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Harmy said:

If the mistakes were there on film, in cinemas, they will be preserved but I don't think they were.

Just to let you know guys, I've got lots of school work piled up (what with my final exams coming up and all), so there hasn't been much development lately. I'd wanted the edit to be done before I had to start doing all the school work but since I didn't manage to meet that dead line and I don't want to rush it, because I want to get everything right, I won't be able to resume work on this until the end of May. 

Thanks for the update Harmy.  It's your baby, we're just patiently waiting for your magnificent product.  Good luck with your exams and we look forward to hearing from you when things settle down!

doubleofive said:

 

It's mostly frame-by-frame stuff. This is an example of how some of the changes had to be made.

 

The skill and attention to detail is remarkable.  Thanks for sharing and thanks again to Harmy for doing this.

As a person who's discovered Harmy and his work midway through, I've scanned through the 170 pages in this thread and I have a few questions that would help me and no doubt any other onlookers and passerbys.

• Harmy's Despecialized v1.0 of the original Trilogy has been released.  These were based off of HD TV broadcasts and other DVD sources?

• Now that the Blurays have been released, Harmy is re-undertaking the mammoth task to give us an even better version 2.0 of his despecialized work.
• I often see Harmy refer to receiving reference frames to conduct his work.  What are these and where do they come from?
• Also, for the layman can someone give a rough idea of how Harmy does these re-edits?  Does he edit scenes frame by frame?  Can batch changes be made to a scene once he figures out how he wants to edit it?
• I see people refer to workprints and reels.  Is there a link or a thread where one can go to view a culmination of these, to see what the current status of the project is in?

Lastly, I'd like to express an immense amount of gratitude to Harmy and anyone else involved in the restoration of these films.  I know it's just entertainment, but they were a large part of my childhood and when my son gets old enough, they will be for him too.  Nothing will please me more than to show him the originals in all of their HD glory.  Words can't describe how much your work and dedication is appreciated.