The schematic itself now closely resembles the plans the Geonosians gave to Count Dooku in Attack of the Clones, so it’s also a far more palatable link to the prequels than, say, replacing Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen. To me, this was always far more noticable than the English lettering on the Death Star tractor beam switch that Lucasfilm did fix. For starters, Adywan has fixed the Death Star superlaser position on the schematic that Artoo displays. All the computer displays in the Rebel Base have been given a Lucasesque CGI makeover, and although I was dubious at first, it actually works pretty well. On the other hand, some of the additions work really well. Overall though, the new edit looks really good, but the music doesn’t fit well and ruins the scene. But he’s also made some other odd choices, like fiddling with the lightsaber ignitions. In some ways it works really well: the quicker cuts make you believe the duel between the cripple and the old man is a lot more intense. In addition to the questionable musical accompaniment, Adywan has also recut the lightsaber duel to give it a bit more pace. Not that I think Chewbacca shouldn’t have received a medal, but giving him one is decidely not “pure” Star Wars. I guess our definitions of “purist” differ. It seems quite odd that Chewbacca still gets a medal in the Purist version. And giving Chewbacca a medal, as much as he deserves one, is completely in Lucas territory. It seems little, but adding sparkly electrics to the torture droid’s needle is only a short step from what George Lucas does. Unfortunately, some of the other “enhancements” still exist in the Purist edit, though thankfully all the music changes are gone. There’s also the Emperor’s Theme that plays in the Death Star meeting room, and later on during the lightsaber duel we hear Battle of the Heroes, a piece of music from the prequels! To be fair, Adywan also offers an edit called the “Purist” edit, which does not feature these musical changes. However, the element that really irks me in this scene is the addition to this scene of the Imperial March, music which ordinarily does not feature in A New Hope at all. The Death Star is first introduced in an extended scene, featuring more Star Destroyers and a planet for the space station to orbit. For the most part, musical additions consist of pieces composed for other movies, and even other scenes with their own very different pace. Silence is often a conscious musical choice on John Williams’ part, and to go against that seems against the spirit of the edit. He’s added extra music to scenes that worked far better without them. What does stray into the offensive side is some of Adywan’s additions. There’s still a bit of Special Edition in there, though for the most part it’s not offensive. CGI Mos Eisley extras no longer provide awkward comic relief or walk through the middle of otherwise nicely composed frames. The reversal of many of the Special Edition changes is also noteworthy. Adywan has also cleaned up a lot of the lightsaber effects better than Lucasfilm managed. One of the more impressive changes, although probably unnoticable to most, is an entire colour correction for the whole movie. Blackening Darth Vader’s and R2-D2’s lenses works well too Lucasfilm seems more interested in making Ewok eyes more realistic than central characters’ eyes. The smoothing of the conspicuous jump cuts were also a great change, and it is certainly a mystery why Lucasfilm hasn’t tweaked these already. In particular the edits to fix up the broken music cues were a nice touch that few would notice. I was aware from the start that while Adywan had in some instances been extremely faithful to the original edit, in others he was just as bad as George Lucas.Īll of the clean-ups were extremely welcome. I had read through the long list of changes so I knew what to expect. If anyone needs some help in that area just drop me a message and I’ll see what I can do. Getting it burnt to a DVD was another challenge but I got that figured out too. Eventually I had it sorted and let it download.
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Being somewhat inexperienced with downloading bootlegged movies, it took a bit of stumbling around before I could figure out how to get a copy of the edit. For obvious reasons, it’s all a bit clandestine. The edit isn’t the easiest thing to obtain. While the end result is very impressive, it probably still isn’t the right version for me either. This fan edit of A New Hope was a massive endeavour, undertaken by “Adywan”. At the end of my analysis of the benefits and drawback of the Star Wars blurays, I mused that perhaps Star Wars: Revisited would be my only hope for a decent version of my favourite movies.
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