That was a very asshole thing to say.

boondocks said:

At this point, why bother?? Why not wait for version 3.9, or better yet, version 9999999999999.0

The only question is, will there ever be a final, definitive version??? And if so, when??

THAT is your first post?  Welcome to the forum, I guess.  Geez.

^Amen to that.

Thank you SilverWook. This is exactly why I was kinda apologizing for making another version, some people just approach this as if it was some kind of official release. So, let me repeat, I'm making these mainly for myself and I'm sharing them for free, so if I do decide to make v999999999999.0, it's my business and your choice to download it or not.

I'm very curious how the Lucas apologists' sect will view Harmy's work?  These rude posts that pop up make me wonder if that's where they are coming from - or even from Lucasfilm itself?  Actually I am a bit surprised there hasn't been more of a bombardment, like an active disinformation campaign or even a denial of service attack.

^Amen to that, too.

The versions of Star Wars by people like Harmy, Adywan, etc, are incredible! The time and skill that goes into these things just blows me away! I can't understand what anyone would have to complain about.

Besides, if you really do want to see something different in a Star Wars edit, you could always try your own edit! It's fun! I'm not too swift with computers (and I have a pretty old one) but I'm still managing to work on my own edit... and if I can figure it out, I'm sure almost anyone could. Less complainin' and more playin'!

Sorry... maybe a little off topic... Harmy, you RAWK!

ROFLRICK said:

I just completed downloading the fixed DVD-5 version from MS, and I have a question:

Has anyone noticed the cropping that is occurring on both the right and left sides of the frame? This is not present in any other version, and as best as I can tell, it is actual cropping. Information visible on the MKV, AVCHD, etc. is seemingly missing on the DVD-5.

I haven't seen any mention of this on MS or here. I just want to know if I'm nuts. If it helps, I've been using VLC to make comparisons.

Screens would be helpful. I don't think I realized this myself but I wasn't really looking that closely to the edges.

Aside: looks like I picked a good day not to follow the forum. Though I would prefer to have realized that Harmy was gonna release incremental updates, I cannot seriously begrudge him that. He is doing all of us here a service which most of us have neither the time nor the knowledge nor the patience to do ourselves. Some humility, please!

Wow.  Some people.

Anyway, regarding the impending BD 2.1.  If it's at all possible, I would like to have the new covers and disc art available to me when it is ready so I can put it all together for sharing.  Since the BD is obviously the largest size, my fiber-optic connection will come in handy to get 2.1 out there.

Harmy, my connection is once again yours when it's time.  :)

^this. You have my sword!

Just watched the 2.0 AVCHD in its entirety. AWESOME! The color timing was incredibly inconsistent from shot to shot, and I mean that as a huge compliment! It actually looked like a movie filmed in the 70s, like it SHOULD! Great job Harmy and everyone else who contributed. Darn great job!

The two things that still really jumped out at me in the original Despecialized as just not looking right were the crushed blacks and the lightsabers in the duel. They are SO much better it's incredible. I finally feel like I have a definitive version to watch that has nary a single thing to pull me out of the viewing experience.

Looking forward to 2.1, but even if that never happened 2.0 is just great!

Never imagined Harmy would ever want to do any more work on this one! How lucky we are there are such perfectionists out there! :) I'll skip the mkv and eagerly await the 2.1.