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  • @samuel-wankenobi
    @samuel-wankenobi 3 года назад +370

    How did anyone think cgi creatures blocking the screen was good idea

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 2 года назад +53

      George Lucas

    • @davidmr11able
      @davidmr11able 2 года назад +11

      What did the CGI blocked really, a building in the background? C3PO? Nothing really 😒

    • @barkley8285
      @barkley8285 2 года назад +29

      @@davidmr11able 0:54

    • @davidmr11able
      @davidmr11able 2 года назад +3

      @@barkley8285 0:55. Are you crying for a fucking second? Hilarious 😒

    • @davidmr11able
      @davidmr11able 2 года назад +4

      And you have no problem with the droid that crosses the screen covering the scene and the characters seconds later? Less hypocrisy

  • @pnwmeditations
    @pnwmeditations 4 года назад +449

    I would actually be kind of okay with the SE embellishments if they blended well, but unfortunately they don't - they just look like primitive 90's CGI clumsily added to a movie with a distinctly 70's look and feel.

    • @georgeofhamilton
      @georgeofhamilton 4 года назад +37

      I agree. It's funny, I used to have a really bad eye for seeing visual effects, but now that it's become keener, some of that stuff really does look awkward. It would be an interesting project to redo all the primitive visual effects with practicals or to redo and modernize all the effects in the film.

    • @thephantomjedi3729
      @thephantomjedi3729 4 года назад +15

      Give the 4k copies a shot. The HDR helps to blend them. Especially in ROTJ. The CGI gets covered by heavier shadows

    • @HydratedBeans
      @HydratedBeans 2 года назад +3

      They should redo the vfx for the special editions

    • @jontodd2985
      @jontodd2985 2 года назад +4

      I agree with you with all the pre-disney releases. But I just watched the 4k ultra HD on Disney+ and it looks amazing. I don't know if its just in my head, but I think they touched up on some of the CGI, it actually fits really well now. The CGI use to stick out like a sore thumb.

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 Год назад

      Ye

  • @superhuman6156
    @superhuman6156 4 года назад +185

    I recently got the Despecialized versions and want to throw all my previous Star Wars video purchases away. The Despecialized editions have such clarity and detail that I’ve seen things in these movies I never noticed before. I don’t think Lucas/Fox/Disney could’ve given the attention to detail that Harmy & his co-contributors did. I’ve rewatched them several times and feel like these are the definitive versions of the movies.

    • @naadde
      @naadde 4 года назад +12

      Got my 2.7 versions + documentaries of making the movie and deleted scenes.
      In one Luke agrees to sell his landspeeder because he is not considering to return.
      I made really nice glossy paper covers for them and all. They look so good and are so precious.
      2.7 is the only way to go and it makes every other star wars thing out there simply redundant.

    • @EpicBunty
      @EpicBunty 2 года назад +1

      @@naadde even the 4k77 ones?

    • @naadde
      @naadde 2 года назад

      @@EpicBunty I'm not sure if I have those. What are differences? Tell me about those

    • @EpicBunty
      @EpicBunty 2 года назад

      @@naadde i'm not sure thats why I asked... they are in 4K mainly I think lol

    • @noahnardin441
      @noahnardin441 2 года назад +1

      Its because they are the definitive versions.

  • @sjdrifter72
    @sjdrifter72 4 года назад +311

    Just thinking that these original classic versions that made Star Wars a world phenomenon will never have an official release in a restored edition makes my blood boil!

    • @austinthomas8464
      @austinthomas8464 2 года назад +14

      sjdrifter Hey man buy the limited edition dvds the second disc of each film is the original version.

    • @yoblol
      @yoblol 2 года назад +44

      @@austinthomas8464 It's so low quality. It's like 240p and you can barely make out anything. Despecialized and 4K are the only way man.

    • @chiyo-chanholocaust8143
      @chiyo-chanholocaust8143 2 года назад +12

      It's pretty weird they haven't decided to release it since there's obvious a big demand for it.

    • @yoblol
      @yoblol 2 года назад +27

      @@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 The main reason is probably due to George Lucas insisting that the Special Editions are the final versions and that the original versions were rough cuts so they shouldn't be released. It's a shame because those original versions would rake out trillions of dollars.

    • @yoblol
      @yoblol 2 года назад +5

      @@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 Another thing I just realised is that the 35mm prints of the original versions are way too dirty and contains lots of scratches. This means that it would require lots of effort to restore the movies to their original glory.

  • @hunterolaughlin
    @hunterolaughlin 2 года назад +56

    I will admit if there is one change that I like from the extended Mos Eisley sequence, it’s the removal of the vaseline to hide the wheels of the land speeder to create the illusion of the land speeder flying. That’s actually one of the few changes I can get behind.

    • @BenRai2k
      @BenRai2k 2 года назад +19

      The cloud city changes were nice, it made the place look better.

    • @doodooswaggy3825
      @doodooswaggy3825 Год назад +5

      You're both right. A couple of the additions weren't horrible.

    • @aaendi6661
      @aaendi6661 Год назад +5

      I wonder if George Lucas still has the unsmeared copy, or if he was foolish enough to throw it away.

