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Thank you, Octorox, for the glimpse of what looks like a properly presented 1080p version of the 4K masters. The contrast looks good compared to how it appears when I view it on Disney+, which still doesn’t make sense to me. The image itself looks wonderful; certainly the best I’ve seen the OT look. The colors still don’t seem like a slam dunk to me, though obviously a huge improvement over the Lowry masters by default.

I’m hoping I can get the chance to at least put out an updated ROTJ workprint using this as the main source. That would go a long way to making it truly watchable, as a temporary version at least. The colors and overall appearance are more similar to 4K83 than I would have expected. The colors are more natural and it feels less saturated. I’ve used Adywan’s color work for ANH and based ESB off DrDre’s work, with each appearing somewhat ‘technicolor.’ This master of ROTJ would seem to need a little work to fit in well alongside the other two. That, or redo ANH and ESB using the new master, which may well make sense to do at a later time.

I imagine what Adywan comes up with would be the most congruent with my presentations of ANH and ESB, though. For now, I hope to switch my temporary primary source to the new master and await whatever fan work emerges to use as a final source.

EDIT; I almost forgot the reason I wanted to post. While taking a look and listen to my ROTJ timeline, I made a few more reversions to OOT audio during the Sarlacc sequence to undo some subtle audio tweaks that were made to accompany the CGI beak. I ensured none of these changes disrupted the flow in 5.1, with each of them feeling smooth individually as well as part of the overall mix.

Because of this, I will also include these in veerrrry slightly updated version of ROTJ’s GOUT and 4K84 synced 1997 SE audio mixes.

Boy I sure haven’t either. Wish I’d done more to. Oh, well. Some of what I’d looked at months ago I’m told is more or less confirmed wholesale.

I’ll be attending it with my brother who wouldn’t have been spoiled much if at all, so I’ll have his eyes to be viewing them through anyway.

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I haven’t been careful at all this time around, so I won’t do a blackout yet, just avoiding the obvious places for now.

I bid $1, Bob.

EDIT: And it was in Japan after opening weekend.

I, I, I can’t… I’m weak, I’m so weak…

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I like it, but I agree that there’s no visible debris, which would make it better. The fire seems to look like a miniature has been blown up.

Could you break down what elements (original and new) you used? I’m interested in this shot and would like to just see if it could be improved further.

Yeah, at least taking Yoda painfully literally, he died at 900 after 800 years of training Jedi.

Well, sure, assuming that an eventual 1080p rip/conversion I can get in front of me looks right. (Any of my devices make it look dark and dull.) I agree about the eyebrow removal being superior.

Any device I’ve looked at them on looks dark and dull, so it seems bizarre that they’d all just be set up wrong to handle it, including my iPhone X.

Very glad to hear you enjoyed them! Let me know how 3 goes for you, it’s a doozy.

Elchango said:

Hi could I get access to your fan edits please?

Thank you.

Just responded to your PM.

See the FAQ on the Google Drive. The quota message is always temporary, and the edits are in higher demand with TROS nearly upon us. I seed the torrents but can only do so from behind my VPN. Please try again later with the Drive.

Not saying I’m a fan, just that I can appreciate ANH’s but not ROTJ’s.

(I included ANH’s in my project mostly because I didn’t want it to feel at all jarring after going 100% with the SE battle up to that point.)

Lol, nice.

I predict Kylo Ren will cut Rey’s head off.

I can understand what the praxis wave adds to ANH, with the soundtrack mirroring its visual oomph. I’ve never felt that way about ROTJ’s.

The following contains spoilers from The Mandalorian…

There were a few shots related to Mos Eisley that could potentially be useful.

Well, don’t count on me for it. My free time is next to nonexistent.

SwimmingBird27 said:

I’ve always found that a Tarantino style bounty hunter film would an interesting prospect.

This is the way.

https://youtu.be/9dDU8PJXgsM

crissrudd4554 said:

Article on visual changes.

https://thedigitalbits.com/featured/articles/sw-new-hope-disneyplus-4k-2019?showall=1

Very nicely done!

Being mistaken for Adywan isn’t something to take offense to.