Hal 9000

Those last two clips are perfect.

Looks pretty seamless; can't detect any giveaways of the canyon shot.

It's too bad there's no way to have him NOT finish the race.

After all, he's never finished a race before.

Also, here's some more Watto dialogue to work with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYqiYK10Vv4

Regarding the end of ROTJ, As long as Luke does his wink/nod to the three ghosts, I'll be happy.

Best split second of the trilogy.

Seriously, I agree with the homosexual gentleman 100%.

Yeah, those should all be story compatible.

Kerr's must have slipped through the cracks. I certainly have lots of love for Kerr in my heart.

Feel free to plug in his with any of these run through's Ep3.

I think my preferred version of Star Wars is as follows:

ANH - Harmy's De-SE

ESB - Harmy's De-SE

ROTJ - Harmy's De-SE

And, when I feel like self-mutilation, I would watch these prequel edits:

TPM - L8wrtr's Ep 1

AOTC - Spence's Ep 2

ROTS - Stankpac's Ep3

What kind of name is Stankpac? Gross.

I guess you could just leave the Jabba scene in.

Ha, that was "thread," not "threat." Sounds like I was threatening to make her RIP.

Yikes.

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. :)