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  • This is awesome. George Lucas has been giving the middle finger to his fans for so long now and has vandalized the beloved original trilogy with his inane tinkering, much of it poorly done. If the guy behind this edit can produce these kinds of results where the mighty resources of Lucasfilm couldn't (wouldn't?), then my has is definitely off to him. His vision demonstrated here is exactly what the die-hard SW fans have wanted in the original trilogy all along. Watch and learn, GL...

  • Nice! hire this guy!

  • now.... george lucas should really learn something from this.. instead of rereleasing the original trilogy 6 or 7 times with minor changes, do it all in one sweep... and on another note he never could master the idea of CLEANING UP THE FILM like you have done, all the color changes and razor sharp images make this actually ompatible with the prequels,, nice job, cant wait to see this one as well as ROTJ

  • Very good. thanks for putting in some of the changes. I'm getting the Blu Ray series for Xmas. I wouldve never seen half of the changes had you not mentioned them!

  • brilliant work, love to see more

  • oh yeah super awesome chills at 1:14

  • Found this after wanting to throw a flaming brick through Lucas' window, post Blu-ray release.

    This is incredible. How the hell did this man manage to fix THIS much? The Taun-taun animation smoothing is incredible, and the Cloud City shots are just amazing. Not to mention he managed to not only COMPLETELY CHANGE, but FIX the Emperor's Hologram. The single BIGGEST fuck-up to ESB: SE on the DVD's/Blu-Ray.

  • how is it possible he did better than lucasfilm? simple. he has a brain. lucas doesnt.

  • Nice work! Now, if only you could fix ROTJ, give Boba Fett a proper death and erase the Ewoks and replace them with Wookiees.

  • 10x better than lucas incopetent crew

  • Excellent work... Very well done :)

  • The roto on the lightsabers is a little wobbly and the scale is inconsistent between shots. The glow on the Falcon take-off looks like a stock standard additive-transfer in After Effects, so the shot looks like a model all over again because of the lack of detail.

    The matte jobs are very nice, however.

  • could you please restore the ending of Jedi.... the special edition ending is whoreable

  • Should have been released as the blu ray edition instead of Lucas crappy version ! This is the real stuff !

  • Should have been released as the blu ray edition instead of Lucas shit ! This is the real stuff !

  • dayum I got the major goosebumps. oof I all of the sudden get chilly in here and its like 100 degrees outside!

  • where can it be watched?

  • Congratulations, Adywan! You have succeeded where Lucas has failed.

  • Much better than those clowns at lucasfilm, well done.

  • Have you ever thought of doing work like this on the prequels? This might be impossible but it'd be nice if the Yoda from the prequels looked more like the puppet from the original. Also I like the idea of editing them, like in the phantom edit, but you might do a better job

  • @Manx17 My thoughts exactly. Btw, Adywan, think about joining Lucasfilm, SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • HOW is this possible. He did better then Lucasfilm. OMG...

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  • Check out the effects of the bespin duel at 1:50...OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! That looks GODLIKE!!!! What, did you touch the fingers of Jesus to make the quality look better than the 2004 Ltd Edition....

  • were can this be seen? or downloaded? looks great!

  • Well made indeed. But there's no reason to applaud him/her for making something "better" than Lucasfilm. This was made 30 years after the movie. At the time they weren't able to create all kinds of fancy things with the help of a PC, and nowadays even if they could they probably wouldn't want to do so. They've already re-released these so many times.

  • wow o.O

  • the fix at 50sec alone makes this amazing!! ..can't believe it still looked so jacked in the SpEd cut

  • The shot at 0:55 is my single favorite part of this entire thing. It looks AMAZING.

  • @Cheerios4u98 you are right its awesome.. im gonna use it as a wallpaper

  • @Cheerios4u98 Agreed 1000000%! That CGI is beautiful!

  • Every time I look at your channel name I think it says 'Andywank'.

  • The picture quality is fantastic! So clear and sharp. This is what the Blu-ray version should look like. Well done!

  • I have a question. When I saw the "Special Edition" of Empire a long time ago on TV it seemed to me that one of the worst "improvements" made to it was that the ending felt re-edited. (Maybe to be more "fast paced" for the cool kids of today or some crap.) Gone was that sense of melancholy. Is the editing in this "Revisited" version the same as the Special Edition, or is it closer to the original's?

