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Alot of those ideas have been mentioned before, but its good to see them brought up again for discussion! Avoiding too much naboo is important.

I wonder how it would work if the jedi were on tatooine already to retrieve anakin. anakin sort of blackmails them into helping the naboo in exchange for him joining the jedi.

What if Qui-Gon dies on tatooine at the hands of maul, leaving obi-wan to avenge him later on.

Perhaps if it were an extensive edit, with extra filmed elements, the queen could actually be a princess, and there could be an old king added to naboo to be the face of the suffering people. Maybe he dies too in the end. An alternative ending could be the padme's coronation.

ideally i'd love to see yoda removed from the PT, and reduced to just persistent mentioning to build up his revelation in ESB. BUT for the casual fanedit that would need to include him, perhaps it would be more in character to have him not even journey to geonosis, and likely flee to dagobah before the duels ever take place in ROTS.

ha well good! the dialogue itself is from a film right? it fits brilliantly.

well, maybe he should have LESS dignity. he was supposed to be this big-bad in ROTS, a jedi-killer who would be a real threat to obi-wan later on. yet all that is said of him by the jedi is that he is a coward, and they just send ONE guy to fight him.

giving him a higher raspy voice, and really playing on how greasy he is could strengthen his character alot more. when he suddenly reveals that he can fight later on, it could be a bit of a 'bummer we underestimated him' moment. certain elements would need changing to achieve this, but its worth a thought.

i tried this voice change AGES ago - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znm5AllHbG0

would it be plausable to replace the grey with more of a cream or white like the xwings and the star destroyers had? there was very little gun metal in the OT, everything did look quite plastic.

ah thats awesome! i like it! the glow reminds me of how much glare the old cylons produced!

will you ever return to the War of the Stars with the newer deleted scenes? its a shame the cantina extended scene was never released in colour.

can't wait! how are you doing for box art?

althor1138 said:

Sluggo said:

althor1138 said:

Here's the clip.  I think as far as dirt removal it worked pretty good.  It's not perfect and the tape splices,horizontal lines, and vertical lines are still present. 

Perhaps this script would speed up the process of bringing these scenes up to a presentable standard? They are gonna need a little more TLC than just this script but it certainly helps with dirt removal and sharpening. I've turned the sharpening way down to where it's just a bit sharper than the original scene.  It might be better with less or a bit more.  I'm not an expert at this by any means.

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Here's another from ESB.

That is some smooth work.  I hope it works just as well in the hi-def.

After playing around with the script for awhile now I'd say it works just as good or even better in HD.  Of course some of the parameters have to be adjusted for higher resolution. The downside really is that it is pretty slow.

 

EDIT:

here's some more scenes.

Beru's blue milk.

Luke and Biggs.

Luke and 3-PO.

wow! these are fantastic! will you make them available as stand alone clips without the comparison?

it depends how extensive new subplots are integrated into ROTJ.

i've always fancied the idea that it is lead from a new cast of characters, such as rebel command, or a second rebel group being integrated into the alliance. general nadine/mon mothma and admiral ackbar could be replaced for instance and provide the relevant exposition to tie the ideas in.

i suppose the best we can do is re-storyboard new ROTJ stuff and edit that into the original film.

i like this. its a nice alternative way of considering a case.

if it were me, i would remove all the text/barcode/information entirely, leaving just the poster to cover the entire box. then perhaps consider a band or sleeve to have this on around the case.

it is sort of fair game for film company to steal back from a fanedit really.

you coud swap out the independance day clips for footage from clone wars, as there is some pretty intense geonosis stuff. its far from perfect, but might tie in better.

if anyone is a fan of mcquarrie's paintings and concept art, there is a pretty good stash at this awesome blog MONSTER BRAINS

http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2012/03/ralph-mcquarrie-star-wars-paintings.html

I dare not think what star wars would have been without him, and often dream how it could have been later on if they had followed his vision closer.

I'm assuming the system would clarify this. it would be a bitch admittedly having to have various releases ripped of the same film, but that is why the gods gave us external hard drives.:p

this could make a good thread if people wanted to start hoarding it.

^a bit off topic, but would that actually work?

i was going to propose a while back, but it wold be interesting to perhaps have a bank of such small 'edit' files on dropbox for Final Cut, Vegas and Premier.

If we developed an indexing system for the ripped dvds, music files and sfx etc (Everyone would have the same stuff, with the same name in the same place on their own machines) then surely it would be quite a good way to piece some projects together.

damn.

if topher grace was infact tv's frink...... that would be like all my birthdays at once.

Alot of the ideas are nothing new, but I do like the sound of it ending with the mask quite alot. Not Star Wars, but a good choice.

I do wonder, if somehow another character is implemented as Darth Vader, be it Darth Maul, Obi Wan's second apprentice, or my favourite - Mace Windu, would there not be a danger with the audience thinking

"hang on? *Darth Vader's proxy* is the father and not Anakin Skywalker?

Mace is conveniently Black, Maul is spiky, but whatever alternative is found, should probably have some obvious physical difference to Anakin.

that could be interesting. he does vary his wardrobe a bit in ESB. maybe extra stand in moffs could have more fancy regalia.

surely even if there are just a few seconds of the edit from the Blu-Ray, a copy of the edit, regardless of definition, sources etc getting to someone without the original blu-ray source would class as piracy.

i personally will be buying the bluray, and then proceed to keep it at the bottom of my sock draw.

now PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be aware that THIS website, and FE.org are always SO close to some government copyright group shutting it down for such suggestions. THAT is why the said policy is in place, to protect what little space we have here.

thanks daneditor! ill see what i can make from it. currently i'm interested in pursuing what bingo suggested about mimicking the falcon escape from ESB. it changes to the tone of the sail barge assault so much when that score is applied to the end.

hey daneditor, just watched your sandstorm clip. i was trying something similar a while back with the intercom dialogue, but wasn't as successful as you. i agree with bingo about the music. the scene could use some perhaps, but the preceeding scene needs a change in tone.

is there any chance you could upload a musicless version so i could have a play with it?

hey ronster. just finished watching your clips.

you have done really well considering the materials provided are really awful quality, and although there are alot of choices that have been made which i don't think work perfectly, you have really pulled something together that refreshes ROTJ!

where did you get the footage for the tatooine fly through? i am assuming some sort of nature documentary? it works awesomely!