Klokwerk: could potentially be VERY useful, thanks. If the German version DOES contain the Director's Cut in fullscreen, then depending on its video quality I could use IT as a source -- instead of trying to combine the 1.77:1 MGM disc and the 1.33:1 Theatrical disc and ending up with a film that jumps from one aspect ratio to another and back again from shot to shot within a single scene.

Do you happen to have this German release, Klokwerk?

ocpmovie: I'm disappointed to hear that you don't like the idea of combining the films -- it was googling "star wars deleted scenes" and finding your "Digital Magic" thread that brought me to this forum in the first place. But, insane or not, impossible or not, it's done -- and like I said, I only had to drop out seven minutes of footage from all three films to make it work.

The *only* cast change was the three Lindas, and you only see the Lindas in ED2 and AOD for about five minutes total, so it's really not a big deal to me. (Interestingly enough, in my movie they show up in reverse order.) And I'm glad you like the recaps -- because I managed to keep a good chunk of them. Including Bridget Fonda's cameo as Linda III.

As for plot changes, the only really big plot switch is the end of ED2 vs. the beginning of AOD -- and I already detailed how I interwove those. Every other plot change is so minor that it's easily glossed over.

Thanks for the kudos about the idea of extending AOD, though. I get the idea that folks around here hate VHS with a burning passion, but if you're interested in checking out my version, I'd love to send you a copy. I'd love to see the copy you came up with a few years back as well. Are you still at "tygerbug at yahoo"? I sent you an e-mail there earlier today...

-Jeph!