Sishyo512

Hey guys, quick update regarding the restoration. My mental stability throughout editing and cleaning and merging the Holiday Special isn’t doing so well taking personal issues into consideration. Despite this, for the past 3 weeks, I have made considerable progress with the project. Life has been getting in the way of things, so my progress will be real slow for a month or so. If you are interested in helping out, please feel free to slide into my DMs with your thoughts.

Thanks - Sishyo

This may be a dumb question, but how do I upload images into posts? I am relatively new to the site, so I’m sorry about sounding like a dumbass here…

Damn, this post got really whole-hearted really quickly and that’s a great thing to see.

I like a few of the scenes with the blanket yellow tint, but it does kill a few shots and I definitely think it does make the film look a lot more aggressive in color terms. Can I see what the night time and interior scenes look like with and without the yellow tint, if it’s present there at all?

tbird97 said:

Sounds like you may already have it.
The Editdroid version is the broadcast master.
I am fairly certain the Zion Hybrid version (mentioned above) was taken from that source and a little editing was done to improve it, and the commercials were added back in.
Both those versions have threads on this forum which go into greater detail.

Oh damn, I need to look into this. Thanks for the info, at the moment I’m still getting used to using AviSynth and I’ll check out the other threads

trillary dump said:

Oh cool! It’s not a big change but certainly one that should be preserved. If you look into how much it would cost to clean and scan that reel I might just have to help fund it 😃

I have a bit of a strange update with you, but I still have a way to preserve the change. Throughout the past few day I was trying to see if I could get some restoration done on the reel, and I first went to a small theater to see if I could get my can played.

And, it was pretty bad. A lot of damage was done to the physical film, with most of the film having this weird marble effect. Fortunately, I could still see the order of all the sequences, and using that I can take scenes from the theatrical trailers to recreate that change.

I will try to do some digging into finding better reels of AOTC, but for now I can splice up the trailers to make the original scene. Also, I’m really sorry for the late reply, life got in the way of things but I should be free for a while now.

Mavimao said:

Sishyo512 said:

Mavimao said:

But… the holiday special was shot on NTSC video tape. We have a broadcast master. We’re not going to get any better than that.

Do you know where I can find the broadcast master?

No idea, sorry. Check the holiday special thread.

Alright, thanks

trillary dump said:

Ah gotcha. Do you know which section of the movie it is? Hopefully one that has the changes.

I believe it is the second 8 minute segment. I’ll check the Wiki to see if it has any changes.

Edit: The only change besides color grading would be several speeders being removed in the bounty hunter chase.

Possessed said:

Scanning a 35 mm feature length film is a huge task man

It was barely 9 minutes of film, but I still suck when it comes to scanning.

trillary dump said:

Sishyo512 said:

I own one of the original AOTC 35 mm film reels, so if I get in touch with one of my local theaters, I’ll do a capture for you guys to find the differences.

Oh wow how’d you acquire that?! Do you think you’d be able to get it scanned?

Aw crap man, this is just one sixteenth of the film, with most of it being crusty and ruined. I’ll see if I could get this bit restored and I’ll try to scan whatever I have.

^…^ said:

benduwan said:

so what´s with your deleted sw movie projekt?

Halted, at least unless someone more skilled than me would be able to clean up EP 4,5,6 deleted scenes, and possibly colorize the b&w scenes - about this, there is a nice tutorial on doom9, under avisynth usage subforum.

I’m definitely not skilled, but I could try to clean up the deleted scenes. Colorizing however, you would have to ask someone with much more expertise.

Mavimao said:

But… the holiday special was shot on NTSC video tape. We have a broadcast master. We’re not going to get any better than that.

Do you know where I can find the broadcast master?

benduwan said:

use the bluray for movie and deleted parts.

Yea I was planning on using the Blu-Ray version of the Boba-Fett animation, and all the space shots they borrowed from A New Hope from Harmy’s 2.7.

VERSION I IS AVAILABLE NOW

After a long and painful journey over the span of 6 months, I am proud to say with the support of everyone who has subscribed to this chain and has given me sources and moral support, I have finished my first edit of the Star Wars Holiday Special! I will never forget all the help you all have given me through this brain destroying process of watching the film over and over again, and I hope that we can continue making this more and more preserved!

Completed on November 17th, 2018 on the 40th Anniversary of this TV Special, I present Version One of the Holiday Special!

Link: Due to the ToS, please message me if you want to view the link 😃.

