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Braltika said:

.Mac. said:

…Alright steering this back on topic 😄

oh_riginal said:

adywan said:

Something i promised to show a while ago but ended up completely forgetting about, was the shot of Luke’s shuttle escaping the Death Star. So here it is:

Original version:

Revisited Version:

That shot took a hell of a lot of work. I had to slow down the gantry and other elements, yet keep the camera movement and the shuttle at the original speed, then track and add the new background. Couldn’t use the original stars to track because they suddenly stop their movement before the end in the original.

Should we not be able to see Endor in the reflection also…?

I think this is actually a great question, oh_riginal, so I hope this doesn’t get overlooked. I didn’t have a problem with it at first as I feel the forest moon is sooo far off in the distance that we wouldn’t see its reflection? But, I rethink that when I see a picture such as the following of a mountain where, even though it is far away, we still can see its reflection on the lake (granted, the distance between the forest moon/DSII is greater than the mtn/lake):

So really I’m not sure, lol, but I am leaning more towards “yes we should”. Maybe someone who definitely knows the science behind reflections can reflect on this and let us know? 😄 Or are you confident that it would, oh_riginal?

I know, this is a fantasy/sci-fi film, but getting even small details like this right is a very nice touch and does help with the immersion that this is all happening and “real”, imho 😃

I don’t think it should be visible because the hangar floor is “above” the planet. In the image you used as reference, the mountains rise higher than the lake. So I think the (the lack of planet) reflections are valid, the floor should reflect things that are “above” it, not below, from our point of view.

Or as Obi-Wan once said “From a certain point of View” 😂😂.

Sorry couldn’t help myself with that one.

That guy with no name said:

Atom-88 said:

RicOlie_2 said:

I think your prison sentence expired. As did this thread, apparently.

Well I came close to expiring myself lol

I’m sorry are you talking about suicide or am I missing something?

The reason for my Hiatus was My Mother had a series of mini strokes which left her with very limited mobility, 4 months after that my Father got diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
Both are doing ok now but this time last year I lost my best friend and after that my health took a bad turn last year, during a works medical I got diagnosed with very high blood pressure to the point that I was borderline for a stroke, Got stopped from driving as I had also developed sleep apnoea and type 2 diabetes.

Long story short it has taken me 9 months to get everything back to normal and be able to return to work, which you have no idea of how grateful and happy I am for as at one point I did not think I would be able to and didn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel for awhile.

RicOlie_2 said:

I think your prison sentence expired. As did this thread, apparently.

Well I came close to expiring myself lol

Master Lawdog said:

How about mine? I saw the prison break episode from Andor, so I should be good? Heck, I’ve even gotten into the old Expanded Universe novels during my jail time.

😂😂🤦

Don’t want to bump an old thread but just wondering if this is still being worked on TGWNN?

Hi, if anyone has a link for KK650’s Prequel edits could I get a link please.

Could I get a new link please that guy

Just catching up on everything, amazing work adywan.

Wow I got jailed all the way back in 2023 lol, am I still behind bars now? I’ve been absent for awhile and slowly catching up with things now.
Hope everyone here is all ok.

🤦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”? 🤞😁.