the part of the music that we heard when the scene of ben turning off the tractor beam sounds a lot like the Sewer Ost used in the Shadow of the empire game.
Originally George Lucas wanted to use The Planets by Gustav Holst as the Star Wars soundtrack, he just wanted to use classical music in Star Wars the same way Stanley Kubrick did with 2001: A Space Oddysey, fortunately Steven Spielberg convinced Lucas to work with John Williams, but still Williams referenced in his scores some of the music excerpts that Lucas used as temp-tracks, just to give an example about how Lucas wanted the Star Wars score to sound like. Fun fact: the first two recordings (one acoustic and the other electrical) of The Planets were done by Gustav Holst himself conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, same orchestra would play the Star Wars score under John Williams' baton like 5 decades later. There's also a recording of The Planets with John Williams conducting theBoston Pops Orchestra.
I am 99% sure George wanted to use these tracks on STAR wars, in one interview both Spielberg and Williams say that George gave them a list of songs for the movie and Steven convinced that Williams should compose an original soundtrack.
The massive TIE formation accompanied by the Imperial March over the Death Star makes me cry. But Lucas spent time and money changing Leia's blaster sound. [facepalm]
Amazing! But I'm sad the death star doesn't nearly fire Yavin 4 before exploding. I always thought it bought more tension right at the last moment. Not to mention it was COOL AS F.
I happily donated to the Return of the Jedi Revisited project after I saw what you did with ESB-R, These Original Trilogy edits are what Lucas' Special Editions should've been!!
@@StarWarsStory I was reading, and it says that it will change the ending where the other planets are celebrating, it will also change Anakin's ghost, as I understand it the ending will be where Luke is burning Vader's body.
Blue R2 is in the foreground at 2:45 I agree though, perhaps foreground one should be red, doesn’t make sense that R2 is way ahead, then behind when they turn.
Right guys, I saw that too. R2 being in front (for a couple frames) initially doesn't make sense due to what we see once Luke-Ben-C3PO turn the corner.. we 'see' R2 as being behind them. But after they turn the corner, notice how R2 actually enters from the right side. This means that the red R2 unit *_behind_* the group is Not R2-D2; we don't see 'Red-R2' speeding up and veering off, to match the point where real-R2 re-enters the frame. I think that is why Adywan edited it this way. It's a continuity correction: it implies that R2 _was_ initally ahead, veers off to the right (which we don't see) and then quickly returns to the group (from the right) but now he's behind them bcuz he veered off. At first I was confused, but I _knew_ there had to be a reaon Adywan did this fix. *I think Adywan made a great decision on this edit* [Our universe: Most likely this was due to the placement of cameras & cables etc, and they just didn't have the flexibility to have R2-D2 roll right in front of the cameras with the group. Also likely due how we are aware these robots were very problematic back in 1976-1977.]
I love your colour grading, and I noticed a lot of recolours (I'm not sure if you made the right R2 red or not hmm). My only complaint is some things look a little too sharp, I think the moon in the opening and the starfields could do with softening a little. They look a little too much like white spots IMO. Otherwise fantastic work as always, dig the new graphics and holograms too!
I am okay with the sharpness, though I will have to play this on my 65” TV and not the phone. I concur on the color timing: Harmy’s despecialized edition of ANH was a bit too much on the yellow spectrum. This finds a good balance with natural colors. That one shot of Vader and his cohorts was a bit too blue (though I like to think that Vader’s company made the bluish TIEs from *Empire* on, and I can easily see his cohorts using his brand). Even so, thanks Andy for keeping the TIEs grey/white, at least for ANH. I almost miss Dr. Evason’s human arm. Here is hoping: - spinning hyperspace Star field - no electricity on torture needle - no explosion ring on Alderaan - maybe better Dewbacks with the elephant legs than the frog feet (maybe show the mouth open and yawn on the one in the back during the “look,sir! Droids!” scene) - no *Empire* theme in the TIE fleet reveal during The Last Battle. Regardless, this is looking fantastic!
Watch again- R2 is added in order to be briefly seen in front of everyone, which is the only way for him to make it around the corner in the right amount of time so the other is simply turned into a different droid altogether. Pretty clever.
whilst the colour grading might be more accurate, it ruins the intent of the director's vision imho. The same shit happened with Buffy the vampire Slayer HD remasters...it wasn't pretty and most fans HATED it.
@@davepastern The blue ray versions had an excessive blue hue that they say was not in the theatrical version, so they are not ruining the director's vision in this case.
Thank you for revisiting R2 in the Battle Of Yavin. One of my greatest pet peeves was that with all the different releases, LFL never corrected his white/black dome elements to white/blue, but you did it finally!
