Skippy The Jedi Droid

LHSmarchingredcoat said:

I’ve been watching the theatrical Podrace over and over and I am just not seeing that specific shot to begin with, so I’m wondering if that shot was added as part of the extended Podrace with that rendering mistake for the DVD, but fixed in the Blu Ray. I do know that the same type of rendering mistake when Qui-Gon grabs Jar Jar is still there on every release of TPM, including the Blu Ray.

Oops! I just watched the Podrace from DVD and the mistake is actually in the extra scene where the announcer yells “Skywalker’s spinning out of control!” 😄

LHSmarchingredcoat said:

Also of note, the Battlefront II Theed gameplay debuted this week, and noticed this little detail
https://imgur.com/gallery/Xln7c
It appears that (for this pre-alpha at least) the digital assets from TPM were used for the Theed palace, assets that DO NOT include the bridge added in to the “canon” Blu Ray and DVD. wondering if the team working on BFII either overlooked this for the alpha, or if it’s an intentional detail, seeing as how nuanced and attentive they’ve been with the rest of the map.

Good eye! I’m pretty sure they just overlooked that little detail or they knew about it but didn’t bother to add it there because nobody probably knows where the exact location of that bridge is since it was’t in the digital assets and the “fix” only exists on Blu-Ray. The “blueprints” were never updated after 1999. That’s just my guess…

Is the Podrace announcer mistake (hand goes through their vest) intact in the theatrical cut of the Podrace?

I also vaguely remember a mistake in the Naboo swamp. It had something to do with Jar Jar and it was fixed in the Blu-Ray version. Does anyone have any clue what that mistake could be?

This site has one interesting thing listed:
http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=123195
"Padme’s eyes glimmer a little less in the Blu-Ray version."
Could that just be caused by the strong DNR added to the Blu-Ray?

LHSmarchingredcoat said:
I wonder if willarob or someone has the raw video files for this trailer

There actually is a person in the comment section here asking for the files and willarob sent that person a PM. Maybe you could also ask the same?
http://thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2017/06/08/Star-Wars-The-Phantom-Menace-35mm-Trailer-in-4K

yotsuya said:

I’m not terribly impressed with that transfer. The colors are so muted and it is so dark.

Yeah and the picture isn’t even that sharp but somehow it still looks more appealing to my eye than the official upscaled version that you can find from DVD/Blu-Ray extras.

Hi!

I just wanted to share this very recently uploaded 4K scanned 35mm print of The Phantom Menace Trailer B:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnhqwRQf04A

Thanks to Q-branch and thestarwarstrilogy.com! I’ve been trying to find one for a while now because most of the trailers seem to have been sourced and upscaled from DVD if I’m not mistaken. That beautiful REAL film grain, contrast and warm colors make the CGI look so much better… as expected 😃
Now it’s even harder for me to watch any of the official releases of TPM.

How does this help the project? Well… I really don’t know… but at least it gets you in the right mood! 😛

clutchins said:

He shared a lot of his scripts I believe.

That’s right! Those would probably help here as a reference.

Really cool seeing someone else trying to do this after RU.08 gave up on his project. Such a shame because it seemed it was going pretty well.
I wish you the best of luck! You seem to know what you’re doing 😃

Jetrell Fo said:

I am certain that at some point in the near future there will be scans of the PT from actual film done. This is always a waiting game due to it being done by fans, for fans, with the support of fans.

The problem is that it’s The Phantom Menace we’re talking about here. I’m afraid that the people who have the skills and machinery to do that just don’t care enough and don’t want to go through the long process just to preserve a movie that possibly scarred them for life.

Oh wow I had forgotten this project! So… is this still alive?

RU.08 said:

Dek Rollins said:

The entire TPM DVD has a slight pink cast on the color. No clue on the HDTV, though.

EDIT: And I’d want a 35mm TPM because it’s the only PT film I’ll probably ever watch again due nostalgia, and that needs to be the theatrical version, which I would want to look it’s best (i.e. it’s best to have print grain IMO).

Yep I corrected that. But I don’t really know for certain how it looked on 35mm as the only source for that is the Z-VCD bootleg.

The official Star Wars website has story galleries of all movies that have high quality pictures. I checked the Episode I gallery and to me it seems like the pictures have colors that could possibly match with the original theatrical prints. The pictures are definitely not from the Blu-Ray because the color and contrast are completely different and there’s even some visible film grain. Maybe you could use those pictures as a reference…

I have a bootleg of Episode I on VHS. It’s the “Z” bootleg because it has a letter z in the upper corner of the picture. The first 30 minutes the audio is straight from the movie theater. Then the audio changes to something that is pretty hard to describe. Sound effects are missing etc. It’s probably the 5.1 surround sound but you can only hear the front channels(?)

WolfBlitzGorilaz said:

I noticed that in TESP despecialized edition V2.0 In the Crawl is still says EPISODE V!!! your opinion if that should be a priority to be taken out ASAP?

Not sure if serious or just trolling…

LexX said:

Finland, and actually I’ve been meaning to put it up for sale on eBay.

