HARMY PROUDLY PRESENTS
                                                              
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - DESPECIALIZED EDITION REMASTERED (v2.0)


This is a reconstruction of the 1980 theatrical version of The Empire Strikes Back. The original shots were painstakingly restored using various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction.

The remastered version (v2.0) represents a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier 1.0 version
due to the use of better encoding and higher quality sources and replacing many of the despecialized shots with
higher quality ones.

The AVCHD version contains the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mixes, three different
commentary tracks and an isolated score.

More information can be found here:
 
https://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-THE-EMPIRE-STRIKES-BACK-Despecialized-Edition-HD/topic/12511/


VIDEO SOURCES:

1) STAR WARS Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Official Blu-Ray 2011

2) STAR WARS Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 2006 Bonus DVD
  (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscale by Mattman Omega)

3) Adywan's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1997 Special Edition Reconstruction 1080p MKV (HDTV source)

4) STAR WARS 1997 Special Edition (Reivax DTV capture)

5) Team Negative1 35mm print scan

6) Custom mattes, 35mm film cell scans etc.

7) Adywan's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1980 Theatrical Reconstruction NTSC DVD

8) Puggo Strikes Back (16mm print transfer)


Technical Specifications:
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FORMAT: AVCHD DISC (ISO)

SIZE: 7.9GB (DVD9)

VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps


AUDIO: (all Dolby Digital) Special thanks to hairy_hen, Schorman, Puggo and Mavimao

TRACK 1) 5.1 1980 mix @ 640Kbps

TRACK 2) 2.0 1980 mix @ 224Kbps

TRACK 3) 1.0 1980 16mm mono mix @ 112Kbps

TRACK 4) 2.0 Isolated score @ 224Kbps

TRACK 5) 1.0 1993 LD Audio Commentary @ 64Kbps (silence filled with 1993 LD 2.0)

TRACK 6) 1.0 2004 DVD Audio Commentary @ 64Kbps

TRACK 7) 1.0 2011 BD Archival Interviews Audio Commentary @ 64Kbps


SUBTITLES: (Project Threepio) Special thanks to CatBus

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The ISO image can be burned to a DVD-DL and should work in most Blu-Ray players.

To burn, you can use imgburn following these instructions: 
 
https://neosmart.net/wiki/burning-iso-images-with-imgburn/
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