This comment section is the reason I stopped using these forums. Just people begging for piracy.
Huh? Aren’t you the one advertising this? If you don’t want people to pirate these film, then why are posting a thread in the “film preservations” section? Do you want people to pay you to purchase and view this print by yourself?
It felt more like he was throwing OOT fans his scraps, since it was such a low quality version and a “bonus feature” but I guess this is old news. Of course now time has passed and you have strange people that believe this laserdisc rip represents the quality of that theatrical cuts.
This might have been his intention, to confine the memory of the original cuts to that inferior quality.
Yeah I seem to remember the GOUT version wasn’t a 1977 copy but just had the A New Hope title removed just so they could say ‘here you go idiots this is what you wanted right?’
Ok, I’m glad you told me. He treats it’ as If it’s a separate “cut” so he can expand his list of “cuts” to make the argument that there is no definitive “original” version. the man is insane.
Laserdiscs had the 1981 version of the crawl, which had the ANH name added.
The GOUT appears to have a different version of the crawl and opening shot which doesn’t include this added title, but is identical to the laserdiscs (in terms of what is presented) following that. It was mastered from the same source as the 1993+ laserdiscs, save for the opening shot of ANH.
Thanks man.
are the gouts and the laserdisc exactly the same, or are their differences, I’m currently writing a huge video essay about the Special editions, Star Wars preservations, and those horrible videos by Rick Worley and Nerdonomous. in Rick’s video he claims that the gout has a different crawl from the laserdisc and that the laserdisc has the updated “a new hope crawl” so that he can label the Gout as it’s “own cut” and make the list of Pre-SE cuts bigger to make the originals seem less important. I think this is BS. But too tired to check. can someone tell me?
If anyone is interested in reading the WIP rough essay script here it is:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ipU48nABwFM9NrHiFmiJhumCmMn-WCmyXMmaAmRYqRo/edit?usp=sharing
please inform me about any factual errors.
I’ll keep updating it whenever I am finished with another section.
Cheers.
I pitched in something for you; hoping others will too. also wishing you a smooth recovery Ady!
If the goal is to make a perfect Empire Strikes Back I’m wondering why the Luke / Leia smooch was left in lol.
Because George (Luke)as kissed his sister, and the world needs to know that.
A glimpse into how conversations with myself can go:
Not sure why the image won’t load. It’s the Simpsons clip of Krusty interviewing Robert Frost, covering him with snow, and being told, “We discussed this, and I said no.”
The theatrical version makes more sense. The stormtroopers are only pretending to try and capture the heroes, and are trying to convince them they escaped based on their own skills. To lead him to an entire barrack would leave Han wondering why the entire garrison didn’t follow him.
This, and also looks nothing like the death star hangar. also, why would stormtroopers just be standing im formation like that?
Edit: I’m ok with it left in btw.
Hey everyone, new color correction comp:
This has to be the worst color grading in the film. The Tatooine scenes are horrible. Skin tones blend into the background, purple is everywhere it shouldn’t be, desaturated skies, and waxy skin make the shot look artificial. For many shots, I had to strip out color and rebuild from scratch to restore the original tones. Finally got rid of the purple (it took ages)—the key was restoring the original colors rather than just desaturating them. Here’s a small example:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t2Zr0wmYl303FDLZZeEzeTYiUKu7TlFG/view?usp=sharing
some tweaks are still needed. Let me know your thoughts.
Final shot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rFKICbVWwg8JEsIBT8XLnbGCcJ07YGSQ/view?usp=sharing
All good?
edit: CC is still a WIP.
Is there a visual comparisons for ESB:R? There are so many changes that it’s almost hard to spot them all.
Ady said he was going to do one because he didn’t think anyone but him could do it. So I was leaving it to him!
Maybe we (“the community”) should start on one anyway. Wouldn’t want to slow his progress down on the other films!
Maybe I will, as is my custom.
I actually began making one a few years back, but I forgot about it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NdZFn1fHznevxQzK6
Imagine a Christmas with adywans a new hope revisited hd! That would make my Christmas 🎄
This is a full-scale restoration/remaster of 4k77.
