What I did was use Trillary Dump’s restoration for the entire sequence, starting from one cut and ending at the next complete cut. Any smooth transition shots, like a building sweeeping or a wipe, I kept using the same source. The rest of the ending scene I used Harmy, except for added shots where I used the Blu Ray.
IMO Harmy and 4k83 are pretty equivalent, but I chose to use Harmy because I feel like it jives better with the PAL DVD and the Blu Ray. When that '97 film scan comes out, then I’d use that and 4k83, but for now I think Harmy is better.
I’m rendering it right now. I intended to last night when I made that comment, but because of some confusion I didn’t end up doing it. It should be complete in a few hours. This will be a render of the full movie. I’m gonna PM a link to Alderaan94 and Call Me Ocean Master, but if anyone else wants a link they can PM me too.
I planned on just using the original credits just because so little of the movie is actually changed in an edit like this, but there are some changes and the credits so list people who worked on the Special Editions, so maybe that’s the way to go? Also, should Harmy’s credits be included? The version I’m rendering just has the theatrical credits, not Harmy’s and not the Special Edition.
Edit: I also want to say that I used the theatrical credits music, but it was very, very slightly early. I added in an extra frame of the last shot that’s in the theatrical version but was trimmed out in '97, which made the audio sync correctly, but obviously not it’s not accurate to the '97 ending. I also made the credits 2 decibels quieter because it sounded louder than the rest of the scene. Not that anyone will care, but it’s a detail I wanted to share.
Also, I feel like redoing this with the Blu Ray footage replaced with Schormann’s HDTV restoration, just because I think it looks way better than the Blu Ray. Or maybe if I can get my hands on a Disney+ Rip or one of the Blu Rays coming out in a few days, I should use that? Since they look even better.
I don’t think this will be any final version, so I’m gonna download Schormann’s preservation off the spleen.