CatBus

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They are all 720p. As long as Harmy’s primary source is the 2011 Blu-rays, there’s not much point in doing a higher-res version, since the Blu-rays don’t have any real detail above 720p beyond sharpening artifacts. If someday a better-quality SE release comes out (e.g. the rumored Reliance Media 4K scan), that might open the door to 1080p versions, but the problem is that all the despecialized shots would need to be re-despecialized from scratch–a major undertaking.

In the much more likely scenario that a better-quality fan preservation based on a film scan comes out, Harmy’s been fairly candid that there’s no need to despecialize something that’s not SE to begin with, so he wouldn’t see the need to do anything at all with it. I’d personally see a benefit from mixing in a few extra frames from another source at the reel changes to get it GOUT-synced (and thus have access to all our audio tracks), but a lot more people would be capable of doing that than just Harmy.

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Estimated release dates for the DeEd’s are an inside joke here. One estimate provided from Harmy himself was over a year off. So, in short, you’re not going to get accurate estimates, except maybe a few hours before the actual release you might have a shot.

Now, if you’re not satisfied with that, I can provide you with some wildly inaccurate estimates based on my patented Predicto-Vision method. ROTJ DeEd 2.0 will be released 3/14/2016 at about 3pm UTC, ESB DeEd 2.5 will be released 11/26/2016 at about 10am UTC, and ROTJ DeEd 2.5 will be released 6/2/2017, completely coincidentally also at about 10am UTC.

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SilverWook said:

As I’ve said in the past, the HS is a rite of passage. You’re not truly a Star Wars fan until you’ve seen the whole thing at least once.

And those who find it intolerable know nothing of hell. 😉

It’s on youtube. Watch it! I triple dog dare you!

Pfft, child’s play. Four words that will leave you begging to watch either of the aforementioned holiday specials: Revenge of the Sith

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CatBus said:

At the moment, I am re-timing the alien subtitles to match theatrical timing.

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The problem is that if I release the re-timed project before any preservations actually use theatrical timing for the alien subtitles, then Project Threepio’s timing will just seem off, sometimes badly so.

On a hunch, I checked my new subtitle timing against dark_jedi’s ROTJ V3 DVD preservation, and sure enough, it’s a match. So I was wrong–apparently we’ve had enough clues about subtitle timing for some time now, ROTJ Despecialized v1 just didn’t use them. I don’t know if the V3 timing is frame-accurate or not (that point’s not important to me), but it’s certainly theatrical give or take a frame or two.

So I guess I could release the project with updated timing and it wouldn’t fail to sync up with the alien subs on every ROTJ preservation out there, just not ROTJ DeEd v1. The odd thing is that this project originally got its timing from the V3 DVD’s, and I later changed it to match the DeEd’s as the version 2’s started coming out.

Anyway, the project isn’t in any state to release just yet anyway, but maybe I don’t have to wait for Harmy after all.

It’s still pending. We’re all on pins and needles. And mouse droppings.

Darth Lucas said:

I’m gonna be pretty stubborn on the names thing though haha sorry I just can’t bring myself to put just the year to differentiate them all.

Hey, as long as you don’t mind there being a Finaler Edition and Finalerer Edition someday.

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Darth Lucas said:

Here is an update on the cover. I think this is the final design I’m going to go with. Any input? I added an extra disc for the 2011 version.

Calling the 2011SE the “Final Edition” seems awfully optimistic to me.

Lord Shorzen said:

I would want to report something that is wrong with the audio in the Castilian dub track (sorry if it has been addressed before): For a minute or so in the trash compactor scene the dubbing is changed to the Latino one. The voices are right for the rest of the movie, after and before that scene. The specific time slot is from 1:16:42 to 1:19:45.

A fixed track is already available as a separate download–PM me if you’re interested.

PM’s sent. BTW, ROTJ Despecialized (in its original AVCHD form) didn’t have the subtitles that the other two did, because it’s much older. One of the reasons I’m looking forward to ROTJ DeEd 2.x is that reasonably recent subtitles will be available for all three films (although I’m always finding errors and adding languages, so Star Wars will then become the one with the most problematic subtitles, because it’s the next-oldest)

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PM sent–yeah, the MKV must be a remux or re-encode–if you have problems, look for the AVCHD.

elielastar said:

Hi,

Can I please have FR subtitles .srt for the Star Wars Trilogy despecialized edition 720P?
Great job thx!

Cheers

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StarChewyWar said:

Jeez, it’s not that bad! Even if you don’t like it, it still improves Return of the Jedi a bit.

What? If he thinks this about the worst prequel, imagine what he thinks about the better ones…

Mrebo said:

There is allegedly a test the eye doctor can do to check if your eyes are attuned to the 3D experience. I suspect my eyes struggle more than others but maybe I just don’t enjoy it.

Well, there’s no shortage of crazy pop-out effect movies to test yourself out on. It’s quite possible to see the effect and fail to see the point of the effect, which is where I’ve pretty much landed on every “You just have to see this in 3D!” movie. Assuming you can see the effect, it’s just a matter of finding the type of film it where you can see the point of the effect (which is subjective), and then whether you actually like that type of film (which is also subjective). If I opt to see TFA, it’ll definitely be in 2D.

ray_afraid said:

True, but if you step back for a moment, you just might realize it doesn’t matter. At all.

Bah, you could say that about anything!

Smiles, everyone, smiles!

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zoozilla said:

Judging by your avatar, I assume you’re a Ghibli fan - I bet after doing a project like this, the dubtitles on some of Disney’s Ghibli releases bother you a lot.

Ha! They don’t bother me at all – I have the Japanese versions 😉

But seriously, some people love dubs, and some people love subtitles that match their dubs (and this latter part makes sense from a hearing impaired point of view). In fact, we have had at least one project here to create subtitles that more closely resemble a particular dub. All translations are imperfect, but dubtitles are just not my thing.

What really bugs me about the Disney releases is the altered credits. If you’re not watching the dub, why see the dubbing credits?

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Mavimao said:

For me, the real problem with Jedi is that, story wise, it only does two things: tie up loose ends in a not so flattering fashion and finish Luke’s story.

That’s a plus and a minus to me. I still enjoy the film, but I can feel how threadbare and problematic it is. As such, I’m glad it uses whatever gusto it still can muster to wrap up the story of Star Wars. In many ways, it was very gutsy for Lucas to say farewell to the Star Wars galaxy with Jedi, and then just pack it up and go home. After the runaway success of the Star Wars films (even Jedi), he’d certainly have been tempted to make more films, even after the inspiration and care behind these films had been thoroughly burnt out. I hate to think about what might have been.