Well production has started on ESB:Revisited. I'm just doing basic colour correction for now and then in a few months i will be starting the FX tests

Some changes that are planned so far for this edit:

Overall:

   1. Doing a complete colour correction.
   2. Rebuilding the sound mix with new sound FX.
   3. Re-rotoscoping all the lightsabers to fix colour (and other) errors.
   4. Re-rotoscoping all of the laser blasts for consistency.
   5. Attempting to fix spaceship/snowspeeder transparency issues.
   6. Desaturating all TIE Fighters to match grey ANHR ones.
   7. Replacing/enhancing starfields.
   8. fixing as many garbage mattes as possible.

Adventures on Hoth:

   1. Adding better flames to the Probe Droid as it crash lands.
   2. Tweaking Tauntaun's facial movements, adding blinks, smoothing out run animation.
   3. Fixing boom mic reflection in Luke's goggles.
   4. Removing visible crew member during the Wampa Attack.
   5. Creating a new Wampa puppet.
   6. Repositioning the full-sized Falcon's gun turret in exterior scenes to match the miniature.
   7. Re-edited Wampa cave scene, removing SE elements and restoring it closer to the original cut.
   8. Covering Anthony Daniel's neck which is visible while Han calls over the Deck Officer.
   9. Fixing it so the hanger doors only close once.
  10. Fixing missing frame from "This one goes here, that one goes there" shot.
  11. Adding subtle displays to Snowspeeders.
  12. Making it so the Probe Droid's lasers hit closer to Chewie.
  13. Replacing snow mound Han shoots at the probe droid from to remove debris.
  14. Replacing snow mounds when han fires at Probe due to brightness inconstancy.
  15. Expanding the size of the hangar interior when seen from outside the hangar doors
  17. flipping the Wampa's arm as it looks like he is backswiping Luke because they used the wrong arm
  18. Fixing obvious flip shot of Leia as Han enters the command centre.
  19. Fixing the error when Luke runs from the Wampa cave and we hear his saber turn off yet we can see it is still ignited.
  20. Adding the "force glow" to Obi-Wan's ghost on Hoth
  21. Flipping the shot of the saber cutting open the taun Taun because its hind legs are the wrong side of the frame.
  22. Removing visible footprints in the snow when the probe crashes

The Imperial Fleet:

   1. Fixing Imperial rank pins and cylinders so they don't switch sides.
   2. Redoing most Executor interiors to provide a more logical layout and reduce positioning errors.
   3. Restoring Boba Fett's original voice.
   4. Fixing the problem with vader having "no neck" in the helmetless scene in the meditation chamber
   5. Enhancing the viewscreen in the meditation chamber and fixing the transparency issues

The Empire Strikes:

   1. Adding more Star Destroyers orbiting Hoth.
   2. Moving "First Catch" Imperial officers to the front window of their Star Destroyer to fix continuity error.
   3. Adding new FX for Ion Cannon.
   4. Adding the destruction of one of the escort X-Wings.
   5. Adding the transport and remaining fighter going into lightspeed.
   6. Creating new background to replace destroyed landscape before a shot is fired.
   7. Replacing macrobinocular shots for consistency.
   8. New snowscape flyovers with correct number of AT-AT's for each shot
   9. Removing red AT-AT window.
  10. Adding markings to full-sized Snowspeeders to match miniatures.
  11. Adding more Snowspeeders flying towards camera after they launch.
  12. Removing the traces of the wires used to fly some of the Snowspeeders.
  13. Adding subtle displays to Snowspeeders.
  14. Creating a replica Snowspeeder cockpit to help fix transparency issues.(maybe)
  15. Adding lasers to hit Rebel Troops who die.
  16. Creating a new Shield Generator model to replace badly composited one.
  17. Fixing bad composite of Luke leaping as his Snowspeeder is crushed.
  18. Removing stick that knocks over the AT-AT Luke blows up.
  19. Adding Luke to the shot of the AT-AT falling over.
  20. New Shield Generator explosion.
  21. fixing vader's chest plate lights that are constantly on instead of flashing when the Imperials enter the command centre.
 
Chasing the Falcon:

   1. Replacing Emperor hologram with one based on RotJ imagery.
   2. Altering Ian McDiarmond's dialogue to pre-2004 version.
   3. Repositioning colliding Star Destroyers.
   4. Adding camera shake to the Star Destroyer bridge as it nearly collides.
   5. Fixing Anthony Daniels visibly moving while 3PO is turned off.
   6. Replacing Needa's shuttle with a new shuttle.
   7. Removing Needa's blink as Vader's cape swipes past him after he dies.
   8. Fixing Slave 1 following too close to the Falcon as they leave the trash.
   9. Enhancing Slave 1's cockpit displays.