    • @ssf1470
      @ssf1470 8 месяцев назад +11

      Understandable but I prefer the old special effects honestly. They're what give the movies their charm and creativity in my opinion.

    • @RoaryUK
      @RoaryUK 6 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed, there were some changes Lucas made in the original Star Wars that worked very well. Two that I always liked come just before the final battle, where the Rebel fighters are taking off from the Base and the panning shot as they pass the gas giant of Yavin.

  • @Channel-vp4vu
    @Channel-vp4vu 4 года назад +70

    Are we doing a lead up to the infamous Maclunkey scene

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 4 года назад +78

    Ever since 1977, I’ve been laughing every time all the patrons go back to drinking after that thug gets killed by Kenobi. Just another day at the pub lol.

    • @JinxTheLooneyToon915
      @JinxTheLooneyToon915 4 года назад +10

      blockmasterscott Those thugs aren’t dead; they continue to live in the Doctor Aphra comics.

    • @MaxwellCorrie
      @MaxwellCorrie 4 года назад +4

      @@JinxTheLooneyToon915 The one dies and the other continues to have his drink

    • @dreckel6572
      @dreckel6572 6 месяцев назад +3

      always makes me wonder why noones surprised by the lightsaber. must be quite a rare occurance since the jedi have been mostly extinguished

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@dreckel6572 I would say not really, because Tatooine was a far flung backwater somewhere. Not too many people would be up on stuff like that.
      Also, anyone in the know wouldn’t want to touch that with a ten foot Bantha stick.

    • @dreckel6572
      @dreckel6572 6 месяцев назад

      @@blockmasterscott yeah that was my theory too. The empire doesnt have too much influence on Tatooine and people there dont care about politics.
      But still, him just casually pulling the light saber in a room full of corrupt creatures who would sell everything for money feels a bit weird if you start to think about it. Esp with the storm troopers right before and the fact he stayed completely undercover for such a long time

  • @pnwmeditations
    @pnwmeditations 4 года назад +133

    For the most part the Despecialized version looks better - better detail and sharpness and color. A couple shots look a little overly-sharp, but I suspect that's the result of drawing from an inferior element.

    • @shocktun3s729
      @shocktun3s729 2 года назад +5

      Disagree.

    • @mr.b9613
      @mr.b9613 2 года назад +3

      True but that's only for this scene. They restored this scene from an actual negative.

    • @zelorafilms
      @zelorafilms Год назад +2

      I disagree, despecialized is in 720p and it still somehow manages to look better than the 4k official version 😂

    • @timewarpdrive77
      @timewarpdrive77 6 месяцев назад +1

      4k77 is top tier

    • @sixstanger00
      @sixstanger00 6 месяцев назад

      @@shocktun3s729 You disagree the color looks better in the despecialized? The Disney version looks like it was shot on bad film.

  • @MaxtothePower
    @MaxtothePower 4 года назад +35

    I just noticed that the Disney version has less image from the sides, the same problem that the Phantom Menace DVD had.

    • @thechosenone5950
      @thechosenone5950 4 года назад +1

      Ya why is that?

    • @PokemonBoy-de4jd
      @PokemonBoy-de4jd 4 года назад +1

      Lucas Masoch Harmy’s version less image on the side but it only a slight so in all essence who cares

  • @Lumibear.
    @Lumibear. 4 года назад +217

    The most ruined classic line ever: “Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.” Cut to CGI aliens doing Three Stooges style comedy fights, woowoowoo, boing!

    • @ThineLesser
      @ThineLesser 3 года назад +4

      hahahaha

    • @nineleafclover
      @nineleafclover 3 года назад +13

      The original version doesn't make any sense. Ben builds it up as this big impressive place, complete with horns blaring on the soundtrack, and then it just cuts to a dinky little street with a few bland-looking extras strolling around. It was obviously supposed to be the space version of Casablanca--a lively, bustling port city. That was not communicated at all in the original version.
      And I don't see what the problem is with some mild slapstick upon first entry into the city. We see some dock workers brawling and a traffic incident. That's standard "Welcome to the Big City" stuff. Mos Eisley isn't supposed to be deadly and sinister, it's supposed to be like a rough-and-tumble pirate's haven--violent, but also kind of fun. The cantina has basically the same tone. Someone gets killed, the music stops for a beat, and then it starts up again comedically. It's like a scene from out of one of the classic Disney animated features.

    • @gizzyguzzi
      @gizzyguzzi 3 года назад +22

      @@nineleafclover It's clear you don't see the problem with it. Many people do.

    • @nineleafclover
      @nineleafclover 3 года назад +4

      @@gizzyguzzi No kidding, thanks for your contribution G-man

    • @j.m.w.5064
      @j.m.w.5064 3 года назад +7

      @@nineleafclover because all the effects and looks where groundbreaking and got prices and pushed the industrie. And they have been removed. Almost all of the space fights are redone. It's not the film that has been published under financial and time pressure.
      If you want to remake it then remake it. But this was a piece of film history. Now it's not.
      So why not reshoot all the bad interiors in the the prequels? And all the bad dialogue? Like, all dialogue? And most of the plot?
      And completely reshoot the sequels?

