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#272031
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Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
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I've managed to get some information from a contact of mine. Originally the plan was to film a documentary encompassing the making of all aspects of The Empire Strikes Back as was done with A New Hope. That is the documentary that is being discussed here. Then the decision was made to focus on the special effects of TESB and that became the documentary that was televised and released. It is unknown whether the original documentary was aired in its entirety or whether footage from it was used as EPK footage for TV shows of the time.
That's all the information I've garnered so far. I have made enquiries elsewhere so watch this space.
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#271738
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Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
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Good for you Darth Neo. I have every respect for your decision and thank you for giving us the information about this lost gem. I sympathise with you as I have lots of Star Wars related items that I just cannot share. I don't give details for fear of getting the same response that you have received here in this forum. Good luck with the sire and if you need any help do not hesitate to PM me.
regards
babyhum
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#271599
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Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271599/action/topic#271599
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I think we have to respect Darth Neo's wishes. I kind of agree with DFNYC that it's like dangling a carrot, but at least we all know it's out there and somebody MAY find a copy. I have a lot of material, including some great behind the scenes Polaroids from the original trilogy, but the were given to me on the understanding that thet were not for distribution. Let's divert our energy into finding a copy and if Darth Neo decides to change his mind. we all benefit.
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#271169
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The Official babyhum Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271169/action/topic#271169
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
babyhum#17 sounds sweet!

I love those making of programs.

this is the best they are ever gonna look short of buying non faded 16mm film prints and projecting them in the home.


Just so everyone knows. bh017 will now NOT be the 'Making Of' double disc set. I had a hard drive failure yesterday and lost my captures of the documentaries. It will be released soon, but bh017 will be a different title with some great vintage special features.
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#269532
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The Official babyhum Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269532/action/topic#269532
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New blog post: Look At The Size Of That Thing...

From the blog:

Well the mock-up of the cover for bh017 certainly caused a bit of controversy.
Dual Layer?
Widescreen?
PCM Audio?
Here's the latest. I'll be authoring bh016 this week. It will definately be dual layer. It will contain the T4 Celebration Day Special, all of the ROTS premiere clips i recorded, POSSIBLY some commercials and an easter egg or two. Did I mention it would be dual layer?
Then I'll start work on bh017.
You should sit down at this point.

No, really, sit down.

bh017 will be a double dual layer disc set.

Aren't you glad you sat down.

It will include all four classic trilogy documentaries transferred from the remastered Japanese laserdiscs. The transfers were done by myself (for you techies out there I used my Pioneer laserdisc player connected to my Canopus AVC110 via S-Video and gold plated audio cables and captured with Final Cut Pro using the NTSC DV codec and encoded with Apple's Compressor software at the highest possible bitrate).
I don't want to split these titles over four discs as they are quite nice as a set.
Now, how do you get hold of a set this big? MoveAlong will kindly handle a.b.starwars and DigitalFreakNYC has offered to seed at myspleen.net. But because of the size of this set I will be offering an extensive PIF scheme. I will be producing approximately 10 sets of bh017. Some will be offered to PIFfers who I deem to be most reliable and ideally geographically located. I'll also offer a set or two as a competition prize.
When the set is complete i'll be taking requests for PIFfers who have access to dual layer burners and media.
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#268663
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The Official babyhum Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268663/action/topic#268663
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Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Babyhum,

No offense but why are you wasting all that space on a PCM track for some mono tv programs? I'd re-record using AC-3 and raise the bitrate on the video.


None taken. These have been captured using DV and i'm using Apple's superior Compressor to encode. I'm going to use the PCM directly from the capture. I've done a test encode and the average is 8.6 and it allows for PCM sound.

It is interesting what comments a mockup DVD cover stirs up.

If I can squeeze any more quality out of the image i will, and use a Dolby soundtrack.