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❕ An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations...
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29-Oct-2017, 1:29 PM

Index for ‘Original Trilogy Preservations - from other sources’ (non VHS/LD)

 
35mm, 16mm, 8mm, Video 8, Super 8, 4K, HDTV, 2019 UHD, 2011 blu-ray, 2004 DVD, 3D, Digital Downloads, Streaming Services etc
 

If you are looking for info on the Despecialized Editions, 4K77/80/83, puggo’s 16mm projects, poita’s 35mm, & more… this is for you.
 

 

• For Information…
• Original Unaltered Theatrical Preservation Projects… (including Harmy’s Despecialized Editions, and TN1’s 4K77/80/83 Trilogy)
• Non-English Language OT Projects…
• Saga Projects (6 or 9 film Star Wars Saga projects - with Original Trilogy projects included)
• The Lost Cut (of the 1977 Star Wars film)

 

All project threads listed in this section are completed projects - unless stated otherwise (an ‘Unfinished Project’ or ‘WIP’ etc).

 
 

For information…

 
SpilkaBilka’s Trying to understand film preservation… perhaps a stupid question, but shouldn’t digital masters be struck from theatrical prints? - a 2012 info thread.

[Official] All Star Wars films released in 4K HDR on Disney Plus: 4KSE with more changes - a 2019 Info & Discussion Thread.

SKot’s Star Wars film versions and best DVD sources - a 2006 info and discussion thread.

none’s :F:L:I:M:S:I:P:L:A:S:T: D:A:T:A:B:A:S:E: - a superb archive of many Star Wars releases.

none’s SW Line Movies/Documentaries/Films/Shorts/Etc thread

none’s Theater Performance Preservations - an Index within (great work from ‘none’)

none’s The Treadwell Collection - mainly VHS sources from back in the day

none’s Reel Reviews - from :F:D: & TN1 - a 2020 thread

none’s Info: Online 8mm Preservations - a 2012 thread

spoRv’s Star Wars: deleted and extended scenes - database - a 2016 thread

spoRv’s Star Wars: SDTV & HDTV digital broadcast - database - a 2015 thread

idir_hh’s All Star Wars films released in 4K HDR on Disney Plus: 4KSE with more changes - a 2019 thread

Neil S. Bulk’s Any Interest In A Corrected 2004 DVD? - a 2005 thread re the idea of ‘De-SE’ing’ the 2004 OT SE DVDs…

cfillak’s Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Navajo Edition) Official DVD - a 2016 thread

Chewtobacca’s The GOUT Sync Thread - 2015 information & discussion thread

TeamNegative1’s Comparison of GOUT, JSE, SE laserdisc vs 35mm - a 2014 thread

 

Video 8 / Super 8 information & Discussion Threads…

 
The Original Trilogy on Super 8 - a 2021 thread

Info Wanted: has anyone tried a Star Wars Super 8mm to DVD preservation project? - a 2005 thread

Info: Star Wars Derann Super 8mm Scope/Stereo Sound Feature Film - on eBay - a 2014 thread

Query: The Empire Strikes Back Super 8 HD Recreation? (with release info) - a 2016 thread; see Joel’s posts for project release

Info & Images: Return of the Jedi - Super 8mm DERANN - a 2020 thread

Info: Online 8mm Preservations - a 2012 thread

Video8 release of ROTJ (and more Video8 information on the Original Trilogy)… - a 2019 thread

Star Wars Original Trilogy - Video 8 format - a 2020 thread

 

 

 

Original Unaltered Theatrical Preservation Projects:-

 

poita’s The Original Trilogy restored from 35mm prints (a WIP) - project thread - a Work In Progress - donations welcome

 
 

Harmy’s Despecialized Editions…

 

 

Star Wars (v2.7 Released)

Empire Strikes Back (v2.0 Released)

Return Of The Jedi (v3.1 Released)

 

HanDuet’s The Ultimate Introductory Guide to Harmy’s Star Wars Trilogy Despecialized Editions - in the 1st post in each of the Star Wars threads linked above… will likely be particularly helpful. All credit to HanDuet for making a great, easy-to-follow and useful guide.

^ a ‘must read’ for information on Harmy’s Despecialized Editions.

