OTD83… (aka ‘D+83’)

A little info oohteedee’s OTD83 (from his own informative OTD83 release notes for the 4K/2160p version)…

                          General Information

Type…: Movie
 

                           Video Information

Video Format…: H.265 (HEVC)
Video Bitrate…: 44 Mbps
Resolution…: 3840 x 2160
Aspect Ratio…: 2.35:1 (letterboxed to 16x9)
Size…: 44 GB
Color…: 10 bit
FPS…: 23.976
Sources…: UHD BR for non SE shots, 4K83 for replacement shots
Genre…: Science Fiction
Duration…: 2h 12m (approx)
 

                           Audio Information

Track 01…: 2.0 AC3 (1983 35mm Optical Audio (from 4K83)) Eng
Track 02…: 5.1 AC3 (5.1 surround mix 2018 version (from 4K83)) Eng
Track 03…: 1.0 AC3 (1983 Mono mix 2018 version (from 4K83)) Eng
Track 04…: 2.0 AC3 (1993 stereo remix (LaserDisc PILF 175703)) Eng
 

                           Post Information

Posted to…: PRIVATE
Release Date…: February 11th 2021

                             Release Notes

'What is this you ask? This is a “theatrical” reconstruction (mostly) of Return of the Jedi
using the 2160p UHD BluRay HDR version as it’s main source. This project is SDR.

This is not a pure theatrical reconstruction though.
This is not a new Despecialized.
 

I call this project OTD83. Why?
I agreed to let someone else make the “official” D+83, due to my lack of
interest at the time, but I got impatient waiting for it so I’ve made my own version of
Jedi to watch using the UHD BR.
This is my version of a D+83 project but I’ll just give it a different name.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
 

What does OTD83 stand for? Maybe my name OohTeeDee 83 or maybe Original Trilogy Disney 83.
Both I suppose.
 

v1.2 re-encode
The original v1.2 UHD was rendered with Handbrake. I didn’t realize it still used an
8bit pipeline even though I rendered to 10bit x265. This version re-encodes to x265
from the ProRes master to maintain a 10 bit pipeline and higher quality. You would
probably not see a difference but if you were to colour correct v1.2 you may see the
limitations of the 8bit pipeline.
 

v1.2 info

-One replacement shot in v1.1 had bad DNR so I needed to redo it.
 

v1.1 info

-I’ve fixed the blue Tie-Fighters in one replacement shot. Part of the problem was my grade
to make the blue planet match the shot before.
-I redid a Jabba subtitle shot.
-Restored the original Boba flying through the air. It’s so fast you can’t really see how
bad the original compositing was.
-Restored the other ewok eye shot that no one knew was changed.
-Restored Anakin’s eyebrows. Restored the entire scene so it all blends well.
-Changed the saturation and contrast throughout.
-Tweaked the colour and contrast of many shots and scenes to improve them.

Added the 1993 LD sound mix as requested.
 

v1.0 info

For the shots restored, I used my ProRes4444XQ minimalDNR master of 4K83 with v1.6 grading
applied as a base.
Jabba subs are overlayed using the .sup from Project Threepio.
 

Stuff that I didn’t restore the original…
-The shot of Boba Fett flying through the air is left SE. The original just looks bad.
-There is one shot that has three frames of blinking Ewok eyes. It’s barely noticeable.
Harmy’s list of SE changes doesn’t even mention it.
-Anakin doesn’t have eyebrows here. This is a change I didn’t care about. He looks better
without them anyway. The main reason for not restoring them is the drop in visual quality
that would go along with restoring all the shots.
-There are a few re-composited shots that are slightly different. They are much higher
quality in the UHD BR. The re-composites don’t change the original feel of the shots
and most people would never know a difference without direct comparison to the original.
-Did I miss anything else? Maybe?
 

One replacement shot is graded using a LUT made with DrDre’s tool. Everything else is
graded with curves. They are quicker and more forgiving than LUTs.
Most of the film is graded with one correction. There are a bunch of shots that are
tweaked further though.
 

This project is theatrically synced so any audio from 4K83 will work with it.
 

Theatrical but not completely theatrical…
I restored most of the original 1983 shots of the film, removing most of the CGI
and other unnecessary changes. My preference was quality over authenticity though.
My intent was to keep it as theatrical as possible, but I’m willing to sacrifice some
authenticity for quality sake so some creative license was used in the process.

It’s theatrical in spirit.’

 
Screenshots…

V1.2 1080p: a 29gb mkv file.

Screenshot below from v1.1 1080p…