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My 4 year old daughter has recently expressed a big interest in SW, her two best friends are twin boys who are really into it. I was born in 80 so I grew up with it and have always been a huge fan. So today I started thinking that whenever I do show her the whole films (several years from now at least) I want them to be what I saw, the much less adulterated versions on Vhs from my childhood. You know where this is going. I have always resented the stupid things Lucas has added over the years so sat down today to find out where I could get the originals, at least without all the stupid cgi additions and reediting he’s done, in a high quality format with good sound. Impossible. So after hours of research, including finding my way here via Harmy’s stuff and spending a couple hours reading most of this thread, I’m here posting. I don’t have my hands on the files yet, but I just wanted to say thanks to NJVC, Harmy, and all the other people who have made it possible. I can not wait to watch these in my home theater!

One question- before I purchase a bd burner for my MacBook Pro, can I just play the files from my computer on my tv if I have a thunderbolt to hdmi adapter and run it into my onkyo receiver? Thanks in advance!

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Hi ml80, welcome to the forum!

It sounds like your biggest concern is having a high quality copies of the films to show your daughter.

The easiest way to do that would probably be to use the MKV versions, since they would not require burning. All you would need to do is download the rars, extract them, and play the resulting MKV files on a compatible media player. I have found VLC works best for this on my windows pc and it’s free. You can snag the Mac OS version of it here.

Connecting your laptop should work just fine at that point. No need to buy a bd burner! 😃

I’d assume since you say you’ve done research that you’ve already found the follwing, but just in case it helps, here are two guides that may help you obtain MKV copies, as well as other versions:

“The Ultimate Introductory Guide”: https://goo.gl/1WGHBA
"Harmy’s SWDE, Multipart RAR Links": https://goo.gl/5Sif60

As awesome as the NJVC sets are, they can be pretty difficult to come by without using torrents.

But, if you do decide you want to go the physical media route, keep posting! There are lots of people here that will be happy to help!

The NJVC Custom Bluray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions is available on Mega.

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Thanks so much for the welcome and the reply! You make a good point and if I’m not successful in getting ahold of the bd set I will go that route. But, as I’m sure you already know, there is something about the physical, tactile sets- the permanence, the ability to simply pop them into my bd player and use them as a normal bd, the incredible wealth of menus and all the options that brings, the extras, etc. etc. Add to that the unbelievable artwork that is available here as well. I already have an Epson R1800 that is capable of printing on the discs. We shall see, maybe I’ll end up with the bd stuff, but if not then the Harmy option is what I would do.

And oh yes, thanks so much for going so far as adding those links in your reply!

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Oh, almost forgot. If you do manage to get your hands on an NJVC set, they are ISO files, which you should be able to mount as a virtual drive and also play without burning if you wish. It will do so with menus and everything.

For that, my experience on a PC is that Leawo Blu-ray Player works better. But Leawo is also free and the MAC OS version of it is here.

The NJVC Custom Bluray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions is available on Mega.

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solkap said:

Oh, almost forgot. If you do manage to get your hands on an NJVC set, they are ISO files, which you should be able to mount as a virtual drive and also play without burning if you wish. It will do so with menus and everything.

For that, my experience on a PC is that Leawo Blu-ray Player works better. But Leawo is also free and the MAC OS version of it is here.

Wow thanks again solkap!!

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Bluto said:

Has anyone got the ISOs to work in VLC?

I forgot to include you in my previous post, Bluto. Sorry!

My experience with VLC trying to play Blu-rays or mounted ISOs has been dicey, even though it is my preferred player for most forms of digital video.

HOWEVER, I have found “Leawo Blu-ray Player” handles both fine. It’s free. Check it out. 😃

www.leawo.com/blu-ray-player

The NJVC Custom Bluray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions is available on Mega.

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Many thanks for the info, Solkap!