Love this! I can't wait for this project to be finished. Thank you Adywan! I LOVE that you fixed the black levels of the explosion shot on the Tantive IV, that poor composite has always bothered me. You've done a phenomenal job with color-correcting, this is shaping up to be the best looking version of the film ever made. Overall this is astounding work, but I do have 3 questions: 1. Have you considered re-doing some of the Mos Eisley shots? The 1997 CGI and Photoshop matte paintings do not hold up at all. I personally can't stand the entering Mos Eisley shots anymore, and I hope you'll at least consider using elements from the D+ shows to create new shots to replace this poorly done sequence, which was Lucas' inspiration to do the Special Editions in the first place. I think you have a golden opportunity here. 2. I think I saw the Yavin hangar bay expanded into the darkness and shadows in one of your other clip reels, so I assume these shots aren't finished? I certainly hope so. That is one of the absolute best improvements you could possible make, and would be right in-line with your work on ESB:R. 3. Please consider reaching out to CGI artists like Howard Day for replacing some of the x-wing shots like the one at 6:12. The 1997 CGI is horribly dated and people are making more impressive CG on their laptops these days with free software. I know you already made that TIE Fighter Squadron shot for the first version of Revisited, so I am really hoping you plan on at least 1 or 2 more ambitious shots, like your amazing work on the Battle of Hoth. I've donated in the past, and I look forward to donating again in the future. Please let me know if you need any volunteers, I would love to help out on anything I can. Thank you for making this and May the Force be With You always!
I really like the fix on Obi-Wan turning off the tractor beam as that's always been a really bad compositing of the live action shot and the matte painting. Really don't see how Lucas didn't fix that for the Blu-Rays. I'd prefer the new shot to be put in a theatrical cut version as I always hate bad optical compositing.
I wish this was the official cut, I remember seeing these versions of Adywan years ago and I was impressed, they made the movies look more modern and they solved continuity errors that now bother me a bit when I watch the movies, I even liked the color grading more in the remastered version than in the official special editions, especially when the X-Wings are in the trench run and they can't be seen in the background of Luke's rear windows. Also nice addition of R2's blinking into red and blue, and C3PO being seen in Luke's vinoculars as the rest of the area. These are probably the best fan edits I've seen, I'm waiting to see the remastered version of ROTJ, I wonder where I could see these versions.
Hoping we see it this year some time! Great work as always! ☺️ Eagerly awaiting its release so i can introduce my kids to ep4 and 5 of your incredible work - they have never seen them (any version that is!)
Don’t wait. Just show them the 4K transfers on Disney+. They’ll be in college before work on any of the Revisited projects is completed. Last one took him the better part of a decade.
@@Optimus-Prime-Rib PLEASE show them the D+77 Project for Star Wars, the TESB:R Project (unless you wanna watch it in 4K, if so just watch the D+80 Project) for The Empire Strikes Back, and the Despecialized V3.1 Project for Return of the Jedi, that way they get to see them in 4K like Disney Plus has them, but it’s the ORIGINAL versions without the stupid CGI additions and scene changes that can take you outta the movie (ie. Jabba in SW, Jedi Rocks in ROTJ, the stupid venus flytrap Sarlacc Pit in ROTJ, and Victory Celebration in ROTJ)
2:31 I always wondered why George didn't do this. Obviously lightsaber wounds haven't drawn blood since this one moment, so it kinda stands out. Same deal with the hologram/map footage still having that '70s look compared to the rest of the saga.
We need a crowdfunding to put this version of Disney+. I know that this version ruins the fedelty of the 1977 vibes, but George recreates Star Wars as he saw in one of his visions. Adywan is a great example of the special edition of Star Wars
@@LangZ1988 Technically when Kenobi cut Maul you see blood spray Maul's face but anyways I'm not confused by the cauterized arm, in the Original ANH-R Adywan swapped the alien's arm for a cauterized human arm.
I'm glad for the continuity fix on the Obi-Wan scene against Ponda Baba. In the original it showed blood making it seem that lightsabers just cut with no heat involved. However every other dismemberment and maiming by lightsaber in every other film shows charred flesh and cauterized wounds. Yet with every re release and remaster they NEVER change that one scene to reflect that. Major bonus points for fixing that.
The thing that stands out to me the most in the specialized version of Star Wars is the colors on Tatooine. Luke's pants are now pink instead of the pale green they used to be. That tells you how much warmth they've added that wasnt originally there. Tunisia was often cloudy and overcast while filming took place. Some scenes of Threepio walking in the desert there is a light mist falling that can be seen in the original 35mm print but has been completely removed from later editions.
Awesome work! I can't wait to see the full final version of ANH: R HD :) But one question: At 6:19 the engines are more purple than in your previous version of ANH:R (there it was more red) why?
I've been following and showing your work to anyone I can since I found out about Empire strikes back Revisited when it was first released (720p)! BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK SIR. PLEASE! I will buy you anything you want if I ever meet you in person.
Very nice. Color wise, your version is leaps and bounds better than the one in the Blu-ray. I'm not too keen on the digital additions, but I respect the artistic decision.
I loved you erased that stupid ring of fire at Death Star demise. I liked a lot that Star Destroyer emerging from hyperspace. I also loved the textures you put on Yavin's surface and the holos at Yavin-4.
Amazing work! The blu-ray editors should be ashamed. It goes a little too far in some places (insert that Lucas clip here) with the outright changes to some elements, but fixes things i had never even noticed, like Luke's blue Rebel helmet insignia.