  • @josephkokolakis4670
    @josephkokolakis4670 2 года назад +24

    0:53 have no idea why we need a big green blob in the foreground ruining all that awesome background

    • @KidPrarchord95
      @KidPrarchord95 24 дня назад

      It adds to the sort of "documentary" shooting-feel Lucas liked

  • @skilletman16
    @skilletman16 3 года назад +68

    Why replace the werewolf creature in the Cantina scene? I get that Lucas wanted more going on in the spaceport area, but why replace creatures and change the Greedo scene?

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 2 года назад +9

      He didn’t replace the Wolfman, he only took out 2 of the 3 scenes he’s in, and Greedo shot first because the MPAA threatened Lucas with a P.G-13 rating if the scene wasn’t changed

    • @jontodd2985
      @jontodd2985 2 года назад +14

      I'm pretty sure Lucas changed the greedo scene because he didn't want Han Solo to be someone who shoots first, but only in defense.

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose 2 года назад

      Because George Lucas is now a big hack

    • @Mikey-ym6ok
      @Mikey-ym6ok Год назад +11

      From what I hear Lucas didn’t think a wolfman was very spacey and alien like.

    • @emuempire1317
      @emuempire1317 Год назад +15

      because star wars ran on a low budget and half of the aliens were halloween costumes
      the devil
      the wolf
      the man bat creature
      and a walrus

  • @caterinavega4228
    @caterinavega4228 6 месяцев назад +7

    watching side by side, the special edition is like someone who added to their car a massive spoiler, a big exhaust, blacked out windows, stickers, alloy wheels, sports brake pads, sports suspension, body kit.
    All the car needed was a polish and a service to run better.

    • @wolffman2445
      @wolffman2445 5 месяцев назад

      Well-said and 1000% true.

  • @EvilNecroid
    @EvilNecroid 2 года назад +8

    omg i MUST HAVE this Despecialized edition!!

  • @darthwarren4599
    @darthwarren4599 3 года назад +36

    The actual disks that came out in 2020 are way more cleaner. The colors are even better. But harmys is special because it preserves the original with enhancements.

  • @NomisArchives
    @NomisArchives 3 года назад +13

    Holy fucking shit mate, I love how the lightsaber looks. It's literal perfection

  • @bjscorpio4041
    @bjscorpio4041 Месяц назад +3

    I feel sorry for the guy who played the wolfman being erased like that.

  • @rotcod2886
    @rotcod2886 4 года назад +33

    I personally like every version but the specialized editions. 4K77 is nice.

    • @ChristopherGray00
      @ChristopherGray00 3 года назад +3

      gout is crappier than SE in my opinion, both have very muted colors, looks muddy and not as sharp and clean as despecialized.

  • @balrog4779
    @balrog4779 3 года назад +17

    The new Blu-ray is definitely better than the Blu-ray 2011. But in some scenes the noise reduction was overdone 0:20.

  • @MusicHavenSG
    @MusicHavenSG 4 месяца назад +3

    See a jedi in a pub,
    Everyone: *Gulps*. *shuts up*

  • @admplyi433
    @admplyi433 3 года назад +14

    5:03
    Even C-3PO doesn’t like the special edition.

  • @richlisola1
    @richlisola1 2 года назад +20

    I like both versions, although some bits of the specialized version aren’t in keeping with the Original Trilogy atmosphere-For example, when the little robot teases the big one, so he smacks it down. That felt very prequel trilogy

  • @jensmaier8289
    @jensmaier8289 2 года назад +3

    when i watch your new videos in comparison to version 2.7, the color grading so perfect,that i also thinking to throw all my Star Wars DVDS and Blu rays away.

  • @purpleninja0726
    @purpleninja0726 3 года назад +8

    I'm scared the wolfman is in the background on special edition Disney 2019.

  • @kotk05
    @kotk05 15 дней назад +1

    Lucas unchecked:
    0:22 "And then a worker robot is gonna whack a flying robot for pffft NO REASON! Hahahahaha!"
    0:40 "We're gonna see a traffic accident, and the Jawas are gonna go all over the place! Hohohohoho!"
    Yes-men: "Very good, sir! A sound decision!"

  • @ashdoginc
    @ashdoginc 2 месяца назад +2

    I was completely guttered when George took out wolf-man.

  • @SledgeNE
    @SledgeNE 2 года назад +2

    The Speaker-Sounds of the Stormtrooper-Helmets are the best thing in the SE.

  • @J-R_YT
    @J-R_YT 3 месяца назад +1

    Hmm. How can I get access to the despecialized editions?

  • @SequentiallyCompact
    @SequentiallyCompact 3 месяца назад +2

    Am I just crazy or is the 'despecialized' color grading richer and more vibrant?

  • @CrispyA113
    @CrispyA113 16 дней назад +1

    If only they kept R2 A5 and The Monster in that shot at the same time

  • @austinthomas8464
    @austinthomas8464 2 года назад +4

    BUY THE LIMITED EDITION DVDS OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY THE SECOND DISC OF EACH FILM IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION

    • @valenzuelasstudios1838
      @valenzuelasstudios1838 2 года назад +1

      There's a problem with that. The 2006 limited edition bonus DVDs were recycled Laserdisc masters and we're lower quality than the previous 2004 Special Edition DVD release

    • @TheVarietyGuy
      @TheVarietyGuy 3 месяца назад

      DOWNLOAD 4K77. THE RESOLUTION IS 28 TIMES HIGHER.