The website is a little confusing as to whether or not the software is really free. The main page says “100% free” for the Blu-ray player, and yet the main download page says “free trial” on the file link. The online guide and FAQ also make reference to a trial version, with the latter saying that you only get to watch for 5 minutes…

Shame that VLC doesn’t cut the mustard with NJVC’s ISOs; it’s a great media player otherwise.

Bluto

P.S. Your link has an erroneous “originaltrilogy . com/”.

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I have had success in using VLC for iso files, but they need to be mounted to a virtual drive first. After the iso is mounted, if you right click to open, go into the bdmv folder, open stream and then right click the largest file(if there is more than one) and click ‘open with VLC’. It works pretty well.

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Bluto said:

P.S. Your link has an erroneous “originaltrilogy . com/”.

D’oh! Fixed!

And the “open stream” may have been what I was doing wrong. I might have been trying to open it as a file. In any case, there are definitely ways to do it.

The NJVC Custom Bluray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions is available on Mega.

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one69chev said:

I have had success in using VLC for iso files, but they need to be mounted to a virtual drive first. After the iso is mounted, if you right click to open, go into the bdmv folder, open stream and then right click the largest file(if there is more than one) and click ‘open with VLC’. It works pretty well.

Thanks for the feedback, one69chev.
Have you tried VLC with NJVC’s ISOs, or with some other ISOs? I’d be interested to know if the NJVC ones work for you. I have mounted them virtually in Windows 10, and tried the following:

  • Open the largest m2ts file with VLC - nothing happens. But the other m2ts files (extras) open fine.
  • Open the mounted drive as a Blu-ray disk in VLC. Menu works fine, extras play ok, but the main movie won’t work. The timer zips forward really fast, but there is no video/audio.

Bluto

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solkap said:

Oh, almost forgot. If you do manage to get your hands on an NJVC set, they are ISO files, which you should be able to mount as a virtual drive and also play without burning if you wish. It will do so with menus and everything.

For that, my experience on a PC is that Leawo Blu-ray Player works better. But Leawo is also free and the MAC OS version of it is here.

Have you figured out a way to make the menus work with Leawo? Apparently you can use the builtin virtual remote but I can never find it, so I usually just open the chapter menu and manually play the video file. Not all that concerned as I am planning to burn them to BD anyway but would be handy to have either way.

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ml80 said:

My 4 year old daughter has recently expressed a big interest in SW, her two best friends are twin boys who are really into it. I was born in 80 so I grew up with it and have always been a huge fan. So today I started thinking that whenever I do show her the whole films (several years from now at least) I want them to be what I saw, the much less adulterated versions on Vhs from my childhood. You know where this is going. I have always resented the stupid things Lucas has added over the years so sat down today to find out where I could get the originals, at least without all the stupid cgi additions and reediting he’s done, in a high quality format with good sound. Impossible. So after hours of research, including finding my way here via Harmy’s stuff and spending a couple hours reading most of this thread, I’m here posting. I don’t have my hands on the files yet, but I just wanted to say thanks to NJVC, Harmy, and all the other people who have made it possible. I can not wait to watch these in my home theater!

One question- before I purchase a bd burner for my MacBook Pro, can I just play the files from my computer on my tv if I have a thunderbolt to hdmi adapter and run it into my onkyo receiver? Thanks in advance!

Re: 4 year old watching in a few years.

Watch them now! This will give her 2 extra years of viewing pleasure!
What I did with my girls (then 4 and 6, more so for the 4yo) was to break up the movies in 30-45 min chunks. After each we would talk about what was going on. (I’ve done the same with the Harry Potter books, a chapter or two each night with discussion the following morning). With my two I didn’t feel there were any scenes that needed to be skipped from any of the movies.
They are 9 and 11 now and are big fans, the 9yo a rabid fan.

We did finally get to the Prequel movies (ugh), but they both read the novelizations first. Funny thing is that about 15 min into Phantom Menace they both noted how silly it was and that the book is much better.

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To Valheru_84:

Yeah, the fact that you can’t use the mouse directly and the buggy virtual remote do make Leawo less than ideal. But the fact that it can handle blu-rays and ISOs, plus the free price tag make up for it if you ask me.

