It's been about a year since I started this project and a few months since my last update, so on with the show...
Last time I posted, I was about 95 minutes into editing Version 3 of this 'The Star Wars: The Lost Workprint' project... but I've chucked that in the bin. Time for Version 4! 
A note on the versions:
V1: Cutting Blu-Ray Deleted Scenes in, in Draft Script order plus replacing all FX shots with temp stuff like B-17s and shots from 'Space: 1999'. Score retained. 60 Minutes long = Scrapped
V2: Cutting Blu-Ray Deleted Scenes in, in Draft Script order. FX shots retained but score replaced. 30 minutes long = Scrapped
V3: Cutting Blu-Ray Deleted Scenes and new E-Book Deleted Scenes in, with little refrence to Draft script and recutting a few bits for variety. FX shots retained but score replaced. 95 minutes long = Scrapped
Now, Version 4 will have a totally new "Temp" score, a new crawl, all footage restored from the Blu-Ray, E-Book and other sources. This time I will be completely ignoring the draft-script because I'm just gonna "Let go my conscious self and act on instinct" 
. I will be cutting the new footage in where I feel it works best for pacing, story and action. Plus if I can think of a way to recut the original film footage I will be (Not just rearranging scenes but going shot-by-shot). This will be as different an experience from the Theatrical Cut as I can make it.
Here is a "Sketch", if you will, of the new opening 6 minutes...
https://vimeo.com/91877504
(Password: fanedit.org)
Please note:
- All music replaced but unmixed in terms of levels
- A VERY temporary and unmixed audio FX track has been left on (Just for illustration)
- Aged film-stock effects are also temporary (See below)
- Crawl will be replaced, in all probability with the known 'Lost Cut' version of the words but maybe not
- The Stormtrooper assault you see a little of at the end has not be radically recut yet (It will be)
Here is a little test of some of the Aged film-stock effects that I will be using eventually (When I can get them perfected). It's overlaying real film damage..
https://vimeo.com/91741197
(Password: fanedit.org)
The amount of "damage" still needs a lot of work. Thanks to Rogue-theX for tips on how to do it.
Lastly here is a new teaser poster that may look familiar 
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