theMaestro

So I have a question. Let’s say you present this to Disney/Fox and they end up absolutely loving it. If they offered you a job to restore Empire and Jedi in the same manner, would you do it? I ask because I haven’t seen anyone put as much care and attention to detail into a restoration as you have and it would be great if the latter movies could also get the same treatment.

I did notice that the “disbanded” post mentioned not releasing anything under the “Team Negative 1” name anymore. Maybe that just means that a few people in the team left and the remaining people will release things under a different name.

This is excellent! The shifts from Bluray to 35mm footage is smoother than in the workprint and the previously blurry shots from the Bluray now look fantastic.

Just wondering, is the 2.0 isolated score the exact theatrical score? If so, does this mean that we now have the theatrical versions of Lapti Nek and Yub Nub?

I don’t mind grain, but is it really supposed to be as grainy as it is in some shots? I ask this because Mike Verta’s version of this shot doesn’t look nearly as grainy: https://vimeo.com/120218626

Either way, thanks so much to Team Negative 1 for all your hard work.

DarthApple said:

Are any of the Harmy restorations Blu-Ray? If not where can I find good ones

What do you mean by that exactly?
Are you referring to resolution? They are 720p (1280 pixels wide, 720 pixels tall). That is HD. Not quite 1080p, but still HD.
Are you asking if they’re physically on Blu-Ray discs? No, they’re not. But you can burn them to Blu-Ray discs.

HeatStu said:

The Harmy’s STAR WARS Despecialized Edition instructions are beyond the non-technical person’s abilities. Too bad.

The instructions aren’t really that complicated. Just get a torrent client. Go to a torrent site and search “Harmy”. Click on the movies you want and download them through the torrent client. What’s so difficult about that? If you genuinely find that confusing, then do some research/googling on what you’re confused about. This isn’t some advanced PhD level course. It’s just simple directions. If you still find the directions confusing and can’t be bothered to quickly google the things you don’t understand, then, like you said, too bad.

So when the final 2.0 does come out, will there also be a nifty Google Plus album with picture comparisons between the various versions? I always love looking through those.

Harmy said:

Also, most of the comparisons in that article are either sourced from 35mm in the DeEd, or they only have small, pretty seamlessly blended SD elements, so it doesn’t only show off Despecialized but it actually shows SE vs. original, where both are true HD quality. Even so, I still get comments saying “What’s this about? The original is out on DVD just the way it looked like before they remastered it for SE”.

Yeah the YouTube commentators aren’t really the most well-informed bunch. But in the next behind-the-scenes video you do, maybe you could address some of these uninformed comments. On the one hand, it’s frustrating to read those comments stated with such certainty. But on the other hand, it’s good to inform the lay people so that they’re not led astray.

It would be so awesome if they used Mike’s version and then paid him to do ESB and ROTJ.

The workprint looks great! Although one thing that stands out is that it is noticeable whenever a shot switches to the 35mm source. I think the colors look a tad different when it switches. Will this be corrected in the final 2.0 version?