I kind of hope (heh heh) you keep the original Death Star explosion from ANH:R. That was just a fantastic new edition to show _just_ how close they came to ruin, to show the lasers forming and exploding right when they came together. I could understand if you kept the focus on the Death Star and removed Yavin from the shot, but please consider showing the lasers forming right before. That was such a wonderful adrenaline shot. ☺️👍 PS: no explosion rings! 😁
@@gamestation2690 it's distracting, and I always thought the point of Adywan's edit was to add things we wished were there in 1977 as a kid. The explosion ring is one of the things Lucas added that a lot of us 70's kids felt was too much and completely unnecessary. It was also ripped off of *Stargate* and *Star Trek VI.*
You're the best Ady. But please don't remove the extended Yavin Battle and the extended 1st Death Star appearance. They are some real masterpieces, especially seeing much more TIE fighters during the battle and the Imperial March in both scenes. I hope both versions of ANH:R will remain available 😊
Just the opinion of a sad old git who originally saw Star Wars in '77 at three years old and has been booked since then but, and I'm sorry if this offends you Adywan, if you have indeed removed additions you made in ANH:R such as the extended Death Star reveal and the awesome battle of Yavin dogfighting over the Death Star, you've ruined your own vision as well as denigrating your own genius. I know, it's your project and you can do what you want with it but if George Lucas had half the inspiration and love for his own creation that you've given to Star Wars over the last two decades, we wouldn't have the debacle of the "special" editions! Your work, for me, produced a vision of A New Hope that is definitive. Even now when I see that cloud of TIE fighters converge on the Alliance ships to the strain of the Imperial Match my guts just about drop out of my bowels! I feel an excitement a billion times more intense than I did in that cinema nearly fifty years ago and I was excited enough then, I can tell you! Every tweak you made, every nuance, every corrected detail reinvigorated my passion again and again and don't get me started on ESB:R! Actually seeing AT-ATs deploying their stormtrooper cargo had me nearly soiling myself! As I've said; your project, your decisions. I love your work with all my heart but cannot help feeling somewhat disappointed. I just hope it is your decision and you didn't cave in to pressure from purists. We all know how much of a pain in the arse they can be! Thank you for your dedication and hard work, Adywan. The Force will definitely always be with you.
There is one continuity gaffe left I wish could be fixed. In the rebel hanger, ground crew hands the pilots these clean white helmets. Then in space the helmets are weathered and covered in heraldry. I can see you've made the blue rebel crest red, but I'm still hoping that some modified version of Deepfake could print the heraldry onto those white helmets.
I concur. It's one of two changes I don't like from the Revisited version, the other one being the new red screen during the Rebel briefing. They stand out in a bad way, and not because the effects are poorly done, but because they feel really out of place with the rest of the movie. Wish he'd go the ESB:R route, in which he changed a lot of things for the better without changing the aesthetic of the movie (the ion cannon control screens on Hoth are a good example).
@WilliamShakespielberg 0 seconds ago What is truly amazing is how it feels like I know every one of these scenes so intimately. I've seen this film countless times since 1977 and I've owned every single media & fanfilm edition since then, and it just _Never gets old._ Overall I love these beautiful color corrections, and the "new" CGI updates (as well as the necessary DeSpecialized CGI corrections of course.) Despite a few very small nitpicks, I would happily prefer this edition in 1080p instead the Disney UHD, or even Harmy's or Hal9000's excellent edits. Looking forward to this Very much!
Hey - cool - I like what I'm seeing. Don't mind seeing one of my favorite films looking sharper and more pristine than ever with some welcome new changes. My kids are gonna have the BEST Star Wars experience one day; goodness they will be so spoiled! They will grow up getting to see every last bit of excellent Star Wars material (with notable exceptions in teh Obi Wan series and everything post Book of Boba Fett as of now) I won't run my kid's brains with cheap Disney crap! Hey - can we get them to go in and give us updated versions of all the "bad" Disney SW stuff? Maybe they can make Obi Wan and Episodes 7 - 9 better somehow? THEY need updating for sure 😆
Beautiful processing of effects, especially shots and improving the quality of additional objects, such as the planet of the Death Star. But I advise you to pay attention to the latest official edition of the original 4k HDR trilogy. This version has the best color pattern. Also about some effects. I think the animals from the scene of Luke and Obi-Wan's arrival in Mos Eisley were removed in vain. The animals complement the scene well and make it more lively. Also, the hologram of watching the battle over the Death Star tode was added in vain. Well, the version with the shock wave from the explosion of the Death Star also improves and modernizes this scene.
I always thought the original BluRay was a little bit wishy-washy in parts, and some of the effects were a little over done. Nice to see it done right.
