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#954376
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Star Wars Despecialized Editions - Custom Bluray Set (Released)
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Mjvmovieman said:

Are there menus for the Documentary discs for both SW & Empire? If so, any screens of those?

The menus structure for the doco disks is the same (motion menus etc). I’ll upload some pics soon. And no, the holiday special will not be featured on these disks, although the Boba Fett Cartoon is featured on the Empire disks.

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#954201
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Star Wars Despecialized Editions - Custom Bluray Set (Released)
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The Empire Strikes Back Despecialized bluray set is now complete and available. PM me interested. Here are the details of the release:

The Empire Strikes Back (v2.0)
Preview Video
(Password: njvc) EDIT: If you are seeing black flash frames in this video as I am, they are Vimeo’s creation, and not in the original file.

Main MenuChaptersFeaturesAudio/Subtitles

Disk Details:

  1. FILM ONLY (25GB)
  • motion menus
  • chapters menu
  • audio/subtitles menu
    VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps (remuxed from the official release)
    AUDIO:
    English DTS 5.1 (1980 mix)
    English DTS 2.0 (1980 mix)
    English DD 2.0 (1993 Laserdisc mix)
    French DD 2.0
    Italian DD 2.0
    Spanish (Cast.) DD 2.0
    Spanish (Am.) DD 1.0
    Portuguese DD 2.0
    Portuguese (Br.) DD 1.0
    German DD 2.0
    Czech DD 2.0
    Hungarian DD 2.0
    Slovak DD 2.0
    Russian DD 2.0
    Polish DD 2.0 (voiceover)
    Ukrainian DD 2.0 (voiceover)
    Japanese DD 2.0
    1993 Laserdisc Audio Commentary
    2004 DVD Audio Commentary (recut to fit)
    2011 Blu-ray Audio Commentary (recut to fit)
    Music-only Audio Track DD 2.0
    Superego Podcast - Comedy Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
    Collider Commentary (2016) (recut to fit)
    Rebel Force Radio Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
    The Weekly Planet Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
    Rifftrax Comedy Commentary (2009) (recut to fit)

SUBTITLES: (All subtitles are .sup files from Project Threepio v9.2)
English, English SDH, French, Italian, Spanish (Am.), Portuguese (Br.), German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Cantonese, Mandarin (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Thai

  1. SPECIAL FEATURES DISK (25GB)
  • All changes to The Empire Strikes Back since 1980 Comparison Video – 15 mins
  • John Williams Featurette - 22 mins
  • Cast/Crew Interviews (1980)
    Mark Hamill + Harrison Ford (x2)
    Carrie Fisher
    Billy Dee Williams
    David Prowse
    John Williams
    George Lucas
  • Deleted Scenes/Bloopers
    All deleted scenes, as well as the original cartoon featuring Boba Fett from the ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’, and blooper reel.
  • Trailers/Tv Spots
    Teaser Trailer, Theatrical Trailer x2, Re-Release Trailer, 5 x 30 second TV Spots, 6 x 30 second Kenner Toy/Atari Game TV commercials
  • Cultural Impact
    How The Empire Strikes Back should have ended
    Robot Chicken: All episode 5 clips edited together in chronological order
    Family Guy: ‘Something Something Something Dark Side’ TV special
    Bad Lip Reading
    The Muppet Show: Star Wars Episode (1980)
    Tie Fighter Wars - Anime Short Film
    Darth Vader Being a Jerk
    Homer Simpson Ruins ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
    James Bond: ESB Opening Credits Homage
  • Reviews
    Hello Greedo (Film review + Deleted Scenes Analysis)
    Jeremy Jahns (Film review only)
    Chris Stuckmann (Film review only)
  1. FILM + SPECIAL FEATURES (50GB)
    Includes everything on both 25GB disks, plus 6 more audio commentaries, including:
  • ‘Far Far Away Radio’ Commentary (2014) (recut to fit)
  • forcecast.net Commentary (2010) (recut to fit)
  • ‘Tosche Station Radio’ Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
  • ‘Armchair Directors’ Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
  • ‘Geekvolution’ Commentary (2014) (recut to fit)
  • ‘The Comic Book Cast’ Commentary (2015) (recut to fit)
  1. BONUS DOCUMENTARIES DISK (25GB)
  • Jamie Benning’s ‘Building Empire’ Filmumentary (2006) - 2hrs16mins
  • SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 50 mins
  • Empire of Dreams - Part II (2004) - 30 mins
  • Jamie Benning’s ‘Do or Do not; There is No Try’ (2016) - 30 mins
  • Michel Parbot: Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Lost Footage) - 16 mins

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#949824
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Star Wars Despecialized Editions - Custom Bluray Set (Released)
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No, that won’t work with Prem or Encore very well. You can import .m2TS into PP and Encore, but Encore prefers 720p or 1080p MPEG2 or .h264. And neither program will accept DTS audio. A couple of suggestions

  1. Never let Encore do any transcoding for you. It bloats the files to crazy sizes. Give it everything it wants in the format it requires so that no transcoding is necessary.
  2. If you want to maintain the video and audio quality of the DE, use a temp video and audio track (MPEG2 and AC3), create your menus, then mux your x264 and DTS using multiAVCHD after you’re done with Encore.
  3. To create your temp video, export a 720p MPEG2 at about the same file size as the DE .h264. For your audio, you’ll need an external program to convert DTS to AC3 or WAV (if not too big). I use bigasoft audio converter.

I don’t want to turn this thread into a tech help, so perhaps you could post any further questions in a private message. Good luck!

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#949636
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Star Wars Despecialized Editions - Custom Bluray Set (Released)
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MrPastry, the key to learning to use Encore is just bucket loads of patience. It is an under-serviced, and now ultimately defunct piece of software. It can create great menus, but it takes every ounce of will you have to not tear your hair out while learning the ropes. At least that was my experience! Try starting with some tutorials online, then shoot me questions if you have them via PM. I’d be happy to help where I can.

cybersage, great to hear it downloaded, extracted and burned successfully for you! Hope you enjoy it.