So yeah, Despecialized removed every SE change or just about every SE change, and that’s where I wanted to start. The goal was to go back to the originals and add in the special edition changes that I thought improved each film, while leaving out the rest of the nonsense junk.
I’ve seen some other people use “Semi-Specialized” and so on, but I decided on Respecialized because this is just an attempt to do what the Special Editions should have done all along. Limit the alterations to mostly effects upgrades that allow the audience to more fully immerse itself into the world of the story. Along the way, I came across some shots in Despecialized where the sources weren’t good enough and broke the fourth wall, or there were some things off in the soundtrack that I thought needed work on, etc. I just wanted to recreate the best Star Wars OT viewing experience possible. Maybe a different title would be better though…any suggestions?

Here’s a list of all the edits I’ve done on my rough cut of Empire:

removed one out-of-place frame when Han cuts open Luke’s tauntaun
edited in the bluray footage when Rogue 2 searches for Han and Luke (the compositing of the snow speeders looks more natural)
had to redo the dissolve between those two sequences
edited in the bluray footage when the first transport takes off from Hoth (again, the vfx compositing looks much better in these shots)
used bluray footage for several but not all exterior snow speeder shots during the Battle of Hoth (you have to pay attention to how each shot looks and make it look seamless, not like you’re always flipping back and forth between different sources)
edited in Adywan’s new Emperor hologram, but have been working to better sync the audio and lip/mouth movements
increased the volume when Yoda says “anger, fear, aggression…” during Luke’s training; it was nearly inaudible in the '80 theatrical mix
softened one of the frontal shots of the Cloud Cars and Millenium Falcon approaching Cloud City
edited in the brief SE shot of the Falcon landing on Cloud City (it’s not the entire thing, just the frames where it actually lands)
after Luke leaves Dagobah, replaced the Cloud City establishing shot and the exterior window shot of Leia with the new SE versions, but left out all the nonsense where the camera follows the escort ship around Cloud City
increased the volume on 3PO’s dialogue when he says “remember Chewbacca, don’t do anything foolish” during the Carbon Freezing scene; previously, it was drowned out by the special effects on the '80 theatrical mix
edited in the BR footage when Boba Fett loads Han onto Slave I
strengthened the music cue when Luke reaches out to Leia with the force from beneath Cloud City
edited in the shot of Vader’s shuttle flying to the Executor (but not him boarding the shuttle nor landing), and did some edits to mix the new SE music cue seamlessly into the original soundtrack and sync everything up
edited in the SE exterior shot of the medical frigate, looking on at Luke, Leia, etc. at the end of the movie