Hi everyone!
As the title suggests this is an HD reconstruction of the 1997 version of ROTJ. This is a project I’ve been intending to do for a while now and I finally have something that I can call watchable. Since there are two very well made reconstructions of the 97 versions of ANH and ESB (thanks to Harmy, Team Blu, and Adywan) I figured ROTJ needed a reconstruction done in some capacity!
**V3 update: V3 is now live, and is finally exactly how I like it, thanks to me switching to Davinci Resolve. Regrained, better color, and video synced up to the audio down to the last frame (v2 seemed to always be slightly out of sync). The “Return of the Jedi Visual Comparison” was used, so there are no post-97 changes in this version at all!
I used 5 sources for this project (updated for v3):
- 2019 Special Edition Blu Ray
- Max DNR version of 4k83 (to undo post 1997 changes)
- ROTJ LD upscale and multi-capture merge (thanks ZigZig and Rancor022/DarthPyro!)
- 2004 HDTV broadcast provided by schorman (for opening logos)
- althor’s LD capture (for reference and DTS audio, LD audio, subtitles, and chapters)
Extra things done:
*added a 35mm grain palette over 2019 BD, 2004 HDTV, and LD footage to blend in better with 4k83 footage
*color corrected a handful of 4k83 clips to blend in with surrounding scenes
*I did leave the color of the 2019 BD alone since it appears that they did use the 1997 versions as a color reference.
Video dimensions: 1920x1080p (cropped to Disney’s 2.39 aspect ratio), 23.976fps
File Size: 19.53gb mkv
PM me for a link and share some feedback here if you’d like. Thanks!