Hal 9000

I’d love to see 2001 this way; I’ve only ever seen it on a TV screen.

Was this the case in the original, or just a problem with the SE’s CGI X-wings?
What route did Rogue One take on this point?

Yeah, continuity aside, the Death Star doesn’t play into the prequel story at all, especially not AOTC. It’s an unneeded cameo which muddies the water for no payoff. The ending of ROTS has the Death Star being built, and at least there it is relevant since it shows that the Empire is in place and that the OT is coming next, contrived as that may be.
What would be cool IMHO is to make the Death Star at the end of 3 look like the schematics from RO and ANH with the dish on the equator.

Very nice, though I would hate to lose the original music. Remember, though, that the filmmakers were careful NOT to do any foley for his footsteps. 😉

I plan on using the regular BluRay as my source, because I know my machine can handle it, the handful of deleted scenes I hope to use are presented in 1080p, and I cannot imagine ever playing it on a screen on which I could appreciate the difference in resolution.
Also I’m a curmudgeon.

DominicCobb, it turns out I had not yet gotten rid of the primary video source (ProRes file) for AOTC, so it will be relatively easy to make that change and reencode. I have all the audio ready and will get a fixed version addressing the errant astromech sounds and swap the two establishing shots (so at least the Senate building is in the first one, even if the focus isn’t on it).

THEN, I’ll have a beer. Maybe I’ll even post a picture of it.

Thanks; should be able to take care of that one as well. Very glad you watched the whole thing, and that you enjoyed it overall.

Thank you, and yes, I was aware of that less than ideal shot choice. The video is locked at this point, and I’m okay with that.

ChainsawAsh said:

It’s fine, TAS only has the one audio track. 😉

Thanks in advance. You’ve been more than patient throughout this.
The champagne will have to wait another few days.

NeverarGreat said:

Just watched this new version, and it’s most impressive. With the 720p version, some of the deleted scenes look almost as sharp as the rest.

I almost don’t want to bring attention to any potential issues, but there was one thing that sounded out of place - at the end of Dooku’s discussion with the Separatists, the eavesdropping Obi-wan turns his head and there is the sound of an astromech. Is this sound supposed to be there?

Damn! Nope, that’s an out and out mistake. Thank God it’s at least audio only.
People are just gonna hate that I have to replace an entire upload a second time. Not to mention ChainsawAsh. Ugh. But that’s all right, it’ll be fine.
Thanks for letting me know!

Very nice clips. I wonder, if you aren’t using audio sources other than the BluRay itself (and it seems not deleted scenes which use English vocals), perhaps it would be possible to “reconnect media” when you are done to export an English version as well?

I especially like everything about Finn on the Star Destroyer, the entrance and the exit.

MalàStrana said:

I won’t post anything in this thread, so no misreading this time 😉

• Rick Olie cheesy smile image *

MalàStrana said:

I won’t post anything in this thread, so no misreading this time 😉

LOE is now available via the normal channels. (Google Drive links will be finished uploading in about one hour.)

Very grateful to everyone who contributed in various ways to producing this as it is and will be. I look forward to watching these after a long interim prior to Episode 9’s release.
I’ll probably relax for a while before picking up TLJ, but that’ll be next.

I think he is saying to use an incorrect Roman numeral.
If X is ten and V is five, normal eight is VIII. But, it might be more ridiculous to render it as IIX.
I dig it.

That’s a great way to cut the scene. Only way to improve it that I see is to rescore with something other than temp music from AOTC. Should be possible since no dialogue and very minimal foley is present in that portion of the scene.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Hal 9000 said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

Insert the Jabba Special Edition scene in ANH, but constantly morph between the human, CGI, and shitty 1997 CGI versions of Jabba.

WYSHS

I guess it would have to be that way. I envisioned it as it being Jabba every time the camera cuts back to him, but there’s one big problem with that: the whole scene is one continuous shot.

I just imagine it being funnier that way: constantly morphing between all three, or even just the two CGI versions if the human actor is too much to align.

Did I say that? I encoded these at maximum settings without targeting a single-layer BluRay disc. Perhaps that was it.
Glad that everything looks good, and I agree that the sunset scene and DTS audio are wonderful improvements thanks to NeverarGreat, ChainsawAsh, and Schorman13 (for the theatrical DTS audio that prompted the effort even though it didn’t ultimately get used for more than one scene).
By the way, the video is primarily just the straight HDTV preservation Schorman13 assembled; I didn’t tweak it further. The image is quite noisy in places but the colors are correct. Given the extent to which this particular edit relies on deleted scenes, it’s the better choice of primary source even so.
Come November 2019 I will ideally have seen close to two years with this in the rear view mirror and can watch the whole saga up to that point to build up to the conclusion in which Rey fights Kylo Ren, but beats him this time and saves the day. For good?

I got an email which I hastily misread as being a PM from Mala, rather than a thread reply.
I thought, “Oh, God! Mala’s found a glitch in what I just uploaded.”
😉

JEDIT:

All right, back to bed.

Nerdman3000 said:

I meant more for curiosities sake. I’ve vaguely thought of seeing if a experimental fan edit, where many of the various fan theories are shown/made be correct (which as we know were proven wrong in real life), could be made to work within the film itself. Theories like the Rey is a Skywalker/Kenobi or Snoke is Plagieus.

I was just joking. Couldn’t resist posting the quote.

Nerdman3000 said:

Question, do you think it might be possible to change the scene between Kylo and Rey where her parentage is discussed in order to have it be revealed that she’s Luke’s daughter, rather than the daughter of two drunks? I’m mostly curious to see if that old theory could be made to work within the context of an edit of the film.

No. NO! You’re still HOLDING ON. Let GO!

V5 of Episode II is now available via all the normal channels. Google Drive links are active, with the contents being uploaded now. They should all be present within about an hour.

Heh. I can’t keep this shit straight anymore. Looking forward to having it all be over. Suffice it to say I did R&D about that scene for that reason and wasn’t able to make it work in a satisfying way.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Insert the Jabba Special Edition scene in ANH, but constantly morph between the human, CGI, and shitty 1997 CGI versions of Jabba.

WYSHS

Where did he put it?