ziggyonice

darth_ender said:

I like a lot of these ideas, especially Anakin disappearing.

I find the rancor scene so iconic that I'm disappointed it's gone.  It's not flawless, but I think the effects were pretty up with the times back in '83 for that scene, and a number of the issues have been fixed in the SEs.  I don't see why it should be removed.  It may not be essential to the story, but then, most movies have action bits that aren't essential, yet remain iconic.  I'd hate to see that go.

Any chance you might post a clip or two?  Like I said, Anakin vanishing has me especially interested.

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, having Anakin disappear was actually pretty easy to implmement — just Photoshopped out his head (leaving the rest of Vader's suit), and applying a cross dissolve. It looks pretty cool.

Your interest rest in the rancor scene now has me torn. I'll give it another shot and see how I like it. If there's enough interest in keeping it, maybe I'll just do both. I'll have a copy uploaded later this week of the project in its current state, but I'll be uploading a final copy once the project is closer to completion (following everyone's input).

nightstalkerpoet said:

Happy with the list. I want to see this. Now!

I'll upload a low-res version later this week. A full quality HD release will happen when I've perfected it. It's already nearly complete in its present form, but still would like feedback on the list of changes.

TV's Frink said:

Lol, I've not heard of O2.  At least, not as a faneditor.

 Haha, good callout. Fixed.

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Bingowings said:

Ziggy (this one) on ice would be a bit like Pat Man on Quaaludes and red wine.

I feel so... loved. 

So should I take this mean that this topic is dead then? Finding a way to clean up the deleted scenes are off the table?

You guys got my hopes up! Especially with fan editing possibilities. Oh well, maybe I can make a fan film with the scenes, and intentionally make the rest of the movie look old and dated.

My motivation for this project is the "Jerjerrod's Conflict" deleted scene. Particularly the build of tension as the Death Star II prepares to fire upon Endor. I would love to incorporate this into a Return of the Jedi fan edit, but the clip is in pretty bad shape.

I don't have any special tools like PFClean (and from the looks of it, I don't have the thousands of dollars needed to purchase the software). I might just have to do my best cleaning it up frame by frame in Photoshop.

AntcuFaalb said:

ziggyonice: I now have everything setup again, so I should be able to restart my work on this project.

What would be helpful to have are:

1  shot-change frame numbers for each deleted scene

2  frame numbers for clearly destroyed frames in each deleted scene

3  a partner to correct (in, e.g., Photoshop) said destroyed frames

Alright, it's been a couple months, but it's summer now and I have some spare time. If you're interested, then I'm interested. I want to see this project happen.

Getting you the frame numbers shouldn't be too difficult (although I do need to order a new Bluray drive, mine was recently fried).

On the Photoshop side of things, I'm totally in. I can defintely help to get destroyed frames fixed up. I don't have access to PFClean though, so that'll have to be on you. I'm not a professional clean-up artist or anything, but I'm pretty decent.

If you're interested, let me know.

Wow, looks like I'm bringing this topic back from the dead.

I just downloaded this, but the RAR files appear to be password protected. Any ideas?

AntcuFaalb said:

benduwan said:

any Deleted Scene finished?

Unfortunately, no. I've had quite a bit going on outside of OT for the past few months, so I really haven't had the time to do much.

I'll continue working as soon as I can.

Alright, AntcuFaalb:

What do you need (if anything) from us to make this happen? Seeing these deleted scenes restored will put your name in the credits of fanedits for years to come.

For me, it's "Jerjerrod's Conflict" in ROTJ — gives me chills just thinking about how awesome it would be to put that scene back in. I watched it again last night, making the edits in my head. I'm sure there are plenty of others here that think about the same things.

So if there's anything we can do to get this back on track, let us know. I want to see this happen and I think you are our only hope.