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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD - V3.1

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Harmy proudly presents…

RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION HD v3.1

www.facebook.com/despecialized
www.youtube.com/HarmyDespecialized

 

Where to find it:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQS4B0y0YeESsVoayO4D134DzvPB7Vk8iVg7ZnnF1gC--BsCdMuhyC2SK7X0dKuv_lejjqMxO4lf7tj/pub

The Ultimate Introductory Guide - a particularly helpful guide by HanDuet; a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in the Despecialized Editions

This is a fan restoration made for culturally historical and educational purposes.
Fanedits, preservations and restorations must not be bought or sold.
Please report the seller if you find this project for sale on eBay or elsewhere.
Fanedits and preservations are an art form and to be shared only among legal owners of the officially available releases.

Do not support piracy.

This is a reconstruction of the 1983 theatrical version of Return of the Jedi.

The main source is the 2019 UHD Blu-Ray, and the original shots were restored using the amazing 4K83 fan-preservation,
which is a scan of a 35mm film made by Team Negative 1. Thanks so much for this awesome release, Team Negative 1!

Sometimes entire shots or even sequences were used from 4K83, extensively cleaned and enhanced to match the look of the UHD Blu-Ray.
In other places, like for example the Ewok eyes or Vader’s eyebrows, only small portions of the shots were replaced.

All original shots were restored, including recomposited vfx and other “fixes” made for the Special Edition.

For v3.1, minor fixes were made, the biggest of which include adding a Jabba subtitle, which was missing in 3.0, and replacing the 5.1 English audio track, where in v3.0 a custom track with additional music in the Obi-Wan ghost scene was used by mistake.

More information can be found here:

https://goo.gl/1WGHBA (HanDuet’s Guide - includes download information)

www.originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/12905

www.facebook.com/despecialized

www.youtube.com/c/HarmyDespecialized

The MKV version contains a large number of audio tracks, including the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mixes in DTS-HD MA, three different commentary tracks, an isolated score and dubbing tracks in many different languages:

1983 70mm Magnetic Six Track Mix Recreation 5.1 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1 (side), s24)
1983 35mm Optical Stereo Mix 2.0 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, stereo, s24) [default]
1983 16mm Optical Mono Mix 1.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 192 kb/s)
1993 LaserDisc Stereo Remix 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)
1993 LD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
2004 DVD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s)
2011 BD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s)
Isolated Score (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)
Basque 1.0 [baq] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Bulgarian Voiceover 2.0 (bul] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Cantonese 1.0 (chi] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Catalan 1.0 [cat] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Czech 1992 2.0 [cze] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Czech 2011 2.0 [cze] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Mandarin 2.0 [chi] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
German 2.0 [ger] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
French 2.0 [fre] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Galician 1.0 [glg] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Hindi 2.0 [hin] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Hungarian 2.0 [hun] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Indonesian 2.0 [ind] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Italian 2.0 [ita] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Japanese 2.0 (jpn) (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Korean 2.0 [kor] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Lithuanian 1.0 [lit] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Polish 2.0 [pol] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Polish Voiceover 2.0 [pol] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Brazilian Portuguese 2.0 [por] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Russian 2.0 [rus] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Slovak 2.0 [slo] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
American Spanish 2.0 [spa] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Castilian Spanish 2.0 [spa] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Tamil 2.0 [tam] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Telugu 2.0 [tel] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Thai 2.0 [tha] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Turkish 2.0 [tur] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Ukrainian 1.0 [ukr] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

For v3.1, the UHD encode has been done by a professional studio, so the compression quality is better
and the stream is now compatible for remuxing and burning a UHD Blu-Ray disc.

Big thanks to Poita, hairy_hen, schorman, Mavimao and CatBus!

All subtitles are from “Project Threepio v15.0”

Big thanks to CatBus!

More info here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/13794/

Technical info:

UHD 2160p MKV:

Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv

MD5 Checksum : 6F7B1E2EF566C42A7755125E69B791CD
SHA-1 Checksum : 2E419CB4F435DD73BC8C136A1ED3D6230DAACAC7

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 49.4 GiB
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 53.0 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv
Encoded date : 2024-02-24 17:10:21 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v82.0 (‘I’m The President’) 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
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Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Bit rate : 42.3 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.213
Stream size : 39.5 GiB (80%)
Writing library : x265 3.5+112-ce8642f22:[Windows][MSVC 1938][64 bit] 10bit
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

HD 1080p MKV:

Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.1080p.mkv

MD5 Checksum : 9B9A4CC8B2606B637A337E1B6BE50667
SHA-1 Checksum : 17FA50D1ED6EFAF8B09BE9D991965BD351B8E81B

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 26.7 GiB
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 28.6 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv
Encoded date : 2024-03-06 09:31:42 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v82.0 (‘I’m The President’) 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 18.0 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.362
Stream size : 16.8 GiB (63%)
Writing library : x264 core 160 r3000 33f9e14
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

If you want to remux your own version with different audio or subtitle tracks, or to burn to a disc,
make sure to set the frame rate to 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS.

