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#316377
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316377/action/topic#316377
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Erikstormtrooper said:

Ripplin said:

doubleofive said:

This is more than we got from Lucas for the 30th!

Yeah... Did anyone else feel that the whole 30th anniversary just sort of came and went? A couple of TV ads here and there, but not much more, that I saw. Maybe it's because I've been burned by hype so much and had such low expectations of anything LFL does anymore.


It's not just you. There definitely was a lack of promotion and product. But hey, why do anything special for the 30th anniversary, when the DVDs will sell themsleves precisely because of the 30th anniversary? Better to save the super special box set for a year when the sales are likely to be weak. Star Wars is not about GIVING, it's about GETTING.

I have to admit, at least Lucas was consistent. In keeping with his tradition of dumping on the original version of Star Wars, he did not make a big deal out of its 30th anniversary.


It's sad, I've had a Star Wars themed birthday party every 10th anniversary year (10th and 20th, my 4th and 14th), but I completely forgot last year. That and I doubt my wife would buy me a Star Wars cake, or that I could get one without it being a prequel one. To be honest, I was in one of my "don't really care" about Star Wars phase. The movies were done, the DVDs were old, the GOUT was disappointing (I didn't even buy it). Now I'm back into it, thanks to Revisited.

I'm finally going to be able to have my first showing of Revisited. I've watched it a few times by myself, but I'll be able to show it to one of my friends this Friday. He's pumped!
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#316302
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316302/action/topic#316302
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Ripplin said:

We just need Ady to come in and say "it'll get here when it gets here." ;) And that's all we'd need to know. If he wants to give us an ETA, he will. Rest assured that he well knows how much we're anticipating it.


Speaking of Ady, has anyone heard from him in the past few days? I know he probably has better things to do than pop in, but with his health problems, I hope he's OK...
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#316266
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316266/action/topic#316266
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Ripplin said:

Yeah, there's going to be a bit of a lull, especially since the suggestions have been made here and in another thread specifically for ESB and ROTJ suggestions.

Good ol' Lando. (I should say Billy Dee) He's in my mother's "top 10." Heh. My favorite Lando moment is probably "It's not my fault!"


That's my mother's favorite Lando moment as well. I always thought it was funny that Lando is wearing Han's clothes in the ending scene. I just realized that he did leave Cloud City in a hurry with no bags (so did Leia, now that I think about it). But come on, someone else could have had clothes for him to borrow, so he wouldn't have to wear the signature Solo outfit.
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#316251
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316251/action/topic#316251
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Darth Stewie said:

Okay, people.... Seriously, did we all forget what this thread was for? April Fool's Day was fun and all but let's keep our eye on the ball here. If Adywan is going to take the time to do this for US then we can at least watch the film and jot down really GOOD ideas for him to consider....not just a wish list. Don't get me wrong, I love talking about Lando's dick and his little maneuver, but unless Adywan plan's on putting porn music in his edit, I don't think that belongs here. Part of my fandom includes the waiting game with Star Wars. I love to wait on something because it gives me something to look forward to. I was pretty bummed after ROTS because I thought I'd have to finally stop after all these years. Well, with the two new series and Adywan's edits, I have more to look forward to than ever before. I really didn't care too much about his edit until I actually saw what he had done. After that, I was stoked for TESB. This is the only time I might have to influence this edit and I've been compiling a list that is both well thought out and helpful. I'm going to put it up here in short time, but until then, I'd hope you other geeks like myself would take the effort to deluge Adywan with thoughts and suggestions. If I had the ability, I'd take over the reigns and do it myself because I understand the singular love he must have to undertake such a task. A lot of you are like myself I'm sure, in your 30's, with a family and career and tons of shit piled on your plate. But don't think that Adywan isn't in that same boat. If he loves it enough to do this for your fandom, at least take the time to help him out and give hime suggestions. The least obvious would probably be more helpful. Again, thanks dude for all that you do.


I believe most of us have already given him our well-thought-out suggestions (mine just last week). However, since Ady's probably not going to start ESB for several months, we might have to take things off topic for a bit. No one comments on anyone else's suggestions anymore, and most of the suggestions are pretty much the same. ESB honestly doesn't need that much work as Ady has pointed out.

We're going to have to do something to fill the long months between the start of this thread and Ady starting work, and I'm sure Ady already has his own laundry list of changes. He made most of ANHR without anybody's input (except for the arm), I think he'll be alright if we spend a few posts making fun of Lando.
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#316233
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316233/action/topic#316233
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DGC General X said:

Who's the black private dick
that's a sex machine to all the chicks... Lando!

They say that cat Lando is a baa-aad mutha...
Shut your mouth!
But I'm talkin' about Lando!
Well, we can dig it.