By the way, I find that the virtual remote only displays on menus where you would need it and when the option doesn’t display as it should, closing and restarting the program usually does the trick.

When it’s displaying properly, it looks like this and clicking it brings up this control window.

To andyw715:

I think it depends on the parent and on the child. There are some pretty mature elements in even what is the arguably lightest film of the Original Trilogy. Though they are all brief or off screen, Star Wars includes dismemberment, torture, and genocide. I can see how a parent might want to wait a few years, either because of their own values or the sensativity of the individual kiddo.

The NJVC Custom Bluray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions is available on Mega.

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Regarding leawo… Just get powerdvd plus. It plays blurays, everything on it works, and it has a ton of features.

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solkap said:

To andyw715:

I think it depends on the parent and on the child. There are some pretty mature elements in even what is the arguably lightest film of the Original Trilogy. Though they are all brief or off screen, Star Wars includes dismemberment, torture, and genocide. I can see how a parent might want to wait a few years, either because of their own values or the sensativity of the individual kiddo.

Very true. Those scenes could be skipped if need be. This is also the reason to break it up. A 4yo most likely won’t sit for a 2hr movie that isn’t Frozen. I think you can skip the objectionable scenes and still have a great movie for a kid.

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one69chev said:

I have had success in using VLC for iso files, but they need to be mounted to a virtual drive first. After the iso is mounted, if you right click to open, go into the bdmv folder, open stream and then right click the largest file(if there is more than one) and click ‘open with VLC’. It works pretty well.

Thanks for the feedback, one69chev.
Have you tried VLC with NJVC’s ISOs, or with some other ISOs? I’d be interested to know if the NJVC ones work for you. I have mounted them virtually in Windows 10, and tried the following:

  • Open the largest m2ts file with VLC - nothing happens. But the other m2ts files (extras) open fine.
  • Open the mounted drive as a Blu-ray disk in VLC. Menu works fine, extras play ok, but the main movie won’t work. The timer zips forward really fast, but there is no video/audio.

Bluto

Hmm…wierd. I will check it out and see. I am using Windows 7 and have the 25gb versions.

Jedit…so yeah, I picked my 25gb ESB iso, mounted it to virtual drive, clicked the file, in this case #9 and it played with no issues in either audio or video in VLC.

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Thanks for posting your results, one69chev. I have Windows 10 Pro 64bit and the 50 GB versions of NJVC’s ISOs. None of the main movies in them play for me in VLC 😦. (Although extras / menus are fine.)

Possessed - thanks for the advice on PowerDVD Plus.

Bluto

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ml80 said:

My 4 year old daughter has recently expressed a big interest in SW, her two best friends are twin boys who are really into it. I was born in 80 so I grew up with it and have always been a huge fan. So today I started thinking that whenever I do show her the whole films (several years from now at least) I want them to be what I saw, the much less adulterated versions on Vhs from my childhood. You know where this is going. I have always resented the stupid things Lucas has added over the years so sat down today to find out where I could get the originals, at least without all the stupid cgi additions and reediting he’s done, in a high quality format with good sound. Impossible. So after hours of research, including finding my way here via Harmy’s stuff and spending a couple hours reading most of this thread, I’m here posting. I don’t have my hands on the files yet, but I just wanted to say thanks to NJVC, Harmy, and all the other people who have made it possible. I can not wait to watch these in my home theater!

One question- before I purchase a bd burner for my MacBook Pro, can I just play the files from my computer on my tv if I have a thunderbolt to hdmi adapter and run it into my onkyo receiver? Thanks in advance!

Re: 4 year old watching in a few years.

Watch them now! This will give her 2 extra years of viewing pleasure!
What I did with my girls (then 4 and 6, more so for the 4yo) was to break up the movies in 30-45 min chunks. After each we would talk about what was going on. (I’ve done the same with the Harry Potter books, a chapter or two each night with discussion the following morning). With my two I didn’t feel there were any scenes that needed to be skipped from any of the movies.
They are 9 and 11 now and are big fans, the 9yo a rabid fan.

