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Question about video editing - mixing the new with the old

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I'm definitely an old-school, Greedo-shoots-first Star Wars fan, but I also appreciate some things in the special editions, like the improved sound, picture, and explosion effects (Alderaan, Death Star(s), etc.)

My question is, is there a way to combine the original LD/DVD transfers with the newly-released, official DVDs and make a custom set? If so, what software would be needed?

I would try to keep as much of the remastered DVDs in the project as possible, while replacing or deleting certain scenes like Greedo shoots first, Jabba's palace, Anakin's ghost, and the Ewok scene at the end of ROTJ. Most other things I can deal with (Mos Isley is iffy...Mos Isley Jabba would DEFINITEY have to go).

I'm currently a new IT multimedia student, so I can get any necessary software at a discounted price.
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Originally posted by: yavin02
My question is, is there a way to combine the original LD/DVD transfers with the newly-released, official DVDs and make a custom set? If so, what software would be needed?


Go to Doom9.org (http://www.doom9.org). Read like crazy. Ask questions in the Doom9 forums (http://forum.doom9.org/). See you in a few months.

Seriously, there are a zillion ways to do what you want. The experts at it hang out at Doom9.
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Originally posted by: yavin02
I'm definitely an old-school, Greedo-shoots-first Star Wars fan,

Greedo shoots first isn't all that old school...

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Yeah, I've done this, as Classic Edition. Only the first one though, not Empire or Jedi.

Someone who wants to really get fancy should also try using dark_jedi's Pan & Scan O-OT, for the laserdisc bits (which are pretty short, so this isn't that hard) superimposing the pan & scan image over the widescreen image, with a heavy feather around the edges, for higher quality.