  • @BangBang-hk4rg
    @BangBang-hk4rg 3 года назад +3

    The wolf man is back! 😁

  • @nope5657
    @nope5657 13 часов назад

    The color grade on D+ is actually surprisingly decent. Far better than the 2011 bluray and 4K disc release.

  • @TR47
    @TR47 4 года назад +27

    Not only did they ruin these movies with pointless and now dated-looking CGI, but they couldn't even bother to maintain shot continuity. There's a replaced background element at 0:47 (the vertical wooden platform on the left) that mysteriously reappears at 1:34. I don't mind the touch-ups at all, like the removal of the speeder vaseline smudge, addition of a few details on the black droid @ 0:45, etc, but the sloppy revisionism is just way overboard in general.

  • @luwucian4497
    @luwucian4497 2 года назад +5

    0:51 So bad

  • @TarfuLuke
    @TarfuLuke 3 года назад +8

    Sometimes I think the original looks better, like why is there an added heat distortion on the R2 unit at 1:37

    • @VinVonVoom
      @VinVonVoom 3 года назад +9

      They needed to smudge the lens to get the speeder effect.

    • @AndrewChapman
      @AndrewChapman 3 года назад +1

      If only there was a way to show that shot in its original unaltered form, but not have the distortion on the R2 unit like in the Special Edition.

  • @benwatson6729
    @benwatson6729 21 день назад +1

    I loved the original version of this scene better because this, in particular, has that "western movie" feel. #LessIsMore

  • @TyroClint
    @TyroClint 2 года назад +4

    Anyone know the reason why George Lucas wanted to hide that white R2D2? 0:51

  • @alanaguilar1756
    @alanaguilar1756 2 года назад +1

    Happy 45th anniversary Star Wars.

  • @OGbrundle
    @OGbrundle 10 месяцев назад +2

    Ill never understand why they removed wolfman

  • @sitcorocket
    @sitcorocket 6 месяцев назад

    Am i being thick or by the term despecialized do they mean the original version from 1977 ?

    • @TheVarietyGuy
      @TheVarietyGuy 3 месяца назад

      That's correct. But also look up 4K77. Even better version, imo.

  • @MrRiley-Is-Not-Amused
    @MrRiley-Is-Not-Amused 3 года назад +5

    Still hoping for Harmy's v3.0 @ 1080p res

  • @CollectionTHX1138
    @CollectionTHX1138 2 года назад +4

    You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy and slapstick comedy. We must be cautious.

  • @ElricSowrd
    @ElricSowrd 4 года назад

    What's so new about the Disney Version from the 2011 Bluray and 1997 Versions?

    • @WordLizard
      @WordLizard 4 года назад +2

      Color correction the 2011 Blu-ray has a magenta tint Disney colored it similar to the despecialized edition

    • @ElricSowrd
      @ElricSowrd 4 года назад

      @@WordLizard I see.

    • @WordLizard
      @WordLizard 4 года назад +1

      Otaku_GameFan well I said Disney in reality it was the work of George Lucas about 7 years ago that Disney is taking credit for now he mad these for the 3D release that never happens

    • @MissPiperSparkles
      @MissPiperSparkles 2 года назад

      @@WordLizard Disney didn't do shit, they just released what was already provided to them after they bought Lucasfilm whenever they felt the time was right. These 4K versions were completed in 2012.

  • @chrisherbert9924
    @chrisherbert9924 2 года назад +6

    I'd love to own an unaltered version of star wars on blu way

    • @zelorafilms
      @zelorafilms Год назад +1

      I got individual despecialized films for each movie on blu ray

    • @TheVarietyGuy
      @TheVarietyGuy 3 месяца назад +1

      @@zelorafilmsI made a boxset of all 3 4K77, 4K80, and 4K83 on UHD Blu-ray.

    • @zelorafilms
      @zelorafilms 3 месяца назад +1

      @@TheVarietyGuy same

  • @MrSir
    @MrSir 3 года назад +7

    I just realized the Wolf guy is still in the newer releases, he just doesnt have a close up ^^

    • @EpicBunty
      @EpicBunty 2 года назад +5

      he looked so cool I cant believe they removed him. and replaced him with a wonky looking CGI doofus

    • @DeviemTwen
      @DeviemTwen Год назад +1

      @@EpicBunty I think they removed his close ups because back in ‘77, they didn’t have enough masks to fill the cantina scene, so they used masks from other movies. This wolf guy was considered “unoriginal”, and was replaced by a puppet that actually had two faces: one a lizard, and the other an elephant. The puppet is now the center stage in these close ups.

  • @pferreira1983
    @pferreira1983 4 года назад +9

    Mos Eisley Space Port: where Disney can't be bothered to provide good colour grading. We must be cautious...

    • @pferreira1983
      @pferreira1983 3 года назад

      @Kylo Ren Some of the changes aren't great but it improves slightly on the 2004 versions. In terms of picture saturation it's still far superior to the Disney releases.

