Star Wars - Episode IV: 2004 Special Edition Revisited

My favourite fan-restoration/enhancement, by far. Whenever I look at this fanedit, I'm reminded of what we can accomplish as fan-editors. It's inspirational, really. There's only one small issue I had with this. There is music added to a scene that wasn't there before, and I don't even mind it that it's there, but it ends a little abruptly. Otherwise, everything else was flawless! (Can't wait for the HD re-release!)

Very, very impressive. So many tiny details that make the difference.
Especially like the minor edits that give it a more ‘modern’ pace – I always thought the original was a tad pedestrian in places.
Only minor gripe…laser bolts sometimes look too well defined around the edges, but it’s a hell of a lot better than the messy old rotoscoping.
All-in-all, 9 out of 10!

Now if we could just get our hands on some proper deleted scenes…

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

What can I say that hasn’t been said? I’m late in coming to this site. Two things: the re-arranging of the scene at Obi Wan’s house seemed really awkward as did some parts of the re-arranging of the final battle.

That’s it, I’m done with perceived flaws.
I’ve seen it multiple times, my kid has seen it multiple times, and we will continue to see it multiple more times. It’s just great.

Definitely an awesome edit that makes the SE far better than it originally was. Now, granted, I would have been happier had some more of the SE features been taken out (I’m looking at you, pointless lengthy ride into Mos Eisley), but this edit integrates them much, much better. And damn does the hyperspace blue look amazing as they escape the Death Star. The fight between Vader and Obi Wan is now just ridiculously great. It needed that BGM; I just never realized it until I saw this version. I can’t say I miss the Jabba sequence, though I’m sure someone could have animated it better to actually resemble the puppet, instead of just some sort of lumpy blob with eyes. The extra edits added by adywan that some people have complained about – seriously? They were seamless for the most part. They added to the movie instead of cluttering it up. George Lucas couldn’t add in his crap without making it so obvious a blind man could see them; adywan, by contrast, makes them fit wonderfully. And a lot of them are nice touches, like the hyperspace sequence. However, a few nitpicks: The jump when Luke activates the light saber for the first time still is noticeable, but I assume there’s only so much that can be done about that. Obi Wan constantly using the title “Darth” during the light saber fight. That has annoyed me endlessly since the prequels and EU established it as a title, not a name. It would have been nice to have “Vader” dubbed in instead. Otherwise? Freaking. Awesome. And yet George Lucas claims to be unable to do this.