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#303389
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/303389/action/topic#303389
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Jeditemple, the program is asking for part3 which leads me to suspect you still don't have part 3 downloaded. Check you have all three parts before extracting the file. As Ady says, you should have a 250mb MPG file sitting wherever you ask the program to extract to. Hopefully you'll have resolved this by now, but if not, make sure you have three individual parts downloaded and not one of one and two of another...it won't allow you to extract that way.

Teharri, be patient. Ady will announce when and where to get a copy when he is done. Asking for info like this all the time won't speed up when and where it will be distributed to.
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#303288
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/303288/action/topic#303288
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Originally posted by: JediTemple70mm
“Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play.”

For Pete’s sakes, is there anyway of playing this, file on this ancient computer of mine.

I feel like I’m stuck in Ground Hog Day living over some dreadful downloading error on this naff computer of mine. I must be getting close to viewing the file, I must be.

Okay I’m going to try using the Power DVD and see if that plays the file!


You need to have all three parts in order to playback the entire file. If your player is not playing it back, then try downloading VLC player - www.videolan.org (I think) - which will play it back. If you've managed to extract from 2 parts, it WILL not playback giving you the corrupt file message.

Ady, marvellous job so far. Greedo now looks real rather than a mask with a moving snout. Enjoyed the extra clip too...the little movement as the Tantive IV is hit gives the explosion more gravitas. I've not come across the judders or freezes that others have been reporting but maybe I was enjoying the clips too much to really notice properly! Can't wait to see the whole lot now...
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#302772
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/302772/action/topic#302772
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Originally posted by: Joshua_Blue - Luke's jump from the carbon freezing hole is a little bit too fast.

- When the general what's his name contacts Vader in his chamber via large screen, the transmission starts with a TV like static. I would change that to a clean transmission or something like that.


But what's a proper speed for a Jedi jumping? Even Obi-Wan jumped mega fast and very high in Episode I, so I doubt there is a correct speed for jumping up.

Bearing in mind that the Star Destroyer was in an asteroid field and Vader tells them to move to a clear location for transmission, there is a plausible explanation for why there is a bit of static on connection...

Redoing the animation on the AT AT Walkers would be a massively big piece of re-animation and would probably be a lot more work than the end result would be worth. They are very big slow moving pieces of heavy equipment. I think the stop-motion animation suits them.

As for Solo's restraints before he's frozen...perhaps the Ugnaughts who crowd him actually undo them so that he's able to move his hands as the process begins...?

To be honest, there isn't much I'd change about ESB. Maybe give Yoda a little more expression but even the puppet is more expressive than the horrible CGI stuff that came after. I'd chop the redundant 'Bring my shuttle' scene as it also uses the opening shuttle landing from ROTJ...it's an unnecessary addition and also doesn't match properly. No matter what anyone says, that is not James Earl Jones' voice.

For Jedi, I'd drop the song in Jabba's palace and bring back the old one and get rid of some of the more blatant 'muppet style' runs into the camera. Again, unnecessary additions when he could have fixed the matte lines around the Rancor and the Ewoks need to be fixed in some way. Jabba could do with a bit of fixing too, but then that's the problem with using puppets over CGI...the eyes will always look a little lifeless whereas CGI eyes will be given some life if done right.
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#302521
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/302521/action/topic#302521
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I must say, having seen the screenshots, is 'what a job!!' If I was wearing a hat, it'd be doffed to Adywan. It's looking good, I'm sure it'll sound good and I can't wait...but I must have patience as Yoda might say. I've tried doing a bit of editing myself and all goes well until you hit the brick wall and all motivation disappears...this really has been a labour of love!

As for the discussion on what Ady might do on the next two - IF he decides to do the next two - perhaps they could be directed into the thread open on what people might like to see and leave this thread for the main attraction. It might help to prevent confusion and tension of 'when, when, when' and 'where, where, where'...
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#300082
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300082/action/topic#300082
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Well I was going to watch Episode IV again on DVD, but have decided to watch ITV's showing of it (the 1997 edition) instead - so I could get an idea of the sorts of changes being made to both the picture and some of the sequences. Watching it and comparing it to just the teasers we've had from Adywan already shows a massive difference in picture quality...not only is there a hint of blue on the 1997 picture (although not as bad on the dvds) but in some shots, there has been a red hue to some of the stormtrooper armour and on the walls. All of the square panels on the Tantive IV corridor look like they were painted in a very pinkish white!! Artoo's tracks in the sand appear to have been airbrushed out and there was a glaring matte line on the horizon as 3PO says 'what a desolate place this is.' I did have a small chuckle at the dewback trooper - he looks like he's going to get motion sickness such is the joltiness of the animation!

Did notice one thing on the bit where the droids are being taken down for the sale...3PO is sitting down and looks to have the bottom part of his suit missing - the waist section where his wiring is exposed looks like it hasn't been tucked into anything. (It's the bit where he puts his hands up and says 'don't shoot').

Anyway, this does make me even more keen to see Ady's end result and I shall be eagerly awaiting the time when we can all get our hands on a copy to view!

