Originally posted by: Hal 9000
I have an idea of something you can add to make ANH seem more like part of the saga.
Why not add the tombstones in the Lar's yard into ANH in the same place? (Unless they're absent from ROTS. Do we see the same part?)

I'm going to look into that. At the moment i'm doing a lot of comparison checks with the PT & OT to help resolve some continuity & other issues because i want the whole saga to flow better than it does at the moment between the 2 trilogies.

I've just finished the first pass of the colour correction using the white balance filter in VirtualDub after sampling one frame. Its removed the blue cast completely but has left a slight red tone to the whites in some scenes, but after applying a small colour balance in premier, the colours are looking great. i still have to go scene by scene for colour fixing but using the Vdub filter has eliminated most of the work i was originally having to do.

One thing that i have almost fixed is the timing of the title crawl. Not only does the Star Wars logo recede to fast on the english angle version, but is correct on the other languages (so easily fixed) but ever since they added "Episode IV" the crawl appears too late. If you watch "empire of Dreams" at the sequence with the original pre ANH crawl you will notice that the crawl appears at a specific music cue and this is how i always remember it. The crawl appearing at that specific cue fits in way better than it has ever since. I want it back to the way it was originally and because i intend to do the whole saga, changing this won't look out of place.

I think i've figured out a way of adding and introduction Alderaan sequence priior to the extra sequence i added to its destruction. I just need to find all the shots and dialogue i need to pull it off, so fingers crossed.

I've managed to find a French 5.1 track and its amazing just how much the mix is different to the English version. The surround mix and even a lot of the L7R chanel mix is even worse than the Eng version but at least it doesn't have the dialogue bleed over so it will be great as a basis for my new mix when used in conjunction with the Eng mix and my new elements. The surround chanels from the French mix has to be thrown out completely because most if it is almost mono and sounds terrible, but i don't need it anyway as my mix will have a mostly new surround chanel mix.One thing i noticed on the French mix is in the remote training scene aboard the Falcon. When they are playing the holo-chess game there is a great sound effect eminating from the game which changes as each player takes its turn. I just love it so its definately going in the mix.

Oh, and on one last moter, i may have found a way of adding the Emperor to one small scene without it standing like a sore thumb. I won't tell you any more until i know for definate that it can be done.

EDIT: I've just compared the position of the tombstones in AOTC to all of the Lars homestead shots in ANH and there is only 1 frame that the tombstones could possibly be in view so it just wouldn't be worth adding them