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#261049
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
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I would kinda like to see the wolfman in it, too, to keep it as original as possible. But as was said, not too many seem too worried about it. It would bring up a quality issue too, no? (i.e. laserdisc vs. DVD)

DE, are you going to compile a list of extra fixes made in the V2 and V3 versions somewhere? Maybe add them below the list in your original post? That would be great!
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#260291
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
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Originally posted by: SluggoDon't confuse DE with GL.

Certainly not! He has already gone back to it before, though. Nothing wrong with a bit of procrastination, of course, especially when the end result is an actual improvement. For that, we can all be very thankful. Plus, had Lucas actually done a truly great, possibly perfect restoration, these fun fan projects might not be out there to the extent they are.

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#260270
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
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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? )
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#258587
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
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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.

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#248849
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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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!
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#248117
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First Impressions of the OOT ...
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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.

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#235375
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
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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.
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#226982
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Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"
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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!
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#226277
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
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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!

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#226107
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
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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.