Hal 9000

1) Bumped the RIP Rosa Parks threat

2) Yup, sure did.

3) How do I profit from this?

BUMP

Can Anakin finally leave the start line just seconds before Sebulba wins?

Here's a few "Prequel Run-Throughs" with composite scores.

Phantom editor's 1 and 2 + Stankpac's 3 (8.98)

L8wrtr's 1 + Spence's 2 and 3 (8.55)

Slumberland's 1 + Spence's 2 + Stankpac's 3 (8.47)

Phantom editor's 1 and 2 + AEMovieguy's 3 (8.35)

ModernKnife's 1 + Spence's 2 and 3 (8.12)

Slumberland (8.11)

Phantom editor's 1 and 2 + Corgicar's 3 (8.09)

JasonN (7.95)

ADigitalMan's 1 + DiamondCut 2 + ADigitalMan's 3 (7.8)

Hmm. Well it looked pretty good to me, anyway. So that's cool. 

Just curious how you got the shot with the orange blob under the speeder. Was it just GOUT upscale, or what? That shot looked really bad in the GOUT, but it looked pretty good here.

Sweet! I'd love a PM for the DVD5 too.

You rotoscoped Ben's lightsaber, didn't you?

All in all it looks fantastic. Truly exciting!

YOU GUYS ARE TOO SILLY

What's the source of the audio for the battle droids? I think that'd even work well for a legit fan edit.

Sorry, I know what I meant when I said "legit." :P

These keep getting better and better; I anxiously await the completion of this fan edit.

I believe it's from a Wendy's commercial.

Could this pic be used for removing some of the added vaporators? 

http://www.jedi1.net/images/1600/ANH-Creatures-02702-1600.jpg

Those scans are pretty cool in-and-of-themselves; it shows the original colors.

The reality is, though, that even on YouTube, that's the highest quality I've ever seen that scene in. 

THAT is why it looks so strange.

But, y'know, it's probably mostly from the YouTube compression.

Wow. At first I thought the background trooper on the dewback looked different from the actual OOT, as well as the sky of the last shot.

But then I pulled up the OOT and they only looked different because of the picture quality.

My only suggestion would be to add more nuance to the sky in the last shot. It looks like the original clouds with a sky-blue background. 

Yeah, in my humble opinion, merely recompositing original elements doesn't constitute a "change," per se.

I'd also hope against reinstating matte lines and, even worse, garbage mattes for the same reason you elected not to mess with any of the Hoth battle. 

Honestly, the Rancor scene in ROTJ is the only one I'd waver on, but even then I'd ultimately hope for leaving it the new way.

But hey, we're all purists here. I'd also be interested in initial thoughts on what changes you think will be outside your sphere of influence.

As always, I'll be silently watching, spellbound.

EDIT: Y'know, as surprisingly close as Harmy has come to a flawless restoration even down to the details, I've had a change of heart on this issue and wouldn't mind any matte lines or other warts to be restored. :)

My preferred versions of the OT will be Harmy's DeSpecialized versions, once they're finished.

And when I feel like inflicting pain on myself by watching the prequels, I'll watch a new set of them every time. There are so many fan edits, and it'll make it more fun to have it be different. 

By the way, Frink, with all your knowledge of the intricacies of the prequel fan edits, it may be worthwhile for you to put together ten or so "prequel run-throughs" where you pair different fan edits together that are compatible.

For example, you could pair L8wrtr's TPM, Spence's AOTC, and Stankpac's ROTS. Or ADigitalMan's TPM, DiamondCut's AOTC, and AEMovieGuy's ROTS. The only difficult part is making sure their changes are compatible with each other. Just an idea, and you could even give each "run through" a composite score.

Bingowings said:

Ben Quadinaros should be on the starting line for the duration of the race and after Anakin wins then he should blow up.

THIS

That Yoda clip wasn't half bad, even for a serious edit. Interesting.

Wow, and you ever fixed the zoomed in view of the Falcon cockpit. That's really impressive to rotoscope the entire outside of the frame and pull it off seamlessly!

Now this is The Empire Strikes Back. 

This is now available? I'd kill for a PM!

If there's a sequence you can't think of much for, you might add an MST3K silhouette and have someone give commentary.

I think it'd be funnier to see commonplace objects fall down the shaft, as most viewers likely would miss any references. Maybe a banana peel, or glass bottles. 

Or a dead cat.

Another suggestion:

Remove Qui-Gon's line to tell them to take off. That way when Obi-Wan says to take off, it sounds like he's abandoning Qui-Gon.