  • @UtsniatheMightyOne
    @UtsniatheMightyOne 4 года назад +4

    The work Harmy did on the dewback was a valiant effort, but the morphing of the head towards the end sticks out and just looks wrong.

    • @amazinmets8439
      @amazinmets8439 4 года назад

      Not sure what scene you're referencing. Do you have a timestamp?

    • @goodsuc81
      @goodsuc81 4 года назад +1

      Utsnia Anostx the head moves in all versions of the theatrical cut

    • @TrippingHawk
      @TrippingHawk 4 года назад

      @@goodsuc81 in Harmy's version he had to animate the movement himself because he only had a still image to work with. It aaaaaaalmost works and matches the theatrical cut but ultimately would've looked better static.

    • @goodsuc81
      @goodsuc81 4 года назад +1

      Big Sugar why didn’t he just use the head movement that’s in the actual theatrical cut

    • @TrippingHawk
      @TrippingHawk 4 года назад +1

      @@goodsuc81 he stated in the documentary that the only available shots of the original background were too low quality to splice together with the HD stuff around it so he had to use a hi-res photo of the original scene and animate the head itself so it blended better. Otherwise there would be a crisp 1080 picture with a less-than-vhs quality blob where the original puppet was. The trade-off had to be made somewhere.

  • @andreadrabik635
    @andreadrabik635 6 месяцев назад +1

    They Should Change That First Scene Back To The Original.

  • @sammywestenberger9303
    @sammywestenberger9303 4 года назад +2

    Revisited ADYWAN Mos Eisley & Cantina

  • @r.hernandez04
    @r.hernandez04 4 года назад +4

    Maclunkey

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 2 года назад +2

    Unrelated to the changes, but you do gotta love how George Lucas decided to randomly put in anti-droid racism in as a background element for no reason.

  • @Da1Dez
    @Da1Dez Год назад +3

    I can only imagine George back in 1997 listing all the things he wanted to change or remove and his ILM team looking at each other and wondering why.

  • @Jonas-ej7id
    @Jonas-ej7id 2 года назад

    Despecialized with the colours of the SE would be great

  • @DovahKanye
    @DovahKanye 4 месяца назад

    I love banthas blocked the entire shot for several seconds, because it's such a good change, why not put that bantha randomly in every fucking scene.

  • @wordman3624
    @wordman3624 3 года назад +9

    Lucas must've had a real weak mind if he thought all that CGI crap was gonna fly.

    • @EpicBunty
      @EpicBunty 2 года назад +1

      seriously I appreciate his vision but it looks so out of place.

    • @subeedeibaatar7113
      @subeedeibaatar7113 2 года назад +4

      His "weak mind" is the reason Star Wars is so unique and successful. He's allowed to make mistakes.
      Disney, on the other hand, doesn't even try. Star Wars is in terrible hands under Disney.

    • @bilbobaggins9451
      @bilbobaggins9451 7 месяцев назад

      I mean, it did fly though. People still went out and bought the special editions in droves. Who's laughing now?

  • @martymcflurry97
    @martymcflurry97 2 года назад

    Never realized they replaced the wolf dude in the cantina scene with the whale smoking a hookah until now

  • @KevyNova
    @KevyNova 6 месяцев назад +4

    There’s no such thing as a “Disney version” since all the changes were made by George Lucas before he sold it to them. Part of the deal was that Disney is not allowed to alter the films in any way.

  • @Thundera2908
    @Thundera2908 6 месяцев назад +1

    The Special Edition does a MUCH better job of showing Mos Eisley to be a hustling-bustling city. I think it is an improvement.

    • @reeseexplains8935
      @reeseexplains8935 6 месяцев назад +1

      The cg is dated and terrible.

    • @Thundera2908
      @Thundera2908 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@reeseexplains8935 There are a lot of great old movies that have dated and terrible special effects but they are still great movies. That is not as important as whether it communicates what it is supposed to or not. Babylon 5 has TERRIBLE effects, but I still think it is one of the greatest sci-fi series of all time.

  • @alejandrovelez6358
    @alejandrovelez6358 4 года назад +10

    4:35 I wish they should’ve realized that when Obi-Wan cuts Dr. Evazan’s arm off with his lightsaber, you don’t bleed, because a lightsaber would cauterize the wound. We never saw anyone bleed out getting their body parts cut off by Lightsabers in the Prequel Trilogy.

    • @thechosenone5950
      @thechosenone5950 4 года назад +2

      Ya like when Count Dooku's head gets cut off in Episode 3 there is no blood.

    • @alejandrovelez6358
      @alejandrovelez6358 4 года назад +2

      The Chosen One
      Yeah, even when Luke gets his hand cut off by Vader in ESB

    • @thechosenone5950
      @thechosenone5950 4 года назад +1

      @@alejandrovelez6358 Ya but maybe there is never blood involved with lightsaber cuts for censorship reasons because that could make the movie rating higher.

    • @TarfuLuke
      @TarfuLuke 3 года назад +1

      "In “a new hope” we see that Obi-wan cuts off an alien's arm for assaulting luke. ... Arachnids have a different blood circulatory system this means that blood doesn't flow it is stored in a large body cavity.So when Obi wan cut off his arm the blood cavity leaks out more blood causing it to bleed."