@@adywanuk I CANT BELIEVE YOURE STILL WORKING ON THIS!!!!?! WHEREVE YOU BEEN ADY!!!?!! I HOPE YOU MAKE EP 1 REVISITED AND EP VI REVISITED TOO LIKE YOU SAID!!! PLS❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
2:33 For some reason, this edit makes more sense, since a lightsaber would not just cut through a body, but it would also simply burn through it as well, leaving minimal to no blood. This also keeps the continuity with the rest of the films, since the prequels and the two sequels, ESB and ROTJ have no bloodshed when a character is struck with a lightsaber.
@@sammywestenberger9303 There are two things I want to ask: 1. Why did Adywan remove the Praxis wave from the Death Star explosion? What's so bad about it? 2. The Aurebesh text in the shot at 4:07 was redone for the 2020 Blu-Ray. Why didn't he use that one?
i've notice the nice correction of R2's blinking red/blue front light.. thank you!! Great job at correcting colors and image quality. Does Vader need to keep his reddish lens while in the Death Star trench? The red tint pull me off...anyway, can't wait to see the finish results!! Cheers from Montréal Canada.
Still haven't seen a satisfying fix for the speeder drive-by in Mos Eisley. I get that production initially shot it hoping that the wheels would be obscured by natural shadows, and then decided to reposition the shadow in post because they wanted to see daylight between the speeder and the ground. The official versions have tried cleaning it up but the shadow is still being cast in the wrong direction (I don't think twin suns work that way) and if the shadow IS falling correctly it means the speeder and everyone in it is much smaller than it should be. Maybe try restoring the vehicle's original, actual shadow?
Love that you used Gustav Holst for the music. It's Star Wars before there was Star Wars. Fantastic. Very excited for the project!
the part of the music that we heard when the scene of ben turning off the tractor beam sounds a lot like the Sewer Ost used in the Shadow of the empire game.
Originally George Lucas wanted to use The Planets by Gustav Holst as the Star Wars soundtrack, he just wanted to use classical music in Star Wars the same way Stanley Kubrick did with 2001: A Space Oddysey, fortunately Steven Spielberg convinced Lucas to work with John Williams, but still Williams referenced in his scores some of the music excerpts that Lucas used as temp-tracks, just to give an example about how Lucas wanted the Star Wars score to sound like.
Fun fact: the first two recordings (one acoustic and the other electrical) of The Planets were done by Gustav Holst himself conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, same orchestra would play the Star Wars score under John Williams' baton like 5 decades later. There's also a recording of The Planets with John Williams conducting theBoston Pops Orchestra.
ITS THE XMEN 2 TEASER MUSIC!! THE TEASER ON THE XMEN 1.5 EXTENDED DVD!
The Planets was used in the temp track as cues for John Williams. Whole sections were lifted by Williams because they fit the timing exactly.
I am 99% sure George wanted to use these tracks on STAR wars, in one interview both Spielberg and Williams say that George gave them a list of songs for the movie and Steven convinced that Williams should compose an original soundtrack.
ANH:R makes some bold changes that actually help the story make more sense. Why couldn't THIS be the special edition??
Ye and no stupid Cgi dinos
The massive TIE formation accompanied by the Imperial March over the Death Star makes me cry. But Lucas spent time and money changing Leia's blaster sound. [facepalm]
@@oildalejones567 lol I thought I knew of all the changes. I had no idea he changed the sound of her blaster. 😨
2:00 love seeing scarif in this shot. Good attention to detail
2:33 is a wonderful edit, it's cauterized not a bloody mess.
It really is Adywan's failure since canonically that type of have beings have a lot of blood in their arms
@@YAREL-RGP Lightsabers burn idk if you noticed that
Your work is always amazing. Thanks. We don't deserve you.
Amazing! But I'm sad the death star doesn't nearly fire Yavin 4 before exploding. I always thought it bought more tension right at the last moment. Not to mention it was COOL AS F.
Absolutely incredible! Can’t wait to see it, hopefully this year!
I happily donated to the Return of the Jedi Revisited project after I saw what you did with ESB-R, These Original Trilogy edits are what Lucas' Special Editions should've been!!
@Infinite Possibilities I don't have the link anymore :/
@@StarWarsStory are you gonna be doing return of the Jedi?
Too bad it's going to change the end of ROTJ
@@SOSRandom925 In what way?
@@StarWarsStory I was reading, and it says that it will change the ending where the other planets are celebrating, it will also change Anakin's ghost, as I understand it the ending will be where Luke is burning Vader's body.
IMO the red R2 is more distracting than whatever problem you're looking to solve (presumably positioning). The rest looks gorgeous!
Blue R2 is in the foreground at 2:45 I agree though, perhaps foreground one should be red, doesn’t make sense that R2 is way ahead, then behind when they turn.
Looks wrong
Yeah this does not work.