 

Harmy is currently working on the v3 of the Despecialized Edition. Harmy’s ROTJ v3.1 release video
 
 

Harmy’s social media pages for the Despecialized Editions : Facebook : Twitter : YouTube : Instagram
 

HanDuet’s The Ultimate Introductory Guide to Harmy’s Star Wars Trilogy Despecialized Editions - a must-read info guide
 

Harmy’s Quality Control / Report Any Issues In Here… Thread for The DeSpecialized Editions
 

towne32’s Harmy’s Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
 

njvc’s ‘Custom Bluray Set’ thread (for the Harmy DeSpecialized Editions) (Released)
 

solkap’s NJVC Custom Bluray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions now available on Mega (Released)
 

thedreamfinder’s My 4K AI processed/upscale of Harmy’s Star Wars Despecialized 2.7 (Released)
 

Laserschwert’s German Theatrical Versions based on Harmy’s DeSpecialized Editions (all are released proejcts)
Krieg der Sterne
Das Imperium schlägt zurück
Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter
 

marvins’ Preserving “French” Original Trilogy - ANH V1.0 released - ESB in progress (based on Harmy’s Despecialized Editions)
 

The Despecialized Editions by Harmy : Index of ‘How-To’s & Help’ Threads | Index of ‘General Despecialized Threads’ | ‘Where are they? And how do I get them?’ mega-merge thread… - in the How-To’s and Technical Discussions forum may also be of interest.
 

The Some info & help for Harmy’s Despecialized Editions of the Original Trilogy… thread also provides some useful centralised info - located in the General Assistance forum.

 

 

 

35mm Projects…

 
zombie84’s Making our own 35mm preservation – my crazy proposal - 2006 info, discussion and proposal thread
 

poita’s The Original Trilogy restored from 35mm prints (a WIP) - a Work In Progress - donations welcome
 

poita’s Empire Strikes back 35mm restoration feedback thread (POUT) (a WIP) - a Work In Progress - donations welcome
 

poita’s Star Wars 1977 releases on 35mm - 2013 information & discussion thread
 

mverta’s StarWarsLegacy - The Official Thread : a finished project; though as always stated… it will never be publicly released

44rh1n’s Mike Verta’s 4K Restoration - May 2020 Livestream - info & discussion thread
 

fmalover’s my ESB Grindhouse Fan Colour Correction (Released)
 

Dreamaster’s Denoise, Regrain And CC of ESB Grindhouse (Released)
 

Dreamaster’s Single Pass Regrade of Grindhouse ESB (Released)
 

TomArrow’s Empire Strikes Back: GOUT-sync of the Grindhouse transfer v1 + Despecialized Edition’s audio tracks (Released)
 

DrunkenMaster442’s The Empire Strikes Back 35MM Restoration V1 (Released)
 

That guy with no name’s ESB: Unfinished lightsaber effects restoration. (cleaned up saber scenes from TN1’s “ESB Scope Teaser”)
 

Harmy’s Grindhouse 35mm edition of Return Of The Jedi (Released)
 

TeamNegative1’s 35mm Star Wars 1977 Theatrical Version (Released)
 

TeamNegative1’s 35mm The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Theatrical Version (Released)
 

TeamNegative1’s 35mm Return of the Jedi 1983 Theatrical Version (* unfinished project *)
 

negative1’s Return of the Jedi - Cinch presents the U-matic telecine bootleg of 35mm (1st gen) (Released)
 

beaz’s Star Wars VistaVision “8-Perf X-Wing Wedges” Preservation (A WIP) : a 2018 Work In Progress
 

TeamNegative1’s Star Wars 1977 - 35mm Eastman Vs Technicolot Theatrical Version (* unfinished *) : 2016 unfinished project
 

That guy with no name’s Star Wars (1977) 35MM 1080p restoration. (WIP) : a 2021 Work In Progress

 

 

 

4K77 : 4K80 : 4K83

 
4K77, 4K80, and 4K83 have all now been released!

