Hal 9000

Any details about the presentation of the deleted scenes?

Even if the PT deleted scenes are only included in the new digital release in SD, it might be a superior source to the retail DVDs if it's from a master instead of literally from the DVD. Even if they aren't HD, I bet this upscaling method would yield great results for use in fan edits. 

I would think Lucasfilm's SD master for the deleted scenes would at least be better than the reencode that got put on DVD. Y'know?

kane1138 said:

Would love to see Hal9000's edits with HD deleted scenes.

 You bet, if they're going to be available. Adywan's words are a little discouraging. But we'll find out in a few days.

I'be got my fingers crossed for the PT deleted scenes from the DVD to appear in HD. They're listed under "legacy content," but hopefully sourced from a master and not just literally from the DVD.

I wonder if there's any possibility of seeing HD versions of the PT deleted scenes as part of the bonus material.

I'd be interested in scene 2; I've always felt it was the incorrect music.

I tried that approach once, but the results don't look very good at all. It might be the grain layer I slapped over top of the films. Piping the project through Compressor from within Final Cut looks great. But rendering it to a lossless file first looks terrible. 

The time was ripe for ANH thanks to Harmy's Respecialized edition. I'm waiting for more sources. I'm thinking Kk650's ESB would do well as a base, with Adywan's version of the Emperor scene. (Technically this deviates from sticking with official releases. However, it does hybridize the original and '04 versions of the scene. It gets an exception.) And Harmy's ROTJ 2.0 is a must. 

ESB won't vary much from kk650's, and ROTJ will be largely the original version. I may not release them if they end up being very similar to one particular version. But that won't be a question until the sources are released. 

I like the good ol' "Dooku tosses a thing at Obi-Wan and Anakin" approach. Yoda shows up and nearly bests Dooku through ESB-type Force use, but loses due to his friends being put in danger. The joy inherit in the Yoda vs. Dooku saber duel is how bombastic it is. Like the youngling murder scene in Ep3, it's gotta be the whole thing or nothing. 

Even though I'll deny it if you ask, I keep continuity with the broader EU (or whatever it is called now) in mind. I think showing a very quick use of Yoda's saber is a good middle ground, and does well to imply that we've seen the extent to which Yoda is able to perform physical feats. 

"No pot is worth two slaves. Not by a longshot!"

"Mom, we sold the pot! Look at all the money we have."

It seems like that's the case. Star Trek implemented an explicit branching timeline device in order to preserve the old continuity as well as building a new one from a specified branching point. 

Star Wars' "Legends" moniker carries the connotation that any or all of these may or may not be 'valid,' and they aren't subject to any hierarchy other than being lumped into one group. It wouldn't make sense to publish further series into a "Legends timeline," because there isn't one. Further Legends material may be possible, but it would implicitly be up to the reader to decide how it all fits together. There isn't, the way its being handled now, a robust framework to install new Legends stories into that would build on other Legends stories. If it happens, it would be messy and ambiguous. 

I'm overstating it, but my point is to distinguish this approach from Star Trek's.

Have you considered applying this technique to the PT deleted scenes from the DVDs?

That looks phenomenal! I feel like these sorts of shots appear unfairly bad only because I haven't ever seen them look any better than GOUT-sourced stuff.

Sounds like his vocoder got plugged into an amp. It's an interesting concept, having a proto-Vader voice that is still finding its way. I think it would work pretty well if Vader had more than one scene. As it is, it'd seem weird to me to bring in JEJ for a few lines that wouldn't sound much like him. Plus, hearing JEJ's Vader asking about Padme gave me chills on opening day. 

If the film had been otherwise, I'd have preferred a proto-Vader with a voice and look that showed a trajectory for the OT Vader, rather than to see Hayden dumped into a fully recognizable OT replica. (And I wonder whether his vocoder automatically enhances Anakin's annunciation. I don't picture the PT Anakin's voice underneath those line deliveries at all.) 

I hope you enjoy watching them. Just so you know, both Yoda fights have been removed. I liked it as a 12 year old but now it seems silly. Hope that doesn't detract too much from it for you.

I tried to use the "Noooo" from the ROTJ BluRay, but there was too much music mixed in with it. Nothing I tried was less jarring than just leaving it alone. Its too bad, but the scene is essential given what else I've done. Q2 didn't have to reckon with it because he removed Vader altogether.

Gender swapped fanfic about Wedge Antilles. Non-canon.

Wow! A mere year and a half between main films. 

There are three formats available, a single-layer DVD, 720p mp4, and 1080p mkv (BR compliant). Each one takes a solid week of encoding on my machine, totaling a minimum of 9 weeks. I picked three formats that would likely be useful to most people, and can't release every combination possible. The 1080p mkv is pretty close in quality and bitrate to the original source, and should be adequate to toss into Handbrake or something if you want to convert it to another format.

It's really Kerr's project, but it will definitely include some of both versions. It's been a little while since we've conversed, though. I'm as anxious to see the results as anyone.

Has anyone else downloaded the 1080p v3 of LOE from .info? I can't imagine why you'd have such a weird problem. Does it display the initial text block or does the video remain black?

Will season 2 also be canon?

Edit: too spoilerific. 

It's not night.