  • @WastedPo The Revisited version is a bridge between SE and Original.

  • I need to go change my pants... because I just creamed in them!

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  • COMING 2010!

  • Wait, why haven't you CGI-ed Luke's face to give him his old nose?!

    We never see the scene where it gets broken and it is absolutely essential that every single detail of this saga is perfect in image and continuity. Right?

  • were can i see the whole movie?

  • I do not like the whole of Adywan's work, but over all I must say that he achieved some thing better than Lucas.

  • Empire Strikes back was such a masterpiece. Sure, it was a goofy adventure movie with cartoony characters, but it is the pinnacle of that. I'm glad to see someone giving it the care it deserves.

  • Are these re-visited versions available for download in full quality? I would like to download them to watch on my tv downstairs :D

  • I need 2 see this Aywan! 4 FUCK SAKE

  • They should hire adywanuk to supervise the blueray remaster. I don't think anyone would have an issue with his style of enhacnements. Love the improved shots!!! Very subtle and wonderful

  • This is how you remaster a film. No ridiculous CGI monster scenes, re-dubbing of a character's voice or insertion of pointless lines necessary. This is all that needed to be done in order to further enjoy an already wonderful film.

  • when is the exact percise date when this is realeased what month and date can any body tell me or know

  • The workprint has been completed. It has been delayed time & again for about a year but because he has been adding more to it and making it amazing. The exact date was estimated for May 2010 to coincide with Empires original release in theaters. However, the new and most likely finalized release date is 2011, perhaps May(my estimate, not official). “As long as it takes” should be the mantra for fans waiting, because the wait will be worth it.

  • Really liked that approaching Cloud City matte great work.

  • Adywan, I can not wait for your edit to be released! Why you're not working for, er, excuse me, RUNNING Lucasfilm's Special Effects department is beyond me! Can't wait for this and ROTJ:R!

  • how did you re-rotoscoped the lightsabers? becuz i'd like to make myself a re-edit with only lightsabers re-done ,thx

  • 2:27 wooooowww

  • So many whingers and whiners. Self proclaimed experts who CANNOT be wrong. What a pathetic bloody lot.

    Adywan is producing a stunning restoration of the spirit of Star Wars that thousands are waiting for eagerly. Useful comment ends once it's made. The artist decides whether to alter the work. Endless sniping is not useful.

    What I've seen of 'Empire' is stunning. Will I like everything? No! Do I think that this is the best thing for 'Empire' since the first release of 'Empire'? Damn right!

  • @watchthedangvideo its not really that stunning. It reminds me of the prequels (cgi looks same) which i know if lucas did this you would be crying yourselves to sleep. But because a fan did it...OH YEAH.

  • @SusanStarfieldPower there is a difference all the new scenes you real life models and elements along with careful presions

  • I must say that my favorite shot is still the "city in the clouds" one. Great depth, but not overdoing it and it looks solid.

  • ESB Revisited tentatively to be release during the first or second half of 2011

  • WTF. How come this guy, with probably limited budget and manpower, can put better care into "enhancements" than Lucasfilm? Makes no sense to me.

    Excellent work...you've solved the Puppet Yoda dilemma, as far as I'm concerned...and you GET the lightsaber rotoscoping and ambient light reflection

    LUCASFILM - Take note for the Blu-ray....as if you will though

  • @JayMeDee Right - many things didn't make sense in the quality control...but someone looking at those blades being all washed out and not fixing them there is no excuse for letting that go through - very poor quality to not fix those.

  • @JayMeDee He actually has passion in what he's doing.

  • @JayMeDee Because the fact he has a limited budget and manpower. Large scale companies now-a-days tend to focus more on quantity rather than quality. Don't get me wrong though, i'm sure LucasArts/Films w/e you wish to call it did their best with what they wanted to accomplish.

  • @JayMeDee What puppet yoda dillema may I ask?

  • @SecretAgentDouble000 Wrong choice of words.  Some people don't like the "stiffness" of puppet Yoda's mouth, but you don't want to see him replaced by CGI Yoda

  • WTF. How come this guy, with probably limited budget and manpower, can put better care into "enhancements" than Lucasfilm? Makes no sense to me.

    Excellent work...you've solved the Puppet Yoda dilemma, as far as I'm concerned...and you GET the lightsaber rotoscoping and ambient light reflection

    LUCASFILM - Take note for the Blu-ray....as if you will though

  • Is 'New Bridge Shot' from Revenge of the Sith, but flipped?

