Revenge of the Sith: Rebalanced - Version 1.5.1 Released! Now with Subtitles and More! — Page 9

Absolutely, sent one your way!

Hey friend. I have recently watched Hal9000’s edit of episode 3 and I love it, but I just really don’t think the Palpatine and Yoda fight should have been removed, but rather toned down. From what I read, it seems you share my opinion and was hoping to get a copy of your edit. Could you please share?

Hi Siliconmaster, really keen to check out your edit, any chance of a link?

Tadpole39 said:

Hey friend. I have recently watched Hal9000’s edit of episode 3 and I love it, but I just really don’t think the Palpatine and Yoda fight should have been removed, but rather toned down. From what I read, it seems you share my opinion and was hoping to get a copy of your edit. Could you please share?

Seeker901 said:

Hi Siliconmaster, really keen to check out your edit, any chance of a link?

I’ve sent links to both! (Tadpole39, I sent yours a while ago but forgot to respond here as well!)

I would love to get a link as well

I would LOVE the link to watch this!!!

This looks great, can I get a link?

Hi, may I get a link?

This looks so good! Could someone point me to where I can download? Much thanks!

Hey, super excited about this, could I get the link please? 😃 MTFBWY

Hi Siliconmaster,

Thoroughly have enjoyed reading the development of your edits in this thread, and in other spaces around the internet. Is it still possible to find a link for your work? I’d love to watch!

Thanks!

Hi everyone! My deepest apologies for not realizing people were posting link requests. April 2022 was right when I got hit by COVID, and then because I didn’t check the thread it stopped sending me notifications. I’m just embarrassed I somehow never checked it manually since then.

I’ve sent links to Leovfz, henryt11, hankellard, WinSky, Embers, Toby_Kenobi, and lookitsevan!

I too would love a link to this edit 😃

Sure, I’ve sent you a link!

Link, please?

Link sent via PM!

Haha all good, sent you one!

Hi all,

I’m happy to report that I have finished the initial subtitle pass for RotS: Rebalanced. I have completed the following:

• MKV subtitles (dialog only)
• MKV closed captions (dialog and SFX)
• BD subtitles (dialog only)
• BD closed captions (dialog and SFX)
• .srt file conversion to .ass for Blu Ray subs

The fan edit legal disclaimer is at the start of the MKV, but it shows up before the menu on the Blu Ray. So, I needed two sets with different timings.

Next steps are to figure out how to convert .ass to an image based .sup/.pgs format. I tried giving this a shot: https://github.com/subelf/Spp2Pgs but it gleefully gave me an error with the following:

PgsWriter Created.
Unknown exception.
Converting failed.

I’m about to leave on a trip but I can try to figure this part out when I get back.

If I can manage the conversion, then the last steps are to make a new subtitle menu for the Blu Ray. That’s going to be a bit of a pain because I did all the original menus in Cinema 4D with fully custom elements. I’ll need to figure out what I want to use for the menu and then see how to build/compile/mesh it together.

I’ve also made a few minor audio and visual edits that I spotted during the subtitling process. Those will be detailed when I finish.

Feels good to finally be giving this edit the subtitles it deserves.

Can I get a link to this? I’ve been looking for a good Ep 3 edit. I liked Hal’s but wasn’t a fan of Yoda/Palpatine being removed. Your edit looks like it should be good but I’m not sure I can live without the high ground or chosen one dialogue from Obi-Wan. They are some of my favorite lines.

Sure! I’ve sent you a private message with the link.

I left out the chosen one lines because that always felt like a bit much as a whole, same as Hal. I agree Ewan McGregor’s delivery of those final lines is incredible, but I had to cut them to match the rest.

As for the high ground line, it works well as a final demonstration of Obi-Wan trying to mentor Anakin. But in the moment he shouldn’t need to spell out why it’s over. Anakin should have learned by now. I like having the reasoning implied and him instead just turn around and basically be like “well, here we are.”

I’ve finally ironed out the workflow for the Blu Ray subtitles and completed all parts of the 1.5 update. I ran a few more passes on the subtitles to catch any errors. Unless someone finds a typo somewhere, I think they’re good to go. And, if someone does find an issue please let me know. With 1,260 subtitles there’s a lot of opportunity for something to go unnoticed.

Here’s the workflow I finally ended up with:

• Created the subtitles initially using Subtitle Workshop in .srt form. First the main subtitles, then closed captions in a second pass. Even though Subtitle Workshop does not support the ♪ symbol, I was able to paste it manually into the .srt file via Notepad for the closed captions.

• I time-offset a copy of each for the Blu Ray, since the fan edit legal warning is before the main menu, rather than part of the movie itself like on the MKV.

• Using Subtitle Edit, I exported Blu Ray .SUP files with the following settings to mimic the default VLC subtitles (for consistency with the MKV):
  

• I built the disk in DVD Architect with two dummy subtitle tracks so that the menus had correct links. These were both timed incorrectly and jagged looking due to DVD Architect’s lack of subtitle anti-aliasing.

