Harmy said:

THANK YOU! Please regular posters, feel absolutely free to speak for me, whenever one of these ever-repeating questions comes up. It gets really very tiring, typing the same stuff like two times a week, so I'm very happy, when someone steps up like this a answers for me. And then, if I have anything to add or amend, I will. In this case, I don't - couldn't possibly have said it better myself.

Sorry for being so "annoying." *sigh*

As a fellow restoration hobbyist (mostly Hong Kong films from the 80's and early 90's) I work hard on what I do and always value feedback. In fact, I have integrated feedback into my work in an effort to create the best restoration possible.

I have endlessly praised these Harmy releases and told every Star Wars fan I know about them. But this is an open forum and we should be able to speak our minds. The eyebrows are shockingly obvious and distracting. If you can't properly recreate what was, then it should be left alone. That eyebrows are so painfully obvious that it yanks you out of the film. All I see are blurry matted in blobs. That's not what you intend, i am sure.

The other day I burned off ten copies of Star Wars 2.5 for family and friends who have absolutely no clue about HTPC's or how to create AVCHD discs. Last night my cousin watched his and called me right after, in shock at what he witnessed. That's how good Star Wars 2.5 is.

There is no question these Despecialized editions are Holy Grail type restorations. But am I supposed to not speak my mind at all? Constructive criticism isn't allowed? JEDI is only in v1.0 so clearly more work will be done. I should feel like I cannot even open my mouth about it.

And please remember that at 28 pages, it's impossible to read this entire thread when one hasn't been reading it from the get-go.