RETURN OF THE JEDI - DESPECIALIZED EDITION v3.1

HARMY PROUDLY PRESENTS

This is a fan restoration made for culturally historical and educational purposes.

Fanedits, preservations and restorations must not be bought or sold.

Please report the seller if you find this project for sale on eBay or elsewhere.

Fanedits and preservations are an art form and to be shared only among legal owners of the officially available releases.

Do not support piracy.

This is a reconstruction of the 1983 theatrical version of Return of the Jedi.

The main source is the 2019 UHD Blu-Ray, and the original shots were restored using the amazing 4K83 fan-preservation,

which is a scan of a 35mm film made by Team Negative 1. Thanks so much for this awesome release, Team Negative 1!

Sometimes entire shots or even sequences were used from 4K83, extensively cleaned and enhanced to match the look of the UHD Blu-Ray.

In other places, like for example the Ewok eyes or Vader's eyebrows, only small portions of the shots were replaced.

All original shots were restored, including recomposited vfx and other "fixes" made for the Special Edition.

For v3.1, minor fixes were made, the biggest of which include adding a Jabba subtitle, which was missing in 3.0, and replacing the 5.1 English audio track, where in v3.0 a custom track with additional music in the Obi-Wan ghost scene was used by mistake.

More information can be found here:

https://goo.gl/1WGHBA (HanDuet’s Guide - includes download information)

www.originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/12905

www.facebook.com/despecialized

www.youtube.com/c/HarmyDespecialized

The MKV version contains a large number of audio tracks, including the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mixes in DTS-HD MA, three different commentary tracks, an isolated score and dubbing tracks in many different languages:

1983 70mm Magnetic Six Track Mix Recreation 5.1 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1 (side), s24)

1983 35mm Optical Stereo Mix 2.0 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, stereo, s24) [default]

1983 16mm Optical Mono Mix 1.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 192 kb/s)

1993 LaserDisc Stereo Remix 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)

1993 LD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

2004 DVD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s)

2011 BD Commentary 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s)

Isolated Score (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s)

Basque 1.0 [baq] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

Bulgarian Voiceover 2.0 (bul] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

Cantonese 1.0 (chi] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

Catalan 1.0 [cat] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

Czech 1992 2.0 [cze] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Czech 2011 2.0 [cze] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Mandarin 2.0 [chi] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

German 2.0 [ger] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

French 2.0 [fre] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Galician 1.0 [glg] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

Hindi 2.0 [hin] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Hungarian 2.0 [hun] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Indonesian 2.0 [ind] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Italian 2.0 [ita] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Japanese 2.0 (jpn) (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Korean 2.0 [kor] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Lithuanian 1.0 [lit] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

Polish 2.0 [pol] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Polish Voiceover 2.0 [pol] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Brazilian Portuguese 2.0 [por] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Russian 2.0 [rus] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Slovak 2.0 [slo] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

American Spanish 2.0 [spa] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Castilian Spanish 2.0 [spa] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Tamil 2.0 [tam] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Telugu 2.0 [tel] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Thai 2.0 [tha] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Turkish 2.0 [tur] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)

Ukrainian 1.0 [ukr] (ac3, 48000 Hz, mono, 96 kb/s)

For v3.1, the UHD encode has been done by a professional studio, so the compression quality is better

and the stream is now compatible for remuxing and burning a UHD Blu-Ray disc.

Big thanks to Poita, hairy_hen, schorman, Mavimao and CatBus!

All subtitles are from "Project Threepio v15.0"

Big thanks to CatBus!

More info here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/id/13794/

Technical info:

UHD 2160p MKV:

Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv

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SHA-1 Checksum : 2E419CB4F435DD73BC8C136A1ED3D6230DAACAC7

Format : Matroska

Format version : Version 4

File size : 49.4 GiB

Duration : 2 h 13 min

Overall bit rate mode : Variable

Overall bit rate : 53.0 Mb/s

Frame rate : 23.976 FPS

Movie name : Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv

Encoded date : 2024-02-24 17:10:21 UTC

Writing application : mkvmerge v82.0 ('I'm The President') 64-bit

Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video

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Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC

Duration : 2 h 13 min

Bit rate : 42.3 Mb/s

Width : 3 840 pixels

Height : 2 160 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Constant

Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)

Bit depth : 10 bits

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.213

Stream size : 39.5 GiB (80%)

Writing library : x265 3.5+112-ce8642f22:[Windows][MSVC 1938][64 bit] 10bit

Default : Yes

Forced : No

Color range : Limited

Color primaries : BT.709

Transfer characteristics : BT.709

Matrix coefficients : BT.709

HD 1080p MKV:

Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.1080p.mkv

MD5 Checksum : 9B9A4CC8B2606B637A337E1B6BE50667

SHA-1 Checksum : 17FA50D1ED6EFAF8B09BE9D991965BD351B8E81B

Format : Matroska

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File size : 26.7 GiB

Duration : 2 h 13 min

Overall bit rate mode : Variable

Overall bit rate : 28.6 Mb/s

Frame rate : 23.976 FPS

Movie name : Return.of.the.Jedi.1983.Despecialized.Edition.v3.1.2160p.mkv

Encoded date : 2024-03-06 09:31:42 UTC

Writing application : mkvmerge v82.0 ('I'm The President') 64-bit

Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1

Video

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Format profile : High@L4.1

Format settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, Reference : 3 frames

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Duration : 2 h 13 min

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 18.0 Mb/s

Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mb/s

Width : 1 920 pixels

Height : 1 080 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Constant

Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 8 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.362

Stream size : 16.8 GiB (63%)

Writing library : x264 core 160 r3000 33f9e14

Default : Yes

Forced : No

Color range : Limited

Color primaries : BT.709

Transfer characteristics : BT.709

Matrix coefficients : BT.709

If you want to remux your own version with different audio or subtitle tracks, or to burn to a disc,

make sure to set the frame rate to 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS.