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🤦I’ve seen some odd requests before but that’s awesome and gave me a really good lol.

After watching your PT I’m really looking forward to seeing these.

Thanks for the insight Hal.
I love reads like this, finding out how people got into Star Wars and what helps with their deciding factors when making edits and cuts.

Found this really interesting as for me your custom editions are my go to as they have the right blend of what I think for me personally should be included in a SE without it becoming a CGI fest.

Thanks Hal.

Just finished Revenge of the Sith and like I said in my previous post the PT are hard to edit with there being some excellent edits already out there by Hal, Octo and Eye painter just to name a few.

The cuts, timing and pacing are all very good and I’ll admit I did go into this one very skeptical as I didn’t think you could possibly match your previous two edits but wow you done it, very solid edit everything just works the additional scenes added of order 66 attack on the Jedi Temple help make it feel fresh and different from the other edits of ROTS, I have always been a fan of the Yoda Vs The Emperor scene but your edit works great without it.

Thank you once again for sharing these with me, I have really enjoyed my first viewings of Star Wars in 2024 and think I may now have my solid go to versions of the PT.

I highly recommend any one interested view these as Spence has done an outstanding job.

Thank you Spence.

Hi Spence, first I at want to say a huge thank your for sharing your edits with me, I have been lucky enough to watch TPM and AotC this week and am looking forward to watching Rots this weekend.

The prequel Trilogy are tough to edit especially with there being some amazing edits already out there as in Hal9000, Octorox and Eye painter and know you can never really please everyone with a personal edit as certain things you may like others will hate and vice verse, so thank you very much for your hard work with these.

The colour grading and grain done by KK650 I personally think is amazing, unfortunately I have never been able to get hold of his PT edits but wow his grading really does help tone down all the CGI which helps a lot especially with TPM.

The Phantom Menace edit I absolutely love, the cuts and pacing work really well and even tho I know the outcome of the pod race I still felt on edge and excited for the outcome, also was nice to watch TPM and have it feel like I’m watching a Star Wars movie. I can’t say if it’s over the last 23-24 years Jar Jar has grown on me or you have made him likeable in this edit or maybe I’m so used to watching edits of him so toned down and your hits the middle ground lol.
Three of the main things I loved were the inclusion of the gungans under water city, the exclusion of C3PO and the pod race.

Only two things I would have liked to have seen but this is just me personally is the inclusion of There’s always a bigger fish and the exclusion of Jabba the Hut.

All in all a very solid edit which will more than likely become my go to version of TPM.

Attack of the Clones is always a tough one for me to sit through, it’s not that I hate it but alway feels like it could have been sooo much more, I think I may have gone into this one too soon after watching your TPM edit lol, solid work all round the pacing, cuts and additions all work amazing. Love the exclusion of C3PO as it always amazes me how he’s there with Lars family working on their moisture farm and then just up and leaves to go on an adventure with Anakin, Padame and R2 lol for a protocol droid that doesn’t want to fly in a starship I think he maybe confused😂. Also loved the end battle with Obi-Wan, Anakin against Dooku, the exclusion of Yoda I thought was perfect and Dooku fleeing as the others arrived was an amazing choice.
Another solid edit.

🤞I get chance to watch RotS this weekend and I’ll post my update.

Thanks once again Spence for sharing these with me.

I never owned any star wars VHS tapes but would rent TESB and ROTJ from my local rental store this would be mid 80’s.
After that I would have had a VHS recording from TV until the first official DVD’s came out in 2004, I would just switch off during the Jaba scene in ANH lol but was a joy to watch with the surround sound on.

Only found OT a couple of years back and have been not only blessed to be able to watch Harmy’s Theatrical but also Hal9000’s Custom Special Editions. Now it’s always Hal’s latest custom editions.

Sooooo … obviously I have been in Solitary confinement for awhile, what you guys in for lol.

** Not classing this as a post**

Did anyone else drop a log when they got a message titled ‘Jail’ from Hal lol.

Besides this could be a good thing my mammy says I need to make friends lol.

Master Lawdog said:

A real torture in prison would be having to listen to Jedi Rocks on a loop.

WOW, ‘Mental note, never upset Master Lawdog’ lol

Any updates on ANH Hal? I know you said your hoping to use some of TGWNN and DSW edit but was just wondering if there has been any progress.

P.S
Sorry if my comment seems pushy as I know you haven’t long announced the revisit and already rolled out TESB & ROTJ just super excited for this is all😁.

One suggestion if possible is maybe mask Darth Studious’s face (Spoiler Alert) to hide the fact that it’s Palpatine, that’s always annoyed me how no one worked it out lol.

Master Lawdog said:

I can’t seem to skip around in the video timeline as fluidly as I usually can. This is something that happens when I use my standard player and VLC.

I’ve downloaded but have t got any issues, just using a standard video player on Linux.

Must say Hal the new colour grading is amazing and am really loving these (not that I didn’t before lol🤦). Looking forward to see what you do with ANH now😁.

Hi guys, been thinking of doing something similar myself as I have always loved Vinyl and Laser Disc covers. While browsing eBay I found these and thought they maybe helpful to anyone planning to do the same thing.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/rhymingsimonrecords?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=sX8JZagITgq&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=bUquPNXtRki&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Sorry, stupid question that I worked out🤦

Hal 9000 said:

V5 of ESB is now available in the usual places. I am very pleased with how it turned out, very much thanks to DrDre’s color matching tool. If I do say so myself, it’s the best I’ve seen this movie look. It now feels truly complete, this project as far as ESB is concerned.

