kg1977

Mk_9000 said:

I didn’t hear the music until the second time i watched it. LOL. I feel like the vocals are just drowned out by the music a bit… that might just be my OCD brain picking at things.

no worries…yep will be revisiting the audio with a 5.1 track and will balance the background music with vocals…hard to sometimes gauge that when editing as are doing with just standard stereo speakers and sometimes not very loud when just at my desk…so will address audio levels and separation in due time 😃

Darth Robbie73 said:

So far, I like it very much. I’m really looking forward to the sequel, and then the finished work. Congratulations

thanks Darth Robbie73 & Slavicuss

I am working on treadwell and luke scene and then once finished will post the full frame of that and the full luke with friends scene. Holiday break coming up here, so will have a day to maybe catch up and and then a few days with family and off from editing, but It will get there…no worries…will definately post the link for 'em

Patali said:

Is the current version of this available to watch? I would love if you could send me a copy.

Does this lean into some of the CGI shots that Adywan made for his old version? I liked those. IMO my dream version of the movie was to have Adywans old CGI shots, the George Lucas CGI shots, and SC38, and make a new “prequelized” version of ANH. I love the old special effects best, 1977, but I want a version full of the CGI stuff Lucas and fans have made, to have a version that fits in with the greater series.

Also, a deleted scene that is my dream to see, though we only have poor quality is “This Sith Lord”. Rogue One tie in and mention of the word “Sith” in ANH. Hope we get a better copy one day.

ANH-X version 1 will include 90% of the deleted restored scenes
based on adywans version so yes all his enhanced FX, but upscaled to HD
and yes the “sith lord” extended board room scene with clean audio is already done and will be included in the version 1

Mk_9000 said:

Heyyyy looking pretty gooood!

Will the audio get cleaned up? I feel like there’s a lot of noise, no? For the first part, at least?

Do you mean maybe the background space “youngster” music playing in the tosche hangout + some sounds from the space air hocky table etc.? Not understanding the noise you mean, but when I get to separating the voices from background music (center channel voices, surround sound for ambient etc., than yes it may spread things out more. Right now all in stereo and together.LMK if this is the part you mean or other. I did leave the footsteps and some original wind in the beginning that I will probably clean-up on a 5.1 mix later…if that is the part? (before inside?). Thanks for your feedback

regularjoe said:

Thank you for sharing your work. Really appreciate these cleaned up scenes and can’t wait for the others.

Thanks…just posted #2 “Luke with friends”…see above…1 more to go for this group of scenes

Here is the next clip

Same as before as far as color grade to match archive photos

added music from 2 sources on Youtube where fans added music to this clip. I nice add I found and I think others have tried it is music inside Tosche station so they would be listening to some type of background space music that might have playing while hanging out…also there are some small radio drama bits snuck in too. After doing this I realized I need to have the treadwell scene now for Version 1 as it may not make sense without… so that is next and I have already started a complete redo with new tools… Hopefully next on that one and will still be on track for May Version 1 realse still. I will get back to small tweaks on the others after I finish treadwell.

Hope you like

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-4jiato_b-NOhUoaHuXnSjGxpMJx822/view?usp=drive_link

Mk_9000 said:

Away from home right now, but let me take a look at these later tonight…thanks for letting me know

Update

In looking at this clip compared to the other where friends are around (what appears to be not much time between) I notice that where I placed it was a little off as far as on the timeline IMO.

I now have an updated version in which the scene with friends (getting close on finishing this one) is right before the droids landing as if Luke sees the battle and goes to tell his friends. Luke and friends at Tosche clip will then end right and transition into the droids just out of the POD and walking the desert

…this meant, I had to move the Biggs and Luke walk a little farther so it starts after R2 rolls away and ends with 3PO now by himself wandering.

