Version 1.8 is ready has some new stuff and some fixes…updated the shot list link in the first post if you want to check out what they are…PM if you want to check it out this version so far…still on target for the final “V2” 8/1
If anyone is interested in ANH-X before September a special ANH V.3 version is ready and avail.
This version is basically V1 From the start up to end of fight in the cantina first – 1st 53 min
added a V1.5 too my list of planned versions, which will have more scenes. This will be EOY if wanting to just wait for it then – and have a longer version.
I Updated the shot list in the first post as usual… or you can get it here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GoP-1unifyMTxXjanqdXZAehXkvgf2PS/view?usp=sharing
I am switching over to Raiders extended version to try and play catch up for awhile as want to get that one done.
Thanks for the interest.
Update
V.3 almost done (first 53 minutes)
Just need to do the 5.1 proper mix for the stereo deleted scenes and a few more adywan upscale FX composites
…still on track but will need the next 2 days to wrap up.
Also, I updated the link to latest shot list in the first post of this tread
No problem, I don’t want to be intrusive but I made a little mockup of what I meant:
Without a HUD element: https://ibb.co/gLjG4G7X
With a HUD element: https://ibb.co/9mJXCyHmI did not mean anything too fancy, basically something that draws your eyes to the action immediately. Either way, it is your edit of course and I totally understand your vision to keep it visually close to the original movie.
(Coincidently I found the exact same image online you used for the SD).
Keep up the great work! Will be looking out for the final version of this.
Hey this is really good. If I swap it out I may also want to do it with the Bantha’s in the other scene (for consistency)…I’ll play around with it…thx for sharing
ok…so this took forever and I was on vacation a week and a half so that delayed it some… but finally made progress. The Treadwell and Luke scene edit is somewhat a little different than shot by shot of the deleted, plus this one has always been a challenge to fit in with that awsome opening scene. I think this works though…bout as good as it can get…hopefully it flows well. as far as the scene, the orginal is kind of boring so I had to improve a little, audio is radio drama and original and the color grade is of course in-line with the other deleted/color from adywan or BLU etc. …not a big fan of the yellowish color tint so I think this fits well with the finished film scenes. Music added as well to help it out… Anyway here it is…moving on next to some edits on the homestead and then off the finish the extended cantina which is a big one
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p1LUllwIQzSsUv-7eDeDiHXSo-a_Vfu6/view?usp=sharing
This looks great! Can I make a small suggestion for the binoculars shot? The Tantive and SD probably would be covered in atmospheric haze. Perhaps making these elements a bit more translucent and blended into the sky, it would look more like a shot from space. Perhaps even a HUD element that tracks the ships in the binoculars? Minor things, of course as I can only imagine the immense amount of work it took to clean these shots.
Thanks for the feedback. There is some added haze or colorization, but maybe I can look at that on pass 2 (version 2).I probably would not add tracking HUD graphics tot he Binocs as trying to keep it more 1977 style, simple HUD etc. But interesting idea. Thanks again for your feedback
help with a cantina shot
does anyone have this shot from the original in 1920 wide or even UHD format they can PM me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Y2VtdgAAs5KqaUqjmlEooH5qWJrKRB8/view?usp=sharing
My clip I have is 1280 and has some pixelation in the shadows so when uplscaled to 1920 it’s noticeble, rather have a clean clip. I don’t have UHD despecialized as a download but I am sure its in that too. If anyone can cut the clip and PM me (with or without audio doesnt) that would help…thanks in advance
I’ll send you a high-quality version of that clip today.
Thanks that will really help save time and improve it I think…Hoping to get this .3 version out soon (first 53 minutes) that some may want. hoping for MON night or shortly after.
