Star Wars - Episode IV: 2004 Special Edition Revisited

A million times better than SE!

ANH:R makes one of my favorite movies ever even better. The reason audio editing is not 10 is because of the addition of "Battle of the Heroes" to Vader vs Obi-Wan, and the Imperial March in a couple of scenes, which in my opinion simply don't belong in this movie. That's why the "PURIST" version gets a 10/10. Fine job Adywan. If I was going to be 100% unbiased, it would be a 10/10.

Adywan is THE MAN. No seriously, he took all the good in this movie's original and Special Edition versions and kept them, tossed out all the bad, and spent YEARS creating better special efforts-- REAL AND PRACTICAL-- to result in the best goddamn version of this movie I could imagine. He's even spent YEARS on Empire and eventually will Jedi, all for us Star Wars fans to have the truly best damn movies possible. I would hug him if I could.

There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said. The story is better with a few small edits to Obi-Wan's story to Luke about his father, the special effects look naturally better, and jeez the duel between Obi-Wan and Vader is now EPIC with a musical score behind it! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. The only complaint I'd have is I'm still waiting to see what Adywan's Empire and Jedi Revisited versions will be like!! 1,000,000 out of 10.

"Finally, the motion picture event the way it was MEANT to be experienced!" To Adywan (Adrian Sayce), "the Force will be with you, always."

What can be said about Star Wars Revisited that hasn't already been said? This is a near perfect revamp of the special edition of Star Wars, aside from a couple small changes that feel like change for the sake of change (Electric torture needle, ultra-desaturation of death star corridors, music during Obi/Vader duel), and a few effects that look a little fanmade. Of course, this edit was originally released before the Blu-Rays, so it is only available in SD. That said, I'm anxiously awaiting Empire Revisited and the eventual HD version!