I’ve just finished my viewings of all the Despecialized films in their current form (at the time of this post SW 2.5, ESB 2.0, and ROTJ 1.0) and I’ve also been grabbing all sorts of other preservations from the spleen and other places. And to preface this post, I have been following Harmy’s progress on ROTJ for a while and am up to date on the thread.

ROTJ is my favorite film of the trilogy but sadly it seems to be the most neglected in the world of fan preservations and reconstructions. I want to know if there is a decent version of the 1983 original version or 1997 SE versions either released or currently underway (preferably in at least 720p).

In terms of high quality preservations and reconstructions, I currently have:

*Harmy’s DeEd (obviously)

Harmy’s Respecialized ANH

*Dark Jedi’s GOUT V3

Team Blu’s GOUT 720p Upscale

Team Blu’s ANH97SE

Ady’s ESB Theatrical Reconstruction

Ady’s ESB 1997 SE

*schorman’s 1080p HDTV Preservations

Reivax, *G’Kar, *TB, and Flunk

Of those listed, ROTJ appears fewer times than SW and ESB. I’d especially like to see something akin to the GOUT upscale and 97 SE preservations. ROTJ is the only film that doesn’t have a decent 1997 preservation outside of TB and G’Kar, which are not quite perfect, we’ll say.