The Empire Strikes Back 1980 D+80 v2.3 UHD 2160p-oohteedee
While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
Year: 1980
Duration: 127 min
Release date: Wednesday 21st May 1980
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Stars:
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
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The Empire Strikes Back Theatrical Reconstruction
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General Information
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Type.................: Movie
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Video Information
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Video Format.........: HEVC (x265)
Video Bitrate........: 48 Mbps
Resolution...........: 3840 x 2160
Aspect Ratio.........: 2.35:1 (letterboxed to 16x9)
Size.................: 47 GB
Color................: 10 bit
FPS..................: 23.976
Sources..............: UHD BR for non SE shots, 35mm sources for replacement shots
Genre................: Science Fiction
Duration.............: 2h 04m (approx)
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Audio Information
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Track 01.............: 2.0 AC3 1980 stereo mix (schorman, SWE v3.0 2021) Eng
Track 02.............: 5.1 AC3 1980 5.1 surround mix (hairy_hen, 2020) Eng
Track 03.............: 1.0 AC3 1980 mono mix (schorman, 2020) Eng
Track 04.............: 2.0 AC3 1993 stereo remix (schorman, v3.0 2021) Eng
Track 05.............: 3.0 AC3 1993 LD Commentary (schorman, 3.0 2021) Eng
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Post Information
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Posted to............: PRIVATE
Release Date.........: May 2nd 2021
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Release Notes
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What is this you ask? This is a "e;theatrical"e; reconstruction (mostly) of The Empire
Strikes Back using the UHD BluRay 2160p HDR version as it's main source.
This is not a pure theatrical reconstruction though.
This is not a new Despecialized.
I call it D+80.
v2.3 info
v2.2 had some magenta colour shifts that received criticism. I tweaked the colour again.
I also went through it and made scene-to-scene and some shot-to-shot changes to fix
inconsistencies in the source.
v2.2 info - this version was not rendered in 2160p
This is a colour tweaked version. The previous version was a bit green. DrDre shared a
version of the 2019 BR colour corrected using a mostly unfaded original 35mm print as a
reference. I used it as a guide to correct this project but tweaked it were I felt it
should be. I kept the same contrast of the previous D+80 v2.1 though as I prefer it.
v2.1 re-encode info
The original v2.1 UHD was rendered with Handbrake. I didn't realize it still used an
8bit pipeline even though I rendered to 10bit x265. This version re-encodes to x265
from the ProRes master to maintain a 10 bit pipeline and higher quality. You would
probably not see a difference but if you were to colour correct v2.1 you may see the
limitations of the 8bit pipeline.
v2.1 info
In this version I have redone a bunch of replacement shots to make them more seamless
with the rest of the movie. Overall colour is the same but I have tweaked a few shots.
v2.0 info
Sources used...
The 2160p UHD BluRay was used as the primary source for this project.
Two 35mm theatrical prints were used to restore original shots where needed.
All scanned and cleaned in 4k at 16bit.
Colour...
The original HDR grade took advantage of the wider colour gamut. Since I'm working in
SDR, rec.709, I needed to tame the HDR grade. What this means is areas that lacked
saturation have been boosted but areas that would have gotten oversaturated with that
change have been scaled back. Other colour tweaks were used to make it the best I could.
Colour is - HDR tonemapped with a LUT provided by age - final colour by me using only
curves (sat-vs-sat, luma-vs-sat, hue-vs-sat, and standard RGB curves). Thanks to Nate D
for colour and contrast advise.
Audio...
This version is not NTSC GOUT synced. Two frames at the end of reel 5 are added back
in. It is now essentially PAL GOUT synced but timed to 23.976 fps. Those two frames were
present in theatres in 1980 and belong in the film. This is how the film should be viewed,
in it's entirety. This version has the full theatrical audio restored for this by schorman
and hairy_hen. If you have alternate language audio it should work fine since the lips
don't match the words anyway. Please don't try to NTSC GOUT sync this movie. Instead
re-sync the audio you have and shared it back to the community. It's time to abandon the
flawed GOUT standard and keep the film as it was made, as it was seen in 1980 and how this
film should only be viewed, in it's original glorious entirety. It's time to readopt the
original theatrical standard like 4K83 did.
New 5.1 audio track mastered and theatrically synced by hairy_hen for this release.
Other audio tracks newly mastered and theatrically synced by schorman for this release.
Thank you both.
More info about the audio in the Audio files folder.
More info...
Theatrical but not completely theatrical...
I restored most of the original 1980 shots of the film, removing most of the CGI and other
unnecessary changes. My preference was quality over authenticity though.
My intent was to keep it as theatrical as possible, but I'm willing to sacrifice some
authenticity for quality sake so some creative license was used in the process.
It's theatrical in spirit.
previously v1.1 used the WEB-DL source. v1.0 used the WEB-rip source.
More info can be found on https://forums.thestarwarstrilogy.com/
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
oohteedee
and PS buy the official version of the film if you haven't already.
