riddler95

hairy_hen said:

Both the DVD and Bluray versions of ESB and RotJ still use the '97 mixes as their main source, only splicing in individual new changes for each release.  They haven't been remixed from scratch the way the first movie was.

I didn't know that and I find it interesting. I am really surprised that Lucasfilm didn't simply use the 1997 5.1 Mix as the main source during the creation of the problematic 6.1 Mix that was featured on the 2004 DVD of the first film. Even the 6.1 Mix on the 2011 Blu-Ray still has a few tiny flaws even though it corrected most of the problems the 2004 Mix had. I've noticed that there are still two missing sound effects.

I've compared the 1993 2.0 Surround Mixes on the 2006 DVDs of the Original Versions to the 6.1 Mixes on the 2011 Blu-Rays of the Special Editions and there are things I like better about the 1993 Mixes.

With all the recent talk of Disney possibly restoring and releasing the Theatrical Cuts of the Original Trilogy on Blu-Ray in the near future I wonder if they'd go as far as giving the 1997 Special Edition Versions the same treatment as well?

yoda-sama said:

Granted, Disney hasn't been great about putting out faithful original versions of things (Lion King, etc.), but a lot of their changes are to mask questionable content, so who knows how they'd handle the situation Star Wars is in (and Fox still has rights to Episode 4, which is another matter).

Disney didn't include the Special Edition Version of The Lion King on the 2011 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray. The Director's wanted to feature only the Original Theatrical Version from 1994 but of coarse with minor improvements to some of the animation and minor changes made to the some of the colors. In fact Co-Director Roger Allers said he intended to make some minor color changes. The morning report song was included as a special feature.

Even the 2010 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray of Beauty And The Beast contains all three versions of the film. The only drawback is the Work-In-Progress Version is a picture in picture presentation so if you want to watch it in full Anamorphic Widescreen you'd have to watch the DVD copy.

Disney seems to care about the preservation of classic films including all versions if a film happens to have more than one.

Harmy

For a long time now I have really wanted to watch the Original Versions of The Star Wars Trilogy on my HDTV but I didn't want to have to watch my Non-Anamorphic Widescreen DVDs that I bought back in late 2006. Recently, I heard about the Despecialized Editions and decided to check them out and I was BLOWN AWAY! The Picture and Sound Quality is magnificent. It was really a great experience to finally watch the Original Versions in HD. It was a big deal to me because the Original Versions were the first versions I ever saw of the Star Wars Trilogy, that was two years before the Special Edition Versions were released and I prefer the Original Versions.

You and your team deserve alot of credit because for putting together the Despecialized Editions. You have given fans the wonderful? opportunity to watch the Original Versions of these classic films in HD. I really respect what you have created and accomplished. For so many years now I've been wanting to watch the Original Versions restored in HD and I'm so happy that chance is available now.

Thank you so much Harmy. You've made so many fans extremely happy.