Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back: Revisited

The best Star Wars sequel gets better. 'How the Special Editions should have been', indeed.

Adywan's edit is a remarkable achievement; in my opinion, even more so that what he did with Episode IV. Even what criticism I do have (removal of SE wampa changes) is so minor by comparison to the accomplishments of this edit that in my opinion it shouldn't affect the score. It just brings a different vibe to the scene.

There are innumerable changes, visible and invisible, that speak to his dedication. My personal favorites: lightsaber retractions during scenes. Such a little thing, but so appreciated.

If you love Empire Strikes Back (and chances are you do), what else are you waiting for?

Another winner!!

Look, I get it. Lucas wanted to make his movies better with the special editions. But he really needed someone whispering in his ear saying "Are you out of your mind?" for some of the changes.

Adywan to the rescue.

The changes are well done, the clean up is pristine, and the additions are so subtly incorporated that you really need to watch side by side to pick them out.

Lucasfilm needs to hire Adywan, right now.

This is the version of Empire that you want. Trust me.

I got my hands on the 1080p version of this and had to watch it immediately. Fantastic! One of my all time favorite movies, made even better. This is flawless. It's edits like this that got me into fan edits to begin with. Thank you Adywan for all of your hard work.

What a labour of love. Not much to say about this edit that hasn't been said already. It's pretty much flawless. All of the changes are intergrated nearly seemlessly and really enrich the world.
I suspect the most controvesial additions will be during the AT-ATs scenes on Hoth which are probably the most obvious changes. Personnally I think they look great and perfectly fit in with Adywan's mission to proceduce what the special editions should have been. Many of the other changes are pretty subtle and I suspect someone watching for the first time would assume that they were part of the original release.
There's the odd scene which still stands out. The effects for Luke's fall in Bespin are still a bit ropey but at least we've got rid of the bizzare scream as he's falling.
Overall, this is essential for star wars fans and will be my go to version.

This fan-edit is absolutely incredible and perfect in every technical aspect. It takes an already phenomenal movie and makes it even more so. The new visual effects are absolutely stunning, beautiful, and seamless and makes for a perfect modernization of the movie. The redone mattes, miniatures, CG, lightsabers and lasers especially are a feast. This edit also fixes literally every single movie mistake and continuity error to be found, which truly shows Adywan's dedication and improves the movie even more.

I only take one point off of enjoyment because I wish the special edition Wampa shots were kept (which was an addition to Empire Strikes Back I actually really liked), but that's only a minor subjective gripe and not an objective flaw of the edit. And that's literally my only problem with it.

Until my edit is done, this is my go-to for watching Empire Strikes Back.