Seen this this morning and checked it out straight away and will second Hal’s comment it really is the best it’s looked and it’s nice to have a ESB that does for me personally feel complete.

Thank you once again Hal, looking forward to ANH and ROTJ😁

Will the new custom stereo mixes have the changes you originally made as in Obiwan’s “I want you to have this when you were old enough”? 🤞😁.

This is awesome news Hal, really looking forward to this.

Originally it would have been just the official releases from 2003 and the release dates of the PT on DVD and these days I don’t usually have a preferred viewing order but if I do a marathon then it’s always in Episode order I-III, Solo, Rogue One, IV-VI, VII-VIII lol I always skip TROS for obvious reasons.
As in what versions I watch now since finding OT site it’s
Episode I - Hal 9000
Episode II - Octorox
Episode III - Hal 9000
Solo - Official Release
Rogue One - Hal 9000
Episode IV - Hal 9000
Episode V - Hal 9000
Episode VI - Hal 9000
The sequel trilogy is a tough one because just when I think I have found the perfect edit for myself personally I read about another edit and every edit seems to fix something that the previous edit hadn’t (Personal Preference) so this is having me think should I just download my favourite version of each edit and go from dipping in my toes to putting my foot in lol.

After writing this and previewing my post just realised I should have just put Hal 9000 all edits 🤣🤦

Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit Trilogy are both way over rated, I would rather do back to back viewings of the Star War PT & ST than watch them.
I seriously don’t get what all the fuss is about.

Master Lawdog said:

Wise words of wisdom!

Got to love how cool and calm Hal handles such harsh criticism lol my response definitely would have ended in me being banned lol.

broshthejosh01 said:

How DARE You remove Yoda vs Palpatine, THERE WAS NO FUCKING NEED OF REMOVING IT! “BUT IT INTERRUPTS OBI WAN AND ANAKINS FIGHT!!!” I DON’T FUCKING CARE IF YOU’RE IMPATIENT, YODA VS PALPATINE IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS ANAKIN VS OBI WAN! ADD IT BACK RIGHT THIS INSTANT! The reasoning is even more stupid, “Yoda decides that only Luke and the rebel alliance can defeat Palpatine”, that is bullshit! Yoda knows nothing about Luke and the rebel alliance yet, that’s how it’s supposed to be! AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON REMOVING THE MEMES OF THIS MOVIE! REMOVING OBI WAN SAYING “I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!” AND PALPATINE SAYING “DEW IT!” IS UTTER BULLSHIT, SURE THEY’RE SILLY, BUT THEY’RE GOOD SILLINESS! THEY’RE ICONIC! THEY’RE THE MEMES OF REVENGE OF THE SITH! WHICH IS THE REAL TITLE OF THIS MOVIE, NOT LABYRINTH OF EVIL, WHICH IS STUPID, REVENGE OF THE SITH IS REVENGE OF THE SITH, REVENGE OF THE SITH IS REVENGE OF THE SITH! YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP! YOUR EDITS MAKE THE SPECIAL EIDITON LOOK LIKE THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK BY COMPARSION, I HOPE YOU REALIZE YOUR MISTAKE, YOU ABSOLUTELY SUCK! AND DESERVE TO BE WIELDED BY A LIGHTSABER! YOU, ARE, THE REAL SITH LORD! FUCK YOU!

WOW
Really, did you even read the cutlist before watching and even if you did clearly fan edits are not your thing. Just an idea for you, if you think you could do an edit anywhere close to amazing as Hal’s edits give it a go and show people or even better how about trying to be part of a community and give some ideas and input to what some of these awesome editors are doing instead of being so rude and disrespectful.

Sorry Hal that you sometimes have to put up with some people’s B/S and instead of being grateful of you sharing your hard work they only show negativity.

yoshif8tures said:

Hi, I have the files but I’m unable to unrar them. Are they corrupted?

I was unable to unrar at first, kept tellinh me that rar001-002 is missing. The files just needed renaming the last 3 digits of the file to matche the file 1 (e.g rar001-002, *rar02-03 needs to be rar002-003 and so on). Hope this helps anyone else experiencing the same issue.

First off just want to say thank you for the links, very much appreciated.

Second off amazing work Acbagel, absaloutley love these and they are definitely my go to for Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett. Once again some amazing work my friend, I highly recommend these to anyone who has not watched them yet and to check out Acbagels ST edits.

Thanks once again.

Haven’t watched yet only skipped through and omg🤯. Seriously the pics posted on the thread don’t do it justice as it looks absolutely incredible, this is definitely one of the best ROTJ edits I have seen (Or skipped through😂😁).

Thank you for sharing.

Just out of curiosity will the 1080 version have 5.1 audio or will it be 2.0 audio?

Finally got round to watching this last night and wow absaloutley loved it. Your edit works far more better than the series, with the series in the end I found I was just watching to see where it goes and how will it end rather than being excited to watch it but your edit put the excitement back in it👍.
Thank you Spence for sharing yet another amazing edit with me.