Right guys, I saw that too. R2 being in front (for a couple frames) initially doesn't make sense due to what we see once Luke-Ben-C3PO turn the corner.. we 'see' R2 as being behind them. But after they turn the corner, notice how R2 actually enters from the right side. This means that the red R2 unit *_behind_* the group is Not R2-D2; we don't see 'Red-R2' speeding up and veering off, to match the point where real-R2 re-enters the frame. I think that is why Adywan edited it this way. It's a continuity correction: it implies that R2 _was_ initally ahead, veers off to the right (which we don't see) and then quickly returns to the group (from the right) but now he's behind them bcuz he veered off. At first I was confused, but I _knew_ there had to be a reaon Adywan did this fix. *I think Adywan made a great decision on this edit* [Our universe: Most likely this was due to the placement of cameras & cables etc, and they just didn't have the flexibility to have R2-D2 roll right in front of the cameras with the group. Also likely due how we are aware these robots were very problematic back in 1976-1977.]
I love your colour grading, and I noticed a lot of recolours (I'm not sure if you made the right R2 red or not hmm). My only complaint is some things look a little too sharp, I think the moon in the opening and the starfields could do with softening a little. They look a little too much like white spots IMO. Otherwise fantastic work as always, dig the new graphics and holograms too!
I am okay with the sharpness, though I will have to play this on my 65” TV and not the phone. I concur on the color timing: Harmy’s despecialized edition of ANH was a bit too much on the yellow spectrum. This finds a good balance with natural colors.
That one shot of Vader and his cohorts was a bit too blue (though I like to think that Vader’s company made the bluish TIEs from *Empire* on, and I can easily see his cohorts using his brand).
Even so, thanks Andy for keeping the TIEs grey/white, at least for ANH.
I almost miss Dr. Evason’s human arm.
Here is hoping:
- spinning hyperspace Star field
- no electricity on torture needle
- no explosion ring on Alderaan
- maybe better Dewbacks with the elephant legs than the frog feet (maybe show the mouth open and yawn on the one in the back during the “look,sir! Droids!” scene)
- no *Empire* theme in the TIE fleet reveal during The Last Battle.
Regardless, this is looking fantastic!
Watch again- R2 is added in order to be briefly seen in front of everyone, which is the only way for him to make it around the corner in the right amount of time so the other is simply turned into a different droid altogether.
Pretty clever.
whilst the colour grading might be more accurate, it ruins the intent of the director's vision imho. The same shit happened with Buffy the vampire Slayer HD remasters...it wasn't pretty and most fans HATED it.
@@davepastern The blue ray versions had an excessive blue hue that they say was not in the theatrical version, so they are not ruining the director's vision in this case.
@@Spectrometer yes, that is true. The official 4k release of ANH lacks that blue cast and looks beautiful. Certainly much better IQ than 4k77.
Love the Star Destroyer coming out of hyperspace near the Death Star. Such a small but effective touch
Thank you for revisiting R2 in the Battle Of Yavin. One of my greatest pet peeves was that with all the different releases, LFL never corrected his white/black dome elements to white/blue, but you did it finally!
Genius. You get it, you get the magic and soul of Star Wars. Wonderful.
I love this! Great work as always. ESB Revisited is the only version that I ever watch
Absolutely brilliant work!! The changes you corrected are amazing!! When will we see Jedi??? Can't wait!!
Love this! I can't wait for this project to be finished. Thank you Adywan! I LOVE that you fixed the black levels of the explosion shot on the Tantive IV, that poor composite has always bothered me. You've done a phenomenal job with color-correcting, this is shaping up to be the best looking version of the film ever made. Overall this is astounding work, but I do have 3 questions:
1. Have you considered re-doing some of the Mos Eisley shots? The 1997 CGI and Photoshop matte paintings do not hold up at all. I personally can't stand the entering Mos Eisley shots anymore, and I hope you'll at least consider using elements from the D+ shows to create new shots to replace this poorly done sequence, which was Lucas' inspiration to do the Special Editions in the first place. I think you have a golden opportunity here.
2. I think I saw the Yavin hangar bay expanded into the darkness and shadows in one of your other clip reels, so I assume these shots aren't finished? I certainly hope so. That is one of the absolute best improvements you could possible make, and would be right in-line with your work on ESB:R.
3. Please consider reaching out to CGI artists like Howard Day for replacing some of the x-wing shots like the one at 6:12. The 1997 CGI is horribly dated and people are making more impressive CG on their laptops these days with free software. I know you already made that TIE Fighter Squadron shot for the first version of Revisited, so I am really hoping you plan on at least 1 or 2 more ambitious shots, like your amazing work on the Battle of Hoth.
I've donated in the past, and I look forward to donating again in the future. Please let me know if you need any volunteers, I would love to help out on anything I can. Thank you for making this and May the Force be With You always!
I’ve started showing my Girlfriend Star Wars can’t wait to watch this with her for the first time 🥺
Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏 this is the real love for Star Wars.
So you're committing to the Scarif thing. Good stuff. I'd double down and maybe put some debris from the battle in Rogue One.
I can't wait for ANH: Revisited to be avaliable.
I really like the fix on Obi-Wan turning off the tractor beam as that's always been a really bad compositing of the live action shot and the matte painting. Really don't see how Lucas didn't fix that for the Blu-Rays. I'd prefer the new shot to be put in a theatrical cut version as I always hate bad optical compositing.
Looks Great! Looking forward to this.