  • @BlueDiscProductions only Vader is from EP3. The bridge itself is taken from EP5

  • The only changes I'm not happy about is taking out the Jabba scene in ANH and the plan to restore Boba's voice for ESB. It would be great if you could keep that stuff for another version. But other than that, superb job!

  • Yes! ESB is my favorite Star Wars. Second being Revenge of the Sith.

  • @sk8erkid6485 Ady will make you like Revenge of the Sith even more.

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  • @pallas12031969 Last time I checked, he was doing the prequels.

  • Your job is amazing...

  • Okay, it's 1:30 in the morning, and I have to be up in four hours, so forgive me for not inspecting every clip, but I've got one question: is "Bring my shuttle" restored?

  • @adammmiles yes it is

  • @adywanuk nooooooo why would restore the clip it doesnt make sense :(

  • @SusanStarfieldPower The new "inform my stardestroyer..." and the shuttle scenes are one of the worse additions in the Special edition. Not only does Vader have a completely different voice but the extra scenes completely screw with the flow of the escape scene and ruin the brilliant musical score by John Williams. We don't need to see the shuttle going to the stardestroyer. The whole sequence was perfect in 1980 and it was destroyed by the Special Edition.

  • @adywanuk hOW DID HE GET ON THE STAR DESTROYER SO FAST IF THE SHUTTLE WASNT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE SCORE IS FINE, AND IT DOESNT SOUND LIKE A DIFFERENT VOICE WTF

  • @SusanStarfieldPower The score is fine with the extra scenes added in the special edition? Are you serious? It's a hack job. The whole tempo changes, the cuts don't blend in properly and ruins the whole pace of the sequence. And it's clearly a different voice. It's modulated completely different and sounds nothing like he does in ESB. He sounds more like his voice in ROTS. And he has plenty of time to get to his stardestroyer. We don't need to see his journey.

  • @adywanuk now that i listen to the scene the original sounded more out of place, the tempo is barely noticeable so i dont care. He doesnt have plenty of time, the shuttle isnt there yet and the Falcon is picking up Luke. Im sorry but unless the shuttle is faster than the Falcon which beat the Kessel run then i highly doubt bring my shuttle makes sense!

  • @SusanStarfieldPower I agree with adywan. I've only seen the special edition. But without seeing the original version, I still think that Vader's voice sounds totally different from the rest of the movie. And the music just cuts off when it jumps to that "altert my stardestroyer scene." I think adywan's made a good decision cutting that scene cuz it just doesnt fit in. Besides, we can kinda assume that the shuttle is there cuz Vader obviously arrived in Cloud City in that same shuttle.

  • @SusanStarfieldPower Your entire complaint is that they're "bringing" his shuttle? So what? The added scenes ruin the tension. We should be focused on the Falcon's escape, not seeing something we were informed of in two seconds. The tempo is "barely noticeable?" You don't notice how the entire score slows down? The rest is fast, yet the new parts sombre for no reason. The lines are awful too. In the original, you can feel his anger, in the SE, it sounds like he doesn't care. Good riddence!

  • @MercurialMorpheus SHouldnt vader be calm and cool like he always, he's pissed, which is abnormal. I dont even hate the clip its just you retrofails keep talking shit about everything.

  • @SusanStarfieldPower Sorry, but your opinion is essentially voided by referring to me and people like me as "retrofails". You don't respect my opinion, I guess I shall do the same with yours. And how is your vision of Vader any more accurate than mine? It's not. Vader's a passionate guy. I liked how frustrated he sounded in the original, and the new scenes break the pace, end of story. Besides, you're not being forced to watch something you don't like. Go watch the SE if you prefer it.

  • @SusanStarfieldPower I agree with Susan. The new edit does ruin the pace and Vader's voice is completely off.

  • @adywanuk ? eh I always thought you were removing that scene?

  • @chylerreckeaolgodhul which scene?

  • @adywanuk The one with Vader landing on Executor. I thought it was unnecessary.

  • @chylerreckeaolgodhul no, that's not being kept in. All then added shuttle/Executor shots during the Bespin escape have been removed

  • I love these trailers 

  • you're doing amazing work! thank you! at least the original trilogy is looking great!