For those interested. below is a very tentative timeline of SW related stuff. I have some Indiana jones and other projects mixed plus personal competing things to focus on this spring, so somewhat of a big gap during summer. But for those that have been asking here is what I am shooting for
ANH V.3 up to end of fight in the cantina 6/2/25
ESB V1 8/28/25
ANH V1 9/28/25
scene 38 full breakdown/with sample clips pre-release 10/8/25
ANH V1.5 12/1/2026 (this is a newly added version includes scene 38 + many new additional shots)
ROTJ full shot list 1st release 11/5/25
ROTJ V1 5/4/26
ESB V2 5/21/26 - 46 year anniversary
ANH V2 5/25/2026 - 49 year anniversary
Hey kg1977,
With regards to upscaling the behind-the-scenes, B-Roll, plus alternate & deleted footage, it’s definitely possible to get decent-quality videos from the source material, and retain as much original footage as possible.
Some examples: on the top are screen-shots from your v1.6 Raiders edit, along with upscales that I have done (upscales only – no colour correction has been applied):
wow these are great!. The Upscaler I use (Hitpaw) is ok for clean shots but these B rolls I think it struggles. Even with AI enhancement it still is not this good. Are you using Topaz? or something more robust? This is fantastic!
Can you share the files upscaled so I can color match align and crop to aspect ratio as replacements? would be great to have these as better quality. I have some B roll for ANH that could also benefit from a boost…working on ANH up to fight int the cantina (3 more days) than was planning to jump back to raiders and try hammer out the 2.0 in the next 30 days after that.
Thanks
help with a cantina shot
does anyone have this shot from the original in 1920 wide or even UHD format they can PM me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Y2VtdgAAs5KqaUqjmlEooH5qWJrKRB8/view?usp=sharing
My clip I have is 1280 and has some pixelation in the shadows so when uplscaled to 1920 it’s noticeble, rather have a clean clip. I don’t have UHD despecialized as a download but I am sure its in that too. If anyone can cut the clip and PM me (with or without audio doesnt) that would help…thanks in advance
Thanks for the feedback and kind words…here is the full frame version of treaswell as someone was asking if I could post it…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZ9X6G0kE_xO_AcZvWaRrLid0xX7icls/view?usp=sharing
Wonderful!
Do you have a sharing ready full frame of the Tosche Station clip?
Working on V1 (or V.3 technically 😃 for those that want 1/3 of it early.
Early to be EOM (prob 6/1 now – so I have the weekend and since we have a U.S. holiday coming that I will not be near a computer on).
This early .3 version will be from the very start up to (but not including yet), where “Garouf Lafoe”, the 1st informant, leaves the bar inside to tattle on our heros. This will include all the anchorhead scenes that proceed up to this point.
Really good stuff. Do you also have the full scene ready for Tosche Station (when Luke meets his friends inside the station first and then continues to talk outside) or is the scene not ready for release yet? 🤔
Ha someone was just PM me on that 😃…yea that one is not uploaded yet as I was thinking about trying to get V1 done in the next 5-6 month and may be easier to post that so folks have everything + post what I have posted is 2.0 channel for the deleted and audio is the last thing I do so holding off to finish all Sept/Oct. and then do a spot check and audio check.
If enough people show interest here I can finish up to the cantina (but before they meet Han)
ANH V1 up to cantina meeting with Han ETA: 5/30/25
and post V1 up to that. That would give you all with 5.1 up to that point and you could even splice it into your current
…Are others here interested in ANH-X V1 (Act 1) sooner than later?
This would be the first 1/3 of ANH-X…never thought of doing it this way but I could upload and it might be easier than posting scenes ala carte.
Hi kg1977,
I’ve just started watching v6 of your edit, and was wondering if the restoration you’re doing on the deleted scenes are still a work-in-progress or not? The clips are of significantly lower quality than the main film, plus the colour correction doesn’t match the main film either.
You’ve written that you have restored deleted scenes; which software are you using for this?
Are you upscaling the footage? Some of the deleted clips, such as the shot of Satipo walking in the jungle, as well as the shot of the Jovitos Indians shooting their poison darts at Indy, are almost unwatchable.
If you’re upscaling, it would be worth doing more tests and experimentation with settings to get better results.Is the audio for the deleted scenes a work-in-progress too? There was a big shift in audio quality for the scene of Satipo falling through the hole. Did you not have the soundtrack or separate SFX to make the scene work? Right now it’s not seamless at all, and the colour grading makes it look like a different film altogether.
