STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION — Page 342

Yeah, forgot bout the Yavin bits Mr Fish, the X-wing approach, pity they didn't do the whole Death Star battle as it jumps from obvious models to obvious CG, nothing seamless.

Overall I'd still prefer to watch the Classic to the SE......Adywans :R is easily the supreme version though.

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Jaitea said:

pity they didn't do the whole Death Star battle as it jumps from obvious models to obvious CG, nothing seamless.

 Yup Adywan did what GL and ILM SHOULD have done....I hope whoever is ultimately responsible for the SE's and 2004 DVD's has seen Revisited and feels like a total jackass

haha, I'd venture a guess that some of them HAVE seen the Revisted cut, it's really visible now. The fact that I discovered it is a testament to its reach :D

Hello Adywan,

I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your version of A New Hope.  It beats out George's cut by a mile.  I love the editing of the hut scene and the coloring.  The only thing that keeps it from being perfect for me though is the music during the Obi-Wan/Vader fight scene.  I tried your "Purist" version but that got rid of some of the edits you made that I liked.  I don't know how difficult it would be for you to make and possibly upload a version of A New Hope with everything except for the changed music in the Vader fight scene, but if you did, you would have one very happy fan.

Thanks and I hope you continue doing what you're doing for a long time.

hgfed said:

Hello Adywan,

I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your version of A New Hope.  It beats out George's cut by a mile.  I love the editing of the hut scene and the coloring.  The only thing that keeps it from being perfect for me though is the music during the Obi-Wan/Vader fight scene.  I tried your "Purist" version but that got rid of some of the edits you made that I liked.  I don't know how difficult it would be for you to make and possibly upload a version of A New Hope with everything except for the changed music in the Vader fight scene, but if you did, you would have one very happy fan.

Thanks and I hope you continue doing what you're doing for a long time.

 A version like what you describe is currently in the works, as I found myself in exactly the same predicament as yourself. Keep checking the forums, I'll be posting more news as this project moves forward.

Groovy.  Count me in.  :)

 Just wondering what one would have to do to get dvds of these fantastic versions. I downloaded ep 4 revisited and am blown away! I own all 6 films on dvd, some in more than one version. I can't seem to find any of the others. I'm dyin' to see em!

 I personally thought that the recut/with music lightsaber duel was a highlight...maybe THE highlight. The original is starting to look in comparison(to me anyway)like such a lazy hatchet job.

I'm so impatient for it, that I'm gonna spin on the floor like Curley Howard until he gets it done!

JediTray said:

Groovy.  Count me in.  :)

 will do

I watched the Revisited:Purist edition with my parents the other night, finally (I've been trying to get this thing in a long time)!

The last time I've watched ANH was Ady's regular Revisited cut back in 2006 (I think), while my parents the SE in cinema in '97.

Personally, I think the Purist edition is absolutely the best version of Star Wars I've seen. Maybe the original '77 cut has mostly faded from my memory, as I watched them nearly twenty years ago on VHS? Either way, I prefer the Purist to both '77 and '97SE (esp. the latter) and its my personal canon from now on.

I didn't really like some of the more radical edits in the regular Revisited cut, like the prequel music and imperial march, the very extended Death Star / TIE fighters reveal etc. The Purist not only brings back the story structure of the original cut, for which I'm very grateful, but the technical additions are spectacular.

Seeing the Yavin gas giant in the background during the battle, the rearranged and extended fighter-on-fighter engagements, the reworked blaster bolts (!) and lightsabers were all fantastic. From a technical perspective the conversations in the Falcon, while in hyperspace, are by far the most impressive and subtly done. Still, what I like most of all is a tie between two things:

- the duel between Obi-Wan and Vader... in the Purist it's so subtle and tastefully done I wasn't even sure that it got "boosted" for the edit.

- the Falcon vs. TIE fighters, escaping the Death Star. Absolutely thrilling. The prequels' best action scenes don't hold a candle to how Ady rearranged the space skirmish in the Purist/Revisited edit.

Removing the scene with Jabba early on was, in my opinion, a great move.

As for my parents, that's the first time they watched the entire movie in over a decade and they had a blast. They noticed it looked more visually impressive but they couldn't pick out the changes, besides a couple of (very nice!) CGI screens. While it's understandable because they haven't memorized the movie like most fans, I think it show how subtle most things blend in.

Overall, between the two, I'd definitely recommend the Purist edit. While Revisited had many things that took the movie a bit too far away from its original self, the Purist is like a visually enhanced '77 cut, which retains only the best CGI shots from the '97SE and adding a lot of its own. I just don't understand how could someone not love the Purist edit, it's magnificent and what Lucas should have made with the DVDs!

Now, my minor criticism:

- I don't know if it was due to me watching the movie on a very bright day, but the picture was a bit too dark and contrast-y in some places. Still, miles better than the DVDs even in the "worst" parts...

- Death Star "planet" background. Both edits (Revisited and Purist) are very impressive visually, but those composite shots always looked a little too fake.

- the Purist edit had some of the Yavin gas giant backgrounds removed compared to th Revisited, I think? Not sure why, as I liked Yavin in the background, but the battle still looked great.

I only wish it could have been HD. I don't know if it's possible, but I hope someone can take the Purist DVD and upscale it and do some filter magic, overlay some scenes once the BluRays come out etc. I don't want to be a whiner, but this edit just deserves the glory of HD... I wouldn't mind seeing a preservation of an edit!

Thanks, Ady! Looking forward to TESB: Revisited !

Burdokva said:

I don't know if it was due to me watching the movie on a very bright day, but the picture was a bit too dark and contrast-y in some places. Still, miles better than the DVDs even in the "worst" parts...

 Had the same issue. Solved it by taking one of my screens many preset settings and changing it to fit Adywan's Revisited. Basically its just a contrast issue. The image info IS there, you just have to pull it out of the black a little

vaderios said:

There is no data in the complete black areas.

 

 I found that there was an even greater darkness than usual, and when I played with the contrast it greatly improved alot of this. Having said that, I agree that Lucas has toyed with these so much that he's ruined alot of what WAS there and is no longer.

Yeah, there's so much detail lost in the blacks in the 2004 DVDs that no amount of color correction will get them back to the way they should be.  Ady did the very best he could with what he had.

vaderios said:

 

Id like to see your efforts..

 

-Angel

 I didn't make an edit...I simply played with the contrast settings on my screen.............it was noticeably darker than it should have been in areas that I know I had seen detail, so it seems that my screen just needed to be set to that particular DVD

Angel wants the TV shipped to him. ;-)