MalàStrana said:
Curiously when the scene is back to the theatrical version the picture quality stays low. Why didn’t you use the HD material of the original version here ? (sorry if you have already explained your choice).
Because it never goes back to the theatrical version. The shot where R2 follows them up the stairs to the little bridge is not the same; the theatrical version has the shuttle parked right there, whereas the deleted scene had it park far away and is therefore missing from that shot. There was no part of the theatrical version that was able to be mixed with the deleted scene. Also, I just used straight upscaled DVD footage for the two establishing shots of landing on Naboo because they fall between two upscaled deleted scenes anyway.
Good luck with the subtitles. We’ve got a “Project TeeSeeFourteen” started, apparently.