I think this makes better sense and it breaks of the “desert wandering” clips a little which has always been the slow part of the film.

here is a link to this new clip with these transitions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pHL-jieonb7Uei2cDqTH4OAEGO01DSiY/view?usp=sharing

The other link is still good if anyone wants the clip where it was in the timeline as posted prior.

will update more as I make progress on “Luke and Friend look to the sky” clip.

regularjoe said:

I would be eternally grateful for a link to that cleaned up scene if you are of the inclination to share it out.

Does not have a 5.1 track yet…it’s stereo, but when I get to the mix for that (V1 release) will have it

regularjoe said:

I would be eternally grateful for a link to that cleaned up scene if you are of the inclination to share it out.

All,

Here ya go
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZYzg7yL-_cbVG08FkOm3qaE1FM5HspX/view?usp=sharing

Slavicuss said:

Nice!

I like the new colours for the deleted scene.

MK900 & Slavicuss…Thanks

Biggs & Luke Take A Walk At Tosche

So wanted to share an update on ANH-X. It is coming along but I have some competing things going on. I just wanted to get this sample clip out as it seems like I have been working on this one for 10 years. I was never happy with it and technology was not there to clean it up enough to insert it into a final movie without it looking like it from the cutting room floor, so it was always throw it on the shelf and come back later. Love this scene ever since I saw the photos in the 1977 storybook

I wanted this in the movie, but with all the editions, we never got it.

the Tosche Station Biggs and Luke walk was a challenge because aside from being long, it has a little bit of everything…dust, scratch lines, blots, massive yellowing coloring jumps in frames, bluryness you name it.

My approach to this was to match a modern look where the color of the sky is a nice desert blue and colors are vivid, this also needs to match the Adywan base to which I am looking to match it all up with. Below is one of my reference sheets that I was using. The first Tosche station scene also uses this color grade (that is also 98% done)

For the final clip I added an all new music track that is actually a combination of 3 different music tracks that fans on Youtube who posted this clip not restored (Credit to others for mixing some excellant backtracking)…really helps when you have some samples and choice to pick and choose from.

I may tweak a few things right before a V1 of ANH (still hoping from sometime in May), but this scenes image should 98% and faithful to the photograph references we have seen throughout the years.

One last thing, the scene with 3PO at the start that transitions into with desert ridge is zoomed in a little more as intentional as I wanted to get a closer shot and dragon bones and the over shot framed.

The end fade into R2 into the caynon is another edit using the original Adywan FX composite from way back, but with his new HD sky (sample from what he posted (Sky graphic all credit to him). I personally like the idea of the caynon looking more like the Jugland Waste we see outside of new hope, Prequals etc. (complete with the BThazoshe Bridge). See sample artwork of that as reference below:

The version that we got with the Bluray was kind of just ok and somewhat overly orange, so wanted add this new composite.

Here is the a comparion clip with the final

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BN3REpr5ilzVkhcjyAKGpQlmOxiYGH0/view?usp=sharing

and in a few days I will post an full res version if people want it now to insert into projects they have.

Enjoy.

Mk_9000 said:

kg1977 said:

Mk_9000 said:

Any progress updates? Im really looking forward to this! I’v always wanted to see the deleted scenes in action.

[…] I am thinking about releasing […] a sample progress full res clip just to keep things fresh and moving […]

Any chance we can catch a sneak peak?

Funny you ask 😃…Just finished Biggs and Luke Walk tonight…Getting a post ready and share a sample in about 20 minutes

Mk_9000 said:

Any progress updates? Im really looking forward to this! I’v always wanted to see the deleted scenes in action.

