Harmy

Quite often, when a movie came out on HD DVD first, it had a crap transfer made for DVD, which however didn’t have much if any digital manipulation and for later Blu-Ray release they would add DNR and EE to that same transfer to “improve” it. Like T2 or the first release of Spartacus (Spartacus got a beautiful new restoration recently and it looks fantastic on BD).

http://uloz.to/xSSTDNW/deed-v1-0-covers-rar

So, you know how Chewbacca looks about 20 years younger in this movie than in Star Wars? Here’s my theory: We all know that the character of Chewbacca was originally inspired by a dog - a faithful furry companion - so maybe Han had to send the old Chewie to the farm and this is an all new Chewbacca 😉

CatBus, I just want to thank you so much for doing what you’re doing with this project and collecting all the available assets, so that I always know I can turn to you in these matters! Thanks, buddy!

I just heard from the guy working on it for me after a not having heard from him for a while and he says it’s almost done but can’t guarantee it will be out for x-mas.

Maybe they just renamed Coruscant, just like they renamed everything else that is otherwise exactly the same 😃 Hopefully, we’ll learn more about these things in The First Order Strikes Back 😉

Yes it is. And now please edit your post and delete the direct link and then go read the forum rules 😉

Well, I based it on a technicolr print, so the similarity to Wizard of Oz may not be accidental - the problem is that the other prints have all faded, so we may never know what the film actually looked like on Eastman.

I don’t know - the JSC always seemed really off to me - the others seem like they could be pretty close with a saturation boost but the JSC has really heavy tints in some scenes.

Well, Resolve is now a full-on non-linear editor with great color correction features. And like I said, if any shots needed a different source (like re-comped effects) I would just provide those clips as separate files, which would already be added to the project. In terms of audio, if the Disney release didn’t have the original mixes, I would make sure to conform it to GOUT sync, so everyone can mux in the audio preservations, which already exist.

JaminJedi said:

Adywan, please keep Anakin’s force ghost as Hayden in RotJ. I know that this seems abhorrent to some for the links with the prequels he has and that it makes little sense within the original trilogy, but he has been confirmed as appearing as Anakin again in Episode VIII, probably as a force ghost.

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And I’m sure Adywan will agree. And this applies to both your revisited suggestion and your information (link or it didn’t happen) - oh god I hope it’s not true - I loved TFA and loved that they kept prequel sh*t out of it, so I hope they’re not gonna ruin The First Order Strikes Back like this.

Also, I came up with a plan for the future of Despecialized should they release the originals officially - I would probably take down all the links to Despecialized I put up myself and then I would do any corrections to the new release that would be necessary in DaVinci Resolve, which is now free for non-commercial use, and I would just release the clips that would need other sources to be fixed and a Resolve project file, so everyone can take their BDs and render the fixed versions themselves.

Given Disney’s track-record, I’m pretty sure there would be things that would need fixing to make it a true purist theatrical version but most people wouldn’t care, so this would be the solution for us purists to get the version we want without resorting to piracy.

What do you guys think?

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“Star Wars DE v2.5” is gorgeous, IMHO. I don’t know what “issues” need fixing. I have projected an original 35mm technicolor print of “Star Wars” (one of five prints in existence) and I can assure all of you - and I tell everyone this - “Star Wars DE v2.5” looks 99% identical to that technicolor print.

But still, the colors are part of what I want to fix in v3.0, but like I said, more the technical side of the color correction, than the actual color choices.

Did anyone else notice that 3P0 seems to have put on some weight? New plating I guess 😄

From what I know, it seems the print is a faded Eastman, that was never meant to serve for archival purposes.

I think at this point it doesn’t really matter any more - there’s been so much exposure that I’m sure the powers that be must have been aware of this for a long time.

Yes, v3.0 will be 1080p. Where did you download from and how big is the version you downloaded? The versions I released were 8GB AVCHD and 19GB MKV - both way too high bitrate for 720p to be pixelated from compression.

Don’t go there - just do what towne32 said - create a BD ISO from the MKV using TsMuxerGUI - it’s very simple, takes only a few minutes and there’s no quality loss.

Well, I’d be like: “Oh, you want to watch the SE versions? Good for you guys, have fun, I’m going home to watch the real movies and I’ll see you at the cinema.” 😄

https://youtu.be/XGI2dL7xAYE

That totally looks like Despecialized! Except of course the shot of Greedo shooting. Hm. Interesting.
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Simply - that shot didn’t need despecializing in v1.0, because v1.0 used the HDTV for the whole movie.

Yes, that is the assumption. Some of the really good ones (there aren’t that many in SW - mostly the 35mm stuff and not all of it either) can be upscaled and for many shots in Empire and all in Jedi I did the despecializing in 1080p already.

This is really getting annoying now 😦 Why does that keep happening?

Thank you guys but could you please read the first post and edit your posts accordingly?

Those zoomed in shots in ESB are BD extended on all sides with 97SE but yeah, they do need an update.