You know, they never mentioned what Lando's "maneuver" was at the Battle of Tanab...

But that's enough of Lando. Sorry to bring him up.
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#316121
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316121/action/topic#316121
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Ripplin said:

Interesting poster (if a little...static?). Hadn't seen it before. People have used the triangle motif in past Star Wars posters, right? Seems familiar, anyway.


I believe the triangle comes from the first Star Wars logo:

http://theswca.com/relics/prerelease/sticker.jpg

They also used it for Celebration 4:

http://www.starwarsdork.com/images/c4_logo.jpg

Which I guess is where that poster was available.
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#316116
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316116/action/topic#316116
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adywan said:

doubleofive said:

Ady, I think the back cover of the CD is missing the first few tracks.

Good job, by the way!


What tracks are missing? i've just checked the covers i posted and all the tracks are there

EDIT: yeh, just noticed that CD2 has missing tracks. i'll get it fixed

Here's the fixed back cover:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/930/starwarsrevisitedbackds7.th.jpg


I don't think I've ever seen the image you used for the back there. Is this a preview of your painting?
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#315928
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315928/action/topic#315928
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adywan said:

Well i've made a total cock-up with the special features for the DVD-9's. I have totally missed out the Isolated Music score so i've got to rebuild all the special features menus. I have to say a big SORRY to everyone that has created the DVD covers with the special features list. This is the correct list:


No problem. The upgraded set is available here.
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#315885
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315885/action/topic#315885
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ron2112 said:

Ripplin said:

I have never printed out disc art in my life, but I just may pick up some sticker sheets for these releases!

I wouldn't recommend it. If you can get your hands on printable discs (and a printer that can accommodate them) then you're dandy, but those stickers will destroy your discs faster than you can do a really fast thing. Almost every burned disc I own with an adhesive label on it is, if not a total coaster, at least partially corrupted.

Ron Moses


I heard the same thing from my media communications professor. Didn't stop him from using them on our projects when we sold them in the bookstore though...
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#315880
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315880/action/topic#315880
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I ran some tests over lunch about the Cloud City window possibly closing (and when I say "ran some tests", I mean that I made my own sound effects while watching that scene on my TV). Anyway, I think it would work, but maybe something like mechanical shutters that can start closing as they walk down the stairs away from the window and snap closed with a quiet sound that Chewie hears and turns around to notice.

Just my thoughts.
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#315871
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A Long Time Ago... - Share Your Star Wars Story
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315871/action/topic#315871
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My story begins like few others here, I'm sure. My first experience with Star Wars was actually in utero.

You see, I was born in 1983, just a few months after Return of the Jedi was released. My mother was already a Star Wars fan from her youth, so she stood in line 3 months pregnant with me to see Return of the Jedi on opening day. You can see, I had no chance of a normal life.

I grew up watching Star Wars. A New Hope was one of the few movies my parent's had on Videodisc and their first movies on VHS were Empire and Jedi (at $50 a piece!). There was never a time I can remember when I had not seen Star Wars. I quickly inherited my mother's already impressive Star Wars collection, which grew more with each passing year. One of my earliest memories is actually my fourth birthday party, when I had Star Wars decorations and a Darth Vader cake (whose black frosting made my best friend ill).

Some of my favorite childhood memories involve recreating the battle of Hoth with my figures whenever it snowed. I didn't have the Hoth Luke for the longest time, so I used to use the random Hoth Rebel trooper as Luke, who I would have Hoth Han stick in the Taun-Taun belly while the Scout Walker and Wampa chased them.

I grew in and out of fads for years (Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Batman), but Star Wars was always there in the background. The problem is that I had grown up with the movies so I had never truly seen them. I got the THX "Faces" VHS set for my birthday in 1995. It was then that I followed the movies and was blown away by them for the first time. The drama, the humor, I got it all for the first time watching that set.

Then the Special Editions came to theaters. I finally got to see the movies in theaters for the first time. While waiting in the lobby in between showings of ANH:SE on opening day, my friend and I were interviewed by a local radio reporter, who was way too excited about me having never seen Star Wars in theaters. During the movie, I was impressed with how much they had added to the sides of the frame, and only later did I realize that most of that had always been there, I was just missing it thanks to Pan & Scan. I bought the widescreen version of the SE set as soon as it came out.

Soon I found out about the prequels and got really excited for them, getting excited about feeling what it must have been like to see a brand-new Star Wars movie for the first time in theaters. I got excited about the first two movies, watched them several times in theaters, then realized how lackluster they really were, got tired of them, then got excited for the next one. The 2004 DVDs got me excited again about the original trilogy. However I did want the OUT on DVD, which drew me to this site years ago to sign the petition.