• The tricky step was remuxing the audio and video files from the .M2TS file containing the main movie (in my case 00001.M2TS) with the correct .SUP files I’d made separately. At first I tried a full demux and remux using TSmuxer, but when swapped with the original M2TS file PowerDVD couldn’t read the movie and would only display black with no audio or video at all. My breakthrough in the end was to use the playlist file (000001.mpls) and not demux at all. I could remove the subtitle files and add my own and remux directly:
  

The result: It works!

• I also had to use BDEdit to switch the top menu to item #12 because DVD Architect decided that my chapter menu was the “top menu” by default.

I hope to have files uploaded as soon as I have time to deal with all the logistics! I’ll post more information about the actual changes when the time comes.

Revenge of the Sith: Rebalanced v1.5 is out!

Happy holidays everyone!

The biggest change with this release is the addition of subtitles. I have transcribed a set of dialogue-only subtitles as well as full closed captions for the hard-of-hearing.

There is also a brand new subtitle menu for the Blu-ray:

Here is the updated menu reel:
https://youtu.be/cQDmYTy0n08

The MKV now has full chapters (including chapter names) and labeled subtitle tracks. I still need to compress a new 3GB H265 MKV though, so I am still hosting the old v1.4 3GB file in the meantime.

In addition, I have made a series of changes and fixes based on things I found while transcribing the subtitles:

Version 1.5 Changelist

Fixed audio pop at the cut between the two Blu Ray titles (split on the original source Blu Ray but merged here) at 2:19.

Removed S sound during missile cut in opening battle at 4:38. Thanks to SidShady12 for noticing this back in 2020.

Removed audible end of “buzz droids” at 4:54.

Adjusted center channel cut at 5:46 - “Hold on Anakin.”

Adjusted audio cut at 6:13 - “Yeah, you got him.”

Improved center channel dropout at 6:37.

Fixed center channel dropout at 14:16.

Adjusted center channel cut at 20:19.

Added missing music to center channel at 20:47

Adjusted black levels on a few closeups of Obi-Wan as he talks to Anakin at 26:35.

Adjusted audio cut at 26:44 to better blend “against the Republic.”

Reversed rear channel SFX at 37:34 so the blaster bolt that lands near Yoda is on the correct side.

Fixed mismatching color cast on establishing shot of Padme’s apartment at 39:31. The original AotC coloring was too orange and did not match the interior shots.

Added music to fix center channel dropout AND audible end of “Kenobi” at 44:27.

Added music to fix center channel dropout at 46:13 as Obi-Wan’s lizard jumps down.

Adjusted black levels on close up of Obi-Wan when he smiles, just after Grievous ignites his lightsabers.

Reverted softening of fanfare at 55:10 as Anakin leaves the council chambers to assist Windu.

Adjusted cut at “Anakin help me!” to fix noticeable audio transition at 57:55.

Fixed sound dropout and audio pop in center channel at 58:12 (battle with Mace, Palpatine, and Anakin).

Fixed center channel dropout at 59:04.

Edited Palpatine’s mouth on-screen so it doesn’t start to say “to save your wife” after “strong enough with the dark side” at 1:01:21.

Slightly lowered lizard snorting SFX volume at 1:03:07 when Cody gives back Obi-Wan’s lightsaber.

Fixed odd music hiccup from original theatrical mix at 1:04:56 after Yoda drops his walking stick. Rebuilt using soundtrack.

Removed extra Wookiee growl at transition at 1:06:18. Also fixed audio pop.

Fixed audio pop at 1:11:11 - “I don’t know.”

Fixed audio blip at 1:33:14. Issue is in the original theatrical mix too.

Fixed total center channel dropout around 1:39:35.

Removed faint sound at 1:40:25. Probably a hint of a cut sneaking in.

Removed hint of an “s” from “she has lost the will to live” at 1:45:05.

Adjusted cut by one frame at 1:47:28 to slightly better match the audio crescendo. The original scene wipes on either side of the cut prevent any further adjustment.

Blu-ray - Changed the way the explosions on the main menu were tinted so that they look more realistic. Now it uses an HSV curve solution instead of a straight RGB tint.

Blu-ray - Fixed some misaligned button highlights on the chapter submenus.

Blu-ray - Added new subtitle menu.

Blu-ray - Adjusted remote button functionality on the various menus for logical usage.

The new files are hosted in the same folder on Drive. PM me for links!

@Siliconmaster482

PM sent. Thanks!

I checked out some scenes from 1.4. I have some minor gripes about the Anakin / Obi-Wan duel. These to me are some cheesy moments of the duel that I’m pretty sure both Hal and Spence cut out.

• Never liked the weird looking CGI kick at 1:29:02 - Obi-Wan falls in a weird bad CGI way.
• The spinny behind the back thing at 1:32:48 - it never made sense to me.
• The swinging from ropes saber clashing at 1:38:16 - it’s like they are aiming for each other’s sabers and not legs or whatever - just weird looking to me.