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Happy Life Day Everyone!

MISSION STATEMENT

Fans of Star Wars know of the low budget flop known as The Star Wars Holiday Special and recognize it for it’s heavy impact on Star Wars culture. There exists many low resolution captures of the TV film, but at this point there exist no film reels, upscales, cleanups, or any format that is fit for average flatscreen TV viewing- if you are willing to indulge into the film, that is.

Well, like many avid Original Trilogy members, I’m going to attempt a restoration of The Holiday Special into 720p.

At the moment, I only have the Blu-Ray Boba Fett animation, and one crusty copy of the dreaded film itself. Any sources and pieces of media would help me with this time consuming project, and I shall keep you all updated.

Happy Life Day - Sishyo512

UPDATE LOG

Update March 31

I have found several sources that I have in mind for using in my upscale.

1 - The 2011 Blu-Ray Star Wars Saga set - I shall take the Boba Fett upscaled animation & space shots taken from A New Hope.

2 - Tasjo 2013 WHIO - The highest quality tape without over edge & base for editing

3 - Zion Hybrid - The absolute highest quality I could find, with heavy edge

4 - Angrysun 2005 KCCI - Has the most genuine coloring that I have found so far

It would help if someone could help me find the Broadcast Master as I am having a few issues finding it. But for now those will be the sources I can use. I’ll manually cleanup all the tapes and keep the project as a Work In Progress.

Keep you all updated soon - Sishyo

Updates in the month of April

April 5th: I have received information about the actual Broadcast Master, along with HD versions of the trailers during the program. I have also started playing around with AviSynth which should come in handy when I get into editing.

April 27th: I have successfully combined HD elements of ANH with the Special. I successfully made the color pallet significantly better using the color bar screen in Avisynth, and I am now looking for programs to use for my editing. I am always open to any suggestions you may have, and this will most likely be the last post in the month of April.

Updates in the months of May and June

June 20th: The first few minutes have been significantly improved with color correction and as mentioned before, HD elements from the Blu Ray release of ANH throughout the month of May. I went through a few crisis’s in real life regarding family and education, but for now I got my life back on track. I’m probably going to do the same ol dissapearance for a few weeks, however progress should start to get gud during the summer.

June 26th: I got a new program to do some framing and editing of the Holiday Special called HitFillm express. I also got a new computer to do editing on, as my old on was being unresponsive and very slow. Below will be a comparison of some components I will now be using, and what their purpose is.

Below is The WHIO 1st Generation, and I use it for its color pallet

Below is the NTSC Broadcast Master, and I use it for frame timing and filling in empty frames

Below is the Blu Ray release of Star Wars: A New Hope, and I use this for whatever HD bits I can take from it since some scenes were reused in the Holiday Special.

Sorry if the the framing isn’t accurate, however these images should give you a sense of what these components serve. If I have any massive breakthrough with my progress I will certainly let you all know, but for now I’ll see you guys later

Thank you - Sid

Updates in the month of August

August 26: Hello everyone, quick update for today. I have finalized a lot of the framing of the Blu Ray segments into the Holiday Special. The deinterlace into 1080p60pfs was rough, so I may have to redo that. I have tried my best to color correct the Special, but that will take a lot more time. The only major thing left that I haven’t touched on is the score, and I have found a man who specializes in that department, so that shouldn’t be a problem. I will try to post my progress on November 17th if everything keeps progressing like it is right now.

Thanks everyone - Sishyo

Updates in the month of November

November 14. It is 3 days away from expected release, however I am not sure if I would be able to do a render of the final project within 3 days. All major edits and cleanup is done, but this old PC wont give me an easy time saving and exporting in time for the 40th anniversary.

Thanks for bearing with me - Sishyo

trillary dump said:

Sishyo512 said:

I own one of the original AOTC 35 mm film reels, so if I get in touch with one of my local theaters, I’ll do a capture for you guys to find the differences.

Oh wow how’d you acquire that?! Do you think you’d be able to get it scanned?

This old guy ran this theater for a few decades and died a couple years ago, and his belongings were sold by his family. I bought the reel because I thought it would make a fine addition to my collection, but I never opened it mainly because I don’t have the technology to use it.

When I find it, if it’s in a usable condition then I will certainly scan and share the film with you guys.

I own one of the original AOTC 35 mm film reels, so if I get in touch with one of my local theaters, I’ll do a capture for you guys to find the differences.