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@DJ: Normal free download speed is like 300Kbps regardless of whether you do or do not have an account but it only took an hour to upload, so that was awesome. If you open each link in a different browser or DL manager, you can download all four links at once each at full free speed - and maybe JDownloader could also download more at once.

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AVCHD DVD9 is now available!!!

INFO:

STAR WARS - DESPECIALIZED EDITION HD

This is a cut which is very close to the 1977 theatrical version of STAR WARS except for some of the cleaned up original VFX (a list of changes with picture comparisons and explanations of how the shots were despecialized can be found here).

SOURCES:

1) Star.Wars.Episode.IV.A.New.Hope.1977.720p.HDTV.x264-DON (2004 SE)

2) Dark Jedi's 720p upscale of the GOUT.

3) Mattman Omega's 720p upscale of the GOUT.

4) 1997 SE DTV captures (Reivax, Flunk, KGar)

5) Adywan's SE AVCHD

6) Ady's STAR WARS Revisited

7) 70mm cell scans, Technicolour projection photos  etc. and custom mattes.

8) Puggo Grande

9) Moth3r's PAL LD transfer

I did an extensive shot by shot colour correction based on colour boosted GOUT and other available reference materials and although the colours  may not be 100% perfect, I'm really quite satisfied with them.

HIGH DEFINITION RELEASE

FORMAT: AVCHD DVD9

VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps

AUDIO:

TRACK 1) hairy_hen's 5.1 70mm mix @ 448Kbps AC3

TRACK 2) 1993 2.0 mix @ 320Kbps AC3

TRACK 3) 1977 1.0 mix @ 96Kbps

TRACK 4) 1977 2.0 mix @ 256Kbps

TRACK 5) 1992 2.0 CZ dub @ 256Kbps

TRACK 6) Commentary for visually impaired @ 192Kbps

If you want to get this, simply go to ulozto.net and search for "SW DeEd".

Yes but that is a whole different thing. When in the right hands, it can be a great tool for creating new films (take Forrest Gump for exmple) but it shouldn't be used to "enhance" old films.

I don't have the TB DVDs but I ripped the G'Kar Jedi using TS Muxer and it worked perfectly :-)

Started a new thread for Jedi and posted the Sail Barge video there :-)

STAR WARS is still encoding: ETA 14hrs 45min.

Harmy proudly presents…

RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION HD v3.1

www.facebook.com/despecialized
www.youtube.com/HarmyDespecialized

Where to find it:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQS4B0y0YeESsVoayO4D134DzvPB7Vk8iVg7ZnnF1gC--BsCdMuhyC2SK7X0dKuv_lejjqMxO4lf7tj/pub

The Ultimate Introductory Guide - a particularly helpful guide by HanDuet; a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in the Despecialized Editions

This is a fan restoration made for culturally historical and educational purposes.
Fanedits, preservations and restorations must not be bought or sold.
Please report the seller if you find this project for sale on eBay or elsewhere.
Fanedits and preservations are an art form and to be shared only among legal owners of the officially available releases.

Do not support piracy.

This is a reconstruction of the 1983 theatrical version of Return of the Jedi.

The main source is the 2019 UHD Blu-Ray, and the original shots were restored using the amazing 4K83 fan-preservation,
which is a scan of a 35mm film made by Team Negative 1. Thanks so much for this awesome release, Team Negative 1!

Sometimes entire shots or even sequences were used from 4K83, extensively cleaned and enhanced to match the look of the UHD Blu-Ray.
In other places, like for example the Ewok eyes or Vader’s eyebrows, only small portions of the shots were replaced.

All original shots were restored, including recomposited vfx and other “fixes” made for the Special Edition.

For v3.1, minor fixes were made, the biggest of which include adding a Jabba subtitle, which was missing in 3.0, and replacing the 5.1 English audio track, where in v3.0 a custom track with additional music in the Obi-Wan ghost scene was used by mistake.

More information can be found here:

https://goo.gl/1WGHBA (HanDuet’s Guide - includes download information)

www.originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/12905

www.facebook.com/despecialized

www.youtube.com/c/HarmyDespecialized

The MKV version contains a large number of audio tracks, including the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mixes in DTS-HD MA, three different commentary tracks, an isolated score and dubbing tracks in many different languages:

1983 70mm Magnetic Six Track Mix Recreation 5.1 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1 (side), s24)
1983 35mm Optical Stereo Mix 2.0 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, stereo, s24) [default]
1983 16mm Optical Mono Mix 1.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 192 kb/s)
1993 LaserDisc Stereo Remix 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)
1993 LD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
2004 DVD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s)
2011 BD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s)
Isolated Score (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)
Basque 1.0 [baq] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Bulgarian Voiceover 2.0 (bul] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Cantonese 1.0 (chi] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Catalan 1.0 [cat] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Czech 1992 2.0 [cze] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Czech 2011 2.0 [cze] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Mandarin 2.0 [chi] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
German 2.0 [ger] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
French 2.0 [fre] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Galician 1.0 [glg] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Hindi 2.0 [hin] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Hungarian 2.0 [hun] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Indonesian 2.0 [ind] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Italian 2.0 [ita] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Japanese 2.0 (jpn) (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Korean 2.0 [kor] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Lithuanian 1.0 [lit] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)
Polish 2.0 [pol] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Polish Voiceover 2.0 [pol] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Brazilian Portuguese 2.0 [por] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Russian 2.0 [rus] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Slovak 2.0 [slo] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
American Spanish 2.0 [spa] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Castilian Spanish 2.0 [spa] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Tamil 2.0 [tam] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Telugu 2.0 [tel] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Thai 2.0 [tha] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Turkish 2.0 [tur] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)
Ukrainian 1.0 [ukr] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

For v3.1, the UHD encode has been done by a professional studio, so the compression quality is better
and the stream is now compatible for remuxing and burning a UHD Blu-Ray disc.