EDIT: Ben Kenobi looks like he has a slight blue rinse to his hairdo...!!
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#299077
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299077/action/topic#299077
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Can you imagine if George got his hands on this edit (not that it's unlikely he wouldn't in some form or other)? The amount of work that's been done only enhances and improves the special editions no end. The colours are now vibrant, the effects look less clunky and the whole thing seems less 1970s and more 21st century. That brief clip of the Death Star battle only goes to show how limited George was in his attempt to 'improve' things. Rather than having two stabs at integrating Jabba the Hutt (and making Greedo's scene seem superfluous), I'd rather GL did what Ady has done...this will be THE fan edit to have bar none - not even if GL actually felt shamed enough to make a proper go of his 'definitive' editions!

Ady, my hat comes off for you and I look forward to your work on the remaining movies in the original trilogy...
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#299019
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299019/action/topic#299019
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Would also like to add my appreciation and thanks to Ady for fielding the QA session last night. Apologies to those who saw me suddenly disappear and not return...The Dark Side (otherwise known as my wireless connection) saw fit to cut my time short by glitching at the wrong moment! If there is one in the future either with Ady or another of the master editors here on the forum, I'd be interested in joining in!

PS sorry if a similar post comes up...for some reason I posted once but it didn't appear, so this is version 2 of my original post! haha
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#298854
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298854/action/topic#298854
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Hopefully I will be there tonight...midnight's normally a bit past when I sleep (I work early shifts, so would be up a few hours later), but I'd like to be able to take part in a chat with the man himself! If I start chatting pants, just tell me to shut up! haha!

Normally I'd prefer to see the whole thing before giving any kind of critique, but Ady's worked so damn hard that he deserves some indication that he's going the right way (not that 100 pages of comments won't have given him that!)
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#294056
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Info Wanted: are preservation projects valid anymore?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294056/action/topic#294056
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I'd say preservation efforts are as important as the films that inspire the work. Since we're not any closer to getting one massive movie with everything in it, it comes down to the fan editors to bring their visions to life and show us different views on the movies. Fan preservations can introduce new ideas or enhance old ones without destroying the underlying foundations, or they can completely change the flow of the story and bring a different path. Without them, as has been said, there wouldn't be Deleted Magic, Building Empire or Returning to Jedi. We wouldn't have the X0 project or Adywan's hugely anticipated 2004 revisitation or a whole host of other edits out there. The movies have inspired a great deal of creativity - surely that's the underlying reason for producing fan edits or preservations?

The official DVDs can always be improved on...as many projects have shown already, there is a massive colour problem with the recent releases - even Episode III shows that the Tantive was supposed to be a pristine white, not a washed over blue!

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#292803
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The Celebration Europe Feedback Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292803/action/topic#292803
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I've been lurking quite a bit, most notably in the fan edit section, so here's my first proper post. I went to Celebration Europe on Friday (by myself) and had a pretty good day. It didn't take me too long to get in, but directions on getting a ticket at the door were pretty poor - I had to ask twice and got directed to the wrong place twice before one of the people I asked began directing people to the right places (!)

I have to agree that the autograph zone was badly laid out. I didn't know whether I was allowed to go in and just take pictures or whether I had to buy coupons to get that chance and at £5 per coupon with a minimum of 5 coupons, that'd have been £25 per picture and I wasn't ever going to pay that...even if I got an autograph with it! As it was quiet, I followed a bunch of people in and stood far back enough to show I wasn't queuing but unfortunately not close enough to take really good shots of the stars. I did see the Jabba puppeteers and they were being largely ignored - perhaps if I knew I could bend or break the rules a little bit more, I'd have gone over to say hello, but I did get a picture of the trio. I managed to get a couple of shots of Peter Mayhew (small anecdote: my dad actually worked with him when he was still doing hospital porterage in the 70s) and one of Ray Park, probably the most genial of the people there - he was smiling, chatting and generally posing for every camera that got stuck in his face. The queues for Anthony Daniels and Mark Hamill were horrendously long - when I left at 5pm, the queues were coming out of the autograph zone. Didn't see Mark Hamill, but Anthony Daniels was generally mincing about in his way.

The rest of the show? Well I didn't get a chance to get into the Fan Stage area. I should have gone in whilst it was quiet, but thought I'd go back later - BIG mistake as the queue for that went around the entire back wall of the hall! I saw the Steve Sansweet presentation of From The Vaults. He seems genuinely pleased to be able to do stuff for the fans and does a wicked impression of George Lucas during his anecdotes. Vader's Helmet exhibition was quite cool with various interpretations to celebrate 30 years. Artist Alley was quite good, but the prices for the limited run prints were very high - can't blame them, I guess, for wanting to make the most out of their opportunities and the rest was largely trader stands. The Tantive IV experience was ok - those walls ARE white!!! The Falcon lounge was a fan-made item (apparently) which had people queuing for photos with R2. There was a full-sized snowspeeder which had people climbing in and out, a speeder bike and an AT-AT.

Probably the best thing were the 501st Legion. They were willing to pose for any camera shot and even stole someone's camera for some more candid shots - quite funny.

So overall, and this was my first convention of any sort, it was a good day just to see what it was all about, but also a little strange to see how commercial it has all become. Everything had to be paid for otherwise you had nothing...