Idea & Looking for: Original, High quality, Widescreen, un-edited Star Wars on DVD.

Author: swifte
Date: 23-Dec-2010, 7:01 PM

Author: swifte
Time: 23-Dec-2010 7:01 PM (Edited)
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Hello everyone, I’m in my early 20s but still can’t watch the re-mastered damage done to the original Star Wars movies IV, V, VI. I have the VHS boxset but the quality is significantly less than the re-mastered DVDs (shame they added all the bollocks to the re-mastered versions).

It’s apparent I can’t find a decent DVD anywhere with the original film on it, only a non-anamorphic version on DVD ripped from a laserdisc, which apperently doesn’t size up well when made for widescreen.

OPERATION CLASSIC RECOVERY

I plan to remedy this and get the 80s versions onto DVD in widescreen anamorphic.

I’m going to need a lot of help and suggestions and hopefully you guys on this forum can help me.

I have little experience but this is what I plan to do.

Buy a laserdisc.
Buy the Star Wars laserdiscs.
Laserdisc them to PC in high quality and in correct widescreen format
Match the laser discs up on PC (as they come on two discs) so the film is continuous and clean.
Burn perfect widescreen DVD anamorphic copies.
Torrent and share the originals worldwide to keep them alive.

Any help/suggestions/alternative ideas on my crusade would be much appreciated. Thanks

Author: haljordan28
Time: 23-Dec-2010 7:06 PM
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Good idea if you have the time and money to do it properly. I would google search how to do this and call around to some local shops in your area that does this sort of thing and get advice from those in the know.

What you are doing is a great idea and I am sure would piss off Lucas. That alone makes it worth doing.

Author: Leonardo
Time: 23-Dec-2010 7:31 PM (Edited)
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swifte, your concern is commendable but you arrive a bit late: what you plan to do has already been done several times, and most of the preservations are already available through this forum

just browse this topic to have a look at a list of what has been done :

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Project-Index-Star-Wars-Preservation-and-Other-Projects/topic/2450/

Author: swifte
Time: 23-Dec-2010 7:42 PM
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Well if its been done great! I'd like a copy!

Author: Anchorhead
Time: 23-Dec-2010 9:26 PM (Edited)
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swifte said:

... can't watch the re-mastered damage done to the original Star Wars movies Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, & Return Of The Jedi.

Welcome aboard, by the way. You'll find resources beyond your imagination.

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Author: swifte
Time: 24-Dec-2010 7:25 AM (Edited)
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After having had a look through the projects. There are so many.

Trouble is which one is the best? I'm looking for a resto project, OCP is banned apparently his version of this was good? No? To add to this where can you actually download the stuff?

Author: Murry Sparkles
Time: 24-Dec-2010 11:26 AM
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Swifte i recommend Lee Thorogood's project for the original trilogy.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/DVLD-PAL-LaserDisc-Project-LaserVision-in-the-Digital-Age/topic/11824/page/9/

Author: ChainsawAsh
Time: 24-Dec-2010 11:56 AM
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For a restoration using the 2006 non-anamorphic DVD (conversion to anamorphic/cleanup/etc.), I recommend Dark_Jedi's upcoming V3 DVDs.

For a restoration using both the 2004 SE and the 2006 DVD (better picture quality), I recommend Adywan's 1980 Empire restoration, and Harmy's upcoming 1983 Jedi restoration.

I don't recommend OCPMovie's Classic Editions. They were made using laserdisc rips before the 2006 DVDs came out, so the footage doesn't match up with the 2004 footage very well, and he didn't do any color correction.