 

Mod Edit: These two threads may also be of some interest and help for alternative possibilities in acquiring the Despecialized Editions - as well as for any technical assistance or ‘How do I do this?’ questions or issues:-

Some info & help for Harmy’s Despecialized Editions of the Original Trilogy… - in ‘General Assistance’.

Despecialized Editions by Harmy : Index of ‘How-To’s & Help’ Threads | Index of ‘General Despecialized Threads’ | ‘Where are they? And how do I get them?’ mega-merge thread… - in ‘How-To’s and Technical Discussions’.
 

The three main Despecialized Edition project threads on the OT•com - Star Wars : Empire Strikes Back : Return Of The Jedi

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Looked seamless to me.

"I will laugh my ass off a hundred years from now when the only version of STARWARS people remember are harmys despecialized editions.  They will project it on a 20' by 40' screen with perfect quality."

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Good stuff right there. the colors on the 2004/2006 dvds are icky

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

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Looking fantastic Harmy. Can't wait until the despecialized trilogy is done. Will be the ultimate versions for me to watch.

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Why is it ROTJ PDE always and i mean ALWAYS looks hugely better than the other PDE versions in my opinion? My answer: I think it's because ROTJ 2004SE is such a shoddy version that any improvments are going to look great. For one, the colour looks about 100x better in that recent clip.

(No disrepect to the other PDE versions by the way - just I see the improvments more in ROTJ because I really disliek the 2004 SE of this film much more than the rest).

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Hang on, are you actually talking about the Partly Despecialized Editions or do you mean the new Despecialized ones?

And anyway, Jedi is also my favourite of the old PDE versions (and I mean the cut, not the film) but this new Despecialized Version should totally blow it out of the water, becuase as you can see in that clip, there will be no more purely GOUT shots where it can be helped (and unfortunately there are whole scenes like the music number where it can't) where the PDE was basically just splicing GOUT shots into the SE.

Side note: As you can see, the subtitles have not been replaced yet in that clip and to be honest I'm pissing blood just thinking about it, because where in STAR WARS replacing the subs was a matter of one scene, in Jedi they are all over the place. But as there seems to be high demand for original looking subs, I think I will do it and this time hopefully without drops in quality like in my ROTJ DVD reconstruction.

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Harmy said:

Here's what I've been working on these past few days ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9E2zz9hGc

 goddamn it....where's that orgasm emoticon?

"I will laugh my ass off a hundred years from now when the only version of STARWARS people remember are harmys despecialized editions.  They will project it on a 20' by 40' screen with perfect quality."

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Harmy said:

Hang on, are you actually talking about the Partly Despecialized Editions or do you mean the new Despecialized ones?

And anyway, Jedi is also my favourite of the old PDE versions (and I mean the cut, not the film) but this new Despecialized Version should totally blow it out of the water, becuase as you can see in that clip, there will be no more purely GOUT shots where it can be helped (and unfortunately there are whole scenes like the music number where it can't) where the PDE was basically just splicing GOUT shots into the SE.

Side note: As you can see, the subtitles have not been replaced yet in that clip and to be honest I'm pissing blood just thinking about it, because where in STAR WARS replacing the subs was a matter of one scene, in Jedi they are all over the place. But as there seems to be high demand for original looking subs, I think I will do it and this time hopefully without drops in quality like in my ROTJ DVD reconstruction.

Ah sorry Harmy, I wasn't clear. I meant that any improvements to ROTJ in my opinion stand out more than some (not all) of your other work because ROTJ is so messed up in the 2004 SE. So any improvment (if only small) is going to look fantastic in ROTJ because there are so many more things wrong with it in the 2004 SE, but again my opinion. The fact you keep getting things better and better with each PDE makes it truly amazing.

I can take some of the changes in the 2004 SE for ANH and ESB by Lucas but the new stuff in ROTJ is just damn horrible. So I thank you for your work so far on ROTJ, I really do.

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Was the atmosphere added in the SEs? Can't see it in the original. Otherwise looks good.

And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.

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Oh, I think you're right  but I'll probably keep it this way, because I'm not sure if I'd be able to remove the atmosphere. I could try though...

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It looks like the atmosphere might just be showing up in the '04 because of the difference in brightness.  Crank up the GOUT brightness and see if it shows up there.

My outlook on life - we’re all on the Hindenburg anyway…no point fighting over the window seat.

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Looks Great Harmy. Thought A New Hope was perfect.

Can't wait for this Jedi to complete the set.

Many thanks for doing this.

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pure genius.

 

what shots were upscaled gout?  i couldn't tell...lol

"I will laugh my ass off a hundred years from now when the only version of STARWARS people remember are harmys despecialized editions.  They will project it on a 20' by 40' screen with perfect quality."