Shooting for this May for version 1 but it’s looking tight, got some competing things. Working on the Luke and Biggs deleted walk (been a waiting years to get at this one and get it restored and hoping for this in a few weeks. I am thinking about releasing it as a sample progress full res clip just to keep things fresh and moving, but it will also be in version one. Thanks for the interest.

benduwan said:

here some scenes from the trailer with unused scenes:
https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/8840/evztwz7w_jpg.htm
https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/8840/9djoeui7_jpg.htm
https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/8840/nb5ahkv5_jpg.htm
https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/8840/j6qeuyg9_jpg.htm
https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/8840/tfshiv7h_jpg.htm

Thanks. I did not know about the other Lando shots here (middle and bottom of page).

https://www.directupload.eu/file/d/8840/j6qeuyg9_jpg.htm

DarthTzetzo said:

Hello everyone, I think I found two unused shots from the original trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNwNXF9Y6kY&t=12s&ab_channel=StarWars

1. the first one is of Lando walking down the hallway with his men (maybe before meeting Han on the platform ?) - at 00:47-00:49;
2. the second one is in Wampa’s cave (an alternate view of the hanging Luke before he opens his eyes) - at 01:09-01:10.

I hope they are helpful.
If you have already discussed them - sorry for the “spam”.

Got 'em in my version. That trailer (narrated by Ford) has tons of other as I think Benduwan was saying. Watched it again I think there are also some extra shots (for a sec) on hoth with the soldiers (just random stuff) will have compare later and see. I think maybe 2 shots. A lot of shot like that were very similar

Nice call out though.

benduwan said:

wow. i blow away… 😃
there are some cool ideas. can´t wait to see this.
you add more scenes or is this the full list of your changes?
what running time would be expected?
would ther be updates of your other movies?
thank you very much for doing such a big task…
regards

This is the full list that should include all deleted scenes and shots that I know to exist. Will not know run time until each version is completed.
update for ESB is the same and here is link to that post where shot list is now updated
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/ESB-X-the-eXtended-version-WIP/id/94195

Shotlist for Jedi started some but a ways to go and will not visit unitl after May as I want to get extended versions of ESB, ANH and Raiders done first

thanks for showing interest

Hi all and happy new year!

This is an update on my ANH-X (A New Hope Extended).

I have the final shot list done and have many new scenes completed for a Version 1.
Below is the updated shot list of ANH-X and I have also added this as an update to my original post for this tread since it will be easier than having to read through everything.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LUXrjmAZjB__71BXwHY-_5XaDh4R2Cl2/view?usp=drive_link

I will be updating this file as I go, so the link should stay the same and the file should show updated progess as it happens.

I would like to say this version 1 will be done by EOM, but then things come up personally and I am also working on other projects…Raiders extended, ESB etc…so I hate to give a release date. Instead, I will say that I am shooting for end of Q1 of this year and before May the 4th of this year, – more of a realistic range.

The process to finish version 1 is below:
1. Finish all V1 noted changes
2. Move all footage and changes to single timeline
3. Work on audio adjustment for final V1 5.1 track
4. Finish and Adywan upscaled FX I do not have done composited into the master (if adywan has not released by this point)
5. release

Art3x said:

Would love a link!

Here is the link …latest is version 1.6…Merry Christmas

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lmshFw8jqvgr0CdmoETEWRrMwDnNWGnL/view?usp=sharing

Version 2 final version will still be a few months out as I am behind

Internaldeer said:

Hi there. I would absolutely love to see whatever the latest version you are up to. It would be an awesome Christmas gift for myself.lol

Will send later tonight for ya 😁

The only ones I know of are the Indy series which I think you are familiar with all the footage I have on those. Sorry I do not have any or know of extras for the other mentions

Lindsay70 said:

Is 2.0 complete yet I would love to see it

V1.6 is the latest. Was hoping v2.0 (the final version) would be farther along and ready for year end, but due to things getting busy I am behind.

** PMs sent to the other recent new member request

kg1977 said:

@Darth Sadifous

Letting you know that I started another verison of this with German subtitles. but have competing projects. I have the subtitles for intro scene were german and important to understand what is said. Trying to get Raiders extended done by EOY first and then may squeeze this one in as as an updated intro (Full movie re-cut with this and and other changes would be later)

ccateni said:

ccanteni…will send you a PM tomorrow

benduwan said:

Is v2 done?
So i like a link too please.
Thanks

Still shooting for EOY for that …i hope to give next update mid-november