Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005

how come you did'nt use the higher quality footage of fett chasing wicket from the official trilogy release.

I can answer that. Because that portion on the 2004 DVD blooper reel was of an alternate take of that scene. Higher quality, yes. But the goal in this project, I think, was to recreate the film in its original form, even if that meant a sacrifice of quality. For instance, I've noticed that in some sections (ex. the dressing room scenes), SW.com's version had clearer sounding dialogue, but used an alternate soundtrack in the background. In order to recreate the original, this good quality dialogue couldn't be used.

That is quite correct. In order to post the portion of the film that they did, SW.com had make some changes to avoid sticky clearance issues. The makers of "ROTE And Other Little Films" were bound by no such restrictions.

Completeness was the main goal in that project.

Of course, the menu gave a perfect opportunity to use the alternate footage. This also explains why it is that Lucasfilm has high-quality footage of a couple shots from ROTE, but not of the entire film: the shots are not the same, and the complete original film version of ROTE remains lost.

BTW: I don't know how many of you have heard, since it hasn't been widely reported at all, but it seems that ROTE director and SW/Indy First Assistant Director David Tomblin just passed away this last August. I found out through a website related to The Prisoner (which he was heavily involved in), since I'm a big fan of that old TV series.

R.I.P., David Tomblin (widely reported as the finest First Assistant Director there ever was). You will be missed.

--SKot