I wish this was the official cut, I remember seeing these versions of Adywan years ago and I was impressed, they made the movies look more modern and they solved continuity errors that now bother me a bit when I watch the movies, I even liked the color grading more in the remastered version than in the official special editions, especially when the X-Wings are in the trench run and they can't be seen in the background of Luke's rear windows. Also nice addition of R2's blinking into red and blue, and C3PO being seen in Luke's vinoculars as the rest of the area.
These are probably the best fan edits I've seen, I'm waiting to see the remastered version of ROTJ, I wonder where I could see these versions.
I agree, the C-3PO inserted into Luke's Macro binoculars before Uncle Own shuts the power down is an AWESOME touch.
Please release on Blue Ray!
Hoping we see it this year some time! Great work as always! ☺️
Eagerly awaiting its release so i can introduce my kids to ep4 and 5 of your incredible work - they have never seen them (any version that is!)
Don’t wait. Just show them the 4K transfers on Disney+. They’ll be in college before work on any of the Revisited projects is completed. Last one took him the better part of a decade.
@@T_Black_Lodge unfortunately i think you may be right…. I’ll give it until summer.
@@Optimus-Prime-Rib PLEASE show them the D+77 Project for Star Wars, the TESB:R Project (unless you wanna watch it in 4K, if so just watch the D+80 Project) for The Empire Strikes Back, and the Despecialized V3.1 Project for Return of the Jedi, that way they get to see them in 4K like Disney Plus has them, but it’s the ORIGINAL versions without the stupid CGI additions and scene changes that can take you outta the movie (ie. Jabba in SW, Jedi Rocks in ROTJ, the stupid venus flytrap Sarlacc Pit in ROTJ, and Victory Celebration in ROTJ)
2:46....R2 is red for some reason.
2:31 I always wondered why George didn't do this. Obviously lightsaber wounds haven't drawn blood since this one moment, so it kinda stands out. Same deal with the hologram/map footage still having that '70s look compared to the rest of the saga.
Obviously the made up thing can't do the other made up thing 🤓
How is one guy better then all of Lucas Film at doing this?
We need a crowdfunding to put this version of Disney+. I know that this version ruins the fedelty of the 1977 vibes, but George recreates Star Wars as he saw in one of his visions. Adywan is a great example of the special edition of Star Wars
2:31 Wait I'm confused, why did you swap the arm from human back to the original?
A lightsaber does not cause bleeding. It cauterizes.
@@LangZ1988 Technically when Kenobi cut Maul you see blood spray Maul's face but anyways I'm not confused by the cauterized arm, in the Original ANH-R Adywan swapped the alien's arm for a cauterized human arm.
@@StarWarsStory Yeah but that was just vapor. Its not like Maul started bleeding and leaking as he fell 😅
@@LangZ1988 Very true my friend, but I still wanna know what happened to human arm haha
@@StarWarsStory Of course sir! 😆🤣
I'm glad for the continuity fix on the Obi-Wan scene against Ponda Baba. In the original it showed blood making it seem that lightsabers just cut with no heat involved. However every other dismemberment and maiming by lightsaber in every other film shows charred flesh and cauterized wounds. Yet with every re release and remaster they NEVER change that one scene to reflect that. Major bonus points for fixing that.
Great Scott! All the ANH:R HD scenes are better than the BLU-RAY, except the hologram at 6:07, the mechanical display looks more real...
Most excellent my friend! Your work continues to amaze me even after 16 years!
ANH: R HD SIMPLE THE BEST REEL IVE EVER SEEN! HOW AND WHEN WILL THIS BE AVAILABLE?
The color grading alone is amazing, but the small technical fixer are really astounding!
Yes Ady this is looking AMAZING, thanks for this Comparison
The thing that stands out to me the most in the specialized version of Star Wars is the colors on Tatooine.
Luke's pants are now pink instead of the pale green they used to be. That tells you how much warmth they've added that wasnt originally there. Tunisia was often cloudy and overcast while filming took place. Some scenes of Threepio walking in the desert there is a light mist falling that can be seen in the original 35mm print but has been completely removed from later editions.
Big fan of your edits, such a big fan that I up-scaled a source of Revisited up to 4k in Topaz Labs, cannot wait for this version though!
Awesome work! I can't wait to see the full final version of ANH: R HD :)
But one question: At 6:19 the engines are more purple than in your previous version of ANH:R (there it was more red) why?
That is to match Rogue One I think
@@joannacronut Hmmm okay. I prefer the red ones.
He lives!
So crisp! So clear! So beautiful!
Oh man I'm excited to see this finished.This is GREAT work you're doing.
Good work. So much detail and realistic color schemes. Especially liked the brighter starfields.
I've been following and showing your work to anyone I can since I found out about Empire strikes back Revisited when it was first released (720p)! BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK SIR. PLEASE! I will buy you anything you want if I ever meet you in person.
This is the version I want to watch.
Making it look great- keeping the good parts of the revisions and scrapping the bad ones.
Bless you for continuing your hard work at this, these have been some of the best fan edits I've ever seen!
