Hal 9000

It’s so weird for that one new brief shot to be framed closer than all the rest which are the same.

Wow, that’s super desaturated.

I’m not free to do screen caps at the moment but I’ll try to later.

Seems like most redone 2004/11 changes are no better or worse, with some being a bit better and some being a bit worse.

snooker said:

Shaw’s eyebrows look different to me, but that might just be the colors.

JEDIT: They’re totally different, and much much more seamless.

Wow, you’re right.

poppasketti said:

Replace “these are the first steps” in Rey’s TFA vision with “maclunkey.”

Replace all audio and quotes in the sequence into controversial SE changes. (Luke’s scream, Vader’s “nooo”, Boba Fett’s new voice, Jedi Rocks, etc.)

This is why I was reluctant to put out an alternate “Padme Dies” version of my edit: awesome edits that are available that feature such an ending.
Sounds solid, Dom. I’m glad you’re putting it out there.

I enjoyed it at 1AM. Glad YTP has continued strong as an art form.

That’s where I’d go to get them myself.

none said:

Anyone notice any 2004-2011 changes which did not make this 2019 version?

The disappearing Y-Wings, for one.

To settle whether things were redone from the original or the 1997 SE, someone could check the redone saber-bolt flashes as Luke trains with the seeker. There’s one shot in the 1997 SE and onward which incorrectly treated part of the background as part of the flash. If that is the case, it’s gotta be from the 1997 SE restoration. If not, it’s either not, or they fixed that SE error.

I wonder what it’d be like to blend the color grades of the GOUT, 1997 SE laserdiscs, 2011 BluRays, 4K77/(80/)83, and the 19SE into one version. Just average them all out.

I still regard anything other than films containing the word ‘Episode’ to be part of the ever-Expanding Universe, and have held such material to that standard across the dividing line of the Legends reboot.

As such, Rogue One and Solo have been EU novels in movie form. Same for this new show. It’s not Star Wars at its essence, as plenty of EU material takes a rather different tone or subject matter afield of Luke’s hero’s journey. This show is like a comic put to film, and an older styled one at that. Within that lens I don’t feel it makes sense for me to be very critical of it.

It seems like the prequels were sourced from the BluRay master but altered a bit from there, and the originals remastered from what the 2004 masters were sourced from but redone from there. 1997 changed are once again carried over, with anything subsequent being redone. A. couple of 2004 fixes seem to have been accidentally omitted, a few more have been done, and the previous 2004/2011 changes have been recreated (some more successfully than others). The originals have a far better color grade but have been processed to a greater degree that may not be desirable.

Add a subtitle to the shot.

“I am about to shoot without warning.”

Only season 1. 😐

Foreshadowing a time travel plot in IX, The Mandalorian must return infant Yoda back to his time period to save the future.

I know I have. 😕

I like this show. Feels like action figure theater. It’s so nice to just take in a Star Wars story and not feel any pressure to do anything but enjoy it. No wondering about special effects or anything. It’s just a show! I should really just relax.

Those two scenes in AOTC That had been swapped in the Blu-ray remain so.
And I noticed a distinct teal tent throughout the entire film, so it appears to be a processed version of what we got on the Blu-ray.

It looks like a YouTube Poop the way the final closeup is framed different from anything else in the scene and is so brief.

It’s weird to see a SE presentation look so… filmic. It honestly looks like 4K77 more than the BluRay.

I wonder how much of that is due to HDR versus something that would still be apparent when played without it.

Taking a look at the surprise new presentations of the OT on Disney+, there’s only one thing that gets my attention for ANH and ESB.

My saga edits are and always will be mastered in BluRay-spec 1080p. The new 4K HDR aspect of the Disney+ presentation cannot carry over into anything I put out. Even if it could, I’m still dependent on DVD footage (for the PT), film scan-based footage and some GOUT (for the OT), and regular 1080p footage (for the ST), so I’m anchored somewhat by the lowest common denominator.

When boiled down to an apples to apples comparison to a decent color corrected BluRay starting place, the only thing to offer seems to be a couple of content changes or a few shots that the BluRay particularly botched. The standout for me seems to be Vader’s saber in ESB; it looks better than what I was able to do. We’ll see if I find it worth the trouble to revise once the community has digested the new presentation available, but for now it seems like ANH and ESB can remain tentatively ‘final.’

The “new explosion” in the Greedo shootout seems to just be a shortened version of the old one.

There’s enough versions of that scene now to be able to queue up in random order and gamble on what’ll come up.

I felt some sympathy for Adywan as he works on his ROTJ grade. Good as a new source is to have, it can render much work already done moot. Not even sure whether to hope this is the case (for his well being) or not (for a better end result).

I can only assume the subtitle would read, “I am about to shoot you.”

Unclear to me whether it’s a new transfer or just regraded colors. It looks darker and higher contrast, but I’m comparing HDR to non-HDR so maybe it’d be closer if I look later on my computer which can’t display it.

For one thing, Vader’s saber during the infamous part of ESB looks perfect. Same for ROTJ.