HARMY PROUDLY PRESENTS
RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION REMASTERED (v2.5)
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This is a reconstruction of the 1983 theatrical version of Return of the Jedi. The original shots were painstakingly restored using
various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction based on a fade free 1983
LPP Print. ROTJ v2.5 is despecialized pretty much completely, apart from a couple of wipes, so for all intents and purposes
it is the original version.
The remastered version (v2.5) represented a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier 1.0 version
due to the use of better encoding and higher quality sources and replacing many of the despecialized shots with
higher quality ones.
Version v2.0 only came out as a limited release workprint.
A gallery showing all the changes can be found here:
https://photos.google.com/u/1/album/AF1QipOUewV3aQ2QnhCC2WsLwE6sihIE9zvVIkiF8GB6
The AVCHD version contains the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mix, three different
commentary tracks and an isolated score.
More information can be found here:
VIDEO SOURCES:
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Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi Official Blu-Ray (2011)
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LPP 35mm print scans (Team Negative 1 and Poita)
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Schorman’s HDTV Preservation - Return of the Jedi (2004 DVD version)
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RETURN OF THE JEDI 2006 Bonus DVD (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscaled by Dark Jedi)
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RETURN OF THE PUG (1983 16mm print transfer)
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Custom mattes
Technical Specifications:
CONTAINER: MKV
SIZE: 7.8 GB
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps
AUDIO: (all Dolby Digital) Special thanks to hairy_hen, Schorman and CatBus
TRACK 1) 5.1 1983 mix @ 640Kbps
TRACK 2) 2.0 1983 mix @ 224Kbps
TRACK 3) 2.0 Isolated score @ 224Kbps
TRACK 4) 2.0 1993 LD Audio Commentary @ 192Kbps (silence filled with 1993 LD 2.0)
TRACK 5) 2.0 2004 DVD Audio Commentary @ 160Kbps
TRACK 6) 2.0 2011 BD Archival Interviews Audio Commentary @ 160Kbps
SUBTITLES: (Project Threepio) Special thanks to CatBus
English [eng] (pgs)
Chinese [chi] (pgs)
American Spanish [spa] (pgs)
Castilian Spanish [spa] (pgs)
Arabic [ara] (pgs)
Russian [rus] (pgs)
Brazilian Portuguese [por] (pgs)
Japanese [jpn] (pgs)
French [fre] (pgs)
German [ger] (pgs)
Turkish [tur] (pgs)
Korean [kor] (pgs)
Italian [ita] (pgs)
Polish [pol] (pgs)
Ukrainian [ukr] (pgs)
Dutch [dut] (pgs)
Hungarian [hun] (pgs)
Czech [cze] (pgs)
Greek [gre] (pgs)
Swedish [swe] (pgs)
Finnish [fin] (pgs)
Danish [dan] (pgs)
Norwegian [nor] (pgs)
The ISO image can be burned to a DVD-DL and should work in most Blu-Ray players.
To burn, you can use imgburn following these instructions: