Would removing “Star Wars” from the title of the page help regarding “misrepresentation”?
Yup, I’m waiting on “ROTJ 3.1” and will download that version.
Really looking forward to version 3.0 for A New Hope and Empire! Hope those get released this year!
Just saw this an hour ago. Very nicely done! The original scenes blend in quite nicely with the 4K sources.
This is now my go-to Star Wars to watch.
About the only thing I would change is that known glitch during the Death Star battle.
What “glitch” are you referring to? The one where some ships are in front of other ships when they should be behind those ships?
I’ll wait for version 3.1.
Looking forward to it. Thanks!
I was fixing to watch the latest versions. But may hold out for 3.0 now.
What changes were missed in this awesome edit?
The changes that I noticed were:
R2-D2 and C-3PO’s escape pod cover on Tatooine remained grey and was not changed back to blue.
Darth Vader’s lightsaber stayed red when Luke blasted the door on the Death Star.
The detention hall’s hallway remained altered with the special edition version when Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca were attempting to escape.
These were the only changes that I noticed which were not restored to the theatrical version; otherwise, everything else was pretty much originally unaltered and theatrical.
I remember hearing that special edition “thud” noise from when the Storm Tropper hits his head on the blast door.
When I was checking it out on the computer and comparing it to other projects side by side, I think there are some shots that can be updated to better versions. You know the film scans used to cover up the crappy CGI.
One thing that surprised me was when Luke and Leia were in that tube where they had to swing over to get away from the Storm Troopers. Their voices were super echoey.
i thought the audio was sourced from schorman’s Star Wars LaserDisc Audio Archive and hairy_hen’s 70mm recreation
Was the “thud” noise in those audio versions? I had thought the thud was added for the special edition from what I remember people saying about it in the 2000’s. I remember being in a message board where people thought it was brilliant to add a “thud” noise to the Storm Trooper hitting his head. At the time, I hadn’t seen the Original Trilogy since the 80’s, so didn’t know what they were talking about at the time. It seemed like in the mid-2000’s, a lot of people were liking the special edition what I saw talking about it. But at the time as mentioned, I didn’t get it as I’d had mostly forgotten Star Wars other than seeing the prequels, which were still fresh.
I’m pretty sure the “thud” was originally added in the elusive 1977 mono mix.
I put in my 2006 DVD GOUT disc and it does have that “thud” noise. Then I put in the regular 2006 DVD, and the thud is there too, just louder. So I guess the “thud” was there from the beginning. Which, for whatever reason, I had read over the years that “thud” was a special edition change.
I’m looking forward to 3.0 as basing this off of the 2019 4k versions is the best way to go as the 2019 4K versions is the best the “official” release has ever looked.
What changes were missed in this awesome edit?
The changes that I noticed were:
R2-D2 and C-3PO’s escape pod cover on Tatooine remained grey and was not changed back to blue.
Darth Vader’s lightsaber stayed red when Luke blasted the door on the Death Star.
The detention hall’s hallway remained altered with the special edition version when Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca were attempting to escape.
These were the only changes that I noticed which were not restored to the theatrical version; otherwise, everything else was pretty much originally unaltered and theatrical.
I remember hearing that special edition “thud” noise from when the Storm Tropper hits his head on the blast door.
When I was checking it out on the computer and comparing it to other projects side by side, I think there are some shots that can be updated to better versions. You know the film scans used to cover up the crappy CGI.
One thing that surprised me was when Luke and Leia were in that tube where they had to swing over to get away from the Storm Troopers. Their voices were super echoey.
i thought the audio was sourced from schorman’s Star Wars LaserDisc Audio Archive and hairy_hen’s 70mm recreation
Was the “thud” noise in those audio versions? I had thought the thud was added for the special edition from what I remember people saying about it in the 2000’s. I remember being in a message board where people thought it was brilliant to add a “thud” noise to the Storm Trooper hitting his head. At the time, I hadn’t seen the Original Trilogy since the 80’s, so didn’t know what they were talking about at the time. It seemed like in the mid-2000’s, a lot of people were liking the special edition what I saw talking about it. But at the time as mentioned, I didn’t get it as I’d had mostly forgotten Star Wars other than seeing the prequels, which were still fresh.
I’ve had the despecialized versions downloaded for a couple of years now, but haven’t gotten around to watching them. I plan to in the next month or so.
what’s the best place to get updates on this, his youtube? last vid is from months ago. curious on what the timeline for 3.0 is.
I would guess his youtube channel. Though I doubt 3.0 will be out for a long time as I remember people talking about it coming out in 2015, which is almost 10 years ago.
What changes were missed in this awesome edit?
The changes that I noticed were:
R2-D2 and C-3PO’s escape pod cover on Tatooine remained grey and was not changed back to blue.
Darth Vader’s lightsaber stayed red when Luke blasted the door on the Death Star.
The detention hall’s hallway remained altered with the special edition version when Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca were attempting to escape.
These were the only changes that I noticed which were not restored to the theatrical version; otherwise, everything else was pretty much originally unaltered and theatrical.
I remember hearing that special edition “thud” noise from when the Storm Tropper hits his head on the blast door.
When I was checking it out on the computer and comparing it to other projects side by side, I think there are some shots that can be updated to better versions. You know the film scans used to cover up the crappy CGI.
One thing that surprised me was when Luke and Leia were in that tube where they had to swing over to get away from the Storm Troopers. Their voices were super echoey.
I just recently watched the OohTeeDee versions and really liked it. Hadn’t seen the theatrical cuts since the 80’s. It was actually pleasant to watch compared to all the horrible CGI in the Special Edition. Next I plan to watch the Harmy version as I still haven’t seen that yet other than scrolling through on the computer.
