Kurgan

Originally posted by: adywan
The fixed PAL version is going up now. The NTSC is going up at the same time

Originally posted by: adywan
Well at least there is some good news. With all these problems its now looking like the NTSC DVD-5 will be available tomorrow. I'll probably be posting both versions at the same time

Originally posted by: C3PX
Ady, you seem to have not figured out how this whole things works yet. You ought to learn from the pros. When something like this goes wrong, you simply say that it was a deliberate creative decision and that the movie is not suppose to play right, the menu and the subtitles are suppose to be messed up. This way you don't have to admit your mistake and go through the time and cost of a recall.

Don't worry about it man, like I said above, even the professionals make these kinds of mistakes. We shall eagerly and patiently await the reuploaded version. Please do not shoot yourself.

Originally posted by: HotRod
Man, I think I'm still the only bastard who hasn't seen this edit yet

Because of my kids (always playing with my pc) and the missus (always turning off my pc) I am so relying on a pif...if that's still going ahead!?!?

Nice disc art Ady btw

Originally posted by: OBtwosy
since we're close to the edit's availability

anyone who is interested in this cover:


can find it
here

Originally posted by: Sluggo
It sucks that there are so many moochers lurking on this site. You guys really need to be contributing to things around here before asking for a free hand out.

Originally posted by: auximenies

Since ultimately Ady's edits have the goal of harmonizing I-VI, wouldn't the Emperor's appearance in ROTJ therefore NOT be a revelation? So there would not have to be any concern for "spoiling" anything in the next film. With that said, the idea would still work better (and be easier to pull off) if the view was from behind.

Originally posted by: astromech
There is a more simpler explanation to why the AT-ATs came in from far away...

An aerial bombardment/ground assault would have been designed to weaken the shields sufficiently enough for them to pass through without having to destroy what was inside. Having the AT-ATs and AT-STs come in with guns blazing would have been part of this strategy - pound the defense till it's too weak to defend, then you can do as you wish. You can liken it to Germany's aerial bombing of London...it was all designed to weaken the enemy to the point of no fightback (they just hadn't factored everything in!)

Or you could just say the Imperials got a little lost and had to rely on their GPS systems to get them back ontrack...!

There isn't a massive amount I would change in ESB. The Emperor's communication with Vader should be reverted to the original dialogue. It ties in too much to handhold the viewer all the way to Vader's reveal. Yoda should remain as he is...if anything, he should be replaced in the rest of the movies! Minor bits can be cleaned up and tweaked, but it doesn't require much. Irvin Kerschner's direction and detail is much stronger than the rest of the trilogy. But please make sure Luke doesn't scream going down the exhaust shaft - he made a conscious decision to fall, so wouldn't be screaming in terror. He would have been at peace with his decision.

Originally posted by: buddy-x-wing


good point about the shield generator, although the walkers were able to destroy it fairly quickly, and they had to destroy the shield so Vader and his troops could enter the base.

but surely the Rebel groundforce with their turrent cannons etc were also outside of the protection of the shields?

Originally posted by: BMadden


Next time I'll be sure not to bother trying to help you out at all.

Originally posted by: adywan
Ok, i've tweaked a few things in the past couple of days but i will be doing no more work on this edit. The majority of fans like what i have done and that is all that matters to me. I want to put this edit to rest so i can have a break and then concentrate on ESB. I don't care if some of the FX aren't great or that elements don't match. the vision i had for the edit is now on screen and i had to do this using whatever footage i possibly could. I'd never done FX before and i am proud of what i have accomplished so this will be my last word on any changes happening for the DVD versions of ANH. Here's the changes:

Removed the ILM crew member from the droid sale
Removed the wire and batteries seen up Luke's sleeve in Ben's hut
Removed the remaining wires from Ben's sleeve during the sabre fight
Ponad Baba's arm will be swapped for Dr. Evazan' s arm & hand
Slight tweak to the TIE approach. The background & camera is no longer static at the beginning & a new Death Star surface
Fixed the gunport shot during the TIE battle where the gun remains static when Han swings the chair and the gun can clearly be seen over the top of the chair instead of behind it
Credits fixed

As for the sabers being too fat then just have a look at the state of the originals. the width is all over the place throughout. When rotoscoping i had to make them slightly fatter in a lot of shots because the blade is all over the place and has really jagged edges and as was mentioned by Fuser the blades are never the same thickness during ESB & ROTJ an actually get fatter than the ones i did at times too.

Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Maybe I am wrong, but wasn't there also some discussion about having there be three or more death stars in ROTJ?