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Octorox said:

ForceGhostRecon said:

Kexikus said:

Very well done except for the fact that they teleport from Scarif to Tatooine.

good point! Ideally, Tatooine should be painted out of the shot of the escape pod. I think that would help maintain continuity.

I don’t see how that would help…they still land on Tatooine, don’t they?

Maybe they meant replace Scarif in the Rogue One shot using the matte painting of the escape pod shot? I think that would be better than making Tatooine disapear

Besides what has already been said (making the SE and PT), I’d say his worst decision was replacing Gary Kurtz. Return of the Jedi could’ve been a lot better if Lucas didn’t have as much of a say in it.

Williarob said:

Big Thank You to Depheros for putting the archive I assembled up on the Spleen!

No problem. Thank you for making it available!

Wazzles said:

SilverWook said:

Will we get a teaser for the Superbowl? Surely something by May. Hard to believe the 40th anniversary of the movie we all love is a mere four months from now.

Didn’t the first TFA teaser come out like a week after the name reveal?

About 2 weeks. And the Superbowl is in 2 weeks. Hype confirmed.

Second attempt:

I like it. It’s growing on me, the same way “The Force Awakens” did after a while. I like the red, but I’m not really a fan of the new logos that emphasize STAR WARS instead of the title. I made this idea for a logo real quick:

oojason said:

Depheros said:

oojason said:

You have to register there to be able to download the covers - though they are usually ‘decent to very high quality’ covers and have their own forums too.

Don’t you have to pay in order to download uncompressed covers on that site? It’s ridiculous.

I think they have a Gold Membership thing for $10 annually where you can download any of the full size artwork there as often as you want (think the $10 is to help cover costs of hosting all the stuff they have there). Though for regular members you can download them for free (just in a smaller resolution/size).

Those covers above are in 6406x4293 for Gold Members - so IF* you only get half of that size for regular free members they’re still good quality covers for a 5 minute signup and browse around (and you may like it and stick around etc).

(* - I don’t know if you actually do get half size resolution - or smaller or larger than half sizes for free members).

The FAQ on there probably has more info on it - http://www.freecovers.net/faq

Alright, thanks for the info.

oojason said:

You have to register there to be able to download the covers - though they are usually ‘decent to very high quality’ covers and have their own forums too.

Don’t you have to pay in order to download uncompressed covers on that site? It’s ridiculous.

Williarob said:

I’ve had most (but not all!) of the old covers being posted here, sitting on a hard disk for years. Since the photobucket links will probably eventually die and leave these pages looking rather bare, I have uploaded about 4 GB (so far) to my site. Many of them are the same as posted above, but at a higher resolution.

I’m still generating the pages to host them so not all of them are accessible yet but they will be soon.

http://thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/page/Star-Wars-Cover-Art-Archive

http://thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/page/The-Empire-Strikes-Back-Cover-Art-Archive

http://thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/page/Return-of-the-Jedi-Cover-Art-Archive

… more to come

Awesome, thanks. Any chance you could upload the archive in its entirety so I don’t have to download everything individually?

stealthboy said:

Here is my finished njvc ten-disc set. I used JMoomer’s Criterion-style covers (with an additional fourth cover I made for my Trilogy Documentaries bonus disc). The box was custom made. The flyer has information about all ten discs.

Damn, that is beautiful! Nice work. I’d love the gimp source files.

Alderaan said:

Depheros said:

I’ve only seen the prequels once each, and I wish I hadn’t. I wish I could erase my memory of those films because they ruin certain parts of Star Wars for me.

Why? The OT existed for a long time before the prequels ever came out. The films resonated with people and they filled in the blanks with their own ideas, whatever impression was left upon them.

Obi-Wan told us that Anakin was the best pilot in the galaxy, a cunning warrior, and a good friend. Especially considering the way the OT was told through Luke’s perspective and his relationship with his dad, I always envisioned Anakin as being a mature, father-like figure, and a powerful and trusted Jedi, just like Obi-Wan and Yoda had described. Do the prequels prevent anyone from continuing to view Anakin in that light? Not for me. I could care less. Anakin will always be exactly as he was implied in the OT, not more, and not less.

