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I remember an early suggestion for ROTJ:R being that to sell the size of the new Death Star by not having it be the first image you see, but rather something built up to, by first showing Vader’s Star Destroyer which then gets a shadow over it, cutting to the reveal of the Death Star dwarfing the ship in scope.

This was posted long before Star Wars went to Disney, so Rogue One hadn’t done a similar idea yet. The idea could still be used here, and using Vader’s ship could make it unique.

ChainsawAsh said:

Back to the topic at hand:

Are you planning on replacing Artoo’s beeps? He sounds nothing in ROTJ like he does in any of the other films and it annoys the shit out of me every time I watch the movie.

THANK YOU!!! I brought this up in another thread once and was basically told I was insane and R2 sounded fine and that nothing was different from the other movies.

First post in this thread… exciting in a way, since it’s so nice to finally see the ROTJ:R thread officially exist!

My first few suggestions (of many, maybe?) is to include the turret operators in the Falcon during the big battle.

An idea I had a long time back was to have a long shot with no cuts showing the Falcon flying through the battle, shooting down Ties and such, while dodging fire from enemy ships. It would be similar in style to the intro scene of Anakin and Obi Wan entering the Coruscant battle in ROTS. This would be an epic way to showcase that Lando is a helluva pilot in his own right and that he knows that ship as well, if not better, than Han. It could end with a cut to Lando in the cockpit pointing out that the Star Destroyers aren’t firing.

Ronster said:

I wonder if it would work better if Luke only said.

“There it is”

?

Just a small thought. Perhaps that would establish it better as a hidden strange world nameless and unchartered in the Dagobah system?

Dagobah star system…

But Obi Wan called it Dagobah by name when he came to Luke on Hoth. The name is established. It would be rather difficult to change his dialogue, and even if it could, I feel Ady would be moving away from doing a superior special edition and ESB:R would start becoming a different beast altogether, along the lines of a new fanedit.

ZaneFlare92 said:

Forgive me if I sound crazy about this, I swear I’m not lol. I remember a couple years ago watching breath smoke test for the the first few minutes of dialogue on Hoth. I thought it was a cool new effect and added a sense of coldness to Hoth. It was on Youtube. I assume it got taken down due to copyright. I was expecting when first watching ESB:R then nothing. So I was just wondering if anyone know’s why this didn’t make the cut, or maybe it was for another fan edit ? Other then that it was amazing through and through. 9 years of work defiantly paid off and it showed.

I remember that too. You’re not crazy! I too wonder why this wasn’t used, but also have no problem with it not being added. It is only because I learned that when you are in Antartica, you do NOT have a cold breath due to how dry it actually is down there, despite being surrounded by ice and snow. I just take that into consideration when thinking about which climate on Earth is most like what Hoth must be like, and then the lack of breath doesn’t bother me.

Overthinking it? Yeah, maybe I am, but it keeps me from being disappointed in the lack of the breath effect.

Darth Hade said:

Is anyone keeping track of any boo-boos found so far so that Ady doesn’t have to search the whole thread?

I haven’t see it yet, but I saw some posts elsewhere that was saying the volume was going high to low in scene between Ozzel and Piett and some scenes between Leia and Han on the Millennium Falcon.

Any one else notice this, or is it b.s.?

The only thing that really bothers me at all is that Wedge’s speeder has a shadow when it first starts circling the AT-ATs legs, then in the wide shot it lacks a shadow entirely.

It is literally the only thing I have found so far (out of a meager four viewings). Other than that, it looks and sounds great on my setup.

Hate to point out stuff, but I may as well…

If there is one thing that threw me off, it’s that Wedge’s speeder, while circling the AT-AT, still doesn’t always have a shadow. In his first turn around the legs you see one, including a shadow for the cable, but after that his shadow disappears entirely.

Small nitpick but Vader’s lightsaber striking the floor in the duel still doesn’t sound like what a lightsaber sounds like when it hits other surfaces like walls and such. The added flash looked great though!

