SparkySywer

Slow them down, or use interlacing.

They’re usually just text files under a weird extension.

I’m not really a fan of the colloquial dialogue like “Take a breath, man.” Feels out of place when the rest of the dialogue feels like they’re ancient samurai or whatever.

I’ll probably just edit the subtitle files myself but I felt like voicing this.

snooker said:

What if Episode II opened in a similar way to Episode V, with a Star Destroyer looking for a rebel base?

https://gfycat.com/UnawareMellowGrebe

Wow, those effects.

PRAISE VEXED! THE MESSIAH HAS COME!

In all seriousness, these all look better than the Blu Ray, but in each comparison I couldn’t help but prefer the DVDs on each one. The change is a little dramatic, and should probably be toned down, but you’re definitely on the right track for sure.

snooker said:

I feel like this movie needs a purpose in the grander Star Wars saga. In a hypothetical universe where this edit was the prequel trilogy we got, what kind of twist could happen that would re-contextualize the Original Trilogy? Some great truth that would be revealed that would make you watch the originals in a new and exciting way?

Using a looser definition of twist, here are some ideas:

-Obi Wan turned Anakin (GeekyGlasses); Adds weight to Luke’s training, and proves Yoda and Obi-Wan to be fallible. (You already mentioned it, but here’s an argument for it, and also GeekyGlasses did it first, or at least before this)

-Anakin is a clone of Palpatine (Jason LaJoie); Turns Vader’s redemption into commentary on free will, that Anakin is not destined to be like Palpatine.

-The Obi Wan we see in the Originals is a clone of the Obi Wan we see in the prequels, and Vader is a clone of Anakin, Palpatine cloned them both to be dark side minions, but OB1 turned to the light; IDK lol it’s kinda cool

Additionally, if you wanted to be a little more meta, and aim the twist to people who’ve already seen Lucas’s prequels, you could make Palpatine a legit good guy, and Sidious an entirely different character, or even just using Palpatine as a puppet.

Edit so I don’t double post: Are the subtitles gonna be burned in or on a file? Would you be able to give the option?

In here

Also interesting how the edit implies that this event nudged Luke out of his isolation a little.

Wow, the beginning is just amazing. Surpassed my expectations by miles!

How soon is this gonna come out?

Anything from the prequels is cheating, so I’m gonna have to go with the scene with Maz Kanata in TLJ.

bkev said:

Well… does calling a Lightsaber a LifeSaver for at least a year count?

My dad says I called them shoomers because of the sound they made.

Heck yes

Same

If this thread isn’t dead and people wanna see Star Wars: Episode V - The Last Jedi

charlesdavid08 said:

this scene it’s already looks retro if they just remove the flying cgi vehicles in the background

hnnng that looks so good

A half hour is almost definitely pushing it.

Retcons don’t really deserve to count. You can retcon any contradiction, but they’re still contradictions.

trillary dump said:

Just PM’d. Im glad this is being done! There is a 35mm scan of this being done so it could be used for reference for the subtitle timing and could be used to restore the shots only found on VHS/Laserdisc (i.e. removing the bridge and replacing the Twileks in the Senate scene)

I might redo this when that comes out, but if they just release that reconstruction as a reconstruction, and not just a 35mm scan, that reconstruction would probably be better, and if so, I might not.

jedit: Also for the shots that you used the blu ray footage, did you recrop the frame to match the HDTV? (the frame of the blu ray shows about 9% more)

Yes, but Sony Vegas is a little finicky, so it’s not 100% perfect. But it’s not noticeable, so no biggie.

ChainsawAsh said:

There’s a theatrical bootleg that can be used as a reference for subtitle timing and positioning, too.

I might look into this, but I don’t know if I have the time to invest into a full-scale reconstruction.

Additionally, the better, higher bitrate second version is in the process of being uploaded right now. It should be available by tomorrow morning (EST)!

The goal of this fanedit is to be a sort of quick and dirty HD Theatrical Version of the Phantom Menace, done with similar methods to Harmy or the D+ projects, but less meticulously and painstakingly accurate. Something that’s good enough for someone who just wants the movie.

There’s a few minor changes that are still in this, but only the stuff that’s not particularly noticeable.

There’s plenty of TPM restoration projects that are nearing completion now in 2021, which will render this project obsolete very soon. This project was only ever really meant to tide us over until those are done.

Basically what I did in this project is that I took Schormann’s Preservation of the 2001 HDTV version of the Phantom Menace, plopped it into Sony Vegas, matched it roughly to Adywan’s (SD) Reconstruction of the theatrical movie… and also edited out the ugly as hell subtitles burned into Schormann’s Preservation and replaced them with ones that look kind of like the font in the Original Trilogy and the new movies, using Blu Ray footage (which doesn’t have burned in subtitles).

Screenshot:

PM me for a download link.

I’ve been working on a v2 that fixes some technical errors, but I have to start over from scratch since I’ve lost the files from the original project. But that’s probably for the best.

Those color edits are amazing! They’re so convincing it actually took me a little bit to figure out what the edit was.

Not from a Jedi.

What, are you not one with the force like us?

The last scene in RotS looks so good filmized!

I’d say you shouldn’t include the Mandalore episodes. I watched the Maul arc without ever seeing those episodes and understood them fine.

HerekittykittyX said:

paja said:

Collipso said:

Not sure if the puppet face would look good in a CGI character, but worth a try.

Cough. Cough.

Omg that looks amazing

It’s better than the CGI, but not good.