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#1460135
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❗ <strong>#ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy</strong> | OriginalTrilogy.com’s enduring goal | How <strong>you</strong> can help ❗
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A space for doubleofive’s comments / updates / news / new articles etc:-

I really appreciate the support, I worked really hard on the Wired article and would love to see traction on our efforts to get the original released. Below are some highlights of my work:

Star Wars Visual Comparisons v2.0
I have started my project to recreate the entire archive in full 1080p using the retail discs and 4Kxx. Return of the Jedi is already complete.

List of Academy Awards for The Original Trilogy
A handy list of the Oscars the OT won/was nominated for, marked with my opinion of if they still count towards the existing version.

The Lost Art of Star Wars
A compilation of every effects shot that was replaced in the Special Editions. Some artist worked hard to make those shots, and their work is simply gone.

I’ll post more interesting things as they come up!

#ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy

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Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes
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crissrudd4554 said:

Don’t know if this was mentioned but the Digitalbits article on the 4K version of ANH mentions that the speeder was shifted slightly to the right in this scene. That’s not actually correct. The image is cropped somewhat more in the 4K version compared to the 04/11 versions.

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YOU DOUBT ME?!

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What’s really messed up is not only is it moved over slightly, the left side of the speeder is in the same place, like they pasted it on top of itself?

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#1447307
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Definitive VIDEO Guide to Star Wars Changes (WIP; FEEDBACK WANTED)
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Watched the Pre-SE changes, which is not my speciality, of course.

I’d never noticed the 1981 starfield is the ESB one (since I don’t compare the movies to each other often)! I’ve marked it in my V1 album so I can be sure to speak more on it in ANH V2.5 (which would cover pre-19 changes/unchanges).

Somehow it’d be great if you could explain that adding the EPISODE IV title ruins the flow of the crawl. The movements of the opening theme were scored by Williams to match the appearance of the paragraphs in the original release, but now it’s just garbled. Of course, none of the other movies sync the paragraphs to the music, so it’s kind of setting a precedence.

Other than that, I think it’s great and I learned a lot!

Oh, I love using the “One Last Time” as a transition, you should make a point in the 97SE video that they’re ONLY talking about ANH, which was the original plan. The 97SE of the sequels were done at almost the last minute by a self-admitted “C Team” with much less resources and budget than ANH.

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All Things Star Trek
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JadedSkywalker said:

I bought the 4K set of 1-4 sight unseen and it should be here on release day. So hopefully it is just the movies given a new scan, i don’t want any Lucas/Cameron level tinkering. Its bad enough already the stereo mixes of the films are being left off but a isolated score track will be on there.

If you look at my galleries in the post above, you’ll see exactly what you’re going to be getting. And only TMP gets an isolated score.

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All Things Star Trek
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SilverWook said:

The cost of scanning wouldn’t be prohibitive, and they could be digitally composited now and printed back out to film, but this is Paramount we’re talking about.

As long as they did this for The Director’s Edition. No one should recomposite the theatrical cut, that’s a slippery slope we’re already going down, thanks to someone at Paramount just doing their own thing from what it looks like.

Here are my VisComp Galleries:

The Motion Picture: Theatrical
The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home