A New Hope Closer to Canon Edition

Dont get me wrong, A New Hope is a GREAT movie, yet somethings in this movie always bugged me. IM a HUGE fan of The Lucas saga ( I-VI ) and ep 4 is the least connected canon-wise to the prequels. and i know it was made before the prequels but i still wanted to try to make it a bit more connected. So ive made some tiny edits. some so tiny that it wouldnt bother people who love to watch the original version (atleast, i hope) And others are a bit bigger.

so here they are:

• tweaked 3po’s response to luke about being in many battles. 3po says: ‘‘several I THINK.’’ i removed the i think part because 3po HAS been in many battles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vwtxOSpMMWysooQ-MhTKMcxnjniEOHew/view?usp=sharing

• In my mind 3po doesnt lie (i think hes supposed to lie in this part), so when luke asks who the woman in the holgram is, 3po straight up responds with: ‘‘thats princess Leia’’: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jDBXF1LbXFSX_nKLvGQsN0jkxVJyGA03/view?usp=sharing

• Im trying to alter the whole property of obi wan thing r2 is playing here. 3po translates r2’s truthfull answer this time. :https://drive.google.com/file/d/16_1OE-EkQvki12pW-rxKfzKcUrb0d9l7/view?usp=sharing
  ( line is made with tiktok text to speech thats only available in the US, i want to replace it with a shorter one but the guy who made it went MIA so if someone wants to help me, pls send a DM )

• luke says : ‘‘he belongs to obi wan kenobi’’ when talking to his uncle, i want to make it into: IT belongs to… (IT referring to the message: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jUQp4WVLqTStjBWYtmxiapNgmSDRL9IC/view?usp=sharing
  (also need help with this so if anyone wants to, pls send a DM)

• luke no longers says ‘‘he claims to be the property of an obi wan’’, he now says: ‘‘he claims to be searching for an obi wan’’ when ben finds him. : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qFgKUpUwFKOrNX99znZ4MnAGPHd4C_so/view?usp=sharing

• removed the i dont remember ever owning a droid part

• changed ben’s line from: ‘‘i havent gone be the name of obi wan since all before you were born’’ to ‘’ i havent gone by the name of obi wan since you were born: https://drive.google.com/file/d/184zRXQUpL1GofaYl3S_Z-s2bS3lqABJy/view?usp=sharing

• ben no longer refers to vader as darth vader to luke but just vader when talking about the end of the jedi: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aB9w9Dgy5xo4e_PM-QRKmfgScm1ly-6D/view?usp=sharing

• removed the word ‘‘ancient’’ and gave vader a bigger presense in the conference room. And tarkin no longer tells vader to release the other admiral: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OyL4mo7lJgZefGJX3OQ7O__aTI4NtCn1/view?usp=sharing

• removed the torture droid from leia’s jail cell : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ViGXJKH9GOfOY7TSySRWFxclWFz8xLxd/view?usp=sharing

• removed vader mentioning the torture droid to tarkin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VcUDeXdbXuXDg-zg_7OgD5tXf9sYtpy8/view?usp=sharing

• again removed the word ‘‘ancient’’ now said by han: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HgskCkTmG_ngL8aS7O6k8L6ZWNM2hhj5/view?usp=sharing

• WIP the admiral that walks into the conference room is now a hologram and the death star troopers are replaced with death troopers : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBFzYOAQnVuO9rU5zylNkhSKKMTlkhhj/view?usp=sharing

• Added a k2so droid to the hangar to connect it a bit more to rogue one with a video if found on youtube: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K7p_MhlUmVy2ivr1pFVgbgICRoFvKKcA/view?usp=sharing

• when luke saves leia from here cells and says that hes here with ben kenobi, leia now responds with just Kenobi? instead of ben kenobi?: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C_0iNe2gClsx8ZWC0d8mztMoV2L8wlVG/view?usp=sharing

• changed the death star plans on yavin 4 with another version of it from disney infinity and removed the womp rat thing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b0Iclv7JbCdl-4_YIpb503CWUnonvHxk/view?usp=sharing

Link to folder with every video : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nlp7HZ0Ub4AfY-HT3_LZ-yVUQNwn4HFF?usp=sharing

thx, i edited the post!

I was just thinking the other day about somehow turning Jabba into a hologram in that scene. I’d love to see how that looks with some more work.

I like a lot of these ideas! A New Hope is my favorite Star Wars movie so I’m always happy to see different takes on it.