 

 

4K77 - Released : OriginalTrilogy•com thread, by timemeddler - 2018

• Williarob’s Project #4K77 - info thread - 2016

• DrDre’s 4K77 - shot by shot color grading (a WIP) thread

• DrDre’s 4K77 - reel by reel color grading (Released) 2018 thread : DrDre’s 4K77 reel by reel color grading (a WIP) 2020 thread

• sanjuro_61’s Star Wars 4K77 - Regraded - No DNR (Released) thread

• TR2N’s 4K77 DNR-AI project 2.0 R6 (4K HDR, 4K SDR & HD) | Finished

• DrunkenMaster442’s 4K77 Noise Reduction and Re-Grade (unfinished project) thread

• Another Enthusiast’s Not sure if this idea has been discussed at length, but ‘4K81’? - 4K81 query
 

Project 4K80 - Released : OriginalTrilogy•com thread, by Williarob - 2018

• DrDre’s 4K80 shot by shot color correction (a WIP) thread - June '19
 

4K83 - Released : OriginalTrilogy•com thread, by JawsTDS - 2018

• DrDre’s 4K83 shot by shot color correction (a WIP) thread - June '19

• DrDre’s 4K83 reel by reel color grading (a WIP) thread - Feb '20

• DrDre’s 4K83 remastered (Released) thread - Sept '21

• Mavimao’s Return of the Jedi - Mono Mix (4K83 sync available now. GOUT sync coming soon) (Released) thread - Nov '18

 

4K77 Project Info link - www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/page/Project-4K77

4K80 Project Info link - www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/page/Project-4K80

4K83 Project Info link - www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/page/Project-4K83

TheStarWarsTrilogy•com : Youtube Channel : Twitter Page : Facebook Page : Forum

 

TheStarWarsTrilogy•com forum itself also has the information required on how to join the forum linked to on their front page… literally for anyone and everyone to see:-

Looking for Project 4K77, 4K80, 4K83, etc? & You need to register before you can see these forums

 

oojason’s Some info & help for TN1’s 4K77, 4K80 & 4K83 projects of the Original Trilogy… thread, + invite info to TSWT forums.

Some invite information for joining the TheStarWarsTrilogy•com forums - the ‘TheStarWarsTrilogy.com - and invite codes to it

^ as the title of the above thread states - please read the actual thread - before posting in it! (unlike so many others failed to do)

 

 

 

none’s Theater Performance Preservations - with an Index within (great work from ‘none’)

 

TR2N’s 4K77 DNR-AI project 2.0 R6 (4K HDR, 4K SDR & HD) | Finished

 

oohteedee’s D+77 - Star Wars - 4K Theatrical Reconstruction (Released)
 

oohteedee’s D+80 - Empire Strikes Back - 4K Theatrical Reconstruction (Released)
 

stotchy & Nate D’s Return of the Jedi: The Destiny Edition v1.0 | Theatrical Reconstruction in 4K (Released)

 

 

 

8mm & 16mm Projects…

 
poita’s Star Wars on Super8 (Released)
 

poita’s Empire Strikes Back on Super8 (a WIP) : a Work In Progress
 

DrDre’s Star Wars Derann print color correction (a WIP) : a Work In Progress
 

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda’s The Puggo Edition (Super-8 transfers) (Released)
 

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda’s Puggo Grande Editions (16mm projects - all 3 projects have been released)
Grande
Strikes Back
Return Of

ZigZig’s kind offer - ‘Sharing Puggo’s original trilogy (16mm restoration)’ thread

 

 

That guy with no name’s STAR WARS EPISODE IV - 2020 4K blu-ray Remastered (WIP) a 2022 Work In Progress

 

 

yotsuya’s Yotsuya’s 1977 Premier restoration and timeline (Released) thread
 

NeverarGreat’s Neverar’s A New Hope Technicolor Recreation (V1 Released!)
 

adywan’s The Empire Strikes Back “1980 Theatrical version” Reconstruction - Adywan (Released)
 

.:. MoveAlong’s SW & ESB Releases threads
.:. The Story of Star Wars (Released)
.:. The Story of The Empire Strikes Back (Released)
 

Mavimao’s Return of the Jedi - Mono Mix (4K83 sync available now. GOUT sync coming soon) (Released)
 

OmegaMattman’s Star Wars Trilogy: Hyperspace Collection - 720p AVCHD Project (Released) - See Post 42 for final details!
 

LeeThorogood’s Original Trilogy Replica Technicolor Project (Released)
 

althor1138’s Star Wars Trilogy: “COLD” Edition (Released)
 

NightStalkerPoet’s NSP/OT - NightStalkerPoet’s Original Trilogy Project (Released)
 

dark_jedi’s Star Wars OT & 1997 Special Edition - Various Projects Info (Released)
 

DylanValenti’s Star Wars: A New Hope in Dolby Vision (Released)
 

NeverarGreat’s Neverar’s A New Hope Technicolor Recreation (Final Version Released!)
 

