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Yeah. I'd much rather watch this version, with its beautiful clarity. :D

I just received my copy in the mail. I'm amazed by how seamless everything is.

Things I actually miss from the 2004 DVDs:

Hyperspace star spin

Musicless Obiwan fight (I know that's in the Purist)

And, believe it or not, the bump SFX when the trooper hit his helmet on the half-closed door- that always made me happy

Even so, I think this is the best Star Wars has ever looked. Thanks so much for your time and effort, Adywan. :D

                                He has a point!

No, but seriously, I hadn't noticed that. :P

Technically, it depends on how you interpret the ground they are standing on. Yoda is on some sort of stumpish thing, whereas Obi-Wan seems to be standing on a sloping front of a tree root. Taken like that, Obi-Wan is indeed small. However, the ground also resembles a farther-back slope, in which case he is the same size, but farther back. It's all from your point of view. :P

Lol. Hotlinking is for monkeys. :P Thanks for the info though. It's fascinating.

I like the new mix. It just seems... right.

Ripplin said:

Hey Ady, I have a question that I don't think has been asked yet: if there was pristine footage of the original Emperor scene, would you use that instead of the McDiarmid re-do? I know I would.

But... Why? The new one is the Emporer, the old one was a mockup for an unseen character. I mean, for preservation efforts, sure, but in terms of creating any sort of continuity, the new one is the best, regardless of dialogue choices.

Edit: Yeah, Ady beat me to it. :P

Ripplin said:

sgdelta1771 said:

In Ripplin's version, the star destroyers are still a bit blue and dark.

Yeah, that's because I didn't touch them. Heh. But looking at it after all this, I think they look ok at such a distance, especially as it still shows a good contrast in color between them and the SSD.

Here's the ultimate SSD; the Super Special Star Destroyer, with patented "huh?!" technology:

 

o_0 That really disoriented me for a second.

All right, I can see your argument there. However, when Palpatine told Vader "you killed her in your anger", Luke had not yet been born. Therefore, for all Vader knows, there could be a Luke with the same last name running around. I mean, it is a big galaxy, after all.

I guess I'll be ok with either version.

Personally, I have no problem with the new Palpatine lines. As much as people may pretend the prequels never happened, the added lines do support the assumption that Vader did not know what had happened to his child(ren). With the old lines, it appears he already knows Luke is his son. I mean, it's up to Ady, but IMO the newer ones are one of the SE changes I agree with.

I'm liking the color mix. The original blue is, well, very blue, and the gray seems a tad bland. The mix to me seems to be the best.

The blinking looks great. And second of all, that was a low bitrate? I didn't even notice. o_0 And even more spectacularly, it's in HD. 0_0 I have never seen Star Wars in HD before, and it looks amazing. Does this mean that an HD version of the Revisited versions might be available? That would be SO AWESOME.

Haha. You caught him before I could. The Executor is Vader's SSD. The opening ship in IV is, as far as I know, a normal Star Destroyer. The angle of the shot just makes it look enormous. Which is the beauty of it.

I can easily see both sides of the voice argument, and I really like the voice mixing idea. I agree that the word "dead" doesn't sound quite right at the moment, but see what you can do. Ady- if this does work decently, might you consider using it?

As far as I know he released I and II on DVD-5, and was going to release III on DVD-9, as well as updated versions of I and II on DVD-9. That fabled release has yet to come. When it does, the prequels will be totally saved. :D

The site does have a lot of nice info. It's the only SW wiki I know of, and if it's there, why not use it? :P

Kurgan said:

doubleofive said:

Kurgan said:

Example of a lens flare in ESB:

 

 

Ah, pastel sabers. Reason enough for it to be Revisited.

 

That's from the GOUT.

Ha. Now that's some irony for you.

Before, I gave TPM and AotC no regard whatsoever, and ROTS a general approval. However, I just finished a full SW marathon with some friends, many of whom had not seen any of the movies before. I substituted the MagnoliaFan prequels, and as a result, for the first time the Saga actually seemed to flow together- the plot made sense, the dialogue was decent, and the characters were a little less wooden. Even the big revelation in ESB still worked, because we knew Luke had no idea. This retained the emotion. I would have added in Ady's edit, but I'm still working on getting a copy. I know this sort of breaches edit threads, but for those who despise the prequels, the MagFan edits are the way to go.

And on an on-topic note, I can't wait to get my copy of this and watch it. :D