#️⃣ Notes…
none’s extensive Theater Performance Preservations thread
ronwlim’s The Disney/Fox acquisition… - and what it COULD mean for a possible OOT release thread (2018)
ZigZig’s ‘Monthly Shares’ thread (where he kindly and generously makes available certain Star Wars projects)
Star Wars Comparison - youtube channel; assorted comparison videos of various releases of the Original Trilogy films
📍 a few useful links for info and projects; some old, some new, some long forgotten… 📍 may also be of interest.
General Star Wars Preservation Discussion threads of note…
Curious about plans for long term cultural legacy of the efforts here (2018 thread) - by solkap
What happened to all the original SW prints? (2017 thread) - by Vader21
Why are people like this? (2023 thread) - by Nien Nunb; fans who do not want/believe the unaltered theatrical cuts can be restored
The 'Naysayer Guide’ by people who DON’T want an unaltered theatrical release of the Original Trilogy… (2021 thread) - by ooj
Galactic Trade Federation website - run by russs15; a great source of info for Star Wars dvd preservations
STAR WARS: the alt.binaries.starwars thread (2005 thread) - by ReverendBeastly
Segaflip’s Newsgroup Posting List (2005 thread) - by Segaflip
STAR WARS: The Torrents thread (now defunct) (2004 thread) - by Rikter
The Official ANGRYSVN STAR WARS Release Thread (2005 thread) - by Rikter
The Official babyhum Release Thread (2005 thread) - by baby hum
Official - All Star Wars films released in 4K HDR on Disney Plus: 4KSE with more changes (2019 thread) - by idir_hh
Aspect Ratios of Original Trilogies (2019 thread) - by surroundsound99
SW fonts (2005 thread) - by Trooperman
Star Wars - What is wrong and what is right… Goodbye Magenta (2018 thread) - by Ronster
Sky Star Wars coming to Germany … (2014 thread) - by Jetrell Fo; discussion about HD TV broadcasts of SW being captured
Recreating the TV Edits of the 2003 Clone Wars Series (HD) (2018 thread) - by DavidMDaut
The Force Awakens, Rogue One, The Last Jedi in 35mm (2018 thread) - by Boushh
Star Wars Episodes 1-9 : Correct buying / downloading versions (2020 thread) - by Moiisty
What set of the official retail releases to buy, so I can acquire fan projects? (2020 thread) - by epsosage
Dealing with People Selling Fan Projects (2017 thread) - by Darth Lucas
‘George Lucas Predicts Fan Editing Back in 1995’ - 2023 thread
Fan Edit Legal Status - a 2020 thread
Legality, fan-edits, and more. Legality, fan-edits, and repercussions - a 2017 thread
The Legality of Fan Projects - a 2006 thread
^ also with a mention of MagnoliaFan being invited to Skywalker Ranch after George saw his Episode I fan edit. More on that in here.
There is also more on the topic in ‘The Phantom Edit’ category of An Index Of Projects Thread for Star Wars Fan Edits
OT•com’s Fan Edit / Preservation Forum Rules and FAQ & Dealing with People Selling Fan Projects threads.
If you have any suggestions for inclusions to this thread then please let us know… thank you.
General info & links, help, and some answers to queries…
For general info & links, help, and some answers to queries - this may be of interest:-
Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within
‘How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com - some information & answers to queries
❗ The correct way of how to ask for a fan project on the OriginalTrilogy•com ❗ (Read this before making ‘link request’ posts!)
Please leave some feedback for the fan projects on here - or even a review… (and join in with the discussions on this forum!)
An OriginalTrilogy.com Timeline | a history of the site | the why & how it came to be…
Some useful OT.com threads re the suppression of the theatrical Original Trilogy films
#ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy | OriginalTrilogy.com’s enduring goal | How you can help
George Lucas: Star Wars Creator, Unreliable Narrator & Time Travelling Revisionist…
a few useful links for info and projects; some old, some new, some long forgotten…
Original Trilogy Film Crew & People Behind The Scenes: Profiles, Info & Links…
Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes
doubleofive’s Sources of Info on changes made to the Original Trilogy - Website : Twitter : Blog : The Digital Bits Articles
An Index Thread for Theatrical Cuts vs. Subsequent Releases… - featuring information on many Original Trilogy set releases
An Index Thread for General Star Wars Discussion… - featuring information on many Original Trilogy set releases
A ‘Quick-Find’ version of ‘The Index for Star Wars Preservations’…
| 1️⃣ • Original Trilogy Preservations : Analogue Formats + 8mm / 16mm Film… (Theatrical bootlegs through to Laserdiscs) |
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| 2️⃣ • Original Trilogy Preservations : 2006 GOUT DVD Projects |
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| 3️⃣ • Original Trilogy Preservations : Digital Formats + 35mm / 16mm Film… (Despecialized Editions & 4K77/80/83 etc) |
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| 4️⃣ • Original Trilogy Preservations : 1997 Special Edition Projects : + some discussion threads. |
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| 5️⃣ • Star Wars Saga Preservations : Prequel Trilogy : Sequel Trilogy : Star Wars Saga (9-film Saga; inc the OT) |
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| 6️⃣ • Star Wars Preservations : Beyond the Main Saga |
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| 7️⃣ • Star Wars Preservations : Ancillary and Miscellaneous Preservation Projects… |
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| 8️⃣ • Star Wars Preservations : Deleted Scene Preservation & Restoration Projects |
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| 9️⃣ • Star Wars Preservations : Documentaries : Specials : Bonus Materials : Curios : Trailers : Adverts : PSAs |
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| 🔟 • Star Wars Preservations : Audio Projects |
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| 0️⃣ • Star Wars Improvements : Technical & Video / Audio / Quality Improvement threads & Projects |
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| 🔢 • The ‘Which Is Best?’ Star Wars Preservation Project discussion threads… |
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| #️⃣ • Notes |
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| For the many of us wanting to have an official release for the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy… |
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• #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy | doubleofive’s ‘Disney+ Should Offer the Star Wars Original Cuts’ article on the Wired website
^ A quality and comprehensive article on why the films are important to the people who grew up with them, why they wish to have the option to experience them as they originally were released - as well as preserving important and cultural film history for everyone to view and enjoy. A reminder that the various ‘Special Edition’ versions are NOT the award-winning, iconic, landmark & ground-breaking original version of the films. And highlights just why we are here - some of us for many years, and some just taking our first steps…
• WIRED’s Article “Disney+ Should Offer the Star Wars Original Cuts”, doubleofive’s Magnum Opus (OT•com thread on ^ article)
• #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy | What We Want And How To Make It - a sequel piece by doubleofive to the above Wired article.
• ❗ #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy | OriginalTrilogy•com’s enduring goal | How YOU can help… ❗
^ The OT•com supporting the #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy campaign - the call for an official release of the unaltered theatrical version of the three classic Star Wars films - and what YOU can do to help restore them to the galaxy. MTFBWY… Always.
Much of the thumbnail art seen in the Index Threads was created by the superb ‘RedHeadJedi’ of r/PlexPosters fame.
www.reddit.com/r/PlexPosters & www.reddit.com/r/PlexPosters/comments/l1g250/star_wars_complete_collection_2021
All credit and kudos to ‘RedHeadJedi’ and the amazing community over there - detailing much onscreen media and beyond…
If you see any broken links to project threads, errors, or projects in an incorrect category etc, please let us know in this thread.
Also, if you have any suggestions for projects or threads to be added, again, please post them in here.
Thank you.