I always had a feeling that my love of Star Wars would find me a wife. I figured that if I could find a girl who liked Star Wars, everything else would work out just fine. One day during my senior year in college, I was sitting outside of one of my classes when I noticed this girl. I had talked to her a year before (on the set of a sci-fi movie my college made, but that's a completely different story), so I decided I might talk to her again. She had her Apple iBook open and was watching something. I leaned over to see what it was and was completely blown away. She was watching the bonus features from her own copy of the 2004 DVD (fullscreen, but she still had her own copy). I struck up a conversation with her telling her that I could show her the bloopers easter egg on that disc. Strangely, I couldn't get it to work on her iBook, but we made plans to try to show her the easter egg using another DVD player. And that's how our relationship began.

So not only did Star Wars affect my pre-natal development and childhood, it also helped me find a wife.


Here are some pictures my mom found from my youth, along with some more recent pictures:



And that's my story!

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#315869
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315869/action/topic#315869
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I too finished watching Empire last night (on DVD, with audio commentary) and found a bunch of little things I think need some help. I didn't write them down, so they're out of order and kind of random.

Besides the obvious stuff (AT-ATs, Wampas, Fett's voice) here are a few I found:

* When 3PO gets turned off, he remains in the background of the scene, with Anthony Daniels still breathing. Since that whole shot is static, Ady could easily keep one frame of 3PO in the background so he is still until the ship rocks at the end of the scene.
* There are several space shots where you can see stars through the Executor, Luke's X-wing, and even Dagobah!
* When our heroes arrive at Cloud City, they walk down some stairs, and when they reach the bottom, 3PO comes out of nowhere to join them. I'm sure Ady can add 3PO at least turning the corner or something to give us some idea of where he appeared from.
* The lightsabers. Ugh. I know that redoing the lightsabers is a given, but I cannot tell you how frustrated Vader's pink saber makes me.
* Blaster bolts. These too are a given, but there are so many bad looking bolts, troopers that get shot without flashes, blasters fired without flashes, and even troopers with black marks on their armor before they get shot! I also think 3PO deserves to have a bolt hit him, because currently he just explodes without provocation!
* I think Taun-Taun footprints would be nice. Maybe even adding a spray of snow behind them when they kick up their feet.
* The Cloud City elevator. I like the SE shot with the open window looking out at the elevator going past, but after they open the door and Vader is there, it's back to its pre-SE wall state. I'm thinking that maybe just before the SE shot is out of frame, it could fade back to the pre-SE wall, like maybe that's how you close windows on Cloud City. That could also be what Chewie is looking behind them worried about, because why would they need to close the window view if they're just going to dinner?
* Cantina-ize us some Bossk, because he just kind of stands there.
* There are some pretty empty matte paintings of Echo Base from the outside which could better match the action (no X-wings in the hangers, no movement).
* Luke's X-wing goes from mostly out of the Dagobah swamp to almost completely covered in a few seconds. Maybe have the X-wing start to slip into the water when R2 turns to look at it.
* Luke standing up or bouncing back up after jumping after Vader in the freezing chamber has always bothered me. I would just keep that part empty after he jumps because I find that seeing him is unnecessary and distracting.
* If I'm not mistaken, I think the SE bonus hatch on the Falcon that Lando catches Luke through could use better synchronization with the exterior shot of the hatch opening. It seems like it is too far open from the inside shot to have been that far closed from the outside. If that makes sense to anyone but me...
* After everyone leaves Cloud City, R2 stops fixing 3PO to save the day, but 3PO dangles his leg around, a couple shots by the knee and the last shot by the foot. I'd be impressed if Ady could flip the leg around, because 3PO really whips it around in the last shot. It might be easier to flip the leg in the previous shots so that he's always holding it by the foot.
* There's Taun-Taun blood on the wall of Echo Base before Han leaves to find Luke. This is left over from the removed "Wampas in the Base" subplot. I think that the blood could be removed.

That's all I can remember right now. I may add more as I think of them.
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#315854
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315854/action/topic#315854
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auximenies said:

DoubleOFive, did you or Ady do the "Luke-falls/Vader-yells-No!" audio? That was very well done. I would love to see the scene with this audio as an easter egg on the Ep. V Revisited release. Absolutely hilarious.

In fact, while I was playing the audio, my 9-year-old daughter in the other room heard it and yelled out in a similar voice: "DO NOT WANT!". I'm sure the "Backstroke of the West" fans out there can appreciate that. ;)


I am responsible for the Vader yelling. I was going to try to do the video, but I lack the capability to capture the video, or at least didn't have the time to figure it out before the end of April 1.

The fact that your daughter yelled "Do not want" just shows that there is hope for the next generation.