Just received details of the OT deleted scenes from my friend Steve, who managed to pick up a copy of the complete saga today.
O.T: Deleted Scenes:
Just had a look through them. They would need a major overhaul. All SD and variable in quality. Star Wars Deleted scenes are deteriorating and nothing exciting except (Vader Widens The Search) and Luke and Biggs: Extended. Quite a shame as there are more scenes that should have been included than what we'd seen on the Behind The Magic CD-ROM.
ESB are varied. (Luke's Recovery - B&W/On-Set Audio/SFX mixing for a rough cut). Luke and Leia: Medical Centre (On set audio). But both great scenes and a sense of physical and mental intensity between Luke and Leia. Fate of General Veers is a B&W scene with a few extra seconds from the finished shot and animatics after Hobbie collides with his walker. Hiding in the Asteroid is short and just repair shots and on-set Audio. Han and Leia: Extended Kiss is B&W and plays very closely to the finished scene. Except 3PO's interuption is more intrusive. The Dagobah training scenes aren't much. The Wampa scenes are the same. Although - the Holding cell shot is good (silent) and Vader walking upto the door after a Stormtrooper has been pulled in. Also examining the dead Wampa with R2 getting scared and reversing on 2 legs. Leia tends to Luke drags on, but names Boba Fett for the first time. Lobots shots are a mystery. More so a pre-cursor to aiding Lando's escape from Cloud City.
And as for Jedi - Jerjerrod's Conflict is the better treatment. I was very suprised! The scene of him talking down to Vader was great. And the shots of him speaking to the Emperor via internal comlink (Emperor's voice provided by Marquand).
The Lost Rebels (female A-Wing pilots are in B&W and obviously test shots). The Sullustan and Mon Calmari (Tim Rose) B-Wing pilot shots were really interesting. Lando's Falcon Assault Team is very strange. Silent footage. But the Gun station scenes really could be used. Tatooine shots (Lightsaber construction is great - and the only completed/scored scene on Disc 8) but everything else is nothing outstanding!
Overall, I like them. But they seem like untouched conversions. It could have been more.