ThatPixarGuy

Outstanding!

I watched the 1080p ver. with a friend last night who’s not really into the editing game, and coming from two nerds who didn’t really like the theatrical, we were both very impressed. Even a minor change such as a vastly improved color grade, can push your enjoyment of a film that much more. Congrats to everyone involved in making this a worthy conclusion to the “Skywalker Saga.”

The 2000 SE isn’t horrible for what it is, but leaves much to be desired on a 4K display. Hopefully Disney’ll surprise us one day, but I’m not betting on a release anytime soon.

Imo its the most engaging of the trilogy, but also the least interesting in story and especially art direction. The first half is pretty dry and confusing for a newbie, unless you tuned in for a short micro-series that aired on a kid’s network. Anakin’s turn feels like it was written in 5 minutes, too sudden and not gradual at all. Too much time was spent on the Grievous stuff as well as stupid filler stories leading up to this point. It really makes me wish TPM and most of AOTC weren’t such time-wasters. There are some standout moments that I legitimately love, but it’s not definitely not Star Wars, nor TESB.

Thanks for doing this, and to Oohteedee for D+77-80/OTD83. I was never fond of the 04/11 transfers.

Have you ever considered going back and redoing ANH and ESB with the D+ versions? It’d be nice for consistency with Jedi, though I understand not doing it.

I really want to like the Sequels, but even with fan-efforts; it’s always hard to turn my brain off and have fun with (imo) such soulless films. The Prequels had their fair share of flaws, sure. But I can, at the very least, recognize them as Star Wars. A Star Wars that doesn’t rely on nostalgia, or attempts to push an agenda. It’s a shame…

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I was running into the same issue recently, but figured it was too many downloads. Thanks!

Agreed, Slower is better here.

Massive Thanks for putting in the time to do this. Hal’s and L8’s PT were great, but I was really looking for something that actually fit, in looks anyway, with the OT. All of the CGI already looks much better.

Like many have already said, thanks so much for getting back into the swing of things JJ. I was always a little disappointed with a few of the later films, as I felt they cut a bit too much at times from the source. Specifically with HBP.

1. Star Wars.
2. The Empire Strikes Back.
3. Return of the Jedi.
4. Revenge of the Sith.
5. Rogue One.
6. The Phantom Menace.
7. Attack of the Clones.
8. Solo.
9. The Clone Wars.
10. The Last Jedi.
11. The Force Awakens.
12. The Rise of Skywalker.

I’m pretty sure the Season 1+2 BD set has the uncut episodes. I’m guessing streaming services like Hulu, etc (if Hulu even has RG anymore,) have the edited versions. Don’t quote me on that though. I’m a big fan of the show myself.

I’d love a link as well; I love both versions, but 2003 TCW has always been a personal favorite, Love Samurai Jack too.

I’d love a link as well.

I’d love a link as well; many condensed Prequel Edits have disappointed in the past but this one seems interesting.

I might’ve missed it in this huge discussion, but has anyone tried to do anything about “Knights of Ren… Cool”? It still feels really forced (Heh) and unnecessary imo.

Ugh, Guess I found this a bit too late… I’m sure these edits were incredible JJ, and it really sucks when a form of plagiarism comes about. It’s gotta be that one asshole that ruins everything… Hopefully you’ll get back into the editing game someday.

Molly said:

That’s because the Funi releases for GT are based on the same masters as the R2s, with incorrect colors.

Ah, that makes sense…

HarveyPlissken1138 said:

Jason0839 said:

As far as i know, there is already a team of people working on the entirety of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z doing scene by scene colour correction.

And what of Dragon Ball GT? Is someone working on that, too? If they’re doing DB and Z, they might as well do GT to complete the original run.

Does GT even need CC? I never found the colors to be off on the GT Box, compared to the normal FUNi releases anyway.

monkeyjb1988 said:

jolennon said:

Oh sorry, my mistake. I must have mistaken it for another movie.

Hey, a little positive news: there’s a 1080p Make Mine Music somewhere around the internet and it’s uncensored.
You can see some screenshots here: https://www.disneycentralplaza.com/t2378p100-la-boite-a-musique-walt-disney-1946

Cool news. All I could find was a Japanese laserdisc. Not bad but the fact there’s an HD version floating around is still a nice find.

simps said:

jolennon said:

The Toy Story change was made before the first DVD release. The original opening never made its way to digital home video, only laserdisc/vhs.

The change for Toy Story’s opening logo occurred in 2009 with the 3D re-release with Toy Story 2 in cinemas and has been that way since. 😃

That’s what I remembered too. A rare change I don’t like (the fade from the original log and the wallpaper was cute). On that note, I’ve been re-watching all the Pizar films and A Bug’s Life and The Incredibles are the only ones to keep the original Pixar-only Disney castle. All were ones rereleased in 3D so that makes sense.

I think Cars had it’s original castle too, the 2007 BD did anyway… It was replaced in the 2019 repackage/D+.

As much as I love Yamamoto’s score for Z, this project is pretty fantastic. Just great editing all around. Can’t wait for the finished result.

CatBus said:

ThatPixarGuy said:

I, myself, prefer Despecialized for it’s cleaner and polished look. The various 4K restorations all look incredible though; I guess I’ve never been one to watch or own a film exactly the way it was seen in a theater.

In my case, the drive-in with the little metal clip-on speaker and the reel that broke partway through isn’t anything I’d ever want to repeat. Not that the film wasn’t amazing anyway, but still.

Agreed.

I, myself, prefer Despecialized for it’s cleaner and polished look. The various 4K restorations all look incredible though; I guess I’ve never been one to watch or own a film exactly the way it was seen in a theater.

May be a bit too early to tell, but does anyone know if 3.0 will be GOUT or Theatrically synched?