Asteroids:

   1. Adding new asteroids to add depth to the field.
   2. Replacing shadow of TIEs and Falcon against the Big Asteroid.
   3. Creating all-new shot of TIE's chasing the Falcon through the asteroid canyon.
   4. Fixing the "greeblies" falling off 3PO's when he interrupts Han and Leia.
   5. Replacing the shot of the Asteroid hitting the command tower of the Star Destroyer with new elements.
   6. Fixing the asteroid that explodes before the Star Destroyer laser hits it.
   7. Removing Harrison Ford mouthing Leia's "hardly enough to get me excited" line.
   8. Replace the tool in Han's hand with a blaster when he shoots the mynock.
   9. Removing visible signs of plastic sheeting on floor through mist in asteroid belly
   10.New asteroid slug interior mouth model

Dagobah:

   1. Fixing bad colouring job on R2's panels in space.
   2. Stabilizing the readout on the R2 translation screen.
   3. Adding visible atmosphere as the X-Wing gets close to Dagobah.
   4. Restoring "You're lucky you don't taste very good" line.
   5. Digitally tweaking Yoda's expressions.
   6. Fixing jump cut of Vader's mask exploding to reveal Luke.
   7. Removing the wires during the levitation scene.
   8. Fixing the ground that bows under Luke as he walks past Yoda saying "You want the impossible."
   9. Added camera shake to Lukes cockpit as it crashes on dagobah.
   10. Added mist to wide shot of crashed X-Wing to fix continuity problem
   20. Re-compositing Obi-Wan's ghost so he no longer looks tiny and enhancing his glow and transparency

Bespin:

   1. Replacing all landing platform mattes to eliminate duplicate/non-matching mattes.
   2. Possibly adding 3PO coming down the stairs upon arrival in Cloud City.
   3. Replacing open window at the end of the corridor with the original pre-SE version after then come from platform to fix continuity problem.
   4. Restoring original "Who are you?" Stormtrooper line.
   5. Fixing it so the open SE window behind Lando while he betrays Han and Leia remains open in the following shots.
   6. Restoring Boba Fett's original voice.
   7. Restoring "Bring my shuttle."
   8. Removing of all the SE shots of Vader's shuttle leaving Bespin and docking with the Executor.
   9. Adding fleeing ships to skyline after Lando calls for the evacuation.
  10. Fixing transparent shadows in the shot of Lando and company on the SE balcony.
  11. Raising railing of the SE balcony.
  12. Removing squib markers on walls and Stormtroopers where lasers will hit.
  13. Adding blast marks to Stormtroopers who are shot.
  14. Adding windshield to Slave 1 as it leaves the landing platform.
  15. Fixing the piece of the Falcon Chewie knocks 3PO's head into so it doesn't wobble.
  16. Adding FX so the Falcon's landing gear will retract as it takes off.
  17. Fixing 3PO's leg in his hand so it doesn't change position between shots.(maybe)
  18. Possibly (maybe) keeping the spinning starfield as the Falcon goes to lightspeed.
  19. removing 3po from behind Chewie in the falcons cockpit in the shot prior to R2 dragging him off to fix continuity problem.
  20. Added shots of vader approaching front windows of Executor bridge to fix continuity problem
  21. Fixing Han in carbonite so he is wearing his ESB shirt instead of his ANH one.
  22. Fixing vaders chest plate lights that are switched off when he is in the elevator
  23. Adding missing engine glow to pod as it flies through bespin city
  24. new Cloud City mattes
  25. changing backgrounds of vader when he telepathically talks to Luke to fix continuity problem.
  24. fixing continuity errors of Piette changing sides of the bridge.

Father/Son Duel:

   1. Fixing shot where Luke hands off lightsaber to stage-hand.
   2. Removing Luke's head that pops back into frame when he jumps off the Carbonite Platform.
   3. Fixing jump cut when the steel gate door closes behind Luke.
   4. Re-timing Luke's delayed reaction to the steel gate door closing behind him.
   5. Adding scorch marks to wall where lightsabers hit.
   6. Fixing shots where lightsaber flashes show off the edges of the gantry matte.
   7. Removing Lukes obvious hand underneath his shirt after his hand is cut off on the gantry.
   8. Fixing vaders "wobbly" helmet when on the gantry
   9. fixing the problem on the gantry when the flashes light up the back walls and show the visible matte painting
   10. Removing Vader's visible saber blade before it ignites

Ending:

   1. Enhancing Luke receiving his new hand.
   2. The medical droid can now be seen switching off to fix continuity problem
   3. Adding new background ships to fleet to remove

THINGS NOT BEING DONE:

   1. Not adding landing crafts to deploy AT-ATs.
   2. Not making the AT-AT lasers green.
   3. Not making it so the fleet jumps to lightspeed just before the credits.
   4. Not adding Mon Cal ships to the Rebel Fleet at the end.
   5. Not adding music from the prequels or music that wasn't originally in the movie.
   6. Not adding Luke's vision so it can be seen like Anakin's in ROTS.
   7. Not adding anything just because its in the Expanded Universe.  The EU doesn't exist for the purposes of this edit.

   (Thanks to Doubleofive for the list)

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Here's the Teaser trailer. please note that all elements are just concept ideas and are not finished FX

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK REVISITED TEASER TRAILER v2. MPEG APPROX 50MB

Some clips to demonstrate the colour correction so far
HOTH BATTLE COLOUR CORRECTION FIRST PASS VISUAL COMPARISON XVID 25mb Approx

NEW YODA CLIP- xvid

SPEEDER COCKPIT TRANSPARENCY TEST FIX

2 MINUTE OPENING SCENES PREVIEW

NEW 9MIN PREVIEW

ION CANON

TUNNEL GATE JUMP CUT FIX

SPACE SLUG COMPARISON

ASTEROID SCENE COMPARISON

ASTEROID SCENE SOLO

YODA TWEAKED

HOTH BATTLE

APPROACHING DAGOBAH

AT-AT'S

WAMPA APRIL 1st

ROGUE 3 AUDIO FIX

BESPIN APPROACH

LUKE'S RESCUE

LUKE'S RESCUE WITH COMPARISON

And here is the final Trailer:

FINAL TRAILER

And here are some early comparison pictures (click on the thumbnail to view)