    • @AndrewChapman
      @AndrewChapman 3 года назад

      In AOTC when Dooku slices Obi-Wan's arm and leg. We see a bit of blood smeared on the palm of his hand while Anakin fights Dooku.

  • @ikaros21
    @ikaros21 Год назад

    I prefer the special edition version because I could see the Outrider flying around 😎😎😎

  • @sandal_thong8631
    @sandal_thong8631 2 года назад +2

    If you're going to add more shots of Mos Eisley because you only got to film down 2 streets, can't you add an aerial view that similar to the end of Return of the Jedi? When I saw the latter, I asked myself, "Is that supposed to be Mos Eisley?"

  • @mphibianluigi5396
    @mphibianluigi5396 3 года назад +3

    I'd take the Disney version of the cantina scene with the Wolfman and the revisited audio.

  • @veronicaporras9246
    @veronicaporras9246 2 месяца назад

    0:59

  • @michaelnelson4236
    @michaelnelson4236 3 года назад +2

    But HOW CAN U REPLACE THE WOLFMAN

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 2 года назад +1

      Wolfman wasn’t replaced he has 3 scenes Lucas took him out of 2, left him in 1

    • @michaelnelson4236
      @michaelnelson4236 2 года назад +1

      @@alcarbo8613 wow I'm surprised it take me that long to notice that. Thank u stranger

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 2 года назад +1

      @@michaelnelson4236 your very welcome, people are very mis-informed about the Special Editions so I like to make the facts straight when ever I can, for example in this case Lucas didn’t get rid of Wolfman he just got rid of his reappearances to create more Alien diversity

    • @TheVarietyGuy
      @TheVarietyGuy 3 месяца назад

      @@alcarbo8613Well, let me go ahead and say that you are mostly right. Wolfman is only in two shots in the original. There is another different werewolf looking creature in a third shot that was also replaced with a CGI alien, but it is actually a different character than Wolfman. And while this did create more alien diversity, the real reason was Lucas just didn't like that these looked like Halloween masks and didn't feel that werewolves were spacey enough anyway.

  • @punished_gooner
    @punished_gooner 4 месяца назад

    disney moment

  • @TerryTrowbridge
    @TerryTrowbridge 6 месяцев назад +2

    I would like to see a special edition of the Prequel Trilogy, some updated CG would be real nice.

  • @PuffyOne1898
    @PuffyOne1898 2 года назад

    "scuse me."

  • @sixstanger00
    @sixstanger00 6 месяцев назад

    Why did Disney fuck up the color grading?

  • @bigbird2240
    @bigbird2240 Год назад

    They took out the shistavanan wolf face

  • @cesarlopez9995
    @cesarlopez9995 7 месяцев назад +1

    0:53 this shot well never not be funny to me

  • @SoapNugget
    @SoapNugget 3 года назад +3

    As much as I love how to 4K version of Star Wars looks (minus the bad cgi) Harmy's Despecialized Edition is the definitive version of Star Wars

    • @usul573
      @usul573 3 года назад +1

      D+77 melds them, and looks extraordinary.

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 2 года назад +1

      No it’s not LOL

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 2 года назад

      @@alcarbo8613 what is then?

    • @jonsmith2832
      @jonsmith2832 Год назад

      No it isn't.

    • @TheVarietyGuy
      @TheVarietyGuy 3 месяца назад

      @@HonkeyKong544K77.

  • @The_Haze
    @The_Haze 6 месяцев назад

    The transfer / color in the Despecialized is a lot better. The changes / upgrades really don't add much imo. at 2:20 when they first enter the cantina is when they needed to make changes and they didn't even do so. I never liked the very first alien you see with the sparkle eyes. It's so fake looking. All they had to do was some basic CG upgrades. Like, how about giving that same alien more believable eyes? Just subtle changes. The land speeder effect? I like the old one better. Don't know why.

  • @VinVonVoom
    @VinVonVoom 4 года назад +10

    I actually really like what they did with Mos Eisley here...
    0:51 EXCEPT THAT ONE GOD DAMN RONTO THAT COVERS THE CAMERA, JESUS CHRIST

  • @richlisola1
    @richlisola1 2 года назад +3

    One thing the old iteration lacked was footage of spacecraft actually landing, taking off, and flying. After all, it’s called Mos Eisley’s Spaceport. Not Mos Eisley’s no port.
    The specialized edition rightly corrected that oversight.

  • @Kinodawker
    @Kinodawker 2 года назад +1

    2:30 The vaping lizard looks so out of place

    • @Kinodawker
      @Kinodawker 2 года назад

      There’s just something so weird about it I can’t put my finger on

    • @richlisola1
      @richlisola1 2 года назад +2

      No! It looks awesome

    • @orlandofurioso7329
      @orlandofurioso7329 Год назад

      Never smoked narghilè in a pub? That's pretty much how it looks

  • @burnout3722
    @burnout3722 6 месяцев назад

    CGI from the 90's. This one hasn't aged well.

