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Anjohan said:

Hyperspace (Rough Cut) as promised:

https://streamable.com/b9u45i

Don’t know if it works, but it would help flow Rogue One and ANH a lot better as far as continuity goes. Great idea by BedeHistory.

As for the SC38 cut, not bad at all 21C Peasant. I like what you’re going for, and I will definitely try to retain as much of the original footage as possible. However, the hallway growing exceptionally wide is still something that will need fixing.

Man, even if it’s a rough cut it already looks awesome!

Really happy to see you back here and in good health, man!
And even more excited about this possible edit. It was one of the edits I was following with more interest!
Welcome back!

Anjohan said:

What?

I mean, this one could be skipped. And depending on the last two episodes and their content of worth, I’ll take the removal of this episode into account when those are released, but what? Are we watching the same show?

This episode (despite some of Reeva’s dialogue and running) had the highest production value and interest of conflict thus far in the series for me, and the lack of security and intellectual stormtroopers (which, let’s face it, has been a thing since ANH) doesn’t ruin this for me.

This episode had me engaged from the get-go, and unless the last two episodes have so much content that keeping this episode would be impractical for the overall pacing, I think I would keep most of it.

And come on. The “the good guy gets away” has been a thing since 1977. Outside of Star Wars, it’s been a thing since the beginning of film. That Darth Vader gave up a hunt I think we all can assume he finds amusing and fills him with purpose doesn’t break immersion for me the slightest. I’ve come to expect that.

This was levels above episode 1 and 2.

The underwater sequence, the Jedi tombs, the torture device, Leia grabbing Obi-WAN’s hand at the end, the music finally delivering, Obi-Wan finding back to his Jedi ways, Tala as a character, the shot of the stormtroopers drowning, the probe droid hunting Obi-Wan - searching through the glass window with the eerie music… this episode had memorable, emotional, intense moments!

Completely agree with you.
I found the whole prison break pretty classic but exciting, Reva was not over the top, Leia’s interrogation was good and the child actress was pretty great.
I liked it more than previous episodes. Even more than the previous one, mostly because the duel (in my very very personal opinion) had a fan-film-like camera work and direcion, except for the last part.

I’m soooo hyped for this edit. I tried to do something similar, but with my - let’s say - limited capabilities I was only able to change colors here and there, add some suns to space shots and add music.
Even if obviously it’s a WIP, and anything can change from day to day, I’m really looking forward to this.

You do realize that you can always make your own edit, instead of filling the thread with requests?

mrbenja0618 said:

I’m still struggling with primary concept idea. I have no idea why Bail needed Obi-Wan to go find Leia. He’s a part of the Empire technically. A senator couldn’t send soldiers to get his daughter?

Did I miss something?

I think it was because Bail didn’t want to draw attention to his family, in order to avoid any risk of people finding out the truth about Leia.

I LOVE what you did with those video samples.
I’m always down for any attempt at making (especially) ANH more modern, so consider me really interested.

darkzip said:

V2 Torrent of my Upscale is live on the pirate bay. Message me if you’re having issues finding it.

I may potentially try a 60fps conversion for the fun of it at some point. I’ll let everybody know if I do

Thank you! I’ve found it on PB, even though now it’s still stuck at metadata downloading.

Happy birthday, Adywan!

Ok, just a couple of things.
I don’t know if I can add the Death Star surface, simply because I’d have to add it to every window, and with the moving camera (especially during the fight) I’m pretty sure I can’t motion track a still image.
Also, the planet outside would have been only in that single scene (Vader and Palpy talking), just to give the idea that the Death Star is moving between scenes.
So… I’ll either leave it as the original or keep the planet only in this scene…

BrotherOfSasquatch said:

That’s some great work there! However, wouldn’t make more sense for that to be the surface of the Death Star rather than Endor since it’s a really high tower on top of it?

Damn, you’re right! I’ll try search for some HD images of the Death Star surface…

If possible, I’d like a link when it’ll be available.

I can’t find any difference, hahaha.
But this is definitely one of the edits I’m most interested about.

Here’s a short playlist of some clips and comparisons, if anyone’s interested.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_VHT-NpoeegO4qLZH3db68d55DgCrlQ

Excuse me, does anyone have a link for telecine’s ROTJ edit? The remade blaster bolts and lightsabers would make me spare so much time…

… but it’s not something I really care about, in all honesty, as long as it looks cool, haha.

Here’s a clip with comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpOP8U9g-4c&list=LL&index=7

EddieDean said:

Looks great, but one thing stood out to me: Where you’ve added the sun in the space shot, that conflicts with the light/shadow on the second death star. The sun, as the brightest point of light, should be what determines the shadow, so you need to position the two objects with the shadow line perpendicular to the line between them.

What about this?

You’re definitely right.

Thanks! Every added stuff is just still images.
The Endor shot… I found a background image online from a Battlefront game. I masked the original background, softened edges and added it. Lastly, I added a light beam with Sony Vegas in the front, to match the new background.

Jabba’s palace shots are still images from Book of Boba Fett.

The hologram is a combination of a TV effect from Sony Vegas and a “hologram beam” video from YouTube.

And the planet-view Endor shots are, again, still images from Google images with a very basic motion tracking to match the original moving background.

Thanks

I’ve restarted working on this more actively. Things can change anytime, as I’ve not yet found a damned job (Italy is just doomed).
I’m using this edit to experiment and try different changes.

Top: original.
Bottom: edited.

Slightly increased contrast, removed blue-ish tone, added slight glow to reduce puppet effect on SD, added sun, replaced Endor.

Slightly increased contrast, removed blue-ish tone, added slight glow, added force fields.

Slightly altered color, added force field and added floor reflection (missing in previous versions).

Lowered image and replaced Jabba’s palace and sky.

Improved hologram and replaced beam. Slightly recolored background.

Replaced Jabba’s palace and sky.

Replaced background, recolored image, added sunlight to match new background.

Consider me intrigued! I’d like a link when available 😉

exitzero said:

I really liked the Death Star reveal and the extended battle. I hate to see them go.

Agreed. But obviously it’s Adywan’s edit, so I’m not complaining. It will be amazing in any case.