Full shot for shot color correction, shot for shot dust/scratches removal and
DNR/regraining. I want this to be as close as a professional remaster of the original film could look like.
no more green tint, no more deep blacks. No More Dust/ScratchesSources:
.4k77 1.4 (NO DNR)
.4k78
.Star Wars Silver Screen Edition (used strictly and only for color reference)Release info:
Aspect ratio - 1920x1080. (A 4k version will be released later)
Frame rate - 23.976
Audio tracks -
track 1, Original '77 stereo mix.
track 2, 70mm 5.1 mix.
track 3, mono track.Preview comp:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aioDr3Oxq7T4Ie4JnkXtQEQDBt-uddgs/view?usp=sharing
btw accidentally switched the clips in the second part to 400x zoom. sorry.Some time ago Sky Dude did a 4K77 remaster, removing the grain without color correction, but because of the DNR he added, several details were lost. Will your project be more careful?
yes. he went overboard with the DNR. I’m not really gonna use that much, just to take the edge off. the correction really hides most of the grain.
Will the color correction be similar to Adywan’s work, giving the film a more modern look without sticking to the look of a Technicolor film?
It’s not modern per se, just neutral. technicolor-ish tone will remain though.
This is a full-scale restoration/remaster of 4k77.
Full shot for shot color correction, shot for shot dust/scratches removal and
DNR/regraining. I want this to be as close as a professional remaster of the original film could look like.
no more green tint, no more deep blacks. No More Dust/ScratchesSources:
.4k77 1.4 (NO DNR)
.4k78
.Star Wars Silver Screen Edition (used strictly and only for color reference)Release info:
Aspect ratio - 1920x1080. (A 4k version will be released later)
Frame rate - 23.976
Audio tracks -
track 1, Original '77 stereo mix.
track 2, 70mm 5.1 mix.
track 3, mono track.Preview comp:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aioDr3Oxq7T4Ie4JnkXtQEQDBt-uddgs/view?usp=sharing
btw accidentally switched the clips in the second part to 400x zoom. sorry.Some time ago Sky Dude did a 4K77 remaster, removing the grain without color correction, but because of the DNR he added, several details were lost. Will your project be more careful?
yes. he went overboard with the DNR. I’m not really gonna use that much, just to take the edge off. the correction really hides most of the grain.
Ryan Golden’s read of Vader saying “Your mother once thought as you do”.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xcpjwvi5-6F5Gko15ldeUV3gvtqpnkWE/view?usp=sharing
Make sure to credit him for any usage, and do not use his lines to train AI.
it’s perfect!!! cant wait for it to be edited into the full aduio.
Would it work better if they fired instead of just idly chasing them? Staying on the first shot of them aiming might work. As for the forcefields, I can add those to the adjacent shots.
Inspired by JeromeTheEditor, I thought I’d give this a shot too.
Here is my version of the speed force run removed. Pretty simple edit, I removed Qui-Gon moving to a defensive position after Obi-Wan sees the destroyers, so it appears they are fleeing all along. And Obi-Wan moves to the right, so I mirrored the shot of them going into the ventilation shaft so that it is also to the right.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nylP49-Jr89pEcVgrFZuMmUvhO8kztpg/view?usp=drive_link
OMG that’s perfect. only thing that’ll make it better is to change the end of the hallway to match the other end of the hall, which i can try to do. thanks for this!!!
hey all, just discovered these and I’m looking for a link? Sounds awesome
Pm Me.
I have.
great.
Probably should’ve said this earlier. Ryan Golden’s willing to do the new Vader line.
I just need to save the money to pay him to do it (I’m also having him do some others that I want for my edits; it’s more convenient to do multiple at once).
You might as well ask him to dub over the entire line.
“Your mother once thought as you do,” not just the “your mother” part; I believe that would flow way better.
Does anyone have v2.2 or v2.1 of this tool that they’d be willing to share with me? I messaged DrDre a month ago, but I don’t think he logs in much these days. I’ve been using v1.2 for about a year now and it’s such a great tool.
V1.2 is the current version that is available. I don’t know where you would get older ones (v2.2 or 2.1)…
Why does it say that v1.3 is released? Seems a little bit misleading?
Really excited for this.
Is this the best attempt yet?
Your mother once thought as you do-
That’s actually the same clip that I posted here earlier this year.
Hal and I have completed a version of it that is 99% seamless:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DwmceJ0DiMyqbkGC-sEHo_rfelpqBzZV/view?usp=drive_link
It will be fully seamless if we can get somebody to replicate the voice filter of Vader in ROTJ.
Thank jjb, I’m excited to see how seamless it can get…
The only other thing is I wonder how Adywan’s will sound when he does it.Don’t you mean, IF he does it? Has he confirmed if he actually WILL replace “Obi-Wan” with “Your mother”?
yeah, I’m pretty sure he has. He also mentioned that he has his own Vader voice actor to do it.
preview coming soon:
Anyway to make the screen a bit more hi-res?
It’s a gif, so it’s very compressed. end result is more clear.
