT brightness and see if it shows up there.

My outlook on life - we're all on the Hindenburg anyway...no point fighting over the window seat.
dazza's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

Looks Great Harmy. Thought A New Hope was perfect.

Can't wait for this Jedi to complete the set.

Many thanks for doing this.

doubleofive's avatar
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My comparisons have created a monster...


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LIST OF MY PROJECTS

Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

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Unnecessarily awesome!

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Harmy said:

Wow... Wooowww!!

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RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHaQtiuspJ4

Here a complete version of the despecialized Sarlacc scene. The colours aren't final.

Last edited on June 14, 2011 at 7:38 PM by Harmy

LIST OF MY PROJECTS

Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

joshdv's avatar
RE: Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD

pure genius.

 

what shots were upscaled gout?  i couldn't tell...lol

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