Darth Editous

The original version was a Krayt (sp?) dragon noise while the 2004 DVD is of the lizard thing from Ep 3.

Are you not tempted to start your own 'Darth Editous 2004 Set' thread so people can find out more info on your version a little easier m8? - 20 pages and counting is some thread to go through and find (prob my short attention span

A little confusing shifting through all the threads on here - am wondering how many Edits/versions of the 2004 SW dvds there are being done at the moment or already completed?

Anybody seen Darth Editous online recently? I've been missing his updates.

Darth Editous: this fanfare can be found in the French mix, on the official DVD.

It shouldn't be difficult to mix in from this source.

It's just something that becomes engrain in you and when it is missing, it's glaring.

But if you say screw that, I understand that too.

Now if only you'd ditched the stupid praxis ring.

That would be impossible without resorting to footage from before the Special Edition, which I think looks a lot worse, or creating a brand new explosion which would be too much.



No I didn't. Edited to add I've just been doing some research and it looks like I was mistaken about where this change was. Now I've had a chance to check it, I don't think it would be easy enough to fix. Using SE Laserdisc audio is fine for small changes, but I don't think I could paste it in seamlessly, and a 2.0 soundtrack wouldn't be enough to work from because the scene is sound effect heavy.

I suppose it's too late to grab a copy, but then, there's always the torrent release.

I'd say take one of the interior bars, rotate it to be vertical, and the interiors will match the exteriors.

I'll have a look to see how much work it is, but I think it would be easier to remove the bar from exterior shots. It's probably something I can happily live without fixing



I don't mind if you want to re-time it, or do anything else to it for that matter. I honestly can't see much of a problem on the shots on the SWLegacy site. Where he says one shot is blue and one shot is grey, if I look close and squint, they look like two very slightly different shades of blue...

Have you thought about re-cutting the battle of yavin to match the earlier timing from the original cuts?
I.E. splitting the passby shot back up in to the original two-shots.

Originally posted by: skyman8081
Lord Editious, have you considered adding in a bar to the middle of the falcon's windsheild to match the model shots of it in the movie, and rest of the trilogy.

Perhaps, grab it from ESB or ROTJ.

See this shot for details.

It's an idea, but I think I'd rather remove the bar from the exterior shots (if I wanted to spend the time, which I don't!).



I have a 300Gb external hard drive

If the latter, how are you managing to join your re-encoded mpeg2s with the parts from the DVD, every method I have tried has introduced artifacts at the point of the join.

Originally posted by: RichKS
Editous,

This project is really interesting to me. I haven't read your list of changes, I'd kinda like to wait until I can see the finished thing and see what I spot.

One thing about the screenshot you've posted above: Is the top strip (the one just below the dome) supposed to still be blue?

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
If you must have a green R2, maybe try dulling down the green a bit - it's way too bright.

I think you're right. I'll go back to the drawing board on that one. I changed it to a pure green hue, but shifting over towards yellow and desaturating a bit gives a nicer result (still to be tweaked):



Originally posted by: Moth3r
The Darth Editous version is one I would like to see, because it sounds like all the Lucas stuff I would find objectionable has been removed. For the "wow" factor as well, everything is in Lowry-cleaned-up DVD quality, there are new CGI effects (remember I've never seen the SE) and the soundtrack is in Dolby Digital 5.1 (I assume?).

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
I quoted mverta, because I kinda echoed his feelings.

Ah, okay, that makes sense Still, I'd hope that not all my changes would be traumatic. I've tried a few on friends (like the back projection replacement of Alderaan, or the dish added to the Falcon) and the general response was "Huh? What's different?"

Originall posted by: Hardcore Legend
If you really want to fix a Vader pantomime, look at the discussion between Tarkin and Vader about Leia's lie. He is flailing his arms around like he's trying to sign the whole thing to Tarkin.

(mverta) You removed a shot of Vader because he appears 'pantomimish?'

It's just as the shot cuts from behind Leia ("Only you could be so bold"). Vader comes to a stop, puts his fists on his hips and sticks out one knee, and to me it makes him look, well, less than macho



I'm sure you won't be the only person to find it highly objectionable, and I can totally see your point, but every time I see that scene I wonder why there's no response from Luke.

(MeBeJedi) For what it's worth - and I don't want to come across as knocking your efforts... I would probably find all these changes distracting or jolting.

Although I'm dubious about a green R2 unit suddenly appearing in the jawa's droid lineup!)

I did consider replacing the shot with a repeat of some other shot of R2 in the line-up, but I decided on the green paint as the most minimal change that would correct the goof.

Anyway, just thought that site might be a useful reference for some of the defects present on the DVD, there may be something there that you've missed.

Originally posted by: Mr Freeman


I don't know if this is too difficult to fix, but in some scenes in the Death Star battle, the comlink is on the wrong side of the pilot helmets.

Great work, by the way!