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Post #307733

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RoccondilRinon
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
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Date created
23-Jan-2008, 4:40 AM
My first comment (because it’s not something that’s already been touched on) is that the audio is a noticeable fraction of a second ahead of the video for a few minutes around about the escape from Mos Eisley/destruction of Alderaan section. This might just be a problem unique to me, and in any case I doubt it will show up on the DVD.

As for hand/flipper, I vote for the human hand, but I’m not *too* fussed.

The Ben/Vader fight. Oh my FSM. I know you used the existing footage in the same way as they did in ’77 with the Sandperson... and just as skilfully. I never knew it had been done to the Sandperson until it was mentioned in the documentary on the DVD, and the only reason I know you’ve done it is because there’s nothing else you could have done to achieve what you have. The music here and in the Death Star reveal/roundtable is also perfect.

I thought the hyperspace vortex on the journey from the Death Star to Yavin wasn't going to work, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not sure if I myself would have thought of it or chosen to do it, but I approve.

Briefing room graphics: Almost exactly how I envisioned them.

Control room graphics: Better than I envisioned them.

Death Star Battle: Shiiiiit. How the photon did you manage THAT?!

The TIE attack: When I first saw it I could see where Mojo_LA is coming from; oddly enough, the second viewing (ten seconds later — I had my finger on the rewind button the whole time) it didn’t bother me nearly so much. The third time I wondered why it had bothered me at all. Funny that.

And the rest of that sequence simply blew me away. Again, it was a “little thing” that I particularly appreciated, which was being able to see the Y-wings/X-wings and the TIEs chasing them down the trench in the same shot.

C-3PO’s reaction to R2 getting hit: the shot that’s there at present is at least as appropriate as the original.

If the end credits for the DVD aren’t locked yet, might I possibly ask for a space in my name ie. Roccondil Rinon. If not, ‘tis no biggie. I must confess I did feel my ego swelling when I saw it there. This is STAR WARS, after all.

Finally, I have to agree with the majority of people on this forum and say that, unless I feel like watching the GOUT DVD (as I probably will once in a while) or showing someone how (relatively) lousy the 2004 version is, this will be THE version of the film that I will watch. I pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that you will be touched by His Noodly Appendage and inspired again (as you clearly have been with this edit) to Revisit The Empire Strikes Back, my favourite movie of all time, and Return of the Jedi, and perhaps even the Prequels.

Bring on the DVD-9!