frendon

WXM said:

frendon said:

…the only thing I noticed was that in some portions there are 4 corners of the frame that show some type of blur, hardly noticeable but I thought I’d mention it.

The 4:3 version isn’t full width and the 16:9 isn’t full height, so that means the corners lack a little information because neither version can supply everything (because if one of those had all the information then there’d be no need for hybriding like this 😃). The blurred material in the corners in this hybrid version is filling that’s intended to make the corners’ missing information not as obvious as solid black (boxes) would be, is a “best that can be done here” trick as it were to make the viewing a little smoother.

I suspected as much, thank you. I’m really happy with this version.

This is amazing, I never thought I would have it. I have owned a VHS copy of it since I was a kid 4:3 of course, and I’ve seen the 16:9 cropped version from the released Bluray and Disney+. This will be my definitive version going forward. It is flawless, the only thing I noticed was that in some portions there are 4 corners of the frame that show some type of blur, hardly noticeable but I thought I’d mention it.

Thanks again for the work you put on this, and merry Christmas!

I sent a PM, I would love to show my kid the full frame version instead of the cropped one he has been watching.

I would love to check this out, can I get a link please?

I would love to take a look at this.

I would love a link to the edit please!

Dirge said:
And I loved the beast riding alien that kept saying “I have spoken”.

That was an Ugnaught like the ones from Empire, so it’s another callback to the original trilogy. And the beasts were Blurrgs which first appeared in the live action Ewok movies.

adywan said:

The Wampa is now complete and ready for the test shoot tomorrow. Fingers crossed that the new plan works…

Holy sh*t!! That looks awesome!!

eldusto84 said:

PM sent. And there is only a brief scene with Tarkin, right when the Death Star prepares to fire on Scarif.

I watched this last night, and let me tell you, the quality of this edit is amazing, If I were to watch this without any knowledge of Rogue One, it would be nearly impossible to tell what has been edited out. Unfortunately, everyone in this forum is incredible familiar with all the Star Wars films, so every time there is a change on them it grabs our attention. So some of the things I will proceed to point out would probably not be applicable for a casual viewer.

• The new title crawl is excellent, the same goes for the following pan down shot, if you were to watch this as a bridge between Revenge Of the Sith and A New Hope it would make perfect sense to start on Mustafar, a prequel planet we are familiar with from the previous movie.
• For me, the changes in Vader’s dialogue were quite distracting since the lines are too recognizable from the classic trilogy. Especially the “perhaps you think you are being treated unfairly” line, It doesn’t sound like something he would say to end the conversation. Personally I have no problem with his original “pun”, it matches his character in the original trilogy… it is similar to him choking Needa to death and then saying “Apology accepted, Captain Needa”. Also, James Earl Jones’ voice has changed with the years and I believe it needs a slight pitch change in order for it to match.
• John William’s score is expertly edited in, there are some parts that don’t quite match the action but are too far in between and it is expected since the music was not written specifically for this movie.
• I believe that since all references to the Galen/Krennic/Jyn relationship have been removed, the scene where Cassian restrains Jyn from going at Krennic should also be edited out, the audience only knows him as the Director and do not know why she would have so much anger towards him in particular.
• I like that you decided to go back to the original music towards the climax as it accentuates the final pieces. After all the music does get more “Williamesque” towards the ending anyway.

I hope you take any criticism in this post as constructive. Overall I really enjoyed this, thank you for the work you put into it and sharing it with us.

eldusto84 said:

It’s May 4, and that means that Rogue One: The Battle of Scarif is now complete!

It’s just under 50 minutes long, making it a nice little companion piece to the original theatrical release. Alternatively, you could watch this right before A New Hope! Again, the main point of this edit is to focus on the epic battle sequence from Rogue One, while also adding elements to make it fit in more with the other Star Wars films. This means, among other things:

• An opening text crawl, which summarizes the events of Rogue One leading up to the battle of Scarif.
• Insertion of several music cues from John Williams. About 50-60% of the film’s score is now comprised of classic Star Wars cues.
• Classic Star Wars sound effects added in certain places, along with a few old-school wipe transitions.
• Other cuts and adjustments to scenes throughout the battle, either to fit the new music cues or to pace the film a bit differently. For example, there isn’t as much back-and-forth cutting between all the different characters anymore. This may have originally been to make the film seem more exciting, but it also made it difficult to follow the action at times.
• The film ends exactly as it did in the original version, making it a perfect segue into A New Hope.

If you’re interested in checking it out, let me know 😃

Hi eldusto84, I would love to check this out!

"The world has lost a great director and one of the most genuine people I've had the pleasure of knowing," says Lucas

"Following Star Wars, I knew one thing for sure: I didn't want to direct the second movie myself. I needed someone I could trust, someone I really admired and whose work had maturity and humor. That was Kersh all over."

Read the rest here:

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/episode_v/irvin_kershner_remembered/index.html

R.I.P. Irvin Kershner:

Hey Johnny, I hope you didn't abandon this, I was really looking forward to it.

That is some amazing work on Yoda Ady, just perfect.

Ripplin said:

I made a VIDEO folder on my SD card and also made sure it was in the VIDEO folder on my memory stick and it still didn't do somefin' or nuffin'. My PS3 has firmware 2.30 on it. Does it need something newer to recognize that format?

 Instead of hitting X to open the SD card, hit TRIANGLE and select "Display All", this will show all the folders on your SD card and you should be able to navigate through them and find the file regardless of where you placed it.

The blue is intentional, GL always meant for Yoda to be blue as you can see on this early concept art:


Apparently he could not do it with the technology available at the time, but in 2004 he was able to go back and fix it. :P

BLASPHEMYY!!!!