  • This is great! Could you also please cast some kind of spell to erase the prequel trilogy from existence? Thanks!

  • @feckingbillgates

    All in due time m8, join us on Facebook and see how far things have come!

    Empire: Revisited!

  • @feckingbillgates Why not just make it better?

  • I haven't had this feeling of watching a trailer since seeing the original trailer in 97 for when the OT was coming back to the screen. Gave me chills. A lot of 'em.

  • Now this is the special edition Lucas should have released.

  • hey adywan just to let you know if you see this there are full 1080p rips of the classic trilogy online, it would be amazing to get your verision of ep 4 and 5 in full 1080p, anyway keep up the fantastic work, im a avid starwars fan and a small time filmmaker and your work is truly amazing, i cant waite for this, good luck on the edit, may the force be with you!!

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  • @ adywanuk

    So you have plans to edit the Prequel Trilogy as well? As far as I'm concerned, they don't need fixing, since they are already pretty much FUBAR.

    But joke aside, I thought the whole Revisited project was solely about restoring and improving the Original Trilogy. Besides, what could you do with Ep I-III that hasn't already been done to death by other faneditors?

  • some things are wrong with the storyline.....................­anyway ,could you make a second version ,the same thing but with temuera morrison's voice??? for those who liked it that would be kool ,thx anyway nice job

  • @nicotipro1 No, i will only be doing 1 version. There is no need to have Morrison's voice in there at all. Just because Boba is a clone of Jango doesn't mean that he would ever sound the same as him, especially after his father died when he was so young. They should have changed his voice when wearing the helmet in AOTC to closer match Boba's in ESB if the whole "clone sounds the same" thing is what they were going for and not the other way around.

  • @adywanuk My sister is an Embryologist, with a Masters degree in Reproductive Biology. She's fascinated by cloning, but insists that it is a myth that clones would be identical copies. In reality, clones are no more identical than dizygotic twins. They would not look, act, and sound like 1:1 duplicates. I know the cloning done on Geonosis science fiction and not science fact, but it's good to know an expert backs up your decision! :)

  • @nicotipro1 Plus i have no need to use Morrison's poor performance in my edits because helmeted Jango will be sounding more like Boba does in ESB when i get to AOTC. If people prefer the new voice then they have the official DVD's and this edit will not be suitable for them. I can understand why he wanted to change the Emperor in ESB but Boba's voice change was another one of the many things that didn't need changing

  • That new Cloud City matte is just gorgeous.

    Great work Adywan, I can't wait for the release.

  • so did you keep Temuera Morrison's voice work?

  • @relaxwill No. Boba Fett's voice will be returning to its original version

  • WOW this looks awesome. is this out yet? btw will have you though of releasing these in HD?

  • @relaxwill this one will be released in 720p, but episode 4 will only ever be SD as there wasn't a HD source available until i had almost finished the edit.

  • before you finish it at the part where luke fights the vision of vader when the mask explodes you should add anakins face i'd like to see it

  • @donaldthescotishtwin I think you'd be the only one that would want to see Hayden in ESB. Not only that but it wouldn't make any sense. The reason we see Luke's face in place of Vader's in the mask is because its a warning about what path Luke is following. Luke went into the cave with his weapons, even after Yoda told him that he wouldn't need them, which was an aggressive move. This could lead Luke on the path to the Dark side

  • @adywanuk lol well i never understood that part maybe as an extra you can do it?

  • Genius, truly, I just watched the ANH version, congratulations and thanks for giving us back the movies!!

  • great job can't wait to see your full edit have you done this with 4 and 6?

  • can't fucking wait. Xmas 2010 anyone? :D

  • Do you have a definitive release date for this?

  • WOWOW have you found out ?

  • The new bridge shot...It's awesome but I dont know how after effects was able to create the entire bridge...care to tell?

  • @jurassicraptor111 He's using Chuck Norris's copy of After Effects.

  • WHEN¿???????????????

  • This looks awesome!

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  • it should never be any other one :) Jason wingreen's voice was perfect and it shall be reinstated for revisited

  • In the name of all fan community I thank you

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  • Holy fuck this is amazing!

  • This movie isn't out yet, but look at it. Total color correction, enhanced bacgrounds, new mattes, better special effects, every fixed error, overall definate version of ESB. This movie won't have as many changes as ANH or ROTJ or not even close to the big changes that will be made to the PT. Spread the Adywan word around.

