adywan

Most disturbing Star Wars thing ever?.......

The prequels ;)

Lord Grievous said:

Ady, could you please re-up that last screenshot, imageshack doesn't seem to work :(

It's displaying fine here. Anyone else having problems?

Darth_Coconut said:

It doesn't fit absolutely. Perspective isn't correct for 100%

What? Sorry, but i don't understand what you are trying to say in your post

Harmy said:

The good thing about ROTJ:R is that i don't have to use any GOUT footage at all so no upscaling issues, so this one was possible. The one shot i would need to use from a lower quality source would be the original Anakin ghost, but i can use one of the SE broadcasts for that as it worked perfectly well with the Emperor in my ESB 97' 1080p reconstruction . But who knows what will be on the Blu-rays

Don't have to use GOUT? OMG, what about Lapti Nek? Or are you leaving that out altogether?

I never liked Lapti nek and hated jedi rocks. That scene will be getting a bit of a change

Radi0n said:

adywan said:

The one shot i would need to use from a lower quality source would be the original Anakin ghost, but i can use one of the SE broadcasts for that as it worked perfectly well with the Emperor in my ESB 97' 1080p reconstruction . But who knows what will be on the Blu-rays

Wait, what? Did I miss something?
Ok first off, WOW Janskeet!!

But uhm, an ESB '97 1080p reconstruction? That's the first I've ever heard of. Is this still a work-in-progress or a finished release?

Speaking of funding, how does that work? I'm getting more and more enticed to do so, quite honestly. Although it won't be as much as Janskeet, I'm sure every bit and bob will help ;)

The '97 ESB 1080p has been available for a while now

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/THE-STAR-WARS-SAGA-1080P-AVCHD-DVD-9-for-PS3-Blu-Ray-players-Episodes-1-4-5-available-now/topic/9536/

Any donations can be made through paypal. A direct link can be found in my signature.

As i'm feeling in a good mood here's a new pic. Just click on it to view the larger image

JediTray said:

Will the "jogging" Star Destroyer at the beginning be fixed?  As the camera pans with the probe droid and the Star Destroyer disappears in the top right of the frame, it shifts in a manner that is not condusive to the starfield or the camera movement.  That has always bugged me.

Here's the first 2 minutes of ESB:R as it stood 2 years ago. As you can see the stardestroyer movement has been changed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzHsO92Cljw&feature=related

AuggieBenDoggie said:

Thats fantastic news ady! Would like to see pics of your work station if it's ok with you?

I haven't had chance to finish the wiring yet but hopefully you'll get to see it this weekend

A B C said:

Loconut said:

on-topic...Julia Roberts rules (FB'ers will understand)

What ?... A remake ?... A role as Leia ?

no. lol. i did one of the quizzes on facebook about julia roberts and got 100% then did a star wars one and got a question wrong (although i know i clicked on the correct answer). I'm so ashamed i'm just going to sit in the corner hanging my head in shame.

Ok, some breaking news that might just redeem my shame.

Recently i have been having a chat with an ex member of these boards who has been a very great supporter of this project. You may remember Janskeet and that he funded the tibetan lamb fur needed to make the wampa as realistic as possible. Well we had been chatting about the blu-rays coming out next year and he asked if it would be possible for me to do ROTJ:R in 1080p. i told him that there was just no way of doing something like that with my setup as it is borderline doing ESB:R in 720p as it is. Next thing i know he had offered to fund a better PC so i could work in 1080p and we got the new parts this weekend. So......

ROTJ:R will be in 1080p :) Thank you janskeet

Even though this has happened ESB:R will still only be 720p. It's just impossible to go back and redo everything in 1080p and too much has already been done .

The good thing about ROTJ:R is that i don't have to use any GOUT footage at all so no upscaling issues, so this one was possible. The one shot i would need to use from a lower quality source would be the original Anakin ghost, but i can use one of the SE broadcasts for that as it worked perfectly well with the Emperor in my ESB 97' 1080p reconstruction . But who knows what will be on the Blu-rays

Loconut said:

Since it's my birthday, (Pleasure-)popcorn is on me!

