That's been my argument all along in my correspondence with LFL. They claim "deliberate creative decision" so in that case, they're deliberately screwing over the foreign language viewers. Or, as we all KNOW, they screwed up the english language ANGLE/Track streams and aren't owning up to their mistakes.

I'm surprised that sites like DVDReview.com and TheDigitalBits.com haven't been holding Lucas accountable. Those sites incited a boycotting campaign on Back to the Future for far less offensive errors and they got the doggone thing replaced.

Getting back to the topic at hand, regarding the PAL xfers that were posted earlier, will they be problematic when trying to replace the NTSC video with those rips? I know my 5-star SE doesn't look close to the clarity of the DVD and these rips look much better, but if there is a problem with the frame rate not matching up, then what do we Americans need to do?

I myself want to create a watchable 2004 SE with the following changes:
- Correct the title card in ANH
- Han shoots first (and only)
- Correct Luke's green saber
I'm cool with the rest, including the new Jabba. His pulling of a punch on Han for stepping on his tail put the whole thing into a more believable perspective.

- Re-integrate Boba Fett's original voice in ESB (I'm holding out on editing the Emperor's dialogue until I see how it fits with Ep III)

- Restore Lapti Nek into Ep VI
- Restore Sebastian Shaw as the ghost

I thought about trying to edit some of the "Jedi Rocks" video into the "Lapti Nek" CD version for sh!ts and giggles. But I still haven't even gotten a working software solution to do frame-accurate editing, so I'm merely thinking aloud in this thread. I've gotten some good help from MBJ, but if any of you have additional advice on how to get frame-accurate editing on my system, please PM me. I tried the trial download of Premiere Pro, but it only installs on XP and I'm a Win2K dinosaur.