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I think Battle For Endor is slightly different from my off air copy. At least one minor line change, and the credits play out over black instead of a freeze frame of the last shot. Broadcast tapes would have had commercial breaks in them.
I guess I should dig out my Laserdiscs one of these days.

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Rikter said:

In all honesty since it was a limited release, so we would have to know how many screens it showed on and I would estimate 3-5 so there may have only been that many copies of each film. I have a suspicion that for the DVD’s they may have used the Lucasfilm archives 35mm’s for the DVD transfers.

So I wonder if the VHS and laserdiscs are sourced from the broadcast tapes? Damn I can’t really remember them that well so I’ll have to watch them in the next few days. I’ll transfer the MPG’s to my TiVo and find the differences based on the interwebs information as I do not have the official DVD’s.

I have the official DVD release of these two movies and the picture was pretty good. I do not know what the source was, but it was fitting for DVD standard definition.

As mentioned above, I also have copies of these two movies which my dad recorded directly on VHS tape on the nights they aired and since ripped to dvd format. They are mostly uncut. They have the original title card and many, but not all, of the commercials intact. Both movies are complete, but missing the end credits, which ran after the last commercials. The quality of my recordings is obviously lesser because they were recorded onto VHS tape (on the 6 hour setting as I recall) before being ripped). I don’t know how to upload to “the organ,” but I’d happily make them available for anyone who’d want to upload them to share.

If you are interested in watching the best quality though, the official dvd release is the way to go and it sounds as if yours is probably also going to be superior to my recordings.

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Okay the DVD’s with the LD transfers will not rip (I tried three PC’s now) the Ritek RiDATA has visible separation and the IDE drive that may have them will not initialize but I’ll try to recover the drive here at home and work. But my VHS to DVD master MPEG2 files on Taiyo Yudens ripped!

So if anyone has any interest in the VHS preservation hit me up and I’ll link you. Direct password links can be found on snahp.it if you’re a member.

“My skill are no longer as Mad as the once were” RiK

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I could capture my Laserdiscs if there’s that much interest in it?

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That would be great and not wanting to consume your time, there was the following, ANGRYSVN “Star Wars” RELEASES but unfortunately cannot be found anywhere
BLAK0002: RETIRED - The Ewok Adventure LD transfer
BLAK0003: RETIRED - The Battle for Endor LD transfer

MANY thanks

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gary1 said:

That would be great and not wanting to consume your time, there was the following, ANGRYSVN “Star Wars” RELEASES but unfortunately cannot be found anywhere
BLAK0002: RETIRED - The Ewok Adventure LD transfer
BLAK0003: RETIRED - The Battle for Endor LD transfer

MANY thanks

My BLAK0002 & BLAK0003 where actually VHS transfers I typo’d my old list but the email trade list was correct (see below) the LD transfers were going to be released but then the official discs came out and I could not rip them.

The Ewok Adventures Episode I
Angrysun VHS transfer and DVD authoring of ‘The Ewok Adventure’ aka ‘Caravan of Courage’
NO LONGER FOR TRADE - Official Release available (Amazon.com and most retailers)

  • Release BLAK0002
  • 1 DVDr
  • Fan Preservation
  • Source: U.S. VHS transfer
  • Interactive Menu
  • Custom Cover Art available

The Ewok Adventures Episode II
Angrysun VHS transfer and DVD authoring of ‘The Battle for Endor’
NO LONGER FOR TRADE - Official Release available (Amazon.com and most retailers)

  • Release BLAK0003
  • 1 DVDr
  • Fan Preservation
  • Source: U.S. VHS transfer
  • Interactive Menu
  • Custom Cover Art available

“My skill are no longer as Mad as the once were” RiK

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Interested in both the TV recording with original commercials and the laserdisc rips.

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Hello,

I found a guy selling a “1080p digitally remastered” version of the The Ewok Movies. EDIT This person has negative reviews on Better Business Bureau and on youtube which suggest to steer clear of him and his business.

On the ‘fredthebluraydog’ website.
 

I would also love to watch the Ewok movies in the highest quality possible, which I suspect would be DVD.

Question for those who have watched the films: Which version of the Ewok Movies is the highest quality? US DVD release? UK DVD release? Laserdisc?

Thanks for reading!

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cebroski said:

Hello,

I found a guy selling a “1080p digitally remastered” version of the The Ewok Movies. EDIT This person has negative reviews on Better Business Bureau and on youtube which suggest to steer clear of him and his business.

On the ‘fredthebluraydog’ website.
 

I would also love to watch the Ewok movies in the highest quality possible, which I suspect would be DVD.

Question for those who have watched the films: Which version of the Ewok Movies is the highest quality? US DVD release? UK DVD release? Laserdisc?

Thanks for reading!

The DVD’s offer the best quality of them.

“My skill are no longer as Mad as the once were” RiK

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Rikter said:

The DVD’s offer the best quality of them.

Thanks, I just bought a region 1 DVD version from ebay that’s arriving in 10 days. Private message me if you would like me to share the digital rip. Cheers!

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cebroski said:

Rikter said:

The DVD’s offer the best quality of them.

Thanks, I just bought a region 1 DVD version from ebay that’s arriving in 10 days. Private message me if you would like me to share the digital rip. Cheers!

Appreciate the offer but they are in my collection 😃 I hope you enjoy them!

RiK

“My skill are no longer as Mad as the once were” RiK

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And now they have been released in HD.