Oh a Finnish guy! Terve! 😄
I’ve only encountered ROTS VHS twice in my life. Never bought it even though I had a chance. It’s probably as rare as the Finnish Widescreen VHS of TPM. You can sell the ROTS VHS to me if you want. PM if interested.

That’s great to hear. This will most likely be the version I will choose when ever I want to watch this film. Can’t wait.

Yeah Padme is supposed to be 14. It's just so odd that a girl that young can lower her voice so much. I can probably accept that when she has the makeup on but not when she isn't trying to hide her identity.

One thing I would also like to be changed is Queen Amidala's voice. Lucas decided to lower her voice in post-production. We can actually hear Portman's original voice in the trailers. It's okay if she has a lower voice when she's wearing the makeup but for some reason Lucas also edited some scenes where she doesn't have the makeup but is still the queen. That just doesn't make any sense. Why would she want to change her voice if she doesn't even wear the makeup? I can remember one line that sounds incredibly dumb in the final movie: "Get to your ships!" Luckily they used that line in the trailer before Lucas decided to change her voice and there it sounds so much better.

Could you possibly use the voice from the trailer for that line and possibly alter all the other scenes where she's speaking as a queen without the makeup?

DoctorPain99 said:

Oh oops I thought you meant like "don't bother, some one's already done it." Sorry, I misunderstood. My bad.

 It's nothing. I have no idea why I had to make such a complicated sentence in the first place. Now it should be better :)

DoctorPain99 said:

Skippy The Jedi Droid said:

There is already one guy who has done all this and in higher quality (1080p): http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/TPM-1080p-Theatrical-Preservation/topic/17311/

 No, that guy is making a theatrical re-creation with several different sources combined; this is just a laserdisc upscale with subs added.

 What? I just showed him the place where he can find some pretty good info regarding the subs and the whole upscaling process.

You might want to check this out: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/TPM-1080p-Theatrical-Preservation/topic/17311/

doubleofive said:

sansuni said:

I wish Adywan worked on this as well. I hope he will do just that after he releases OT.

Good news for you!

 That doesn't mean anything. He had plans for the prequels years ago but now I'm a bit sceptical. ESB:R was supposed to come out years ago but the Blu-Ray release changed everything. Now he's been working on ESB:R for over 6 years and it won't even come out this year. Then he will start doing ROTJ:R that will probably take another 3-4 years and when ROTJ:R is finished he'll start working on ANH:R HD. I know Adywan hates these type of comments but I'm going to say it anyway: I'm dead before TPM:R comes out! :D

Honestly I think he will quit after ANH:R HD... and yes I know I can sometimes be very pessimistic :P

There is TPM game sound files on myspleen that could be useful for this project. There is additional dialogue that are not in the film, background noises and other cool sound effects. You might wanna check it out in the future. Sadly nobody is seeding it right now...

I know your frustration. I've watched so many TPM fanedits but none of them please me. You have very bold ideas but I like them a lot. I hope you have enough patience to finish this project.

There are few things that really interest me:

1. What is your main video source? I hope it's not the regular Blu-Ray but the regraded and regrained version (V2) that can be found on myspleen.

2. The problem with the deleted scenes is that they're not availbale in HD (as far as I'm aware of). Are you going to lower the resolution of the whole film because of that? There are few shots that I would like to include as well: during the extended scene before the podrace starts there are few additional shots of the racers that are NOT CGI (Mawhonic and Dud Bolt). More practical effects in TPM! :)

3. Jabba cameo. Are you keeping it? If you are then I wish you'd make him more green. He was always so grey in TPM.

4. Podrace lap 2. Are you going to remove it? It slows things down too much imo.

5. In my opinion Gungans resemble Native Americans. What do you think? Making them sound like "indians" would be pretty cool :D

6. "No Anakin in Naboo". Does that mean he's not going to blow up the Trade Federation ship?

7. Jedi Force speed. There's that one shot in the opening scene where they use the force speed. Will you keep it? I'm asking because it's stupid that Obi-Wan doesn't use it when the red "doors" are closing during the Darth Maul fight.

7. Yoda! Puppet or CGI? I'd prefer the puppet IF you make him less cross-eyed and enhance his mouth movement so it actually syncs with the audio.

I'll definitely try these things myself but I have much less experience with editing than you have. Maybe I'll turn to Adywan after he finishes ROTJ:R :D

Oh. I was so sure that at least the second thread I linked would have been about the theatrical version. I admit that I just quickly glanced through many threads.

My apologies!

schorman13 said:

There has to be an HD version of this broadcast.  I hope it surfaces at some point.

 Yes there is and as far as I know it's already available. More info here: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/THE-PHANTOM-MENACE-THEATRICAL-HD-Toppers-Version/topic/17137/

The HD version was still available on usenet in 2013. I don't use usenet so I have no idea if you can still get it. There may be torrents of it somehwere but (obviously nobody is seeding it).

The usenet link can be found here: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-HD-rips/post/659396/#TopicPost659396

nightstalkerpoet said:

It is anamorphic 720x576. Though with some slight black bars on the left and right.

Now available on myspleen.

 Thanks a lot! I wonder why they aired the original version in 2013...