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Finally, after several starts and stops I think this project is nearing completion. Small problem though.... the adigitalman edit of Empire I need for the restored "Bring my Shuttle line" is incomplete. The torrent stalled and I was able to yank part of the audio, but not the music cues I need to make a seamless transition. Anyone have, or know how I can track the Adigitalman edit down online? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Well.... I downloaded the 50 gig version of Revenge of the Sith off of Usenet, but there's no par files. I have several files that appear to be corrupt and no way to repair them. Anyone know where some par files may be or am I out of luck?

I don't quite get transfering a Betamax copy of Star Wars to DVD. For that matter, I don't get transfering a VHS version either. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of DVD, imho.

I wonder if the Wookiegroomer on here and the one actually posting these releases are two different people. Things that make you go hmmm... I'm sure you all know why I'm asking that question.

Sorry for the lame title of this thread. I’ve been toying around with the idea of doing my “perfect edit” of The Empire Strikes Back in anticipation of ESBR. There’s a few things that just drive me nuts about the 1997 version. Here’s what I want to do:

1. Remove shot of Wampa writhing in pain with its arm cut off
2. Restore Vader’s original line of “Bring my Shuttle” when leaving Bespin
3. Removing additional shot of Vader walking to the shuttle
4. Removing Vader’s shuttle arriving at Super Star Destroyer scene (I would deleted the shuttle flying to the Super Star Destroyer scene too, but the music cut is too jarring, unfortunately).
5. Keeping the new Emperor scene from 2004.
6. Removing Luke’s falling scream, yet again.

Here’s the elements I have:

1. Adywan’s 14 gig color-corrected version
2. Wookiegroomer’s 40 gig color-corrected version (for new Emperor scene)
   3)Adigitalman’s Edit of Episode V (with Bring my shuttle line-will need to re-encode at 640k Dolby)

I have the following software available for use:
TsMuxer, Sony Vegas, DVD Lab Pro, Sound Forge 9

I’ve done some basic editing at DVD level before but don’t have a clue on where to begin for HD editing. Unfortunately I don’t have any knowledge or time to properly learn Sony Vegas so I’m hoping someone can briefly, if possible, walk me through this.

Essentially, the work itself shouldn’t be too difficult. I think TSmuxer will let me cut segments out of the M2Ts files although I’m not quite sure how to do it. I just want to cut out the few shots, re-encode the DVD audio for the Bring my Shuttle line to 640k and replace the audio in that scene to what it was before, and then finally–rejoin the files.

Does anyone have some ideas on the easiest way to go about doing this? I plan to post this to Usenet once completed! 😃

Hey Adywan, are you going to be able to fix that horrible "crossed saber" issue when Luke tries to cut off the Emperor's head? I can't believe how horrible that looks. Apparently it doesn't take much to be a QC person at Lucasfilm! ;)

I'm curious... does anyone know if the original theatrical prequels had the various tints? I definitely think Adywan's versions look more natural, but am wondering if the original unaltered video color timing is in line with what George Lucas intended.  

That's okay. I don't think it's worth putting the time and effort into such a project if all you're going to do is get stressed out and pissed off when people bring up potential issues. Besides, Adywan's versions will be A-Ok! "I'm terribly sorry about this... after all he's only a Wookiegroomer!"

Recently uploaded the Return of the Jedi Blu-Ray. The quality is excellent. For those of you without a Blu-Ray burner but have a PS3 (like me). You can transfer the M2TS file directly to the PS3 with PS3 media server. It's 40 gigs and may take hours, but it's well worth it. The only criticisms I have is that the crossed sabers issue still hasn't been fixed, but that's a limitation of the original source anyway. The colors also still seem a bit off on Vader's saber but everything else looks very very nice. Great work Wookiegroomer!

Use par buddy with one of the par files and it will restore the missing par file. Still don't quite get the whole par rebuilding concept, but it's worked when I needed it!

Silly carbon units! Does having a 13 month old qualify me as a V'Gin?

And are there any changes or alterations putting it more in line with the original version?

WOOKIEGROOMER: Hey, I just released a 45 gigabyte version of The Empire Strikes Back in HD!

FANBOY02: Awesome! What changes did you make for this release?

WOOKIEGROOMER: Go f*&$% yourself!

Wookiegroomer... is your work on these Blu-Ray releases turning you to the dark side of the force? I can feel the hatred swelling in you now. ;) I'm probably not in the minority thinking this has become way too much drama for something that's supposed to be enjoyable for all of us. Anyone else on here manage to get this and want to share some details on the edit?

This is becoming almost comical. Star Wars Episode VII: The 40 Gig Mystery. We love your work Wookie Groomer... the whole cloak and dagger routine is puzzling... :)

Anyone hear crickets chirping?

And once again... is this a special edit or just simply the 2004 version in HD resolution? Any other details would be appreciated.

Does anyone know which version of the Empire Special Edition this is? Are there any alterations from the 1997 or 2004 versions?

Wookiegroomer, what's the scoop on your Blu-Ray release? Is it the '97 or '04 edition or some hybrid of the two? Am eager to hear all about this, including specs! :)

Vaderios...great work on the AT-AT attack visuals. One thing though... You should probably edit the "chemtrails" out of the new sky shots in the background. The skies should be solid blue like in the film.

So Adywan, which release is next on the list for the AVCHD treatment? Will you have time while working on Empire Revisted?

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I want to make these PS3 compatible (AVCHD?).

Hey everyone! I’m thinking of tackling a bit of an ambitious project here. What I would like to do is get ahold of the German Broadcasts and the Sky Broadcasts of the prequel trilogy, edit them together so the English subtitles all appear where they belong and edit in the original DVD AC3 audio. Wookiegroomer and Adywan are already in the process of doing this, but what I want to do is make full BDROM versions without any compression of the video whatsoever. I think that would require 18 - 20 gigs, which fits on a 25 gig BDROM just fine. Of course, I would need to change the framerate to 24 fps from 25 (PAL). Anyone know what I would need to do to accomplish this or where I can find these original files? I’m not going to tackle the original trilogy since the color correction is way beyond my capabilities at this point. Anyone interested in getting full uncompressed Blu Rays of the prequel trilogy? I would love to try doing this.

But Ady.... Greedo never shoots in this version, right?! :)

Getting off track...Ady, how's the progress going? I hope you still release at least Episode II and III, since Wookiegroomer's version has German subtitles in a few spots! Das is nein guten! Dying to see the color corrected Empire.