Also, is the audio for the deleted scenes 2.0 instead of 5.1? It would be worth converting the audio to 5.1, which would go a long way to having a more balanced sound in the edit.
Please know that this is constructive criticism – your ideas for the film are great, so it would be a shame to not have high-quality audio and video throughout the entire film.
To an extent, the following shots from the latest shot list (which I did update today-see very first post) or here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gAUSRGFmFMHpOTdD8OqQZD-qPDdnvd05/view?usp=sharing
are “B” grade, so I know the ones you mean.
“B” grade is to describe ones that are the more rare deleted scenes that are not as good of quality as the more common and widely circulated ones. In some cases, these deleted scenes are not even in 1280 resolution and in some cases 800 as the highest avail. As such, they will have a different quality (even enhanced and upscaled to 1920/1920 cropped to 1:2.35 ratio).
In looking at the latest shot list, I would assume these are the ones you are referring and would be shots 1,2,10,11,18 (some of it), 21,22,23,29,32,47,51(to an extent), 53
I may produce a 1.8 before 2.0 that excludes these as I can certainly see people not wanting them if they are not at least 1280 upscaled and of decent enough quality to blend in. In some cases (I think you mentioned a few) the quality may be hard to swallow on anything larger than a 27 inch TV.
That being said, some of those did have a final pass on them using some some new software this spring that I think is about as good as it going to get on some of “b” grade scenes. These final tweaks at quality will be in 2.0 so hopefully that attempt works better.
I do value your feedback and if you do see any deleted that are not these numbered shots, that you feel need to be better color matched to the original do let me know the shot/the shots number.
As far as audio, I have to convert much of the deleted scenes that are stereo to 5.1 yet as well as do a balance out of it post conversion. The audio is usually the last I do right before the final version or in Raider’s case, 1.8 and 2.0. I would probably finish 2.0 and then go back and remove the “B” footage for 1.8. So there will be a final pass for audio specifically before calling it done.The reason I even release versions with audio that is still in process is that even with stereo a decent receiver can translate it to surround somewhat acceptable (sony/ pioneer receivers etc). But yea I hear ya. Don’t worry I’ll mix it as best I can on some of the deleted - mainly it’s just getting dialogue in the center channel and balancing the other channels.
For those of you who have been following this one, know I have taken a break from it to switch gears over to ANH. I want to at least get that up to the cantina and then finish ESB V1 and I plan to get back to Raiders in June, so not too much longer I will be diving back into this one.
and @Artan42…yea I do not intend to add the rocks in front of R2 hiding in the rocks 😃
Thanks for the feedback and kind words…here is the full frame version of treaswell as someone was asking if I could post it…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZ9X6G0kE_xO_AcZvWaRrLid0xX7icls/view?usp=sharing
ok…so this took forever and I was on vacation a week and a half so that delayed it some… but finally made progress. The Treadwell and Luke scene edit is somewhat a little different than shot by shot of the deleted, plus this one has always been a challenge to fit in with that awsome opening scene. I think this works though…bout as good as it can get…hopefully it flows well. as far as the scene, the orginal is kind of boring so I had to improve a little, audio is radio drama and original and the color grade is of course in-line with the other deleted/color from adywan or BLU etc. …not a big fan of the yellowish color tint so I think this fits well with the finished film scenes. Music added as well to help it out… Anyway here it is…moving on next to some edits on the homestead and then off the finish the extended cantina which is a big one
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p1LUllwIQzSsUv-7eDeDiHXSo-a_Vfu6/view?usp=sharing
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 😃
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
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
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
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
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.
Here is a link to full frame version of Luke and Biggs coming after R2 rolling away, which will be in my final version.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XECacCMFdbMgI67WHxjkenQZ1wHzXdTR/view?usp=sharing
will update more as I make progress on “Luke and Friend look to the sky” clip.
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
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 full frame version of Luke and Biggs coming after 3PO calling the jawas if someone wants
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZYzg7yL-_cbVG08FkOm3qaE1FM5HspX/view?usp=sharing
Nice!
I like the new colours for the deleted scene.
MK900 & Slavicuss…Thanks
