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#485224
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The Empire Strikes Back "1980 Theatrical version" Reconstruction - Adywan (Released)
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hey adywan,

I love this edit.  It is now my favorite version of TESB.

Here are some suggestions if you are planning on making another version

 

make the probe droids thrusters more blue when they are being deployed by the star destroyer

during the battle of hoth some of the blaster shots are really hard to see where as in the gout they are a very solid red color

threepio should say "ooh this is suicide" instead of "ooh this is suicide, there's no where to go"  i'm pretty sure that's not in the original theatrical.

when luke first sees yoda and points his blaster at him yoda screams.  I'm pretty sure yoda didn't scream in the theatrical version.

add hans (shadow)vest during the carbonite freezing part

i don't think luke groaned when he fell down the stairs during the battle with vader on bespin

lukes and vaders light sabers just look weird to me during the battle at bespin.  At times vaders saber is only two colors.  white and a plain red.  it looks the worst after vader says "only your hatred can destroy me".

when vader is kicked off the carbonite platform and says "aaaah" in the original theatrical version it was different.  It actually didn't have the deep tone that vaders voice has.

again these are just nitpicks that i'd love to see implemented.  I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this.  great job and i don't mind Standard Definition DVD.

 

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#483286
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Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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Also if you are basing it off of adywans recolor of ESB there is a scene where just before general veers shoots the power generator he shoots down a speeder.  Veers asks "distance to power generators" and the guy replies "one decimal 2 8" then veers shoots down the speeder.  In the original theatrical version the ATs laser shots are clearly visible and have a clearly defined redness to them.  in adywans recolor of ESB the blaster shots coming from the AT are very white and almost invisible (very hard to see).  They were probably screwed up to begin with in the Special edition by lucas but I like the more red/defined versions of the blaster coming from the AT.  Actually come to think of it alot of the blaster shots in the battle of hoth are just plain hard to see in the special edition mostly towards the end of the battle being shot by veers AT.  It's just a nitpick but it's always bothered me.

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#482573
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Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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Yes...try and salvage parts that were screwed up in the Special editions.  We don't need to capture the entire film.  Just the parts that we can only get in GOUT.

Like if the scene in the wampa cave where you see its shadow on the wall.  That part in adywans theatrical reconstruction was still GOUT.  See if you can salvage that split second shot.