I’ve watched it three times already, and just can’t get enough!!!

Ady,

Thank you for your time and effort in bringing this edit to life. I’m fully aware of the amount of time it took to make it possible, and the hundreds or more of complaints from many of us over how long it was taking. All that is behind you and the grateful and ungrateful alike can happily watch it and be in awe.

Having now watched it, I can say how glad I am for avoiding the clips released over the last 4-5 years and just letting it all be new to me. Damnit I couldn’t be more impressed! Bravo on what you have achieved, and you have certainly raised the bar on what a fanedit can be. Return of the Jedi has a LOT to live up to, I would say!

Again, thank you. I look forward to the blu-ray special features!

BonOrbitz said:

INVAR said:

ANH:R is the ONLY version of the film I will watch.

I am EAGERLY looking forward to having ESB:R being the ONLY version I wish to watch.

And I saw both of them in the theaters when they were released in '77 and '80. Saw ANH on July 3rd 77 and the very first noon showing on May 21st 1980. Been to every first showing since.

Thanks for recreating the look, excitement and hype Ady!

I’m totally with this guy. The only version I show to people I know who haven’t seen it, or want to see it again after not seeing it in years, is ANH:R. And the first theatrical film I was brought to was Empire in 1980. I was 4 and remember a lot of it. My second theatrical movie was “Popeye” with Robin Williams in December of that year and I’m still waiting for Adywan to make Popeye: Revisited. 😕

Well, if we’re gonna start hoping for childhood films to get the Revisited treatment, I’ll throw Aliens into the hat for consideration! Saw it at age 5 in the cinema, and as far as I know, it was the first movie I saw that way.

But anyway… I’m waiting on Ronster to drop a mind-blowing last second suggestion that will stop the countdown and make Ady go back to the drawing board like Wile E. Coyote!

The release is near and I still exist, therefore I am happy.

Not entirely convinced that the IV is a countdown, due to the time between posts. Hoping very much for IV Revisited HD, but at the same time don’t want to get my hopes up TOO MUCH…

Bring it on, Ady.

Dreamaster said:

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMENT: Since Adywan didn’t set a date, but a month… we should all assume the date is June 30th. Then we can all be surprised if it hits earlier. 😃

Do I dare comply with this logical post and practice that thing called patience, as opposed to doing what others have done and react with an incredible amount of self-centered privilege and entitlement???

Tune in June 30th or maybe sooner for… no. I’m just gonna wait, nothing more, nothing less. 😃

Appreciate any update at all. Thanks.

I haven’t posted here in ages it seems like. How the hell is everyone? Glad to see ESB:R is still in the cards and might even be nearing release soon-ish!

So, is there still going to be a list of names added to the end credits? If I’m not mistaken, I tried and successfully made the list, but I can never be too sure.

Wow! With a lineup like that in ADDITION to Dark_Jedi??? As if I didn’t already look forward to Team Blu projects enough already.

Can’t wait to see what can be done with a team like this.

Mithrandir said:

Smoking Lizard said:

Bingowings said:

She was in ROTS played by the same actress wearing different clothes.

The prequel trilogy is stupid.

Again, I suppose there’s some “logical” explanation why Mon Mothma does not appear at the Death Star attack run briefing, does not appear as the attack on the Death Star is unfolding, does not appear at the medal ceremony, does not appear anywhere on Hoth…

But now, hey! She’s hanging out in a leadership role in the Rebel alliance in a movie scene that predates the 1977 movie.

Disney did not waste any money on continuity experts.

Maybe she leaves to Coruscant after the battle. Maybe she’s requested for an emergency session of the Imperial Senate where some good old Emperor decides that due to the Empire being attacked it is about time to dissolve the Congress. Maybe.

But that’s just what I would have done to solve the continuity issue. Perhaps they just do not care.

Disney/Lucasfilm and Star Wars. Not to be confused with Fox and X-Men.

