omas4071 said:

I have viewed OTD83 v1.2 I think multiple times and I don’t see any special edition changes it seems like it’s 100% theatrical and beautiful and kinda better than 4k83 in my opinion no offense.

What do you guys think?

Mm no IIRC it has most of the special edition’s updated compositing.

Haven’t been able to work on this lately, apologies.

More recomps of the sarlaac pit.

Thanks, but I have no plans for ESB I’m sorry to say. 4K80 is on the horizon though.

Thanks 🙏

I might just do that

Well then if I could change the title I would.

I was really hoping for a different nature of discussion.

Some more recomposites.

Thank you for the heads up, I am aware of these projects. What I want is simply feedback and I don’t so much mind the entrepreneurial stuff.

The intent of this project is to create a despecialized viewing of Return of the Jedi that is equal in quality to the UHD Blu-ray. Using the Blu-ray as a base, this project will not be truly theatrical but instead a hybrid that attempts to imitate what an ‘official’ theatrical Blu-ray release might have looked like.

Many of the despecialized shots included were made using After Effects while others are simply colour-matched and cleaned in Premiere.

Removed CGI dug from Jabba’s palace.

Restored the original Sarlaac pit and audio

Removed CGI Ewok Eyes

Replaced Hayden Christensen with Sebastian Shaw

These are just four of the shots I’ve re-composited, right now there are currently over sixty remastered shots in total that span the entire film.
I need to clarify that this project is not guaranteed to be a complete despecialization when it’s finished, in fact, I currently have no plans to do so. The purpose of this thread is simply to document and gather feedback on the re-composites I’ve been working on, so I’ll try to post more over time.

Sources (for your information):

• Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi UHD Bluray
• 4K83 v1.3 (10bit)

Yub Nub is John Williams’ attack on historical materialism and an appeal to the working class to rise up against the bourgeoisie.

Losslessly removes Vader’s “Nooooooo!” from the Blu-ray Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Surround audio, making the film watchable. It does NOT remove any other Special Edition changes and does not make any visual changes.~~

Download: 4.1 GB FLAC file, mux into UHD Blu-ray with MKVToolNix GUI, NOT compatible with the 2011 Blu-ray or any other versions. PM for details.

Q/A:

Q: What was your process for this edit?
I don’t know but if I did I would tell you! I wasn’t creating long-term memories at the time.

Q: Does this contain ‘Dolby Atmos’?
The metadata contains an Atmos layer but seeing as I’m unsure how this track was created I cannot officially promote it, seeing as I have no Surround setup to check for myself.

Q: I don’t have a 7.1 Surround setup, Can I still use this?
You can use a 5.1 setup, or a stereo setup, or no setup, this will be backwards compatible with most devices.

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Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi: Very Special Edition

Changes:

• CGI the Ghost into the Battle over Endor.
• Palpatine no longer explodes when falling down the reactor shaft, continuity fix for TROS.
• Extended Max Remo Jedi Rocks scene
• The Max Remo band reappears on Endor, new dance and rap segment while the Ewoks roast Han and Luke.
• Sebastion Shaw’s Vader scene has been deep faked with Hayden Christiansen’s face.
• Jabba the Hutt now farts at random intervals.
• The Sarlacc pit talks!
• Boba Fett’s scream re-voiced by Temuera Morrison.
• Vader says ‘This is where the fun begins’ at the beginning of his duel with Luke.
• Replaced Victory Celebration with an all-new Max Remo song ‘Celebration Boogie’.

I’ll try to post a sample soon.

I’ve been working on a personal edit of the new 4K Bluray and 4K83 which restores most of the film to its 1983 counterpart while retaining some few changes that I prefer/don’t mind. Think of it like kk560’s semi-specialized, but maybe a little more polished. Here is the list of changes:

• Replaced Jedi Rocks with Lapti Nek
• Restored the original sarlaac pit and audio
• Removed CGI dug
• Restored some lost frames
• Vader no longer yells ‘Nooo!’ when saving Luke.
• Victory Celebration has been kept but a random gungan no longer shouts ‘Meesa free!’
• Restored Sebastion Shaw as Anakin Skywalker.

Anything not listed probably hasn’t been touched.

I can get easily side-tracked, here’s a testament to that. Made while despecialising Return of the Jedi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44S3DZCteQ&feature=youtu.be

Built from the D+ TrueHd audio.

Enjoy.

How does this compare to the new official 2020 UHD releases?
Edit: Oh and to clarify I mean in terms of the 4k scan

This doesn’t count but I recently found out that General Veers is played by the big bad in The Last Crusade, I don’t know why but I thought that was funny. Hitler was also played by another Imperial admiral, the guy who gets choked by Vader.