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Alien subs in theatrical prints of 97 SE

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I don't know if this has been discussed before, but here goes:

Since me and DJ are planning to eventually release an upscale of the 97 SE's along with our project Blu V2, we would of course like to include subs for Greedo and Jabba.

Are there any reference shots of how those subs looked in the theatrical prints in 97?

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Thanks! Too bad that is far from enough to make matched subs for ANH and ROTJ. At least we know what the font looked like in ANH.

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I think the Empire of dreams doc has a clip of JEDI '97 with the subtitles.

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Judging by the EoD clip, the '97SE ROTJ subtitles were actually in the same font as the original '83 version. It's not a pre-SE clip because in that doc, the non-SE clips are softer and have noticeable jaggies.

When Return of the Pug is finished and released, we'll finally be able to compare the two (or at least, the lines which show up in EoD).

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So these shots are from the 97 SE?

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TServo2049 said:

Judging by the EoD clip, the '97SE ROTJ subtitles were actually in the same font as the original '83 version. It's not a pre-SE clip because in that doc, the non-SE clips are softer and have noticeable jaggies.

Those clips are from the original '83 version. And if for some reason they aren't, they must have kept the original ones for the Special Edition as I recall their timings and placements were identical when I compared them.

Why update the font for the first film in '97 but not the last? I guess everything is possible when it comes to Lucasfilm.

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When Return of the Pug is finished and released, we'll finally be able to compare the two (or at least, the lines which show up in EoD).

That is something that can be done already, there are two theatrical bootlegs out there. I did this myself way back when creating the subtitles for dark_jedi's V3 DVD.

We want you to be aware that we have no plans—now or in the future—to restore the earlier versions. 

Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com

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