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Nice! Looks possible, but time consuming. And would take programming a new analysis program.

Considering the lengths people are willing to go to for star wars preservations, I wouldn't be surprised to see an "electron microscope laserdisc scanning and analysis to retrieve pure video signal" project pop up. (Fingers crossed).

But yes, a 3 source cross reference scan is more probable by far.

Either would be an awesome source for Harmy.

Excuse my ignorance (as always) but could you simply physically scan a laserdisc surface at a microscopic zoom rate, and use a pc to analyze the lans/pits and pull the information from it? That way you could pull a 100% pure video signal from it?

Totally unrelated, except for the "volunteered services" part... but I've been looking for someone with technical skill to help me hone and release a refined version of my Fan Edit of The Phantom Menace, "The Phantom Hour". It is the whole film, condensed into a tight little hour long package that ties together neatly. I have a workprint I can get to you if you're interested. Not quite the preservationist dream... but maybe it's a start?

Looking awesome :)

Just a heads up, the Google+ page tagline and introduction still refer to AD1 Productions.

or consider Mezzmo. Best media server i have ever used. Samsung plays nice with it. LG as well.

I didn't, no worries. I meant simply because i proposed it intending it as a serious suggestion - which you quite effectively boiled down to an idea worthy of the modern-day George... nobody likes to think they are thinking at that level :p

muddy... that kinda hurt. 

I actually wouldnt mind a phantom menace krayt cameo during the pod race. Just to hear its "call" as Anakin passes by.

or... it could be chasing Qui-Gon and Anakin back to the ship, which is the only logical reason why they'd be running ;)

Just a thought - would be really cool to see a living krayt dragon in one of the edits, making the same noise Ben uses in ANH:R 

in a recent interview, when questioned whether Han shot first, Abrams responded "I would argue there was only one shot fired"... that alone shows the potential for how he'd prefer the OT be viewed before the ST. Which leaves the PT. Yes, hed be limited to the same story, but imagine the potential alternate takes, deleted scenes, etc. that could be used to create the ultimate FanEdit. I would love to see that saga. 9 films, respectfully structured to be watched one after the other, by someone who loves them.

Of course, im sure PT:Revisited would still be better ;)

You never quite know what you could do with a thread called "Please Disregard"... ;)

If J.J. Abrams stayed on for the whole ST, would you want to see an Abrams "director"'s cut version of the saga? With his love of the OT, I'm curious to see if he might bring us a better connected, streamlined film series. What are your thoughts?

http://www.latinospost.com/articles/19955/20130524/star-wars-episode-7-news-update-j-abrams-reveals-prefers.htm

Thought this was some nice new insight :)

Jabba didnt have a tail in 77 :p

mike, Until you are able to properly project this, any chance you can get your hands on a old transparency/overhead projector? sometimes thrift stores have them for like 20 bucks. could be agood way to get some larger, fully lit pictures.

SW is a sure thing, so theyd be stupid to lose the actors by lowballing them. The only one i see them struggling with is Carrie Fischer becase shes more than likely going to try and renegotiate for likeness rights. Mark has been open to it since the beginning - consider that he came back to do commercials for Vector Prime.

A few ideas for the movie they could be watching:

EVERY Awkward scene from AotC. They could comment on how awful it is.

Every scene from the OT where Luke and Leia are flirting, making out, etc, followed by the "Leia is my sister" scene, then Han asks, "You love him, don't you" and she says "Yes." This is followed by a string of NOOOOOOOOs from the saga.

Or they could just watch the "I am your father" reveal from Empire.

No negativity intended. I guess a lot more has been going on behind the scenes than I thought. Which is awesome!

Btw... Excuse my ignorance. I know that many people want a 2k or higher scan, but why not use something like the Kodak p460 to quickly get a "rough draft" scan out there?

I would love to see a couple Wampas get shot down by an AT-ST as it passes by.

Starting to worry about the legitimacy of this - I definitely believe the original Reddit stuff, but is there anything indicating mikeaz123 is in fact the owner? (I mean no disrespect, but am simply trying to apply some cautious scrutiny.)

The original poster there was: http://www.reddit.com/user/Mustacheafficianado who appears to have materialized and vanished in a single day or two.

There IS a person on reddit with the same username as here who seems unconnected: http://www.reddit.com/user/Mikeaz123

I've also seen no direct acknowledgement in relation to Poita's offer, which seems quite strange to me, considering it is a realistic potential option. 

I hope that there is something going on behind the scenes here that I'm not privvy to, but... I'm slightly unsure. Would rather be cautious than get my hopes up too high.

Poita, has he contacted you yet? REALLY excited for this :)

Maybe that hologram could be a montage of the best lines from "Jack and Jill"?

I'm pretty sure most of us wouldn't be able to identify that simply by the music. I'm not sure whether to give props to those who can, or...

Perhaps you could show Obi Wan seeing himself in the hologram doing something he's not proud of?

I'm beginning to think that anticipation leads to the Dark Side...

I'm imagining this working well with some audio degradation as well. Perhaps add a record player effect, introducing pops, clicks, etc.

Where would be the fun in that?

Really liking the models :) Its amazing how well Ady has been able to blend these into his edits. Gives me a lot of hope for AotC and RotS, which are seriously in need of actual physical elements.