Harmy said:

Harmy’s RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION HD v2.5 IS NOW OUT

Where to find it:
https://goo.gl/1WGHBA

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This is a reconstruction of the 1983 theatrical version of Return of the Jedi. The original shots were painstakingly restored using various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction based on a fade free 1983 LPP Print. ROTJ v2.5 is pretty much completely despecialized, apart from a couple of wipes, which were recomposited optically in 1997 and look nearly identical to the originals, so for all intents and purposes this is the original version.

The remastered version (v2.5) represents a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier 1.0 version due to the use of better encoding and higher quality sources and replacing many of the despecialized shots with higher quality ones.

VIDEO SOURCES:

1. RETURN OF THE JEDI Episode IV A New Hope Official Blu-Ray (2011)

2. LPP 35mm print scans (Team Negative 1 and Poita)

3. Schorman’s HDTV Preservation - Return of the Jedi (2004 DVD version)

4. RETURN OF THE JEDI 2006 Bonus DVD (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscaled by Dark Jedi)

5. RETURN OF THE PUG (1983 16mm print transfer)

6. Custom mattes

It is currently available as a DVD9 AVCHD and 20GB MKV. Here are the full NFOs for both versions:

AVCHD: http://pastebin.com/mDcbrFF0
MKV: http://pastebin.com/Fwr1jidV

Harmy, thanks for the great work! Amazing stuff!

Looks fantastic! Great work!

Anyone still have these?

Is it possible to use another source to fill in for the missing frames? I know the purpose is to preserve the film, but there are missing frames, which is unfortunate. It seems to be just under 5 seconds missing…could (gasp) GOUT frames upscaled be used to fill in these gaps? Obviously not a great solution, but would it be better than black frames to get it GOUT synced?

On a side note, absolutely terrific work, -1! Much appreciated!

I also have an external blu-ray burner on my mac. (It is a pioneer burner, and it’s been great!) I have burned successfully. It’s well worth the buy.

Also, Harmy…excellent work!

This is a late reply and you may already have a solution, but just in case...the AVCHD files I had ended with ".AVCHD". I changed that to ".mts" and it then changed the structure to a folder containing the BDMV file.  I then burned it to DVD-ROM using an old version of Toast (without any BD/HD plugin.). It played perfectly on my bluray player.  You might be able to accomplish the same thing using the built in disc utility or the free program Burn.  Good luck.

The AVCHD files I had on my Mac ended ".AVCHD". I just changed the ending to ".mts" and the file changed to a folder containing BDMV stream.  I burned this in Toast (old version with no HD plugin) as a DVD-ROM.   It played in my blu Ray player perfectly.  Not sure if that helps, but good luck.

You can use a program called burn.  It is completely free and will allow you to burn a DVD.

The VCD of STM is in pan and scan, or even an old VHS.