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Post: #319072
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319072/action/topic#319072
Time: 26-May-2008 6:35 PM — Edited 26-May-2008 6:38 PM

What DVD of Ep3 have you seen? you have never seen him kill the children in any release. You only see him find the hiding children and the scene cuts when his saber ignites. There have been no other versions of EP3

I saw it in theaters. In theaters you could clearly see him fighting Jedi children, and it was changed on all home video releases. I know a guy who has a Chinese telesynch if you want proof... LOL (but I'd have to track him down, I haven't talked to him in years)

I guess I forgot to mention where - It's where Yoda says "if into the archives you go, only pain will you find" (or whatever he says) and Obi-Wan watches the replay video of what happened at the Jedi temple. In the DVD, he's fighting adults, but in theaters he was fighting the kids.

The reason I remember this is a real-life friend of mine is also a big Star Wars fan, and after seeing it together I told him how upset I was that they showed Anakin fighting the kids. He bought the DVD before I did, and said "You'd be pleased to know that Lucas changed that scene on DVD"... otherwise I probably wouldn't even remember any other version.

Post: #318974
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318974/action/topic#318974
Time: 25-May-2008 10:43 PM

Where is the one where he doesn't split in half?

I mean, he gets a lightsaber through the stomach... it would only make sense that he'd split in half right then and there, I thought it was edited kinda like episode 3 where the DVD shows Anakin fighting grown-up Jedi instead of the children... for moral reasons.

(Does any release of episode 3 have that version, BTW? However, That's one edit I do like, since I almost cried seeing Anakin kill the children and I just hate watching that scene...)

Post: #318949
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318949/action/topic#318949
Time: 25-May-2008 6:18 PM

Does the laserdisc have the original Darth Maul death scene?

Or am I unable to remember what I saw in theaters since I was so young?

Post: #318857
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318857/action/topic#318857
Time: 24-May-2008 7:41 PM

I have the widescreen VHS of the OTV. It's gathering dust in the basement, so it may have degraded somewhat with improper storing, but at the same time I doubt it's a good source to work from anyway.

Is this an American VHS? I was not aware of a widescreen VHS anywhere.

And there's a set on Demonoid that's the new 2006 "GOUT" set converted to anamorphic, but "Emprie" has yet to be uploaded, and I don't think the subs are hard-encoded. It'll be the best-looking release of the original theatrical versions of SW, ESB and ROTJ you can find until the X0 project is finished (which will be quite a while from the look of it). If you PM me I can provide you with links to the torrents.

Making something anamorphic is easy - DVD Rebuilder can do it. Was there any color correction or denoising? If all that was done is making it anamorphic, then I could have done it myself, as I have the GOUT set...

i have this laserdisc also, but have not ripped it either..

Do you have a DVD recorder by chance? I'd really love to get my hands on a rip of the Japanese laserdisc, and finding someone with it is hard enough :P
If you have one, would you be willing to record it for me? (If you use 1-hour mode you could do one side per disc and it would be excellent quality)

Post: #318636
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318636/action/topic#318636
Time: 22-May-2008 10:22 PM — Edited 7-Jul-2020 1:02 PM

Hi, I’m new here…

I’m a huge Phantom Menace fan, and I was just curious if anyone had a DVD version of the OTV. I know the American DVD was edited, and the VHS is fullscreen… I’d really love to get my hands on an OTV WS DVD.
And also, does anyone know if the original Darth Maul death scene is on some release? I vividly remember him getting chopped in half in the theaters, but the DVD he doesn’t become two pieces until halfway down the chute. I may be wrong, as I was only 8 when I saw it in theaters… I just recall it being more graphic.

I also became kinda interested in the old trilogy, with all your projects to restore it. What’s the best one out there that’s close to the OTV but anamorphic widescreen? Do any have hard subtitles? I know there are a bunch floating around… what do you suggest?