Love that you fixed the bleeding arm🙌
It's a thing of beauty! Can't wait for this!
I'm loving all of these changes, I'm so excited!!!
I can't wait to see the full version, this HD redo looks amazing!
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!❤️🙏
Fantastic!!🤩
Fantastic! Eagerly awaiting the release.
After this, the trilogy will conclude with “Return of the Jedi: Revisited.”
Looks amazing , great work
Very nice. Color wise, your version is leaps and bounds better than the one in the Blu-ray.
I'm not too keen on the digital additions, but I respect the artistic decision.
Best ANH enhancement I've seen. My only objection are the red lines in the pilots briefing CGI.
The amputated arm would be a clean cauterized cut, without "guts" on the floor next to it as seen in the blu ray.
Looking so very forward to your restorations.
Thank you Ady. ❤
God damn that looks clean. I need it, I need it!
I loved you erased that stupid ring of fire at Death Star demise. I liked a lot that Star Destroyer emerging from hyperspace. I also loved the textures you put on Yavin's surface and the holos at Yavin-4.
The musical adaptation sing Gustav Holst compositions is fantastic as well as the color correction and detail corrections. Chapeau!
Amazing work! The blu-ray editors should be ashamed. It goes a little too far in some places (insert that Lucas clip here) with the outright changes to some elements, but fixes things i had never even noticed, like Luke's blue Rebel helmet insignia.
I kind of hope (heh heh) you keep the original Death Star explosion from ANH:R. That was just a fantastic new edition to show _just_ how close they came to ruin, to show the lasers forming and exploding right when they came together. I could understand if you kept the focus on the Death Star and removed Yavin from the shot, but please consider showing the lasers forming right before. That was such a wonderful adrenaline shot. ☺️👍
PS: no explosion rings! 😁
What’s so bad about the ring?
@@gamestation2690Believe it or not, but that’s not how explosions work
@@ImTheReverse You're talking about a series where sound is heard in space all the time, despite being a vacuum.
@@gamestation2690 Yes, but why go out of your way to add something completely unnecessary to the scene when it was perfect the way it was?
@@gamestation2690 it's distracting, and I always thought the point of Adywan's edit was to add things we wished were there in 1977 as a kid. The explosion ring is one of the things Lucas added that a lot of us 70's kids felt was too much and completely unnecessary. It was also ripped off of *Stargate* and *Star Trek VI.*
You're the best Ady.
But please don't remove the extended Yavin Battle and the extended 1st Death Star appearance.
They are some real masterpieces, especially seeing much more TIE fighters during the battle and the Imperial March in both scenes.
I hope both versions of ANH:R will remain available 😊
Looks gorgeous man. Probably will be the best version of ANH out there. Any idea when it’ll finally be released?
Hopefully, before the saga’s 50th anniversary in 2027.
Probably in the next couple of years, since he's also working on ROTJ revisited at the same time
on what?@@kamil.p5134
Just the opinion of a sad old git who originally saw Star Wars in '77 at three years old and has been booked since then but, and I'm sorry if this offends you Adywan, if you have indeed removed additions you made in ANH:R such as the extended Death Star reveal and the awesome battle of Yavin dogfighting over the Death Star, you've ruined your own vision as well as denigrating your own genius. I know, it's your project and you can do what you want with it but if George Lucas had half the inspiration and love for his own creation that you've given to Star Wars over the last two decades, we wouldn't have the debacle of the "special" editions!
Your work, for me, produced a vision of A New Hope that is definitive. Even now when I see that cloud of TIE fighters converge on the Alliance ships to the strain of the Imperial Match my guts just about drop out of my bowels! I feel an excitement a billion times more intense than I did in that cinema nearly fifty years ago and I was excited enough then, I can tell you! Every tweak you made, every nuance, every corrected detail reinvigorated my passion again and again and don't get me started on ESB:R! Actually seeing AT-ATs deploying their stormtrooper cargo had me nearly soiling myself!
As I've said; your project, your decisions. I love your work with all my heart but cannot help feeling somewhat disappointed. I just hope it is your decision and you didn't cave in to pressure from purists. We all know how much of a pain in the arse they can be!
Thank you for your dedication and hard work, Adywan. The Force will definitely always be with you.
Wow, you make it so obvious how the "whites" in the shadows had so much of a light blue tint to them. Great job. I enjoyed this clip.
I only need to know one thing, WHEN IS IT COMING OUT ???
There is one continuity gaffe left I wish could be fixed. In the rebel hanger, ground crew hands the pilots these clean white helmets. Then in space the helmets are weathered and covered in heraldry. I can see you've made the blue rebel crest red, but I'm still hoping that some modified version of Deepfake could print the heraldry onto those white helmets.
6:09 I prefer the simplicity of the original 2D. Easier to see as well.
I concur. It's one of two changes I don't like from the Revisited version, the other one being the new red screen during the Rebel briefing. They stand out in a bad way, and not because the effects are poorly done, but because they feel really out of place with the rest of the movie. Wish he'd go the ESB:R route, in which he changed a lot of things for the better without changing the aesthetic of the movie (the ion cannon control screens on Hoth are a good example).