I’m really liking those Rogue One additions. The Death Troopers could do with moving a bit (I know it’s only a concept at the moment) but they and the hologram look like they should be there.

Damn that Jabba Hologram idea is really great, i dont like the scene in the special edition but this is a brilliant way to salvage it.

The change with the death troopers from Rogue One is great decision. I hope you finish the whole scene soon.
Why you don’t make all your changes directly into Adywan’s Color Corrected 2011 Blu-ray from 2018?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJLSPr3Dr5bkY_dM0qV4kgj1as1tWRL3/view
It’ll be great. 😃

update:
im currently waiting on the hd version of the revisted version, so i could work from that as a base.

And ill be needing help with some text to speech things for luke and c3po as stated in the post, so if anyone would like to help, please send a DM. ill really appreciate it!

the holgram of jabba the hutt will be worked on by a very good friend of mine and will hopefully be done soon!

as for the rogue one additions, im searching for someone who would like to help animate the death troopers so there not standing still like puppets, just a little movement to give a little more life to it.

hope to hear from someone!

little idea im toying with… what do you people think?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RhQImlI4Vrk9Su7Zw11F_vp8PQEKu2zW/view?usp=sharing

Han must shoot first in any edition I watch.

Question: Does Han or Greedo shoot first in this edit?

Grand Master_ Luke Flywalker said:

DylanB18 said:

little idea im toying with… what do you people think?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RhQImlI4Vrk9Su7Zw11F_vp8PQEKu2zW/view?usp=sharing

I like it, it looks cool and was nicely edited, but what is the reason for changing it?

i changed it cause i didnt really like the original hair style on the guy on the left. Again. i know its the 70s but thats the only hair cut that always bugged me.

the guy on the right has some small edits. his hair was original looked like coconut head from that nick series back in the day. so im made it a bit shorter en changed it a bit on his forehead.

im trying to use this image with ebsynth currentlly.

CourtlyHades296 said:

Han must shoot first in any edition I watch.

Question: Does Han or Greedo shoot first in this edit?

im waiting for the HD version of revisted and that has han shooting first, so han will be the only one shooting!

CaptainFaraday said:

Do you have any plans for changing up the Death Star explosion? I did my own edit to make it look less like a balloon abruptly going pop, but it was very fanedit-y because I didn’t make it with any particular usage in mind beyond a fun little experiment.

currently not, im not so great with VFX. but if i find a really good one and i get permission to use it, then it will be changed. but sadly (in my opnion) the most edits of the explosion are a bit too much for my taste. but i will be open to it if i find the right one!

nice work on these. some are small but I see what you are going for. My favorites are the both holograms. I am working on and extended version of new hope with adywan as base and one of my planned scenes is restored Jabba that looks like ROTJ jabba and not the phantom menace one, but I never thought of the hollogram idea. That would actually really make it easy to pull off from a visual standpoint to make even more convincing since you do not have to worry so much on details. Also the board room and admiral holo speaking is pretty cool…very original ideas you have there great job!

kg1977 said:

nice work on these. some are small but I see what you are going for. My favorites are the both holograms. I am working on and extended version of new hope with adywan as base and one of my planned scenes is restored Jabba that looks like ROTJ jabba and not the phantom menace one, but I never thought of the hollogram idea. That would actually really make it easy to pull off from a visual standpoint to make even more convincing since you do not have to worry so much on details. Also the board room and admiral holo speaking is pretty cool…very original ideas you have there great job!

thx!

thx! g&g fan!

personally the vader line change is because i feel its a better response to: ‘’ dont try to fool us with your sorcerers ways ‘’

about the romantic stuff, the only thing in my mind to be removed is the part were luke says: shes beatiful, so i will look into that.

on another note, im trying to make beru a bit younger (and i gave her a bit more upper lip) , please tell me your opinion guys and gals:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GouJyOaZVHAr8dfGsI6ibDORuBUmLi-p/view?usp=sharing

canoniclly owen and beru should look younger so i removed some wrinckles.

i wont make obi wan younger, tbh alec looked very good for his age and didnt have that may wrinkles in his face compared to owen and beru

owen will be the next one to be made a bit younger

I think it’s good. However, in your video she’s really just a bit more younger. I don’t know if this result is enough to make a significant difference for the viewer, you know? Just my opinion, though.

yes this was made with Ebsynth🙂

Its a really great tool! as i said im trying to make beru look younger and that wont be that diffuclt since she just has a few close ups in the dinner scene. next up is owen but most of these are and will just be tests. i want to apply all my ideas to the hd version of revisted so im just waitng for that being released.