Big thanks to Poita, hairy_hen, schorman, Mavimao and CatBus!

All subtitles are from “Project Threepio v15.0”

Big thanks to CatBus!

More info here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/13794/

Technical info:

UHD 2160p MKV:

Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv

MD5 Checksum : 6F7B1E2EF566C42A7755125E69B791CD
SHA-1 Checksum : 2E419CB4F435DD73BC8C136A1ED3D6230DAACAC7

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 49.4 GiB
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 53.0 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv
Encoded date : 2024-02-24 17:10:21 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v82.0 (‘I’m The President’) 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Bit rate : 42.3 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.213
Stream size : 39.5 GiB (80%)
Writing library : x265 3.5+112-ce8642f22:[Windows][MSVC 1938][64 bit] 10bit
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

HD 1080p MKV:

Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.1080p.mkv

MD5 Checksum : 9B9A4CC8B2606B637A337E1B6BE50667
SHA-1 Checksum : 17FA50D1ED6EFAF8B09BE9D991965BD351B8E81B

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 26.7 GiB
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 28.6 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv
Encoded date : 2024-03-06 09:31:42 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v82.0 (‘I’m The President’) 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2 h 13 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 18.0 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.362
Stream size : 16.8 GiB (63%)
Writing library : x264 core 160 r3000 33f9e14
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

If you want to remux your own version with different audio or subtitle tracks, or to burn to a disc,
make sure to set the frame rate to 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS.

Mod Edit: These two threads may also be of some interest and help for alternative possibilities in acquiring the Despecialized Editions - as well as for any technical assistance or ‘How do I do this?’ questions or issues:-

Some info & help for Harmy’s Despecialized Editions of the Original Trilogy… - in ‘General Assistance’.

Despecialized Editions by Harmy : Index of ‘How-To’s & Help’ Threads | Index of ‘General Despecialized Threads’ | ‘Where are they? And how do I get them?’ mega-merge thread… - in ‘How-To’s and Technical Discussions’.
 

The three main Despecialized Edition project threads on the OT•com - Star Wars : Empire Strikes Back : Return Of The Jedi

You could say that :-)

But it's not just about the level of despecialization, the new Despecialized Edition are of higher quality in all aspects:

Picture quality: Although the PDE is 1080p and the DeEd is only 720p, the DeEd actually contains more detail due to using higher quality sources and having less compression artefacts:

Click to enlarge

Sound quality: Some of the sound mixes in the DeEd are encoded at higher bitrates from higher quality sources than the PDE.

Quality of Despecialization: Where all the original shots in the PDE were only upscales of low quality souces, in the DeEd the original shots were painstakingly reconstructed in order to better fit within the HD footage:

Click for bigness:

And the difference is much more prominent in movement.

Yeah, there was quite a lot of changes done since then - mostly colours but a few more despecialized shots as well.

I just watched the final version of SW DeEd and I'm really happy with it, so I'll start encoding the AVCHD tonight and if everything goes according to plan, it should be up in two or three days :-)

The ESB on myspleen should be the Despecialized Edition, which is much better than PDE.

I'm most definitely not reuploading these obsolete PDE versions anywhere but you should check out the ESB DeEd, which is up on MU and Myspleen and wait for SW DeEd, which should be up in a few days.

That sounds like a plausible solution for the white hair. I tried fixing it in after effect but I can't get it to work without creating side effects that are worse than the hair itself. The only possible way would be to do it frame by frame and I definitely don't volunteer for that ordeal. But painting it out using the DC could work quite well and as far as I'm concerned, it could just stay in those two remaining shots.

As to the anti-aliasing, I vote for unfiltered, it's so minor, that it doesn't seem to be worth softening the picture.

These are pretty old now, I've already finished a new Despecialized Edition of Empire and SW DeEd should be on-line next week. I'm sending you the links anyway. Let me know if you want the links to DeEd Empire and watch the SW thread for the release announcement :-)

Yeah! Hell! That might be one of the best LD transfers I've ever seen! Love it.

Thanks. To be honest, it doesn't look 100% as good in movement, but like I said, close enough ;-)

I already did. It's not perfect because the shot is a bit shorter and the wipe slower in the SE but it's close enough I dare say. I'll post a video later.

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Something little I was also working on:

OK, guys, I decided to make the Greedo subs myself (see here) and encode the final version. I ran into some encoding problems (as usual) but it seems to be working now, so I'm hoping to render the master file over night, watch it to make sure everything is fine, then encode the AVCHD (estimated time: two days) - and I could be releasing this sometime halfway through next week :-)