I like the oohteedee way of doing it. Which pretty much takes the 4K Disney versions and uses 35mm prints to remove the offensive CGI crap. It’s not theatrical accurate. Though I prefer having digitally composited ships that are slightly out of place than the theatrical optically composited version that has matte lines and makes the ships look like cardboard cutouts.
Though in Empire, I do prefer the Vader’s “Prepare for my arrival” line better than the original. Though that could just be because I’ve been watching the special editions for the past 20 years as the last time I’d seen the theatrical versions before oohteedee’s versions was back in the 80’s when they did that big TV broadcast.
I ended up figuring out that the blu-ray player remote has buttons for “Audio” and Subtitles", which let you select the different audio tracks and turning subtitles on/off. Though still not sure what format it would be best to convert the videos to that retains full quality and lets you have multiple audio tracks and subtitles. As MKV files won’t fast forward or rewind on my blu-ray player.
I found a program called “HD Video Converter Factory Pro” that let me convert an MKV file to MP4 while preserving the different audio tracks. I tested it on my computer and I was able to change the audio tracks. Though I wasn’t able to do this on the Blu-Ray player via USB.
So looks like I’d need to find a way to convert it to a Blu-Ray format where it would function like a Blu-Ray disc and let you select different audio tracks.
I have the oohteedee version of the Original Trilogy downloaded. Though my Sony Blu-Ray player won’t let me fast forward or rewind the movies. I’ve tried via a USB and burned it to a Blu-Ray. Both the same problem.
Can someone suggest a format that I can convert it to that will be high quality, that I can fast forward and rewind, and where I can select the different audio tracks? I did convert one movie to MP4 that allowed me to fast forward and rewind, though I don’t think I was able to select the different audio tracks that oohteedee supplies with the movies.
I wonder if it could be converted to a AVCHD format burned on a Blu-Ray like what Harmy offers?
I’m not that familiar with this and I’ve searched around the internet and can’t find much info on this. And if you could recommend a free conversion software, that would help too.
Thanks
My advice would be to look into setting up a Plex media server. It’s free software that lets you stream your video and audio files to your devices and supports multiple audio tracks and subtitles. If your television supports native apps you might be able to stream directly to your television. If not I’d recommend something like an inexpensive Amazon firestick that you can load the plex app onto.
That sounds like something very complicated compared to converting it over to a different format that you can burn to a blu-ray disc that preserves all audio tracks and/or subtitles. Also, I don’t have a smart TV.
I did convert the MKV file to MP4. And I was able to fast forward and rewind via USB in my blu-ray player, though there was only one audio track. The audio track that is in the MKV file. I had wanted to be able to check out the other supplied audio tracks so I could pick out the one I think sounds the best.
My blu-ray player will play the MKV video file via disc or USB. Though you can’t fast forward or rewind.
Does anyone know of a program where I could say convert the MKV video file to something else. And then be able to put it on a blu-ray disc with the different audio tracks? And then where I could still be able to select different audio tracks and/or subtitles when playing it in a blu-ray player?
I really like the idea of doing a modified version compared to Harmy’s versions. Where you take the latest official versions, and then use 4K scans of a theatrical print to cut out the offensive stuff. And depending on the shot, you may just cut out a portion of the 4k scan to cover up some CGI changes instead of using the whole frame, depending on the shot and what’s being covered up and depending on the quality of the 4k scanned print.
Though I’d leave some fixes in like when they removed matte lines and fixed it where you can’t see the red tshirt on the whampa arm anymore, etc.
I really do like the new recomposited snow speeders on Hoth. In the original version, the snow speeders looked like cardboard cutouts. So, even though they recomposited the ships in slightly different locations, I’d leave it.
I’m also someone who actually likes how they redid the shadows under the land speeder, etc. as it looks more natural.
ImgBurn is very good (and free) burning software for a PC.
Actually I believed I used that software. When I put the disc in the player, it doesn’t show up like a normal disc. It looks like a data file that you have to open a file. And then when you are watching the movie, if you try to fast forward or rewind, then the movie will stop and kick you back to the menu. To where you have to start the movie all over again. Any ideas on what the problem there is? Or maybe it’s a problem of how the file was created?
What is a good program to use to burn these movie files onto a Blu-Ray disc?
I have the NJVC downloaded and I forget what I used to burn it onto a Blu-Ray disc. But anyways, when putting the disc into the player, it doesn’t show up like a store bought disc. It looks more like it’s a data file or something. But anyways after getting the movie playing, I’m not able to fast forward or rewind. If I try to fast forward, then the movie will stop playing and I have to start the movie from the beginning. This is real annoying.
Is this just the way it is on this type of thing? Or is there a program that will burn these movie files to where when putting in the disc, it will look just like any other movie disc you put it, and it will allow you to fast forward and rewind?
I’d like to get a PM with all the download links. Thanks.
Maybe I’m late with this one, but I’m doing my editing on DaVinci Resolve. It’s used by professionals, it’s free, and it comes with a lot of tutorials both on Resolve’s website, and on YouTube.
Is that a program where you can take the NJVC despecialized iso blu-ray files and say remove the extra languages and remove the audio from the menu screen, etc.?
I’d like to get these in pdf files. i.e. take the master file of these in your editing program and save it as a pdf in the highest quality setting. That way all of the elements would be preserved as I’d want to make a few tweeks. Like on that last cover, the “Star Wars” logo thing looks like the new sequel trilogy style. I’d redo it by having a regular Star Wars logo be normal and moved towards the top. And then below that “The Despecialized Trilogy”. And I’d remove that white box code thing on the back.
Is there anyway you could upload high quality pdf files of these with the text and graphics preserved for editing?
Just curious, what graphics program did you use? Might could instead also upload the master file of these in whatever program you used. I really do like these, but I’d like to make a few tweaks. Let me know.
Thanks