Reposting this from a PM, since there might be other people wondering.

chyron8472 said:

someone said:

I keep hearing lots of praise for Adywan's, for the lack of a better word "Fan SE", but when I look for it I see a few things about the available versions that confuse me a bit. The seemingly newest release is the "purist" which is also the smallest as it is an NTSC DVD-5. The oldest file seems to be the highest quality, though I think I've seen negative remarks from Adywan or the torrent uploaders about how current the edits are in the older files. So, what I'm taking from this so far is that the older, higher quality files are not up to date, and the lower quality (compared to HD) larger (compared to purist DVD-5) DVD-9 has more progress (compared to HD), and the purist DVD-5 has some of the, I suppose crazier, stuff from the DVD-9 removed? So, what version is the go-to version that everyone is raving about?

The DVD9 (largest version) is the best.

Adywan showed his edit to a few people who work in the film industry or else worked in some capacity on a on of the OT Star Wars films, and there were changes that he made which they weren't so crazy about. So, he made a "Purist" version which redacted some of the changes.

These are things such as: changing the order of dialogue in Ben Kenobi's house so that it plays out how it was originally shot/written in the original script (the scene was edited later); changing the initial reveal of the Death Star so that it orbits a planet (as they were still working on it and it wasn't fully operational yet); and changing the music which can be heard during Obi-Wan's duel with Vader.

I recommend the DVD9 version. It has the most extras; it has a title menu (the purist version doesn't); and to be honest, I don't mind the changes.

Rather than getting the Purist version, I recommend getting the Revisited DVD9 and Harmy's Despecialized Edition v2.1 AVCHD. That way, you'll have the SE as it should have been and the OOT in HD, rather than having a sort of in-between.