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Post: #260270
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260270/action/topic#260270
Time: 5-Dec-2006 1:32 PM

Thanks for your continued diligence, DE!

I just watched the Han & Greedo clip and the smoothness of it was nice to see. Just one more thing that makes me think "why can Darth Editous make these fixes look so good, but the company that made it in the first place seems not to care about so many of the problems?" I guess time, effort, and no deadlines to deal with makes a big difference, too.

Looking forward to seeing your "final" version. (I put final in brackets because, well, will it really be?

)

Post: #258587
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258587/action/topic#258587
Time: 27-Nov-2006 2:17 AM

Originally posted by: kaine23Being in the States, I can only see the NTSC version obviously. lol

I'm a Region 1-er, too (Canada), but I can watch anything I want, even PAL discs on my NTSC television. I got a Malata DVP-580 region free DVD player, which does region and video switching. I just stick in the disc and it does everything for me. One of the best things I've ever bought! You should look into it, too.

Post: #248849
Topic: //RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248849/action/topic#248849
Time: 30-Sep-2006 11:58 PM

Hope it's not too late, but I have an interesting magazine you might get some use out of, Jambe. It's the April 1982 issue of a magazine called Fantastic Films. The cover article is "The Mystery Behind Revenge of the Jedi." Lots of fun speculation and such. I would be willing to share it somehow.

P.S. I don't think I've said it before, but I enjoyed Building Empire very much!

Post: #248117
Topic: First Impressions of the OOT ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248117/action/topic#248117
Time: 26-Sep-2006 5:23 PM

Originally posted by: Gregatron
The disc's optional Spanish and French language tracks (which were probably dug out of the Lucasfilm Archives for this Limited Edition release), however, are based on the rarely-heard MONO sound mix from 1977

Very cool!

I have one question: in Star Wars, is Chewie called Chico in the French track? No, seriously.

(Han was also called Yan, and C3PO was Z6PO. They'd say it like cess/cease-pay-oh. The Falcon was also apparently called the Condor. Darth Vader was Dark Vador. R2D2 was D2R2 at times. Lots of references here: http://www.3dchips-fr.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=100174)

See, when I was growing up, I didn't have a VCR until the early 90s, and so I would watch the trilogy on TV whenever they came on, whether it was in English or in French, on some stations from Quebec. Whenever they played Star Wars in French, Chewie was called Chico (he was called Chewie in Empire and Jedi) I figure that since they're using a very old mono French track for the "bonus" disc, maybe he's called Chico in it and maybe it was the mono track I heard on Tv all those years ago.

Post: #240989
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240989/action/topic#240989
Time: 3-Sep-2006 8:46 PM

Hey, DE! Have you seen this? http://youtube.com/watch?v=wRDsZJ6edCM

It's a short compilation of some of the errors in ANH. I knew of most of them, but missed a couple.

Thought of you when a friend linked me to it a few minutes ago.

Post: #235375
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235375/action/topic#235375
Time: 15-Aug-2006 1:20 PM

Ok, I figured the colors got messed up because of Lowry's correction processes and thus they are partly responsible, whether they fixed actual eefects shots or not (in this, I'm talking purely colors, though).

At any rate, it seems no one really watched the film too carefully before shipping it out. I mean, these are supposed to be George's ultimate vision of the originals, but there are lots of glaring errors. He may hate the OUT, but he loves the special editions, by all accounts (I mean, they spent all that time making yet another Jabba!). You'd think that at least George would look at it and say "guys, fix that stuff, will ya?" I know things are delegated to different people, but still, one of the highly placed people could've gotten fixes (at least lightsaber colors) done before the street date for the release, no? I wouldn't be surprised if there are people at Lucasfilm who have seen DE's version of the film and think "we could've done all that if we'd been allowed to!" I still don't think they would have found as much as DE, though.

Post: #234913
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234913/action/topic#234913
Time: 13-Aug-2006 10:38 PM

Yes, those lightsaber pictures do look very good. Just a subtle little change (even just to the worst cases of incorrect coloring) that would've been a snap for Lowry and/or LFL.

Post: #234789
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234789/action/topic#234789
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:57 PM

Thanks for the pics, DE! With that one of Leia and Han, I thought "what am I looking for?" at first, but it's the sky that really hit me. The right side looks much less polluted. Heh.

Oh, and poor Luke!

Post: #234788
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234788/action/topic#234788
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:54 PM

That one of the door is interesting. Was it just a bad paint job that made it look like that?

Post: #232781
Topic: Silly Pics
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232781/action/topic#232781
Time: 6-Aug-2006 11:34 AM

Wow, if I didn't know any better, I'd say someone was really paying attention when I drew that pumped-up Smurf with the heart tattoo and machine gun back in Computer Ed. 120 class in 1994!