We did finally get to the Prequel movies (ugh), but they both read the novelizations first. Funny thing is that about 15 min into Phantom Menace they both noted how silly it was and that the book is much better.

Yeah I just think there are some things in it that are a bit much for a 4 year old, at least my 4 year old. Violence, some scary stuff, etc. It’ll be one of those things where we might watch scenes and bits here and there for a while.

I like the idea of reading the harry potter books to her one chapter at a time though, thats great!

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andyw715 said:

solkap said:

To andyw715:

I think it depends on the parent and on the child. There are some pretty mature elements in even what is the arguably lightest film of the Original Trilogy. Though they are all brief or off screen, Star Wars includes dismemberment, torture, and genocide. I can see how a parent might want to wait a few years, either because of their own values or the sensativity of the individual kiddo.

Very true. Those scenes could be skipped if need be. This is also the reason to break it up. A 4yo most likely won’t sit for a 2hr movie that isn’t Frozen. I think you can skip the objectionable scenes and still have a great movie for a kid.

That’s true and may be an option.

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Bluto said:

Thanks for posting your results, one69chev. I have Windows 10 Pro 64bit and the 50 GB versions of NJVC’s ISOs. None of them play for me in VLC 😦

Possessed - thanks for the advice on PowerDVD Plus.

Bluto

VLC does NOT play Blu-rays, doesn’t matter what some people say

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ml80 said:

andyw715 said:

ml80 said:

I like the idea of reading the harry potter books to her one chapter at a time though, thats great!

Last year in second grade they read Sorcerer’s Stone. After each chapter the teacher had them write a small summary of the chapter. My daughter really enjoyed that. (So much that we were watching the movie and almost midway in she says “that was chapter 12”. I looked at her sideways and had to get my phone, sure enough that scene was Ch 12).

I finally got around to reading the series this summer and wanted to re-read. She also wanted to read, so we started Chamber of Secrets mid August and are now half way done with Goblet of Fire.

She really enjoys our discussion of last night’s chapter during the ride to school each morning.

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andyw715 said:

ml80 said:

andyw715 said:

ml80 said:

I like the idea of reading the harry potter books to her one chapter at a time though, thats great!

Last year in second grade they read Sorcerer’s Stone. After each chapter the teacher had them write a small summary of the chapter. My daughter really enjoyed that. (So much that we were watching the movie and almost midway in she says “that was chapter 12”. I looked at her sideways and had to get my phone, sure enough that scene was Ch 12).

I finally got around to reading the series this summer and wanted to re-read. She also wanted to read, so we started Chamber of Secrets mid August and are now half way done with Goblet of Fire.

She really enjoys our discussion of last night’s chapter during the ride to school each morning.

I think that’s fantastic and I’m gonna do that with my daughter too!

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Bluto said:

Thanks for posting your results, one69chev. I have Windows 10 Pro 64bit and the 50 GB versions of NJVC’s ISOs. None of them play for me in VLC 😦

Possessed - thanks for the advice on PowerDVD Plus.

Bluto

VLC does NOT play Blu-rays, doesn’t matter what some people say

Wrong. But I will agree it’s not the best option.

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Win 10 VLC, with some updated files. After mounting the iso’s 50GB images, it works fine in VLC for me.

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Possessed said:

pittrek said:

Bluto said:

Thanks for posting your results, one69chev. I have Windows 10 Pro 64bit and the 50 GB versions of NJVC’s ISOs. None of them play for me in VLC 😦

Possessed - thanks for the advice on PowerDVD Plus.

Bluto

VLC does NOT play Blu-rays, doesn’t matter what some people say

Wrong. But I will agree it’s not the best option.

I’m pretty sure it’s not possible. I tried all free players, and none of them could do it. All I could was playing the m2ts files, but not the Blu-rays themselves (meaning no menues etc.) As far as I know only commercial software can play Blu-ray discs.