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Kingj3489 said:

adywan said:

Kingj3489 said:

Hey everyone. Can somebody please help me find the Xvid version of ANH:R? I’ve failed for days to find it and am losing hope…
It’s the only version that correctly has Ponda Baba’s arm severed. I don’t know why Adywan changed that one. If someone could help me I would be so grateful.

It was changed for 2 reasons.

1. Ponda had hoof/ flipper like hands. You can see this clearly in the Cantina. So none of them hand the furry hands

2. Ponda doesn’t even go to draw his weapon at the moment Obi-Wan strikes. the ONLY one to draw their weapon was Dr Evazan. So it should be Evazan’s severed arm on the floor

Right! What I’m asking is, what was wrong with your flipper edit? Though what you point out does make sense. That scene does play out strangely. Thanks for doing what you do, friend. I’m dying to get my hands on ANH:R HD.

Like Ady said, in this picture Ponda hasn’t even flinched, let alone grabbed a gun with his… suction cup somehow? So it turns out that adding the flipper just asks more questions than it answers.

DB2 said:

I watched 2.7 Despecialized Star Wars last night. Looks very good, but I noticed specular highlights were clipped at various times throughout the movie. Reflections could sometimes look too bright. Any thoughts on this?

Probably because most of it is using the Blu-ray as a source which suffers from things like that.

All of the instructions are on the Facebook Page and the Wordpress site in my signature block.

The images should still be in a Google Photos folder that should be shared from whoever’s account originally hosted it!

Sure, but I’m sure it’s easier to DNR the little 4K83 in use than to add convincing grain to everything else. Especially since ESBR doesn’t have the grain.

Depheros said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCp1npRY8wM

Go to 30s mark. Is that OUT footage? Is it Despecialized or a Lucasfilm source?

Looks like GOUT to me.

Yeah, the smearing screams GOUT to me too.

I mean, no one can blame you, I just now realized that it was probably available for a limited time a DECADE ago.

I’m not sure where it went, but Ady released his version of the soundtrack back in The Day…

You can find all the links on http://starwarsviscomp.doubleofive.com

Han’s reflection has something to do with the lens they had to use for him going from a dark area to a bright one. But still, I find it distracting.

4throck said:

Yes, those shots are from Jedi.
You can see Luke walking behind Vader on this shot:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/d/d7/Vader_leaving_Cloud_City.png/revision/latest?cb=20130324062628

Look here for more info: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases

appears out of the clouds

That’s not Luke, that’s the officer he tells to “Bring My Shuttle”/“Alert My Star Destroyer To Prepare For My Arrival”.

disappears in a puff of smoke

Tantive3+1 said:

I just remembered (and just direct me to the post(s) if this was already addressed but) what happened with the icy breath on Hoth and the lightsaber glow during Luke and Vader duel?

I believe we as a forum voted against the breath since it wasn’t really worth the time it would take for Ady to do it. Same idea with the glowing.

Ady has mentioned wanting to reframe some shots, maybe that was just for the prequels, but part of the 720p end product is so he can use portions of a 1080p source if he wanted.

I almost wrote a Revisited EU story of how the Battle Droid ended up on Tatooine. Basically, the idea would have been Jabba bought a handful of B1’s as guards and ended up feeding them to the Rancor.

Hal 9000 said:

Is he really gone for good?

Yup.

dragon said:

Just asking don’t get mad but is it possible for adywan to splice his footage into the 4k80 version of empire to updated his edits video quality?

I mean, anyone could do that if they want to have 90% of the shots in 720p and the rest in 4K.

Most of the effects like the Hoth transparency fixes were done in 97. The idea could work for RotJ, which besides Jedi Rocks and the Ending Celebrations is relatively untouched.

I haven’t seen it personally, but I understand that this distribution is probably easiest for Adywan and I trust that others will share it on ways that are easiest for them. It’s a fan edit, I’m not going to demand for the editor to make it easy.

SparkySywer said:

dgraham414 said:

I just had this thought when I was watching ANH:R last night. I understand that you are going to be changing some things between the current form of ANH:R and what will become ANH:R HD. Now what follows isn’t supposed to be inflammatory it was just a thought that I found interesting.

Would you consider the fact that you are tweaking with your version of ANH:R to be almost akin to the way Lucas tweaked with the standard ANH. We’re coming upon the same dilemma where the original ANH:R will not be available in an HD format, just like the OUT is not available in HD formats. You changed your mind about some decisions that were made and want this new HD version to be the definitive version of the films, yet there are people (like me) that would just like to see the current ANH:R but in HD.

I’m not sure this equates completely, but I feel like you could understand Lucas’s mindset on why the Special Editions exist in the first place. I also recall a popular argument for why the Special Editions are bad is because they supersede the Original Versions. That same thing is now going to happen with ANH:R. I’m not trying to be accusatory, I just thought this was something as a community that we could discuss.

The original version is not possible to rerelease in HD as it was. I forget why, I think the original assets are gone, but regardless, the original version can’t be rereleased. With the Theatrical Versions of the movies, they absolutely can be rereleased.

ANH:RHD is not ANH:R in HD, or ANH:R 2.0, it’s its own project, from scratch, just with the same purpose as ANH:R, and its inspiration. I think that alone justifies making changes.

I mean, the original effects were rendered at 480p and were done a decade ago 8 hard drives ago, that’s why he has to redo them.

But you’re absolutely right as this is basically a new edit, using the original edit as a guide. Ady has learned a lot in the last decade, so some things he didn’t do as well as he thought he could will be done just as he wants, and faster and better.

Yeah, the comparison isn’t quite the same.

He’s amazing!

It’s a reflection of them on the lens somehow due to the brightness of the image. Doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be painted out.

No one cares about Reddit, or how many accounts you or someone else creates.

Not yet. I’m also waiting for some kind soul to upload it elsewhere.

Adywan has said elsewhere that he cannot fix that.