Erikstormtrooper

Spence, your latest crawl is good - I can live with that :)

I was thinking about what Bingowings said, and I've thrown together something with a little more punch. I left your final paragraph the same.

The Rebel Alliance has been driven to the fringes of the galaxy. Still burdened by the terrible truth of his father's fate, Luke Skywalker has returned to Dagobah to complete his Jedi training with Master Yoda.

Meanwhile, in a daring attempt to rescue Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca have infiltrated the court of the vile gangster JABBA THE HUTT. Upon learning of Chewbacca's capture, Princess Leia has impatiently rushed to Tatooine to free her friends.

Little do they know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE is secretly constructing a new DEATH STAR. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy...

Good points. How's this thing going to open again? What's the first scene?

Bingowings, I agree. I think the middle paragraph could use some more punching up. But I think the first and third are solid on their own.

Writing the proper crawl is an art form, and I think many fanedits with custom crawls don't give it enough care.

This revised crawl by hebrides is very good, but it could be tightened up just a bit.

Here's my stab at it:

After discovering the terrible truth of his father's fate, Luke Skywalker has returned to Dagobah to complete his Jedi training with Master Yoda.

Meanwhile, Lando Calrissian has infiltrated the court of the vile gangster JABBA THE HUTT. Learning that Chewbacca has been captured, Lando has sent a message to Princess Leia. Growing impatient for Luke to return, the Princess has developed her own rescue plan.

Little do they know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE is secretly constructing a new DEATH STAR. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy...

(Better, but it might still need some additional polishing. When it says Lando learns of Chewbacca's capture, something about that doesn't seem quite right. Lando and Chewie were supposed to be working together, but the crawl makes it sound like they weren't.)

Mike Verta is very private about everything he does. I doubt his work will ever see the light of day. The projects here that tried to coordinate with him suddenly went silent. 

"The standard definition restoration of Star Wars was indeed completed, long ago. I just never got around to updating the site." Thanks! So you have possibly the holy grail of Star Wars preservations, but it slipped your mind to mention it? I don't know Mike personally, but this is pretty insensitive.

The fact that he has the DVD version completed, but is sitting on it, is more depressing than if he'd never done it in the first place.

I've been a regular watcher from the beginning. Overall, it's pretty good. Occasionally there's a stupid episode, but I think the good outweighs the bad.

I think they have a better take on Anakin than the prequels. And they have the right instincts when it comes to referring to the OT (Y-Wings, Tarkin, etc).

It doesn't really compare to the original Clone Wars mini-cartoons though. Those were just pure action and character - like Samurai Jack in the Star Wars universe. And I mean that in a good way.

For a Star Wars show, the Clone Wars series is pretty satisfying. I'm not really looking forward to the long-rumored live-action series. If it follows the current prequel trend, it can only be bad.

Bob, nice job on de-aging Palpatine in the AOTC clip! Thanks for sharing.

I'm impressed that you're going to be giving v3 this level of scrutiny. Bravo!

Bob, I was thinking about the way that Palpatine looks older in AOTC than he does in ROTS. Do you think it would be possible to make him more pale in ROTS (via color correction), to make up for this?

I prefer the first version of the flyby. The second is too grainy in my opinion.

The clips look good, harmy. The window shot looks more stable than the SE version.

Diego said:

Will every Imperial die of natural causes so our heroes don't look like cold-blooded murderers?

Shortly before the Death Star explodes, Tarkin orders all personnel on board to be gassed.

So these are based on the broadcast versions (gkar, flunk, reviax, etc), right?

And more importantly, HOW TO GET?

I haven't had a chance to listen to this yet. Are the lines different when Han is talking to the Cloud Car pilot?

I totally agree. This is the reason I never, ever watch the SE of ROTJ.

doh!

Great news! Thanks!

DJ, are these done now?

FWIW, I've noticed many portable DVD players in the US seem to play PAL.

Jambe Davdar said:

I've just got back to the UK after a few days away on business. Are there any of you American based folks who I've already sent the dvd to, who could sort out Sluggo please? I have so much to do and am flying away again on Tuesday!

I haven't received my copy yet. But I'd be happy to send one to sluggo once I get it.

That was zeppelinrox. I don't think I've seen him comment on it yet.

Are you referring to Harmy's Despecialized versions?

Did you watch the whole thing to check to sync? I thought someone said it would drift at various points throughout the movie.

SpenceEdit said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQigbmX4hwg&feature=player_embedded

This is better than I'd expected. I recommend you trim just a little bit of footage, so that the music ends right after the catwalk falls.

Instructions sent via PM. Assuming you know how to use a computer and burn DVDs, it's not hard.