FrankT

It worked - you should have a link now.

Hm. I'll have to take a closer look when I have the time.

Meanwhile - a new version of the printed materials is now available!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kn2qv4CCwWOE94VG1aNnVkRFU/edit?usp=sharing

I could do a VHS transfer of my tape of it! It wouldn't be very good though...

You sure? It's still saying you only allow PMs from friends.

Surprisingly, I was able to extract almost all of the contents of the first tape! The results... not as bad as I was expecting. It's still very fuzzy, but for what it's worth, everything's there; no primitive DVNR like the 2006 DVD. So... it's something. But you'll have to be the judge, I've never preserved VHS tapes before...

Quite interesting actually. On repeated viewings I notice those little things I hadn't noticed before and in fact wasn't supposed to notice (garbage mattes, mainly, but also some mirrored shots). But, these movies are, after all, the intricate masterpieces of a fallible race of sentient beings.

But I’m not done yet! Let’s alter the already bad scenes and make them worse!

Jar Jar is removed, which is a blessed relief until it’s revealed that the characters now speak to a tennis ball on a string (sound familiar?)

Airbrush the wrinkles off Jabba the Hutt…

Speaking of Jabba, he now has orgies in his palace.

Zam Weasel is now the Grinch in disguise.

In a Hollywood-shrinking move, Hermione Bagwa becomes Hermione Granger.

And of course, the ultimate insult: the Emperor is now played by George Lucas himself! Yes, art imitates life as he turns from his former, more respectable self…

…to a slightly psychotic con-man.

As a result of faulty colour timing, Mustafar is now a toxic waste facility…

…and Anakin is doused in nuclear waste, dissolving most of his internal organs, and forcing him to become Darth Vader!!

Also, some sound changes…

Great Krayt!

“No… not into the pit! IT BURNNNsssss”

Perhaps I should've mentioned that in my letter. Just to be doubly sure they get through to us.

First of all, send the movies through the digital labs again, so that this time they’re incredibly bit-crushed and the colours are even more dubious.

Make the garbage mattes so blatantly and painfully obvious…

Remove the detention block extension, even move the wall further to the camera

Airbrush the wrinkles from the Emperor’s face.

And as a nod to Temura Morrison being both Jango and Boba Fett, Mark Hamill is now Anakin as well as Luke!

With the exceptions of Episode I, where he’s played by FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

And Episode VI where he’s played by Marlon Brando.

Although Mark makes a comeback at the end.

Oh, and Watto gains weight and has a 'tache.

That’ll be eighty dollars.

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FIVE STARS! A+! FOUR STARS!

(thanks to http://www.xblackrockx.com/starwars/ for the original captures)

DuracellEnergizer said:

I would have preferred one colour for both the Jedi and the Sith or one colour for the Jedi and Sith each over the unbalanced mess utilized by the PT. Sith get only red while Jedi get blue, green, and the occasional purple? Give me a break!

 What about hot pink?

Well.. fair enough, I suppose.

Oh but sir, you are too modest! ;>

I'd send them to you if your friend list wasn't blocking me!

No need to apologise for that.

I've always loved everything Rik Mayall's done!

Not before I started doing a more intensive restoration.

I would if I knew where the side panel was.. I... really don't know much about this kind of thing... I'm probably going to have to hand this operation over to someone else - you know, send my tapes off to someone who knows better than me.

Well I'm trying to find a viable hosting source at the moment - MEGA is far too slow, and I don't know how to seed a torrent effectively.

Well let's see...

• CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
• CPU Speed: 3.3 GHz
• RAM: 4.1 GB
• OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (build 9200), 64-bit
• Video Card: GeForce GT 620; Pixel Shader v5, Vertex Shader v5, 2 GB Dedicated Video RAM
• Sound Card: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
• Free Disk Space: 154.9 GB

Ok - what sort of specifications do you need?

Blast it! Well I'm going to have to send that player back now, aren't I?

Presenting for your delectation…

Right now, I’ve managed to scan most all of the printed material in the Executor boxset, which includes:

• Cover art for all four VHS boxes
• A few pages from the Complete Scripts book
• Art prints of six matte paintings from the movies
• Art prints of John Alvin’s poster art
• Certificate of Authenticity

I’ve also tried cleaning these scans up a little… but some of them have ended up at awkward angles, and there’s this moire patterning which I can’t get rid of adequately. I may end up having to send off the unaltered copies to another, more competent restorationist than me. But it’s mostly all there.

This collection is available on request.

As for the videos themselves - haven’t had a chance to look at them yet, I’m still working my head around getting the transfer process right. Further bulletins as events warrant.

Oh dear... it's rather too late now. ...I don't even know how to install these capture cards.. ;(

Well I've decided to chance getting a VHS-DVD combo player, see if that'll do the job for me.

Right, well, I've taken delivery of the set, and I've scanned in all the printed materials at 1000dpi, including a few pages from the scriptbook. However... the descreening method has left a pattern not unlike a corduroy fabric. I'm probably going to have to send it off to someone, so if they can correct it. Anybody willing to help?