RETURN OF THE JEDI 1983 THEATRICAL VERSION RECONSTRUCTION DVD by Harmy (MKV, NTSC DVD5 AND PAL DVD9 AVAILABLE) — Page 17

doubleofive said:

 

Harmy said:

And I'm pretty sure the matte lines must have been there in the cinema, it's just that people wouldn't notice them, because they weren't looking for them. I remember reading a review of the 97SE, where the guy complained about them not fixing the Rancor matte lines after he saw the SE in the cinema.

I'm just jumping in here, but the matte lines were there in 97. It's an 04 fix, one of the ones that I thought was needed and disappointed they didn't fix in 97.

 

I had the 97SE on VHS, and I'm pretty sure the tapes included a featurette on how they changed things, including fixing the matte lines for the snowspeeder battle and the Rancor.

Harmy said:

No, I have these 97 tapes with the "making of SE" featurettes and I remember them very well, because I used to watch them all the time as a kid. They did speak about fixing the matte lines on the snowspeeders. But they only spoke about the matte lines on the Rancor to show and explain what the matte lines were, because they were so clearly visible in those shots. 

I grew up on those tapes! Those little introductory featurettes are part of the movies for me. I never watched the SE in theatres either. My only experience with the OT growing up were those SE VHSs.

When I bought the DVDs it was so jarring to watch the movies without those featurettes in front and without that big booming voice saying "Sit back and enjoy George Lucas' definitive version of _________: Special Edition"

I remember the ESB featurette highlighting the Hoth speeder mattes and transparencies.

Ir's awesome! Thank you very much. I hated the blue tint and the new Anakin, etc.

I am amazed at how awesome the original special effects were.

Please send me a PM.

This sounds awesome. :-)

I´d like to test it !

I watched the DVD9 version till the rebels arrive at Endor.

Will continue soon.

I can´t speak in technical terms but this is a great achievement.

I was so happy to see Lapti Nek restored properly.

It´s kinda strange but still a billion times better than the god-awful Jedi Rocks and personally I always liked that funky bassline :-)

I have to re-check but the only two glitches I found so far are

.) In the opening sequence when the shuttle moves away from the Star Destroyer the picture halted twice for a split second

.)Establishing shot of Sail Barge and the already mentioned shot with Jabba & Leia on said vehicle have a massive drop in picture quality

As already mentioned I´ll have to recheck the first glitch + I´ll send exact time signatures

Thanks Harmy !

looks amazing... where can I find one?

Could I have the dvd5 link please? thanks

Could I have a link to the MKV version please? Many thanks in advance :-)

Harmy said:

 I personally prefer my PDE HD version of Jedi.

 

Harmy, can you PM me a link for your PDE HD version? Thanks in advance

Hello!

This looks fantastic! Is anyone able to direct me to where I may be able to get hold of the PAL DVD9 version please?

Thanks Harmy.

doubleKO said:

Thanks Harmy.

Wait, don't you have to ask for a PM first?  Or are you thanking him for PM's to other people? :p