Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD - V3.0

Harmy proudly presents…

RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION HD v3.0

People already started reporting problems with the current release. I really tried to avoid this by sending out workprint versions beforehand but some things just fall through the cracks.

So far, nothing major that would spoil your enjoyment of the movie has been discovered - the biggest thing is that one of the Jabba subtitles is missing but I’m letting you know there will definitelly be a version 3.1 in a month or so, if that affects your decision to download this one.

I would appreciate, if you could post any issues you may find in this thread. Thank you!

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Where to find it:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTHBLZYnSxtahhiAm9F24AHOKpad27irLOMj_HUO8AIXvsNT_56iZiMLqz3eWQgS4sQX_MuWNh6OhNL/pub

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

 
Here’s a list of all the audio options available in both the 4K and HD versions of Return of the Jedi Despecialized Edition v3.0.
Big thanks to hairy_hen, schorman, Mavimao and CatBus!

Please report any quality issues you find here.

A comparison gallery will be posted here:
https://goo.gl/photos/xuSSHRfn9aPFduKAA
 

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v2.5 INFO:

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 pretty much completely despecialized, apart from a couple of wipes, which were recomposited optically in 1997 and look nearly identical to the originals, so for all intents and purposes this is the original version.

The remastered version (v2.5) represents 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.

It is currently available as a DVD9 AVCHD and 20GB MKV. Here are the full NFOs for both versions:

AVCHD: http://pastebin.com/dPr1LvyW
MKV: http://pastebin.com/ksU6R47x

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

Excellent work, as usual!

Looked seamless to me.

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

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

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

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.

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?

Looking Very Good Harmy! :D

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

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...

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 comparisons have created a monster...


OF AWESOME!

Unnecessarily awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHaQtiuspJ4

Here a complete version of the despecialized Sarlacc scene. The colours aren't final.

pure genius.

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