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Interesting stuff I discovered synching the Team Negative1 Silver Screen Edition (SSE) to Harmy’s Despecialized Edition version 2.5. The goal of this was to teach myself video editing, and to have a 1920x1080 SSE that matches Harmy’s English DTS 5.1 audio, which I hear matches GOUT. I don’t have a copy of GOUT to use.
All frame numbers refer to Harmy’s version.
- Harmy’s has 105 more frames by the final shot transition before the end credits swipe (f:168,675). By the time I synch the final shot, I will have had to add 105 blank frames to the SSE.
- Harmy’s “Look, sir. Droids.” shot (f:21,789) is ahead one frame. Swipes don’t match. (Maybe Harmy’s doing in removing SE crap. Maybe difference between Harmy’s source and SSE.)
- Harmy’s following sandcrawler shot (f:22,121) is behind a frame or few. The following shot is back to perfect synch (f:22,290).
- Interestingly, the change to reel 2 just before “thank the maker” syncs perfectly (~f:27,826).
- Harmy’s has 12 extra frames at the end of the shot in which Ben kneels to touch Luke’s wrist as Luke lies unconscious (f:42,504). Funny thing is that in those frames, Luke’s fingers move slightly even though he seems to be out cold. Ben’s hand remains a bit longer on Luke’s wrist and starts to lift off which is about 2 frames inconsistent with the start of the next shot (f:42,605).
- Harmy’s has 4 extra frames at the end of the “the droid does belong to you” shot (f:45,050).
- Harmy’s has 3 extra frames at the end of the “one swift stroke” shot and 1 at the beginning of the next (f:55,749). This is the transition from reel 2 to reel 3.
- Harmy’s has 1 extra frame at end of first shot of reel 3 (f:55,749).
- Harmy’s has 1 extra frame as Ben says “it’s too dangerous” (f:56,927).
- Harmy’s shot of Luke racing home in his landspeeder (f:57,164) is 5 frames ahead of the SSE, which means that the final frames are not in the SSE. Interestingly, the coloring of these final frames suddenly becomes sharper.
- Harmy’s has 4 extra frames in the shot of the 3 tie fighters flying toward the death star after Luke sees his dead relatives (f:58,362). This footage is 5 frames ahead of the SSE and the death star definitely seems to be further away from the camera ending up being much smaller and higher in the frame. The result is that the ties don’t seem to get as close to it has they do in the SSE. Perhaps this is a special edition recomposite.
- Harmy’s has 1 extra frame at the end of the shot of the group on the cliff overlooking Mos Eisley (f:60,650).
- Harmy’s has 1 extra frame at the beginning of the shot in which Luke walks up to the cantina bar (f:64,771).
- Harmy’s has 2 extra frames at the end of the shot in which Han and Chewie get up from the table to leave the cantina (f:70,505).
- Harmy’s has 1 extra frame at the end of the shot in which Tarkin looks at Alderaan with his back to the camera and waves off another officer (f:78,664).
- Harmy’s has 4 extra frames at the end of the shot in which Chewie smoothes his hair back at the chess table (f:83,448).
- Reel 3 was by far the most screwy reel. I had to make 8 splits in this section.
- Change to reel 4 (f:86,677). Harmy’s has 39 extra frames at the beginning of the first shot of reel 4 when the officer enters Tarkin’s chamber and 19 extra frames at the end of the previous shot in which Luke enters a “larger world”.
- Change to reel 5 (f:113,652). Harmy’s has 2 extra frames at the end of the shot in which a soaked Luke says the monster just “disappeared” and 4 extra frames at the beginning of the following shot of Leia.
- Change to the final reel – reel 6 (f:144,054). Harmy’s has 3 extra frames at the end of the shot in which the green R2 unit is lowered into the x-wing and 3 extra frames at the beginning of the following shot of the “all pilots to your stations” x-wing.
- Reels 1, 4, 5 and 6 needed no edits other than the beginnings and endings of the reels. I removed the Team Negative1 opening simply to sync the beginning. All due respect and love to them and Harmy, of course!