DrDre’s The Empire Strikes Back bluray regrade (LUTs Released)
 

nightstalkerpoet’s NSP’s Empire Strikes Back: Despecialized CC w/ Grindhouse (BD9, BD25) (Released)
 

Harmy’s Return Of The Jedi - 1983 Theatrical Version Reconstruction (MKV, NTSC DVD5 AND PAL DVD9) (Released)
 

That guy with no name’s ROTJ 2011 Blu-Ray Color Correction (Released)
 

Jeremy Jenki’s The Theatrical Blu-ray – Return of the Jedi Fan Project (WIP) - a 2022 Work In Rpogress
 

yotsuya’s Remastering the 1981 Episode IV Title/Crawl/Flyover (Released)
 

Chewielewis’ STAR WARS - but every shot comes from a random source (Released)
 

JawsTDS’s Original Trilogy Blu-rays - SPC (Single Pass Corrections) (Released)
 

reave’s HBO Star Wars preservations (a WIP) : a Work In Progress
 

g-force’s Color correcting the Blu Rays (* unfinished project *) : a 2011 unfinished project
 

That guy with no name’s Star Wars Trilogy (2019 Blu-Ray regrade) (CANCELLED)
 

OMEN-_-'s regrading/editing original trilogy using blu-rays and german hdtv streams to remove bad but not all specialised/blu-ray changes (* unfinished project *) : 2011 unfinished project
 

NeverarGreat’s A New Hope DVD Color Correction (*unfinished project * - a mass of information) : 2013 unfinished project
 

Molly’s Using the '04 SE DVD version to restore the Original (* unfinished * - lots of info) : 2004 unfinished project (and the start of what would become mverta’s ‘Star Wars: Legacy’ project)
 

Ocpmovie’s “Classic Editions” (2004 SE DVD & TR47 LD hybrid - all 4 projects have been released):-
IV
V
VI
IV 2.0
 

PaulisDead2221’s “Vintage Editions”
IV (* unfinished project *)
V (Released)
 

Saga Preservation Projects (some are Original Trilogy & Prequels based - before the Sequels) can be found in the next post…

(such as schorman’s HDTV Star Wars Saga Preservation (Released) quality project)

 

 

 

 

 

Non-English Language Original Trilogy Projects…

 

cfillak’s Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Navajo Edition) Official DVD (Released) - now also on Disney+, in 1080p
 

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda’s Stjärnornas Krig - Swedish 16mm print (Released)
 

Leonardo’s Preserving the “Italian” Original Trilogy (Released)
 

Martineus Preserving the “Spanish” Original Trilogy (Released)
 

R2D2’s Preserving the “German” Original Trilogy (Released)
 

Laserschwert’s German Theatrical Versions based on Harmy’s Despecialized Editions (all 3 projects have been Released)
Krieg der Sterne
Das Imperium schlägt zurück
Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter
 

marvins’ Preserving the “French” Original Trilogy - ANH V1.0 released - ESB in progress : Harmy’s Despecialized Editions
 

Sremrofsnart’s Spanish Theater-Recorded Bootleg Videocassette of Return of the Jedi (Released)
 

Put Captain Solo in the Cargo Hold’s Info: The original Latin American Spanish dubbings
 

zombi51’s Idea for preservations of Italian 35mm versions of Star Wars
 

haru KI do’s Star Wars: 1982 Theatrical Japanese Dub (v1.5 Released)
 

• haru KI do’s ANH: 2019 VHS Japanese Dub (WIP) (a 2023 Work In Progress)

• haru KI do’s ESB Revisited: Japanese Dub (v2.0 Released)

• haru KI do’s RotJ: Japanese Dub Complete Edition (Released)

 

 

 

 

Saga Preservation Projects - including the Original Trilogy

 
(some projects are Original Trilogy & Prequel Trilogy based - before the Sequel Trilogy was filmed or completed)
 

Saga Preservation Projects’ can be found, here:-

Prequel & Sequel Trilogy (+ Saga-based; with the Original Trilogy) preservation projects… (and then scroll down)

 

 

 

 

The Lost Cut (of the 1977 Star Wars film)

 
The Lost Cut’ projects can be found, here:-

Star Wars - Miscellaneous Preservation Projects… (and then scroll down)