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What is truly amazing is how it feels like I know every one of these scenes so intimately. I've seen this film countless times since 1977 and I've owned every single media & fanfilm edition since then, and it just _Never gets old._ Overall I love these beautiful color corrections, and the "new" CGI updates (as well as the necessary DeSpecialized CGI corrections of course.) Despite a few very small nitpicks, I would happily prefer this edition in 1080p instead the Disney UHD, or even Harmy's or Hal9000's excellent edits. Looking forward to this Very much!
Very nice. The last explosion tho, had a nicer effect in the BR version imo. But I get that peple will always disagree on one thing or the other.
Hey - cool - I like what I'm seeing. Don't mind seeing one of my favorite films looking sharper and more pristine than ever with some welcome new changes. My kids are gonna have the BEST Star Wars experience one day; goodness they will be so spoiled! They will grow up getting to see every last bit of excellent Star Wars material (with notable exceptions in teh Obi Wan series and everything post Book of Boba Fett as of now) I won't run my kid's brains with cheap Disney crap!
Hey - can we get them to go in and give us updated versions of all the "bad" Disney SW stuff? Maybe they can make Obi Wan and Episodes 7 - 9 better somehow? THEY need updating for sure 😆
I still have no idea where to watch Adywan's version of Star Wars
It's great! The only change i would make is remove the shuddering when Tantive IV gets hit from the Start Destroyer
Amazing work. When will you release it?
Beautiful processing of effects, especially shots and improving the quality of additional objects, such as the planet of the Death Star. But I advise you to pay attention to the latest official edition of the original 4k HDR trilogy. This version has the best color pattern. Also about some effects. I think the animals from the scene of Luke and Obi-Wan's arrival in Mos Eisley were removed in vain. The animals complement the scene well and make it more lively. Also, the hologram of watching the battle over the Death Star tode was added in vain. Well, the version with the shock wave from the explosion of the Death Star also improves and modernizes this scene.
All we really want is an official 4K version of the 1977 version of "Star Wars"
I always thought the original BluRay was a little bit wishy-washy in parts, and some of the effects were a little over done. Nice to see it done right.
Thank you dear sir, your doing god's work!
You’re welcome 😇
@@sammywestenberger9303 Why are you replying "you're welcome" when you have nothing to do with this edit?
When I Have Nothing To Do With Us EDIT ✍️!
@@adywanuk I CANT BELIEVE YOURE STILL WORKING ON THIS!!!!?! WHEREVE YOU BEEN ADY!!!?!! I HOPE YOU MAKE EP 1 REVISITED AND EP VI REVISITED TOO LIKE YOU SAID!!! PLS❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@adywanuk MISSED YOU BRO!!
2:33 For some reason, this edit makes more sense, since a lightsaber would not just cut through a body, but it would also simply burn through it as well, leaving minimal to no blood. This also keeps the continuity with the rest of the films, since the prequels and the two sequels, ESB and ROTJ have no bloodshed when a character is struck with a lightsaber.
Protip it's all make believe
Hope this helps!
God less,
DrJim
Beautiful!
Bring Star Wars in ANH: R HD in the cinema and I buy a ticket
Excellent work! But remember, Han shot first
Fantastic stuff! :)
0:40 - 0:42 INCORRECT STARS MOVING (in ANH version).
Excellent!!!!
Thank You So Much
@@sammywestenberger9303 There are two things I want to ask:
1. Why did Adywan remove the Praxis wave from the Death Star explosion? What's so bad about it?
2. The Aurebesh text in the shot at 4:07 was redone for the 2020 Blu-Ray. Why didn't he use that one?
I Don’t Know 🤷
i've notice the nice correction of R2's blinking red/blue front light.. thank you!! Great job at correcting colors and image quality. Does Vader need to keep his reddish lens while in the Death Star trench? The red tint pull me off...anyway, can't wait to see the finish results!! Cheers from Montréal Canada.
You’re welcome 😇
He had red lens in Rogue One.
Noice Death Star intro👌
Nice Death Star explosion too.
Marvellous!!
nice detail is the scene of the xwing flying to the death star but is not showing yavin 4 because the death star is orbiting yavin prime.
Much clearer! Nice
Harmy's Despecialized is the definitive version.
Still haven't seen a satisfying fix for the speeder drive-by in Mos Eisley. I get that production initially shot it hoping that the wheels would be obscured by natural shadows, and then decided to reposition the shadow in post because they wanted to see daylight between the speeder and the ground. The official versions have tried cleaning it up but the shadow is still being cast in the wrong direction (I don't think twin suns work that way) and if the shadow IS falling correctly it means the speeder and everyone in it is much smaller than it should be. Maybe try restoring the vehicle's original, actual shadow?
Amazing
Amazing! Any update on when this will be released? I hope all is well with you!
Beautiful.
Wizard!
2:46 the new color grading turned r2's panels red.
@2:45 R2 has apparently been moved to the front of the group and that is now a different astromec.