I just wish that those blanks were left as blanks. I envisioned Anakin like you described, and in my opinion, that description does not fit the prequel Anakin the slightest bit. The prequels didn’t match up with the ideas and interpretations I had in my head, and that was just disappointing. I guess I just need to replace the prequels with the ideas I had in my head beforehand.

towne32 said:

Totally off topic (I like both of your color corrections), but is that a boom mic (and presumably camera equipment) in the reflection on 3PO’s head? Never noticed before.

Looks like it. Nice catch!

I’ve only seen the prequels once each, and I wish I hadn’t. I wish I could erase my memory of those films because they ruin certain parts of Star Wars for me. Whenever I hear “Anakin Skywalker,” I don’t want to think about the annoying prequel Anakin, I want to think about the OT Anakin. I don’t plan on watching them ever again, and I can’t recommend anyone else watch them at all.

NeverarGreat said:

I think that the Alderaan explosion was the one most in need of an update, but the one they gave it did little to make it better. If it was just the larger explosion it would have been fine, but they gave it the praxis shockwave, which just made it look dumb.

I think it would’ve been a better idea to only add the shockwave effect to the Death Star explosion, making it more epic compared to the Alderaan explosion. Save the gimmick for the grand finale.

REPORT-ESB-v2.0
0:20:16
I noticed that the matte painting and/or set seems to be altered even more. Here’s a comparison between Despecialized and Grindhouse (gamma boosted so you can see it better). Take a look at the support beams and walls on the sides. Also the lines surrounding the holes in the floor look brighter in Despecialized (not sure if that was changed or not).
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/196473

ActuallyLuke said:

Oh wow, I can’t wait to hunt those down! Also, what does LLP stand for? Forgive me if that’s a very obvious abbreviation here, I’m fairly new to the site!

LPP stands for Lowfade Positive Print. It’s Eastman/Kodak film stock.

Alderaan said:

ROTJ V2.5 MKV
Approximately 1:53:10

After Luke defeats Vader, he looks at his hand. His lightsaber goes through the railing on the left side of the frame.

Should go over it or was that messed up in the original?

The lightsaber is the same in that shot in Despecialized and Grindhouse.

NeverarGreat said:

Another milestone, reel 1 complete!

Reel 1: Preliminary Grade 100% - Finalized 100%
Reel 2: Preliminary Grade 90% - Finalized 20%
Reel 3: Preliminary Grade 100% - Finalized 90%
Reel 4: Preliminary Grade 100% - Finalized 100%
Reel 5: Preliminary Grade 100% - Finalized 93%
Reel 6: Preliminary Grade 85% - Finalized 85%
Total Preliminary: 95.8% - Finalized 81.3%

I am so hyped. Keep up the great work.

I still haven’t gotten a chance to watch the whole thing, I’ve only skipped around. From what I’ve seen, you’ve done some nice work! Good job.
One thing I noticed:
The subtitles for “I will not give up my favorite decoration” and “I like Captain Solo where he is” look different than the others. To me it looks like Ziggy’s edit was used there for some reason. Was that intentional?

alexp120 said:

Also, special edition audio that would be inappropriate for the Despecialized edition have to be removed and replaced with the Despecialized audio, like Luke’s scream as he falls down the Bespin reactor shaft in the SE cut (what I hear among the OT community, that is a pet peeve).

Luke’s scream is only present in the '97 special edition, as far as I know.

HKseriesDroid said:

Hello, I’m looking for the “Ziggy edit” and the “Spence Final Cut” of Return of the Jedi, can someone help me? I couldn’t find them af FE.org

Edit: Sorry, I’ve just seen that spence’s edit is listed under the future uploads.

I have Ziggy’s. Check your PMs.

I hope your daughter has a quick recovery, Poita

I’d love an invite as well

Jp4195 said:

Will there be a final definitive despecialized edition at some point ?

Right now ESB v2.5 is in the works. After that, the next releases will be version 3.0 for all 3 films, in 1080p I believe.

bouniter said:

Hey I’m trying to get my hands on a fan edit or the laser disc rip of muppets christmas carol for the family so if I could please get access to wherever it would be stored i’d be very grateful thankyou.

There are laserdisc rips of the Muppet Christmas Carol on the spleen. Also there’s a good fanedit of Emmet Otter on there that puts in missing scenes (including scenes of Kermit the Frog that were cut from most releases after Disney bought the Muppets). If you need more info shoot me a PM.