ENJOY!

on-topic...Julia Roberts rules (FB'ers will understand)

Happy birthday. And that Julia Roberts thing, i'm going to sit in the corner of shame

Jedi Temple34 said:

Gredo doesn’t possibly stand a chance now! LOL

Nor does GREEDO ;) But at least you'll be able to hear his death in better quality

yes the scream is slightly different and they added an additional grunt. Although the first scream is the same the it was lower in the mix and the first section was cut. I prefer the way it is in the SE so i won't be changing that back

I doubt i would be adding any extra shots of the falcon blasting the troopers. It doesn't really need it and it would need to fit in without ruining the pacing and the music cues

Easterhay said:

I think when an artist has created something, it should be taken away from them.  Because the true artist is never truly happy with what they create.  They are always striving to better themselves; it's what keeps them trying, and it's what makes them better than so many mediocre artists who are happy to churn out substandard product.

Bull. A true artist knows that it's best to leave something alone once it's finished and never go back to it because there is always the chance that you'll fuck it up. A true artist will move onto the next project and develop their talent this way. Going over the same thing again and again destroys the artists creativity and this creativity then becomes stale

Well i can't even get back into faneditforum. I changed my email address cuz i changed ISP's and the account was deactivated until a mod verifies it but nothing since. and that was 2 weeks ago

Just install the CCCP codec pack and Video Cleaner will be able to recognise .h264 file

Easterhay said:

Obi-Wan is lying to Luke about his father wanting him to have the lightsabre.  Perfectly understandable in the context of what we know now.  And isn't the way Alec Guinnes paused before replying to the question "How did my father die?" just perfect?  It's as though Lucas had told him the backstory on the quiet. 

 

Whatever you think you see in Ian's performance in ESB, he is actually wearing different makeup than what he wears in ROTS.  Believe me, I originally thought it was the same but it really isn't.

 

And those burn marks on Anakin's head in the unmasking?  The entire back of his head is burned; totally consistent with what we see in ROTS.

 

For me, far from ruining it, the PT actually enriches and deepens the OT.

I'm sorry but you are so wrong.  Anakin & Vader were 2 completely separate characters when ANH was being filmed. He didn't decide to combine the two characters until writing the story for ESB. He then had to try and explain Obi-Wans original conversation in ROTJ with the lame "point of view" explanation.

Again when you see Vader unmasked in ESB & ROTJ they are two different types of  scaring. In ESB GL was toying with the idea of Vader being a mutant with radiation burns. A production sketch exists showing Vader without the mask and as a mutant. This sketch matches how we see him in ESB.

In ROTJ all he had was 2 scars, no burning at all. So it is in no way consistent with what we see in ROTS

And as for Ian in the 2004 Version of ESB, that is the same make-up as he wore in ROTS. It is exactly the same and was filmed during ROTS. Can you provide the proof that backs up your claims that it was different make-up?

The PT screws with the OT and certainly doesn't deepen and enrich it. All the surprise revelations have been destroyed. If you watch the films in numerical order then we already know that Vader is Lukes Dad, that Leia is Lukes sister, that the little green alien Luke meets is Yoda and so on.   Totally destroyed their original impact and the scenes almost become meaningless.

Jacen said:

Hey Ady,

I have been quietly following this thread with enthusiasm.  Hope things have settled out for you a bit in recent months.  And I hope that monitor has gotten a ton of use!

In any case, I wonder if you would briefly update us on how things are proceeding as a whole....  Sure, we get bits and pieces from time to time, and they are quite appreciated, but unless we are truly in the KNOW, it is difficult to guess where the project is in its entirety.  Is there a glimmer at the end of the tunnel, yet?

yeh, things are starting to get back to normal now, thanks. The monitor is getting very good use and  looks great on the workstation.

I'm going to get right back on the model making later next week and will start posting some pics shortly after. A few things have to be redone though because they got damaged when transporting them to my Dads for storage while i was having the work done. The completed sections of the asteroid trench have to be completely redone. These were never meant to be moved in the first place but i did hope that they would survive it, but alas they didn't. Shit happens though and you just have to carry on. :)

I'm working hard on the video side of things at the moment. Getting quite a bit done but it's still going to be a June 2011 release so i will be working on it until May .

