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Help: looking for... a fan edit combining elements of the OT and SE?

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I’ve seen Harmy’s despecialized editions and they are freaking amazing. I was just wondering if there are any fan edits of Star Wars out there that still contain some of the more innocuous changes from the SE, but do not have any unique alterations of their own, such as rearranged scenes, brand new effects, audio, music edits, etc.

Just to get an idea of what I’m talking about, here’s a list of some of the changes I’d be okay with being left in:

The SE aliens added to the Cantina scene.

The perspective change to the prison hallway.

Extra Stormtroopers and the TIE fighter when Han rounds that corner in the Death Star.

Luke and Biggs reunion scene.

CGI fighters taking off from the rebel base.

Y-Wings don’t disappear before completely leaving the frame.

I’m not asking anyone to whip up a fan edit based on my recommendations, just wondering if something similar exists.

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I've done something like what you're describing, keeping the good SE changes (like Luke's reunion with Biggs for example) while removing the bad changes like Jabba in Star Wars, Greedo shooting first, Jedi Rocks, Hayden Christensen in ROTJ etc etc with my Semi-Specialised editions of the OT.

I personally feel that quite a few of the SE changes, especially improvements in special effects shots like many of the x-wing shots during the Battle of Yavin, improve the Original Trilogy and therefore should be kept.

You can find all the details of changes kept/removed in these Star Wars OT Semi-Specialised editions in the first post of the thread below:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/kk650s-Star-Wars-Saga-Regraded-and-Semi-Specialized/topic/15637/