  • @jona2979
    @jona2979 3 дня назад

    Ironically the CGI looks more dated than the original unaltered version

  • @grimTales1
    @grimTales1 6 месяцев назад

    0:04 The Harmy version shows so much more detail in the image imo, the Disney one looks like ass in comparison

    • @spacepirate9882
      @spacepirate9882 5 месяцев назад

      It depends of the gamma, contrast, brightness settings and the quality of your screen. I'm watching this video on my PC connected to 3 different screens and if I move this page over the screens, it looks different on each screen but on each of them it's just look washed and burned while the remaster (from 1997, not 2019, nothing to do with Disney who bought those movies 15 years later) looks good to me. If you want more brightness on the remaster, you can just increase the brightness of your screen or in your video player

  • @TheUnbreakableOtaku
    @TheUnbreakableOtaku 4 года назад +7

    Changes aside, Despecialized easily wins color-wise, more saturated and dynamic but still filmic and fairly '77-accurate.
    I discovered Star Wars via the Special Editions and don't hate them, but the original cut is definitely better here. The flow of the editing is ruined and the scene clashes tonally in the SEs.

    • @VinVonVoom
      @VinVonVoom 4 года назад +1

      Really? I think the Special Editions win easily here when it comes to the colours, with the exception of that one ronto that goes in front of the camera (I get why, the original scene had a bunch of guys going in front of the camera but still) I think it makes Mos Eisley feel way more alive.

    • @mattk5020
      @mattk5020 3 года назад +1

      @@VinVonVoom Your so full of shit that it's funny.

    • @VinVonVoom
      @VinVonVoom 3 года назад

      @@mattk5020 How so?

    • @mattk5020
      @mattk5020 3 года назад +3

      @@VinVonVoom Your whole comment is bullshit. Despecialized is superior in everyday over the special editions.

    • @VinVonVoom
      @VinVonVoom 3 года назад +1

      @@mattk5020 Screw artistic vision and all the work that went into them I guess.

  • @davidmr11able
    @davidmr11able 2 года назад +1

    A thousand times better the remastered version. So boring many absurd complaints. Like that CGI creature, blocking the screen and not showing.. a building in the background and little else. Nothing really important.
    But, yes, is true, Lucas should never have remastered the OT. He must have left them forever with the poor image quality that they had. Many deserve that.

  • @carlosludtke
    @carlosludtke 2 года назад

    dark souls 2 scholar of the first sin

  • @quantessenz
    @quantessenz Год назад

    The speeder looks like garbage in the despecialized version with the black borders or the blury button of the speeder shadows, but keep complaining about how all changes are bad, because one dino was blocking the shot which destroyed your childhood memory. The city has so much more life, especially when the speeder enters the city. I prefer this before all the old mistakes, like unfinished light saber effects etc. etc. I must say Star Wars "Fans" are a pain in the ass. The only good thing here is the color grading. My humble opinion as a Star Wars fan since the Original and yes, I am a George Lucas Fan Boy and I like the prequels, besides their flaws.

  • @squashgaming9279
    @squashgaming9279 Год назад

    am i the only one who is pretty much indifferent to most of the special edition changes?

  • @AndrewChapman
    @AndrewChapman 3 года назад +11

    Well, I'm gonna say I prefer the Disney Special Edition in terms of restoration (and brightness). Mainly cuz it now has less crushed blacks and white crush like the Lowry restoration had. Special Edition changes aside, I much prefer the colour palette in the Disney/4K release as it's closer to matching the colour palette of the theatrical release than Despecialized does.

    • @jontodd2985
      @jontodd2985 2 года назад +1

      The Disney 4k special editions look amazing. I just watched A New Hope and it was like seeing it again for the first time. I think they really touched up the added CGI, because 90% of it looks fitting now, as opposed to the 2011 editions where the CGI looks silly as f. I'm really happy about it.

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose 2 года назад

      Stop selling us that hackney CGI garbage

    • @AndrewChapman
      @AndrewChapman 6 месяцев назад

      @@LukeLovesRose I wasn't talking about the CGI garbage. I was talking about how the restoration looks better this time than it did on the 2004 DVD/2011 Blu-ray. And better matches the colour palette of the theatrical release fans have uploaded in 4K. Whereas Despecialized was mostly sourced from the Blu-ray with black and white crushes.

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose 6 месяцев назад

      @@AndrewChapman Despecialized for me every time

    • @AndrewChapman
      @AndrewChapman 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@LukeLovesRose Well RUclipsr, Prometheus of Videos has recently uploaded 4K clips of Despecialized and they look way better than the initial HD version of Despecialized. And also this Disney version. And there's also 4K77.

  • @jainee4507
    @jainee4507 2 года назад +3

    Massive disrespect to the crew who worked on the vfx for the original release to just erase their Oscar winning work because it looks dated now.

  • @djayceemobileentertainment
    @djayceemobileentertainment 2 года назад

    meh....liking the disney one better. i love star wars but i always wanted more.

  • @listerofsmeg884
    @listerofsmeg884 6 месяцев назад +1

    Yawn
    The special editions came out decades before Disney had anything to do with the franchise.
    Honestly, have nerds got nothing better to get angry about?