Editroid said:

I can’t help but feel like adding the bunk is a change for the sake of change. Like the Jedi Rocks number. There’s nothing wrong with assuming that there were a few changes made to the Falcon in the 31 years between Episodes V and VII.

I don’t really think it’s fair to compare a background bunk that most people won’t notice to something like Jedi Rocks, which replaced almost an entire scene with CGI and a new song.

adywan said:

The Falcon gets a makeover…

I was wondering if the lights would be changed or not. I grew up with ESB more than ANH so I preferred the blue lights more, but since seeing TFA, I was starting to hope ESB would get green lights to stay consistent between the 3 films that show the Falcon’s hallways. Looks nice, Ady!

I’ll be the one to ask… can we expect a '98 Re-Specialized edition at some point? (Pretty sure only ANH and ESB were '97.)

The ISO is listed as 2.0, while the download was listed as 2.5. Just confused!

I’m curious, how will this be released? Will it be a multi-disc situation, or will there be an uncut MKV or any other format?

Either way, I’m pumped to check this out. I only found out about this cut after already jumping to HD, and just didn’t want to check out the various SD versions that have been available over the years.

Gorilla said:

ray_afraid said:

^Yeah, I’ve thought the same thing. None of the plans he’s announced contradict anything from TFA, but, we don’t know everything he has planned.

Actually, a BIG change he was planning on making was having Lando and the Falcon not making it out of the Death Star before it explodes. I believe Adywan said he wanted to give more weight to the scene in the Rebel hanger on Home One where Han believes he’ll never see the Falcon again after he loans it to Lando for the battle.

I’ve never had a problem with any of Adywan’s decisions he’s made in his revisions to this point, except this one. I don’t like it at all. I hope very much he has reconsidered.

Pretty sure that was revealed to just be a joke, and everyone just took it as gospel.

So, any new update on this one? I haven’t seen it in years, but I loved it when it was released. Would love to revisit it again!

adywan said:

Well , today , work on the practical side of things for ESB:R has ceased until the new year.

The models in the photos i just posted are 99% completed. Just a few more minor detailing to add, including the Millennium Falcon’s ramp, and they are ready for filming.

The Han in Carbonite is also now completed. But filming will now have to wait until the new year as it’s now stored in my workroom while we get everything ready for Christmas.

So , in the new year, i will just need to finish building the Falcon hangar miniature set and shoot it, shoot the transport hangar set, shoot the Han in Carbonite prop and then add them all into the film. Once they are out of the way, the only thing left to make and film will be the Wampa. The audio , i have already started on , and is about 75% completed.

With TFA and Christmas right around the corner, i won’t be posting a preview clip this Christmas. To be honest, i’ve probably showed too much already. But the main reason is that i just won’t have the time to do anything. I just want to forget about Revisited until the new Year and concentrate on spending time with my family ( and going to see TFA of course 😉 )

So, as i probably won’t be around much from now until the new year, we would like to wish you all , from the entire Revisited team, a very Merry Christmas ( or whatever holiday you may be celebrating) and a Happy New Year…

See you in 2016

I would have posted all the pictures directly here, but this editor is a nightmare to use for me, especially with not being able to resize pictures, add links embedded in the pics to see them full size, have links open in a separate tab/ window etc, so here is the link to the facebook photo album:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1204096799605900.1073741835.223279371020986&type=3

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours! Looking forward to 2016 for sure!

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

Adywan will be painting his own official cover art, as he did with A New Hope, I believe.

Due to one of the health problems i have, it is now impossible for me to paint any more of the covers for Revisited. Unfortunately drawing and painting is something i have had to accept that i will probably never be able to do again

I’m very sorry to hear about this. I hope it won’t restrict any other talents or your well-being.

I don't know if this would stall the NOTLD '68 release, considering that this is a big deal....

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3366197/george-a-romero-finds-9-minutes-of-lost-night-of-the-living-dead-footage/