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Finnius said:

I have recently discovered that Mike has dumped the Legacy project and has given his full attention to a restoration of the classic TV show “Space: 1999”.
In an interview given last week via podcast, Mike had this to say about his sudden change of projects:

“Some months ago I had shown my son ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ for the first time. He really didn’t seem to enjoy it as much as ‘Star Wars’. About 3 weeks ago we were both watching an episode of ‘Mystery Science Theater’ and it was 2 episodes of “Space: 1999”. Well my son became completely entranced and excited about this movie and said to me “Dad, you should do that instead.” Suddenly a light went on in my head and I suddenly realized I had been wasting all my time and effort on ‘Legacy’ and had forgotten all about a show that was always clearly better in all respects. The acting, special effects and plot in “Space: 1999” were always leaps and bounds beyond anything Lucas has ever done, and I’m ashamed I had forgotten about that series. Guess I’m getting forgetful in my old age (laughter). So I’m here today to publicly let all the Legacy fans know that I am officially terminating the Legacy project. In the coming weeks I will be taking down the Legacy website and putting up a new one dedicated to this new project. My Vimeo site will likewise also undergo a complete overhaul as I intend to use that as a sort of video diary of my progress and work. I understand that a lot of you in the OT community and other “Star Wars” sites are really going to hate me now, but I have to follow my dream, my passion. I hope many of you will come to share my enthusiasm for this new project, and come to love it as I do.”

I had a few private chats with Mike and tried to get him to at LEAST ‘accidentally’ release Legacy but he told me that he had already deleted all his external hard drives containing Legacy in order to make room for “Lunar” (his codename for the new project). Apparently the show lasted for 2 seasons and he was going to need all the space he had…and more…for his endeavor. I told him that he would probably become vilified by the OT community once they learned of this…but he just laughed and told me there were ten times the number of fans for “Space: 1999” than there are for “Star Wars”.

Anyway…I did TRY to get a copy of Legacy to share with everyone here but it was a bust. Sorry to be the bearer of such terrible news…this is truly a HUGE blow to the Star Wars community…and me personally. I’m off to get stinking drunk now…

And I (well not just me) thought the best restored unaltered version would finally see a potential release on Blu-Ray from Fox and Disney. I’m saddened at this sudden news. 😦

(Back to panic mode) … Please tell me you’re kidding.

Tonedeaf101 said:

Hey guys, could someone please send me an invite to MySpleen so I can grab a copy. Used piratebay previously for other versions but 2.7 not on there of course.

Colours looking great, fantastic work Towne32!!

Many thanks.

It’s also on tehparadox site, in case you didn’t get the invite or Myspleen doesn’t work ATM.

yotsuya said:

You have to bring up the black level and bring down the white level to reveal the cut off colors at both ends.

I could be mistaken, but wouldn’t that make them both overblown in the process?

Do you think you could update the complete score edit with a few unreleased cues (Heard that from FFShrine forums) that came from LEGO Star Wars - The Force Awakens?

Dafuq? Anyway, how’s the project going along so far (besides real life things)?

So… I think I understand some of it, But what of the color casts in those three films? Were those done on purpose (Like to give the ROTJ some dark looks during the scenes with the emperor, which had a blue cast)?

Not sure if this issue was noticed to death already, but on the Death Star scene, right before the shot with Stormtroopers searching the Falcon, there seems to be some sort of screen-torn brightness (blue color fade?) on the top right (and maybe the rest of it?). It looks like that brightness was slightly bumped up.

http://puu.sh/ojG3m/1d87dfd1af.png

Edit: Again probably just me, but there seems to be an audio glitch (pop?) for the 1977 70mm six track mix (5.1) at 33:07 (Occurs in Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic, but not in VLC).

I’ve been following this thread for a couple months now, and I seriously think this is the second best restoration of the unaltered original, next to Mike Verta’s restoration (I really hope Disney and Fox consider releasing the TRUE originals). To Harmy, towne32, and anyone that is working on the Despecialized edition with excellent color correction, keep up the great work. I’m grateful that the TRUE originals still exist, and am looking forward to Mverta’s news once he attends meeting with Disney and Fox executives. 😃

It’s probably just me, and I’m using the v2.5 Despecialized, but in the beginning of Mos Eisley scene with Obi-Wan using Mind Trick on the stormtrooper to get through, I see that the colors are a little bit yellow (or orange) in the stormtrooper’s visor, and the shadows (Probably the nature of this film?).

Again it’s probably just me, so I might be wrong, considering it is the desert scene, but also in the beginning of that scene, there seems to be some sort of blue outline in front of the building the stormtrooper on the top right is standing next to, (?) on the edge of that stormtrooper’s helmet…

http://puu.sh/ohkOs/902a2a21c4.png (Because apparently, I can’t use the [img][/img] feature like in some other forums like ffshrine)

All that aside, that is truly a great restoration. I see about no changes that are present in the “Special Editions.” If you happen to have the time, and whenever you get around to it, could you send a PM for the v2.7 as well?

I’ve been following this thread for a couple months now, and I seriously think this is the second best restoration of the unaltered original, next to Mike Verta’s restoration (I really hope Disney and Fox consider releasing the TRUE originals). To Harmy, towne32, and anyone that is working on the Despecialized edition with excellent color correction, keep up the great work. 😃

It’s probably just me, and I’m using the v2.5 Despecialized, but in the beginning of Mos Eisley scene with Obi-Wan using Mind Trick on the stormtrooper to get through, I see that the colors are a little bit yellow (or orange) in the stormtrooper’s visor, and the shadows (Probably the nature of this film?).

Again it’s probably just me, so I might be wrong, considering it is the desert scene, but also in the beginning of that scene, there seems to be some sort of blue outline in front of the building the stormtrooper on the top right is standing next to, (?) on the edge of that stormtrooper’s helmet…

http://puu.sh/ohkOs/902a2a21c4.png (Because apparently, I can’t use the [img][/img] feature like in some other forums like ffshrine)

All that aside, that is truly a great restoration. I see about no changes that are present in the “Special Editions.” If you happen to have the time, and whenever you get around to it, could you send a PM for the v2.7 as well?

Is the awesome WHIO Preservation of The Star Wars Holiday Special torrent still up?