Star Wars Despecialized v2.7 MKV NFO

                        HARMY AND TOWNE32 PROUDLY PRESENT


               STAR WARS - DESPECIALIZED EDITION REMASTERED (v2.7)

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This is a reconstruction of the 1977 theatrical version of STAR WARS. The original shots were painstakingly restored using
various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction based on a fade free 1977
I.B. Technicolor Print.

The remastered version (v2.0) represented a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier version.

Version v2.1 further improved upon the previous version mainly by refining the colour correction but also by replacing many of the despecialized shots with higher quality ones.

Version v2.5 offers few more little tweaks to the picture and contains an unprecedented number of audio options, including lossless
DTS-HD tracks for the original mixes (the original 70mm six-track was recreated by hairy_hen, the original stereo mix was captured
from LaserDisc PCM and fixed up by hairy_hen and the original mono mix was restored by Belbucus from a VHS recording), an isolated
score, four different commentary tracks, dubbing tracks in ten different languages and dialects and a British commentary
for visually impaired.

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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.
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More information can be found here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD/topic/12713/


VIDEO SOURCES:

1) STAR WARS Episode IV A New Hope Official Blu-Ray 2011 (Preliminary colour correction by You_Too)

2) STAR WARS 2006 Bonus DVD (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscales by Dark Jedi, You_Too and Harmy)

3) Star.Wars.Episode.IV.A.New.Hope.1977.720p.HDTV.x264-DON (2004 DVD Version)

4) STAR WARS 1997 Special Edition (Reivax DTV capture)

5) Custom mattes, 35mm and 70mm film cell scans etc.

6) Team Negative1 35mm "Silver Screen Edition" LPP print scan

7) Puggo Grande (1977 16mm print transfer)


Technical Specifications:
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CONTAINER: MKV


SIZE:


VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps


AUDIO: (Special thanks to hairy_hen and Belbucus)


TRACK  1) 5.1   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1977 70mm six track mix)

TRACK  2) 2.0   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1977 35mm stereo mix)

TRACK  3) 1.0   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1977 35mm mono mix)

TRACK  4) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (1985 Laserdisc mix)

TRACK  5) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (1993 Laserdisc mix)

TRACK  6) 2.0 Dolby Digital [German]         (1978 dub reconstruction)

TRACK  7) 2.0 Dolby Digital [French]         (1977 dub)

TRACK  8) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Spanish]        (1977 Castilian dub)

TRACK  9) 1.0 Dolby Digital [Spanish]        (1980 Latino dub)

TRACK 10) 1.0 Dolby Digital [Portuguese]     (1980s Brazilian dub)

TRACK 11) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Japanese]       (1978 Dub)

TRACK 12) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Italian]        (1977 dub)

TRACK 13) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Polish]         (1995 Voiceover)

TRACK 14) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Czech]          (1992 dub)

TRACK 15) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Hungarian]      (1984 dub)

TRACK 16) 1.0 Dolby Digital [Russian]        (recut SE dub)

TRACK 17) 1.0 Dolby Digital [Russian]        (1980's voiceover)

TRACK 18) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Ukranian]       (recut SE dub)

TRACK 19) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Thai]           (recut SE dub)

TRACK 20) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Navajo]         (recut from 2014 SE dub)

TRACK 21) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Hindi]          (imperfect dub with a few English lines)

TRACK 22) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (1993 LD Audio Commentary - silence filled with 1993 LD 2.0)

TRACK 23) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (2004 DVD Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)

TRACK 24) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (2004 starwars.com Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)

TRACK 25) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (2011 BD Archival Interviews Audio Commentary - recut to fit this release)

TRACK 26) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Isolated Score] (Compiled by hairy_hen)

TRACK 27) 2.0 Dolby Digital [English]        (Commentary For Visually Impaired)


SUBTITLES: (Special thanks to CatBus)

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   ł English                Brazilian Portuguese   Persian/Farsi   Swedish   ł
   ł English SDH            European Portuguese    Polish          Bulgarian ł
   ł Mandarin/Simplified    German                 Thai            Danish    ł
   ł Mandarin/Traditional   Indonesian             Ukrainian       Hebrew    ł
   ł Cantonese              Malay                  Romanian        Finnish   ł
   ł American Spanish       Japanese               Dutch           Norwegian ł
   ł Castilian Spanish      Italian                Croatian        Slovenian ł
   ł French                 Korean                 Hungarian       Estonian  ł
   ł Arabic                 Vietnamese             Greek           Icelandic ł
   ł Russian                Turkish                Czech                     ł
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All subtitles are from "Project Threepio v9.1"

More info here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Project-Threepio-Star-Wars-OOT-subtitles/topic/13794/