Discovering the world of fan edits… Star Wars: Revisited

Over the weekend I was looking at a couple of articles on The Digital Bits and I noticed a reference to a somewhat new “fan edit” from someone named Adywan called “Star Wars: Revisited.” Curious (the first and only fan edit I ever saw was the first, The Phantom Edit of Star Wars: Episode One) I searched the web and found the trailer:

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And then I read the comments – so many people stated “this is the version I will watch from now on” that I got very curious. I found the direct download links at fanedit.org for the DVD as well as lot of really interesting looking alternate cuts of various movies:

Never Say Never Again with the official James Bond theme and music!
An alternate “hybrid” cut of Superman II!
A version of Pearl Harbor without the love story!
Star Trek: Generations with Kirk cut out entirely!
A version of Terminator 3 that doesn’t suck!

The thing is, my initial thoughts were, well, these probably have jarring cuts and crappy audio redubbing.

Wrong!

Star Wars: Revisited is amazing. This guy Adywan has merged all the elements from the special edition, restored shots that were cut out of that version and added ALL NEW special effects throughout. The work, save for one or two cuts, is seamless. I mean, for pete’s sake, look at the new reveal he created for the Death Star (music out of sync in the clip, perfect in the DVD):

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It takes a lot to impress me; color me impressed. Now, I’m curious to see… and download… lots more fan edits. Catch ya later, I’m off to setup a permanent rapidshare account…

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