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Post #546754

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TServo2049
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
17-Oct-2011, 3:52 PM

OK, I checked the Technidisc LD since it used the same source element at the GOUT (and the end credits fade out a little later just like on the GOUT), and the font looking different in the MPAA logo on the GOUT does seem to be due to denoising, not because it's actually different. When I laid the Technidisc over the JSC, the font matched. So the GOUT credit roll is identical to the one all the pre-'93 video releases / the Starkiller bootleg / Puggo Krig, with the exception of the timing of the fade-out.

Also, the transition from the credits on starfield to John Barry's name scrolling up isn't just a fade-out, then fade-in, it's a dissolve. Due to the denoising, you can't see the two onscreen at the same time in the GOUT. Laserschwert, I'll PM you with screenshots from the Technidisc to show the timing of the dissolve.

I'm pretty sure that this is the font used in the MPAA notice:

Unfortunately, I just can't find this font anywhere, it's probably some sort of variant of Helvetica or a similar typeface, but none of the versions available for computer look like it.

Interestingly, I believe that "No. 24925" is actually in the same font as the actual credits. Oftentimes, since the MPAA number was put in over a generic template with the logo, they just put either the number or the whole "No. #####" in the same typeface they were using for the rest of the credits. I know that 2001: A Space Odyssey has "NO." in the same font as "APPROVED" and the MPAA name, but the actual certificate number is in the credits typeface. In the case of this film, it looks like the whole "No. 24925" is in the main credits font. I'm looking at the "2" and the "9" in Puggo's transfers, and they do look the same as the "2" and "9" used elsewhere in the credits.

Heck, maybe someone could take a HD screencap of the MPAA notice from 2001 from the Blu-ray, and you could trace the "APPROVED" and "MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA" from that - they're pretty big in that, bigger than they are in SW I think. You know, I think I'll try to get an image...