  • @mustangjusty3772
    @mustangjusty3772 2 года назад

    There is only one thing I'd change about this scene, that is the scene with the alien getting it arm chopped off. Instead the arm being hollow with blood spilling out it would have nice to seen a cauterized wound as being that the lightsaber cut through and sears everything shut. Sorta like Luke's hand wound from empire. Nevertheless the de-specialized version is the way no doubt.

  • @chrisbenn
    @chrisbenn 4 года назад +3

    It is still too much! Looks like he or they just added a lot of "Sharpening" and "exposure"!

  • @zebunker
    @zebunker 3 года назад +3

    So nobody in the project knew how to color correction. Looks so blown out and off.

    • @EpicBunty
      @EpicBunty 2 года назад

      stop watching this on ur smartphone harmy's is so much clearer and better colours as well i dont know what you are smoking

  • @anti-dreamstansunited3391
    @anti-dreamstansunited3391 2 года назад

    0:17 Oh hahah, look at this shot, the despecialized version looks so realistic compared to the SE one.

  • @argentum746
    @argentum746 Год назад +2

    A lot of the bad CGI additions look like cutscenes of a 90s videogame, like Z or Warcraft 2.
    Problem is, these cutscenes were cool at their time, but they certainly dont age well or are timeless.
    Hence why watching an old movie or TV series with actual scenery and handmade spceial effects is far better and more timeless.
    I get it, Star Trek TNG or Star Wars 1977 sometimes have visual oddities or appear weird. I mean, the "computers" in the old Star Trek Series are absolutely funny because they are bad and cheap.
    But it doesnt matter, because it all fits the premise and scenery.
    These CGI scenes however stick out because they arent like the rest of the movie. They are bad, outdated and even if they were made with new technology, they would stick out and not be as good as the old verisons.
    No one needs a few jumping rats or CGI robots, it doesnt enhance immersion, it destroys it.

    • @davidmr11able
      @davidmr11able Год назад +1

      You have no idea about most of the changes that were made, and they clearly improve on the original version of all three movies. You only protest for two trifles of seconds that hardly change anything. The attitude of a crying child. I hope you get your long-awaited original movie,..., and stop talking nonsense when you see what it was like. I tell you, because I have both and the Special Ed. infinitely improves the original.

  • @nemesisa-type6721
    @nemesisa-type6721 2 года назад

    Harmy did better coloring then Disney? The fuck?

    • @MissPiperSparkles
      @MissPiperSparkles 2 года назад

      Disney did jack shit. Just because they own and released something doesn't mean the work was actually done by them. All that you see in the current versions available for streaming on Disney+ was done by Lucasfilm and Reliance MediaWorks in 2012.

  • @DAIadvisor
    @DAIadvisor 6 месяцев назад +1

    Special Edition is like painting a mustache on Mona LIsa.

  • @Scripture-Man
    @Scripture-Man 3 года назад +12

    I love all of George Lucas' changes… except for the "humor"! I mean what on earth was he thinking adding puerile "preschool" humor to what is supposed to be a dangerous place and a tense moment!? It's like the man knows nothing about storytelling.

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 2 года назад +1

      So I assume you hate the opening to a A New Hope as while

    • @richlisola1
      @richlisola1 2 года назад

      Give me some examples of the humor you mean

    • @subeedeibaatar7113
      @subeedeibaatar7113 2 года назад

      "It's like the man knows nothing about storytelling"
      Ok... that has to be the dumbest shit I've read in my life. Seriously. I would have liked your comment if you didn't include that.

  • @HazielBlack
    @HazielBlack 2 года назад

    funny how disney went with, lets fill the back and foreground with as much bullshit as possible. also
    daaaamn starwars didnt pull their blows back then, burning curpses, bloody mutilated limbs.. daaaamn.

    • @MissPiperSparkles
      @MissPiperSparkles 2 года назад +1

      Disney didn't do a single thing to these movies. Every single change you see in any particular version of these films was made by George Lucas prior to Disney's buyout of Lucasfilm in 2012. Yes, even the 2019 Disney+ version, which was sourced from 4K restorations that were completed in 2012.

  • @Swaggaccino
    @Swaggaccino Год назад +1

    Just goes to show you how much more powerful passion and dedication is compared to some hacks with unlimited money.

    • @JPOG7TV
      @JPOG7TV 6 месяцев назад

      You realise that George Lucas wanted these changes right?

  • @dylangeltzeiler946
    @dylangeltzeiler946 7 месяцев назад

    0:23 I like the 1997 20th Century Fox slash 2019 Disney version with the newly enhanced visual effects. Especially with one of the known Creatures of Tatooine. 0:40, 1:24-1:27 & 1:34-1:39 Like those Rontos for example. 1:58, 2:12 & 5:03 Including those Omnivorous Reptiles known as the Dewbacks.

  • @JPOG7TV
    @JPOG7TV 6 месяцев назад

    I dislike Disney as the next person but the way you titled the video and the 2019 footage is just disingenuous.
    All of these changes were made by George Lucas almost 2 decades ago before he sold the rights to Disney.
    I feel you purposely left that context out so that people can continue to lose their minds over Disney. Hatred should not muddy the truth.