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Star War – The Third Gathers – Backstroke of the West – HD Remaster – Preservation Edition [PRN2.3]
Trailer
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Video
Audio
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2020 Blu-Ray 7.1 Mix
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Sound Effects Pulled from YouTube (Lightsabers, Footsteps, Courscant Traffic Ambience, etc.)
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Schorman’s HDTV Preservation (5.1 Dolby Digital EX Track)
Subtitles
Video Editing
I used an HDTV preservation as the source because it’s the same cut of the movie as the DVD (except in HD obviously). So, this means there is no moss on top of the huts on Kashyyyk, the transition at 02:02:18 doesn’t have a wipe, the clones don’t have any dialog when they ambush on Utapao, and more. The subsequent Blu-Ray releases were also slightly cropped. So, the HDTV preservation is the most accurate to the DVD while still being in HD. Thanks to BbqChkn for creating a fully accurate opening crawl animation. Apparently, the IMDB credits are inaccurate. So, I have updated the credits with a more complete and accurate list provided by TheThirdGathers.
Audio Editing
I used the 2020 Blu-Ray mix because it’s 7.1. I only used the 5.1 Dolby Digital EX Track to cover up the clone dialog that was added during the Utapao ambush. I kept as much of the original sound effects as I could, but I did have to insert a lot of new sound effects. For some scenes, I rebuilt the entire soundtrack from scratch. Something that I noticed after starting this project is that, in the dub recordings, Allah Gold says “Is an airship that that slowness crawl along.” However, in the original 2.0 mix, he says “Is an airship that slowness crawl along.” I spoke with the original creator (u/TheThirdGathers on Reddit) and confirmed that Allah Gold’s line in the 2.0 mix was a mistake and not a creative choice. So, the full line has been restored. There are a few other discrepancies between the performances and the subtitles. I tried to fix these by rearranging the lines, but I couldn’t get it to sound right. So, I left the rest of them as is. I actually ended up mixing the 7.1 down to 5.1 because 5.1 is a more common format that’s more compatible.
Subtitle Editing
- I removed the opening crawl translation.
Chapter Markers
I created the chapter marker titles using a combination of Google Translate, the original DVD chapter titles, and lines from the movie. For the fight scenes, I just replaced the character names with their Backstroke of the West counterparts. For example, the “Yoda vs. Sidious” chapter marker was changed to “Vanquish Is vs. Speaker D.” It was mostly just whatever felt right.
Alternate Audio Tracks
Original 2.0 AC3
- This is the original mix created by The Third Gathers.
Alternate Subtitle Tracks
Original Subtitles (No Opening Crawl Translation) [Retimed] [SRT]
- These subtitles don’t contain the opening crawl translation and they have been retimed for the Remastered 5.1 AAC audio track.
Original Subtitles [SRT]
- These are the original subtitles that still include the translations for the opening crawl.
Bonus Features
Trailer
Hero’s Ground Rebeled - HD Remaster
DaVinci Resolve Project Files
GIMP Poster Artwork Project Files
Miscellaneous Notes
Since this version is a preservation, you can actually use MKVToolNix to mux these audio tracks with whatever version of Revenge of the Sith you want. So, you should be able to mux this with the 4K Blu-Ray if you have that, or you could mux it back into Schorman’s HDTV Preservation for the most accurate Backstroke of the West experience (because it has the original opening crawl). You can also mix and match the audio tracks with different versions of the preservation edition.
Although I’ve spent a lot of time on this project, I’m almost certain there are mistakes. So, please let me know if something doesn’t sound right, and I will try to fix it.
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