This is unbelievable! A station copy of the master. Just one generation removed from the best copy there is (if it still exists).
Great to see the Boba Fett cartoon in such high quality without all the DVNR that the Blu-ray extras has. Thanks for the heads up Skot, and thanks to EditDroid, wherever you are! Search complete.
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Now we just need a master copy of the commercials and we’re set B)
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Why not get it straight from the source?
Get it from where the 'spleen seeder got it: usenet
No invitation needed
I thought it originated on Spleen! Thanks for the tip 😃
Just finished watching it for the first time. I’ve only tried it once before and I got to the cartoon but didn’t continue from there. Anyways, this was a great release. Nice extras, cool menu, picture was great (the color could’ve used a little boost but still). The special itself… not so much, but at least this time I could finish it, and I watched it in 5 segments.
Great job guys, nice to see the mission accomplished, this is as good as it can get.
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I dont suppose someone could post this as a torrent or other download somewhere where us mere mortals could access it? Thanks
There are ways to obtain it out there.
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Could someone PM me on how to get from usenet? I’ve never fiddled with that stuff.
Thanks
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I already have a decent copy so I’m not in a terrible hurry to get the best quality of this terrible show. But is there a page that has screenshot comparisons between the different versions circulating? I’d be interested to see how much immprovement has been yielded since I got my KCCI sourced dvd in 2005.
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Is there any way to get the something like the Gormaanda Hybrid outside of Myspleen or Usenet? I’d really love a burnable copy to send to all my enemies so I can have a decent DVD copy sitting on my shelf, but I’ve never understood Usenet properly and the Myspleen thread’s been locked up saying OT members can’t give out invites…
I know I can always watch it on YouTube, although most copies are in crap shape, and nothing beats a physical bootleg copy. Any help/advice?
What, a man builds a giant mound of dirt in his house and you aren’t entertained?
Just downloaded this and WOW! The quality is really sharp. A bit desaturated, but definitely blows the other versions out of the water.
Any history about how this broadcast master was found?
What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.
I already have a decent copy so I’m not in a terrible hurry to get the best quality of this terrible show. But is there a page that has screenshot comparisons between the different versions circulating? I’d be interested to see how much immprovement has been yielded since I got my KCCI sourced dvd in 2005.
This. Screenshot comparison please?
This. Screenshot comparison please?
I’m using VLC which doesn’t allow me to frame advance, so these frames are close, not identical, but I think they are representative of the resolution difference. Top is WHIO, bottom is Edit Droid.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/joelvalder/WHIOss1_zpsw3ul6tlt.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/joelvalder/EDSMss1_zpsyiosgi8p.jpg
Hi! Im not from the USA. I speak spanish.
I need your help. I’m looking for EditDriod and Gormaanda Holiday Special versions.
It has an spanish audio?
I dont find it in torrents web,
can you help me?
Thanks!
Here is the same shot with the KCCI version.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5914642/Screen Shot 2016-01-06 at 3.03.28 PM.png
Basically, yeah, this new version blows them both out of the water.
What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.
does anybody know if this the editdroid version is?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Star-Wars-Holiday-Special-1978-TV-Rare-DVD-/161938731699?
Hard to tell for sure, that cover art isn’t something I’ve seen before and could pin it down if EditDroid came with unique new cover art, but I usually ignore such things.
I figured out Usenet just to download the EditDroid Holiday Special. It’s definitely worth it. I was on Windows 10. Here’s a brief summary of what I did.
Make a free account on XSUsenet: https://www.xsusenet.com/ (It’s slow but will get the job done)
XSUsenet will email you username and password
Download Grabit: http://www.shemes.com/ (This is what’s called a “newsreader” application)
When you install Grabit, it will prompt you to enter a server name, as well as username and password.
For server, Enter: free.xsusenet.com
For username/password, enter the info XSUsenet emailed to you
Go to the site www.binsearch.info, Search “Star Wars Holiday Special”
The first result will be what you’re looking for.
It will read: “The Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid - [000/165] - “Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid.nzb” yEnc (1/3)”
In the box for this entry, there will be a link labelled “collection”. Click this
Once the collection page loads, click “Inverse”, then “Create NZB”. This will download a .nzb file that points to all of the files in the “collection”. (From what I understand, a .nzb file is kind of like a torrent file)
Load the .nzb file with Grabit. If everything is done correctly, Grabit should start downloading files from the collection.
does anybody know if this the editdroid version is?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Star-Wars-Holiday-Special-1978-TV-Rare-DVD-/161938731699?
I doubt it. The seller appears to have been selling this for months while the Edit Droid version was only released a couple weeks ago. The ad also mentions the source being taped from an “airing,” while Edit Droid’s was directly from a broadcast master (and the resolution appears to be much better than NTSC VHS or Betamax).
I figured out Usenet just to download the EditDroid Holiday Special. It’s definitely worth it. I was on Windows 10. Here’s a brief summary of what I did.
Make a free account on XSUsenet: https://www.xsusenet.com/ (It’s slow but will get the job done)
XSUsenet will email you username and password
Download Grabit: http://www.shemes.com/ (This is what’s called a “newsreader” application)
When you install Grabit, it will prompt you to enter a server name, as well as username and password.
