Harmy's Star Wars Despecialized Edition Remastered MKV2.5 Now Available

[CollectorGuy]

Hey guys, These discs work on my PS3 no problem, but won't play on the xbox one. Anyone else have that issue or know a fix?

The xb1 is a ****** blu ray player anyway, just use your ps3 like me.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

The xb1 is a ****** blu ray player anyway, just use your ps3 like me.

Just an FYI, plays on my PS4 with out issue.

 

[scottjua]

ok thanks! Guess a PS4 is in my future too then.

 

[abouttreefitty]

Version 2.7 is up!

 

[loki2371]

What's the difference with version 2.7? And which movie is it a new version of?

 

[SwedishHeat]

What's the difference with version 2.7? And which movie is it a new version of?

AFAIK, it corrects a greenish color cast from the 2.5. Sourced from Team Negative's version of ANH.

 

[Khev]

Wait, seriously? There's a new version of Harmy's SW?

 

[SwedishHeat]

Wait, seriously? There's a new version of Harmy's SW?

Yes, this is what's new

Note from Towne32: Version 2.6 featured a shot-by-shot color adjustment that I performed on Harmy's 2.5 MKV source.
Harmy was informed after the release of 2.5 that the Technicolor reference scans that he based his color grading on were
raw scans and not corrected to the way the print actually looks projected. Furthermore, Star Wars was the final major
Technicolor film produced in the West, and the quality control in the UK lab during those final days was poor, resulting
in less than ideal color including the prominent green tones that Harmy then incorporated into Despecialized Remastered.
The color of 2.6+ is still vibrant, but some of the strong overtones and inconsistencies of 2.5, based on those raw scans,
have been reduced or removed. Additionally, several shots that were based on the low resolution 2006 GOUT DVD in 2.5 have
been upgraded using Team Negative 1's 35mm "Silver Screen Edition" after I manually cleaned, stabilized, degrained, and color
corrected the shots.

Version 2.7 is of higher quality, thanks to Harmy. He sent me the lossless encode of his previous release, allowing me
to encode 2.7 without any generational encoding losses. Additionally, I corrected an error where several Mos Eisley shots
were actually using GOUT-based footage in 2.6, rather than the 35mm sources of Harmy's 2.5. Many additional color changes
were made to correct minor inconsistencies and to remove green tones from some desert scenes, as well as the Death Star
interior walls in some cases. The "A Long Time Ago" card is now from a cleaned up version of the 35mm scan. And the Greedo
subtitles have been replaced with an impressive rendering of the 35mm text made by CatBus. Additionally, Darth Lucas
rotoscoped the lightsaber blade in Ben's hut from the 35mm print. The version 2.7 MKV includes several subtitle and
audio dub languages not available previously, also thanks to CatBus, including a fixed Castilian track.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

All caught up ! And ready to help anyone out there needing these still.
Have:

SW 2.7
ESB 2.0
ROTJ 2.5
Team Neg Silver Screen

 

[Rafael Arenov]

All caught up ! And ready to help anyone out there needing these still.
Have:

SW 2.7
ESB 2.0
ROTJ 2.5
Team Neg Silver Screen

Pm'd you.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Pm'd you. ������

 

[Khev]

All caught up ! And ready to help anyone out there needing these still.
Have:

SW 2.7
ESB 2.0
ROTJ 2.5
Team Neg Silver Screen

Have you watched SW 2.7? Is it a noticeable upgrade?

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Have you watched SW 2.7? Is it a noticeable upgrade?

Overall I think so. To many it may not be. But I see it in certain scenes.

 

[SwedishHeat]

Are there any other 1080p versions of any ANH restoration apart from the Silver Screen version?

It just kills me that the highest resolution version is one that was intentionally made to look crappy.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Are there any other 1080p versions of any ANH restoration apart from the Silver Screen version?

It just kills me that the highest resolution version is one that was intentionally made to look crappy.

Due to the various sources used, it was felt that 720p was the best resolution for these resorations. Anything higher would have actually been deterimental to the image.

 

[loki2371]

Are there any other 1080p versions of any ANH restoration apart from the Silver Screen version?

It just kills me that the highest resolution version is one that was intentionally made to look crappy.

That's Blasphemy right there!!!! It's meant to look just like it did as film being projected on a giant screen... Nostalgic for those who saw it released on the big screen in 1977, like me and it's perfect!! You must be a young en to prefer a scrubbed digital image over seeing beautiful film grain... ...

 

[Rafael Arenov]

Has anyone tried removing the phases "Episode 5 and 6" from the Opening Crawls of ESB and ROTJ?

 

[user 1190]

Has anyone tried removing the phases "Episode 5 and 6" from the Opening Crawls of ESB and ROTJ?

Why would they? They were always there. Even SW has EP 4 once ESB came out.

 

[cmiller99]

Yeah, the Episode IV thing started with the 1981 rerelease of Star Wars in cinemas, but Empire had V on its release.

 

[Rafael Arenov]

Why would they? They were always there. Even SW has EP 4 once ESB came out.

Relax, it was just a thought. So if I'm planning to introduce Star Wars to my future son/daughter(s) they wont ask "Where's 1,2 and 3?"