Darth Solo said:

adywan said:

What do you mean that i may have the same pain to come? (that you put in your reason for editing your last post).

I ment about people selling your hard work on e-bay.

Man, i was only away for a little while and this tread has become long.....

I've already seen this happen. I've caught a few sellers at Memorabilia selling my edits and other peoples and reported them, but this certainly wouldn't have lead to me selling edits,  mine or other peoples. You just catch them, report them and let the authorities deal with the rest. If that is the excuse the OCP was using as a reason for selling edits then he's a bigger dick than i thought.

The Falcon matte problem has already been fixed. The ramp wasn't closed in the GOUT but they had completely scrubbed out most of it, but you can see part of it. But the SE still screwed this up when trying to fix it.

The entrance is only temporary. It was only used to see if adding the entrance would work in the composite.  But those two entrances are different in appearance but i do think it's supposed to be the same entrance.

What do you mean that i may have the same pain to come? (that you put in your reason for editing your last post).

Darth Solo said:

What about if u missed the forum rulez? Shouldnt u be given some sort of warning?

Like for instance DarkGryphon2048 keep working the evilness, then u may get banned outright

I just googled OCPs edit and it led me here, so i had no knowlage of the rulez many moons ago

OCP became a huge cock on these forums, with things like attacking the X0 project because they were using laserdisc as a source and his classic editions were using the 2004 DVD's so his was superior. He was also warned by Zion about his actions:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-X-Project-Laserdisc-on-Steroids/post/207219/#TopicPost207219

I guess when it emerged that he was selling his edits that was the last straw.

But it really shouldn't matter if you have read the rules or not. He claims to be a film maker yet he is willing to sell other peoples work for his own profit. Surely he can't be that thick that he doesn't realise that this is highly illegal and just because he was too dumb not to read the rules isn't an excuse.  It's not as if he was a new member to the fan editing community either so he would have been well aware of the not for profit code of fan editing.

And if your saying the reason he started selling edits is because he was miffed at other people selling his edits on ebay then why the hell would he do the same and sell other peoples edits?

A is for......

Me :)

OCP is a scumbag and i'm glad he was banned. I got a copy of his "list" and exactly how much he was charging for them. $30 for a DVD-9 version of other peoples edits: $10 to cover the cost of the DVD if a SL DVD, an extra $10 if this was a DL DVD and an extra $10 if they wanted a printed cover. How the hell can he justify this as "covering costs".And that is without postage. He said it would cost me an extra $10 to post from the USA to the UK, When i know it costs about $3. So if i wanted a DVD-9 version of say Jambe's Building Empire he was going to charge me $40.  Knowing the amount of hard work that people put into their edits and then have someone profit off this is just plain wrong.

I'm surprised he's been able to get away with doing this for so long. Myself and other faneditors provide our work for free and not to have some asswipe then sell our work for his own profit

BarBar Jinkx said:

I always thought they were at the back of the base at this point (bare in mind the falcon just flew out of there a few moments ago if memory serves me correctly) so if the cave entrance was changed slightly it might make more sense.

 

and for the record - I Fncking LOVE the new shot 

Leia explains earlier on in the briefing scene that this is a different entrance.  You can also see that the transports are housed in a completely different hangar than the Falcon. The hangars are all over the place and connected with all the tunnels we see. Plus it's been mentioned that there should be only 1 transport as 3P) says "Your highness, we must take this last transport". Well this isn't a mistake by adding 2 transports. In the briefing Leia says this: "All troop carriers will assemble at the north Entrance.The heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they are loaded." So what we see here are the heavy transport ships and not the troop carriers.

Joshua_Blue said:

Incredible, jaw dropping awesome!!!

But I do think those ships look a bit too small. It's hard to tell the scale...

The transport is a lot bigger than it was in the original. Plus there is some background activity to add yet that will give the scale.