For server, Enter: free.xsusenet.com
For username/password, enter the info XSUsenet emailed to youGo to the site www.binsearch.info, Search “Star Wars Holiday Special”
The first result will be what you’re looking for.
It will read: “The Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid - [000/165] - “Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid.nzb” yEnc (1/3)”In the box for this entry, there will be a link labelled “collection”. Click this
Once the collection page loads, click “Inverse”, then “Create NZB”. This will download a .nzb file that points to all of the files in the “collection”. (From what I understand, a .nzb file is kind of like a torrent file)
Load the .nzb file with Grabit. If everything is done correctly, Grabit should start downloading files from the collection.
I appreciate this comprehensive list. You’ve summed up in 9 steps what I’ve been trying to figure out for days now. However, when following your guide, I complete all the steps but in grabit all the files are broken. It says either article not found or 502 access denied (hit connection limit). Do I need a paid xsusenet account for this to work?
No, you shouldn’t have to pay. That 502 message doesn’t indicate that the files are broken. With this free xsusenet account, you are limited to 3-4 simultaneous connections at once. Grabit will try to connect to whatever part of usenet it thinks it should grab the individual file from; sometimes it times out. Two things to try:
Make sure you’re not on a network that blocks specific ports
Make sure you’ve entered correct information in server properties:
In left hand side of grabit you should see a bone icon titled “Grabit”, below you should see a computer looking icon titled "free.xsusenet.com"
Right click free.xsusenet.com -> server properties -> make sure Hostname = free.xsusenet.com -> make sure Port = 119 -> make sure you’ve entered correct account name and password emailed to you by xsusenet -> make sure “Encrypted server connection (SSL)” checkbox is UNCHECKED
Grabit is a bit unintuitive. If connection to a file fails, or if the 3-4 files that are successfully downloading finish, by default you have to manually right click on each file to retry connection. I only figured out after like day 2 or so that you can change settings to make all files auto-retry after a while:
Top bar of grabit -> Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Check box titled “Automatically retry items in batch”. This made it so my download completed without my intervention.
It took awhile, and I was worried that when it was done, I wouldn’t be able to figure out how to transform all the rar and par files into what I wanted. It turns out Grabit does this for you automatically once the batch is finished downloading! Hope this helps
I figured out Usenet just to download the EditDroid Holiday Special. It’s definitely worth it. I was on Windows 10. Here’s a brief summary of what I did.
Make a free account on XSUsenet: https://www.xsusenet.com/ (It’s slow but will get the job done)
XSUsenet will email you username and password
Download Grabit: http://www.shemes.com/ (This is what’s called a “newsreader” application)
When you install Grabit, it will prompt you to enter a server name, as well as username and password.
For server, Enter: free.xsusenet.com
For username/password, enter the info XSUsenet emailed to youGo to the site www.binsearch.info, Search “Star Wars Holiday Special”
The first result will be what you’re looking for.
It will read: “The Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid - [000/165] - “Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid.nzb” yEnc (1/3)”In the box for this entry, there will be a link labelled “collection”. Click this
Once the collection page loads, click “Inverse”, then “Create NZB”. This will download a .nzb file that points to all of the files in the “collection”. (From what I understand, a .nzb file is kind of like a torrent file)
Load the .nzb file with Grabit. If everything is done correctly, Grabit should start downloading files from the collection.
I appreciate this comprehensive list. You’ve summed up in 9 steps what I’ve been trying to figure out for days now. However, when following your guide, I complete all the steps but in grabit all the files are broken. It says either article not found or 502 access denied (hit connection limit). Do I need a paid xsusenet account for this to work?
Also could you post, or maybe just send me a screenshot of what’s going wrong with your setup? It might be helpful to others following my (admittedly incomplete) instructions.
No, you shouldn’t have to pay. That 502 message doesn’t indicate that the files are broken. With this free xsusenet account, you are limited to 3-4 simultaneous connections at once. Grabit will try to connect to whatever part of usenet it thinks it should grab the individual file from; sometimes it times out. Two things to try:
Make sure you’re not on a network that blocks specific ports
Make sure you’ve entered correct information in server properties:
In left hand side of grabit you should see a bone icon titled “Grabit”, below you should see a computer looking icon titled "free.xsusenet.com"
Right click free.xsusenet.com -> server properties -> make sure Hostname = free.xsusenet.com -> make sure Port = 119 -> make sure you’ve entered correct account name and password emailed to you by xsusenet -> make sure “Encrypted server connection (SSL)” checkbox is UNCHECKEDGrabit is a bit unintuitive. If connection to a file fails, or if the 3-4 files that are successfully downloading finish, by default you have to manually right click on each file to retry connection. I only figured out after like day 2 or so that you can change settings to make all files auto-retry after a while:
Top bar of grabit -> Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Check box titled “Automatically retry items in batch”. This made it so my download completed without my intervention.
It took awhile, and I was worried that when it was done, I wouldn’t be able to figure out how to transform all the rar and par files into what I wanted. It turns out Grabit does this for you automatically once the batch is finished downloading! Hope this helps
Thanks cfillak but I ended up caving and paying $10 for newshosting.com, another usenet provider. This fixed my problem immediately. I followed the rest of your steps (using newshosting instead of xsusenet) and everything went smoothly. It’s downloading now. Thanks for the help!
Wow, is very complicated. I have the same problem that Waffle. Why there isn’t other way to download it?
Torrents?