Wish I had kept it so I could post it here to show how close it was. Haha.

Post: #231472
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231472/action/topic#231472
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:40 AM

If the info I gave DjinniMan works for him (I asked him to let me know), maybe he can share it with you. I don't think it saved a copy of my message when I sent it to him.

Update: have PM'd!! hairy_hen and DjinniMan about it.

Post: #231470
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231470/action/topic#231470
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:37 AM

Yeah, the "yes...yesssss" sounded very good. Just have to fix the background noise a bit, cuz Vader's breathing is a little off in it.

Post: #231459
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231459/action/topic#231459
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:05 AM

Originally posted by: DjinniMan
Demonoid has closed registration; can anyone help me find the torrent and/or a copy of the DVD? Thanks!

I'll PM you about it.

Post: #230538
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230538/action/topic#230538
Time: 30-Jul-2006 1:44 AM

Or it could be another "yeah" moment.

Post: #229979
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229979/action/topic#229979
Time: 27-Jul-2006 7:42 PM

The only thing that ever truly bugged me about ESB through the years were some of the matte lines, especially in space scenes. Some of them were absolutely awful, like ghostly boxes around the ships.

Post: #227090
Topic: Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227090/action/topic#227090
Time: 18-Jul-2006 3:05 PM

Originally posted by: Z6PO
You can see short clips of this film on this page.

Nice link. Thanks! Of course, Real clips rarely work for me, including these ones, but still, nice article.

Post: #226982
Topic: Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226982/action/topic#226982
Time: 18-Jul-2006 1:00 AM

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

Has this IMAX classic ever been out on video as a bootleg or anything like that?

I saw this one on Omnimax (similar to IMAX in size, but more of a dome in shape) at the Ontario Science Center. Though I can't remember too many specifics from it now, I do remember the revamped opening scene from Star Wars (had to look straight up to see the ships come in!

), stuff from Kazaam (uh...) and a newly created version of King Kong's fight and fall from the Empire State building.

Kind of a shame that our only memories of it are 10 years old now and we may never see it again. Of course, I'm hoping someone will prove me wrong in this regard!

Post: #226277
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226277/action/topic#226277
Time: 14-Jul-2006 1:42 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
There was nothing from the special edition that I thought was worthy in ESB. ESB was a completely perfect film on its own.

You're so right. The only addition I thought was kind of neat (but unnecessary, of course) was the extended shot of Slave 1 following the Falcon. But then, stretching out the musical cue sounded stupid to me, so...meh!

Post: #226107
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226107/action/topic#226107
Time: 13-Jul-2006 1:34 PM

That last paragraph from that article is telling. Seems like maybe it really was an 'off and on again' thing, like he said, and thus elements were forgotten/mixed up/dropped. To me, it's just another thing I never noticed, or hadn't heard of before!

That's partly why I love seeing Darth Editous' list of fixes. I read it and think "oh yeah!" and certain things.

Post: #224708
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224708/action/topic#224708
Time: 6-Jul-2006 3:46 PM

Yes, thanks for that. We always love to see screenshots.

Post: #224693
Topic: What are you going to do with your SE discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224693/action/topic#224693
Time: 6-Jul-2006 3:00 PM

Originally posted by: sunday256
Like he said at C3..."The point of the movies is to get on with your lives, to take that challenge, to leave your uncle's moisture farm, to go out in the world and change it to save the universe.".

Kinda reminds me of William Shatner's famous "get a life" skit on SNL!

Post: #224692
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224692/action/topic#224692
Time: 6-Jul-2006 2:58 PM

Originally posted by: Darth Editous
They might wish they'd thought of it - they could definitely do it

Yeah, I don't know why I said it that way. CG on the brain, perhaps.

Post: #224667
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224667/action/topic#224667
Time: 6-Jul-2006 2:02 PM

Wow, great job!

The guys at LFL would probably look at that and think "wish we could have done that!"

So did you get the hi-res scan for that? I know you asked about getting one not too long ago.

Post: #224470
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224470/action/topic#224470
Time: 5-Jul-2006 4:41 PM

AHH! SPOILERS! RUN!

Nah, that's ok. I hadn't thought about where the sabers hit, really. I figured they just sort of locked together and made one big slice downwards, but I'm going to look at that more closely now. I suppose thousands of other people have thought about it, too, and I was blissfully unaware.

Post: #224448
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224448/action/topic#224448
Time: 5-Jul-2006 3:02 PM

Originally posted by: Darth Editous
Just a couple of updates, just to keep you all informed, and, if I'm honest, because I like seeing my thread on the front page

Nothing wrong with a little self-promotion!

Anyway, I'm intrigued by the picture you added and what your tweaking could possibly mean. Your additions have been quality ones (even something simple as "Luke" saying "yeah," which added to the scene). Glad to hear from you and that the project is still going strong.