RETURN OF THE JEDI 1983 THEATRICAL VERSION RECONSTRUCTION DVD by Harmy (MKV, NTSC DVD5 AND PAL DVD9 AVAILABLE)

RETURN OF THE JEDI - ORIGINAL THEATRICAL VERSION RECONSTRUCTION

This is a little Leia to Adywan's Luke. It is an anamorphic reconstruction of the original cut of ROTJ using the HD broadcast of the 2004 version, the GOUT and GKAR German anamorphic digi broadcast of 97SE.

Here is what is changed back to the original version:

FYI: The whole ending celebration is completely back to the original state and the whole film is colour corrected - Here's a colour correction comparison, left is SE right is the RECONSTRUCTION:

The colours are not 100% faithful because it's a JPG but it gives you the general idea - it's pretty subtle for the most part.

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ORIGINAL 1st POST:

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OK, I got my good computer back from service and that means I can start working on this soon. 

As I already despecialized and colour corrected about 90% of Jedi for my partly-despecialized edition AVCHD and I (along with other people) thought it was pretty much succesful even at 1080p and some people asked me to do an SD version, I decided to make a full theatrical recontruction DVD. I'd like to thank Ericstormtrooper, who said he'd try and help me get the unmasking (and I hope the Rancor as well) scene from GKAR Jedi so I should be able to use that.

I'm gonna try and fix all the changes listed here http://picasaweb.google.com/doubleofive/StarWarsComOfficial2004ChangesRotJ

exept probably some recomposited FX shots.

I'd be very gratefull if someone could point out some further changes that are not on this list if there are some. And also if there are some more things that were not changed in 97 apart from Rancor, eyebrows and ghosts...

Like I said, I already despecialized like 90% for PDE, so it shouldn't really take long to do this but I don't wanna rush it either...

I'm planing on doing both PAL and NTSC versions of this.

Sorry, I made the Partly Despecialized Edition for watching in HD, this is only gonna be an anamorphic DVD (I'll have to use a lot more GOUT for this one). I'm gonna do a new version of the PDE with possibly some more despecializations when the Blu-Rays come out, but for now I'm fine with the current PDE of Jedi to watch in HD.

Wow they really messed up jedi's color timing in 2004.

I had completely forgotten about that.  Though i did remember they added Hayden so i watched this disc only once.

ChainsawAsh said:

 

Now we just need someone to do a proper ANH recon ...

 

I agree i have waited for someone to do a fan reconstruction of star wars after seeing what was possible with Adywan's revisited.  I was completely depressed by the fact the vintage edit never came to be.

Since Adywan is not available i wonder who will do star wars, i am sure people want empire revisited than they want to see the real movies restored since they have seen them hundreds of times.

I have got the Gout fanamorphic someplace on disc but making it resized for anamorphic does not make the source any better.

It is actually worse because it is compressed for single layer.

ChainsawAsh said:

Agreed, I'm very excited about this.  It'll be the perfect companion piece to Ady's ESB reconstruction.

Now we just need someone to do a proper ANH recon ...

I'm going to be doing ANH reconstruction after ESB:R is finished

adywan said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Agreed, I'm very excited about this.  It'll be the perfect companion piece to Ady's ESB reconstruction.

Now we just need someone to do a proper ANH recon ...

I'm going to be doing ANH reconstruction after ESB:R is finished

Wow man you are awesome. 

adywan said:

I'm going to be doing ANH reconstruction after ESB:R is finished

O_o

umm...

THAT'S FRICKIN AWESOME!

adywan said:

ChainsawAsh said:
Agreed, I'm very excited about this.  It'll be the perfect companion piece to Ady's ESB reconstruction.

Now we just need someone to do a proper ANH recon ...

I'm going to be doing ANH reconstruction after ESB:R is finished

Oh my god, my thread was hijacked, I wonder if they'll want ransom...

Well, I guess I had it coming, I did the same thing to Ady's ESB reconstruction thread with this, only the force is stronger with Ady :-)

hairy_hen said:

Cool.  :)

Will it have the same frame count as the GOUT, so that determined users can add their own preferred mixes?

It will, I was actually gonna ask if it would be possible to use your new 5.1 mix that you recreated for Dark Jedi's  ROTJ.