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generalfrevious said:

I'm betting that the OOT will never be mentioned at Celebration. I mean why talk about an obsolete product that was discontinued 20 years ago that we ended up liking by accident?

 They didn't talk about it.  I was at a panel with Dennis Muren and one of the audience members asked about it because Dennis said he had recently watched a faded and scratched 35mm Return of the Jedi screening.  Dennis didn't have any influence over releasing the the OOT so didn't have much to say.  He understood the desire for it, but couldn't really do much about it.

I was at another panel with Kathleen Kennedy on the last day and I thought about asking there, but they didn't allow any questions from the audience.

Spoiler alert...

I was there when it was shown and also at the closing ceremony when they talked about it.  They asked us all not to take any pictures or videos.  ILM threw it together just before Celebration so they would have something to show.  They didn't start filming yet. 

From what I remember about the trailer:

It starts out flying over a forest looking down, then it starts panning up and you see tie fighters flying and eventually a very huge death star in the sky.  Then it fades to black with a black hawk down type of chaos going on over the radio. 

It is going to be about stealing the death star plans.  All of the jedi are gone and the rebels have to make it happen on their own, so it is a very desperate and critical time.  It will have a lot of war in it hence the name Star Wars.

They also showed some concept art which I took a picture of in the closing ceremony.  If its not already out there, I will post it when I get a chance.

I thought it looked good, except the death star was way too big in the sky to be confused with a small moon in A New Hope.  The only way it could be that big is if it was in a super low orbit.

Impressive!  Most impressive!

Tolvo, I am not answering for Mike, but my opinion is that this is the best representation of the first movie of the original trilogy that will be available.  In my opinion it is a restoration and some of the restoration requires a lot of work to "recreate" the original because parts of it were lost like in the scroll at the beginning, but it still is the same as the original with the end product.  Mike hasn't added anything new.  Some of it just looks better than ever before.  So, in summary, this is the OUT (first movie only at this point) in the best form it will ever probably look in my opinion.

Hi Mike, sorry I am sure these questions have been answered before but I was wondering if you were planning to work on the other two films and how much is left to do on Star Wars before you feel that it is finished?

Thanks,

Mike

mverta said:

Happy Easter.

Speaking of Lord Christ Almighty... take a look at this shot:

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_Mike

 Hi Mike,

Very nice and funny comparison.  Where you comment on the red part of the blu-ray looking like a comb are you sure that is not simply an artifact of 4:2:0 chroma sub-sampling which is required in blu-ray? I notice stuff like that all the time whenever there is red in a scene on a blu-ray or DVD and it drives me crazy.  It's especially noticeable on red lights like brake lights and neon signs.

http://www.vudu.com/movies/

A New Hope is listed as 20th Century Fox and doesn't have the blue Disney bar at the bottom.  The others are Lucasfilm Ltd.

To me, there is very big news here.  They are including Episode IV which is supposed to be owned by Fox.  This means they worked out a deal with them to be able to distribute the complete set.  This means we might actually see the originals released and the fact that Fox owns a portion won't be a show stopper.

Thanks for the explanation Mike.  Your approach with what to correct seems good to me and makes sense now.  Agreed that in this case it is a compositing issue.  They didn't overlay the glow in the right spot.  The glow on the engines is misaligned the entire time, not just at the end in my opinion and I think the brightness changes at the end because the ship is rotating so when it is more straight on, you see less of the red glow since it is more intense. 

Hi Mike,

Wouldn't you want to fix the alignment and stars on top of the window bars issues since that was the original intent and it just got mangled when it was put on film?  I am confused because your other videos fixed lots of alignment issues and other major problems. 

Thanks,
Mike

Hi Mike,

Still loving all of your videos.  I was just watching the "Red 5 Standing By" video again and noticed that the black (space) part has a fair amount of shadowy/smokey flicker to it.  It is especially noticeable on the right side of the screen, but it is everywhere.  That is probably easy to fix by adjusting the levels in the space areas, so I thought I would mention it.

Thanks for sharing all of your amazing videos with us showing how much work you put into this.

-Mike (too)

How about usenet?  Thanks!  Can't wait to see it!  Is it color corrected differently than the last encode?

Hear, hear!  I just watched all of Mike's videos and I am blown away at what he was able to achieve and the amount of skill and tools he has at his disposal.  I doubt any "professional" restoration would match it given the time and care he has apparently put into every frame.  I am most excited about how he used multiple sources to find the original film grain and filter out the rest.  I am not sure if it would be Disney or Fox who would buy it though.  Since it is only the first movie, this is a great chance for Fox to make some more money on just the one episode.

Don't forget when Luke saved his Hoverboard from the snow speeder on Hoth.  http://i60.tinypic.com/ou62wp.jpg

HigHurtenflurst said:

Colonel Mustard in the Dining Room with a hoverb --- wait, what?

 That one made me LOL.  :-)

Frozen Han is being pushed on a hoverboard.

Yeah, but they are REAL and they exist!  Movies are fiction, but they create ideas that turn into reality. Also, don't forget that Griff had "power" and could go over water.  That is the second link above, and it is absolutely real.

By the way, this is not off topic if you look at 2:27 in the first link I posted above.  ;)

Hoverboards exist:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMaDhkNJA2g

Good point.  I just noticed this at the bottom of the page:

Please remember you may not use any music in your Submission other than the music that is specifically included in this Asset Pack.

Hi Everyone, happy 1 year before the Force Awakens!  Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but I noticed this today on StarWars.com:

http://www.starwars.com/star-wars-fan-film-awards

Some of you might want to submit your entries.  Will we see ESB-R by January 16, 2015?  How about ANR?  Heck, even Harmy’s Despecialized Editions could be considered fan edits that would have a huge chance of winning and would send a clear message.  😉

I will be attending the event in person, so I hope to see one of you win it and be able to watch it at the event!

I don't have that kind of patience.  I plan to post something constructive on post #34567.

Hey, wait a minute... what makes him so special?  How come you get to overreact with everyone else but not him, and he almost gets an apology from you?  It just isn't fair!  ;-)

I don't want predictability.  One of the great things about Star Wars was not knowing what would happen next or where it would be.

I haven't worked on this since my last post.  I am scanning everything in reverse, so the logo will be the last part that I do.  I will get back to this project eventually.  I have had some turmoil in my life recently and haven't felt like spending time on this.  It should go pretty fast once I do decide to start up again.

FYI - my project is not dead, just been busy with other priorities.