  • whats the difference between this and my dvd's?

  • @lsdarcy The colors are better, and better special effects.

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  • Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait... I only just heard of Ep. IV revisited the other day, downloaded and watched it--- BY FAR the best fan edit of any movie I've ever seen. I almost couldn't breath watching this trailer, it's a work of art. I can't wait for this, and especially can't wait for Return of the Jedi in 2013! ;)

  • I don't think RotJ will get much attention...but I hope it does ^^

  • just imagine the final space battle after adywan's touched it up...

  • As Luke flees the Wampa's lair, you hear the lightsaber deactivation noise BEFORE he turns it off. Will that be fixed?

  • Yep!

  • Oh, I saw the newest update where captain needa after losing the milleneum falcon goes to the Executor to "apologize" to vader. The tie bomber like shuttle is replaced with a lamba class imperial shuttle! Bravo, Adywan! I was wishing lucas had done that! c'mon george! get with the program!

  • I'm pretty darn excited about this- and your trailer cutting skills are excellent.

  • Nice work so far Adywan. Enjoyed the revisit of Star Wars and am looking forward to this one. Do you have any idea as to when in 2010 the film will come out? I don't necessarily mean an exact date, but only as far as maybe a general idea of perhaps what point in the year the film may come out?

  • I'm aiming for May 2010 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Empire

  • Sweet!  Looking forward to it!

  • @adywanuk i cannot say how impressed i am with your work keep it up

  • so what are a few of your plans for ROTJ? *hopes for more battle over endor scenes*

  • That new bridge shot is awesome - like in episode 3.

  • Absolutely brilliant. I just found this, along with other various clips on your EPIV revisted. The color correction work is breathtaking, the visual weight has been restored. This is precisely how any future revamp of all the films should be (i.e. Final Edition Blu-Ray) I am signing up at Originaltrilogy immediatly. Major kudos Adywan!

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  • Adywan, where can we get the ANH dvd?

  • it's just a trailer so the sound effects aren't what will appear in the final movie. Although the lightsaber sound used in this trailer was taken direct from the 5.1 DVD ESB mix where they changed his lightsaber sound to the ROTJ one for some stupid reason. But that will be changed back to the proper sound in my version

  • Well after thinking someone should do something like this for a long time, I just discovered fan edits today. This is really impressive and goes beyond what I could have hoped for.

  • cool, then join us on his forums?

  • woah, thats some good quality!

  • I assume you took that "New bridge shot" from Episode 3?.. If so, that's the interior of the Venator-class Star Destroyer, not "Imperial"'s...

  • no, it is a new matte taken from movie and set shots from ESB & ROTJ with a minor part of ROTS

  • The bridges of the star destroyers, whether Venator, Imperial, or Executor class are identical. Probably a pre-fab bridge module that they all have. lucas meant for his sets to have repeating patterns, so they could reconfigure them to be reusable for different scenes.

  • Dude, the Venator's bridge is round-shaped, while Imperial's is straight.

  • @DaveTE15picky, picky!

  • Mwahaha >:D

  • *face melts again*

  • Oooohhhhhhh :D this is gonna be FUN :D

    Adywan is a master at work !!

  • Adywan would you be able to put dash rendar in the background at hoth?? Like in a speeder or something to show some continuity with shadows of the empire??

  • no, i won't be putting any EU stuff in revisited. there is no need for it to appear.

  • Amazing! Oo

  • The Force is strong with you Adywan!

    I'm so looking forward to this & it will be just in time for the ESB 30th Anniversary!

  • this film is a masterpeice have they released it on blu ray?

  • Star wars have not yet been released on blu-ray

  • im really suprised to hear that they release a whole lot of shit on blu ray like mamma mia and norbit but they've never released a landmark title like star wars

  • true enough, he is biding his time..waiting for better tech.

    He has said he wants his movies to be in 3D and eventually holograms as well ( whenever that might come around )

  • That or he's still undecided as to what colour he's going to tint the trilogy this time.

  • Where did you get the new bridge shot from? It's interesting

  • he made it :D

  • no, thats a radar doppler tower, it only exploded to signify that the shields were down

  • Star Wars - The Obsessive Compulsive Edition.

  • Or rather the "Actually Put Some Effort Into It Special Edition". That's more accurate.

  • Will he do ROTJ next?