Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi 1983 Semi-Specialised Edition V2.2VC (with Victory Celebration ending) (Semi Despecialized Edition) 1080p BrRip x264 KK650 Regraded

kk650 presents: Return of the Jedi Semi-Specialised Edition V2.2VC


Technical Specs:

Name: Return of the Jedi Semi-Specialised Edition V2.2VC

Size: 1.9 GB

Video: 1920x824 H264 23.976

Audio: English 192.0 Kbps AAC-LC (2CH)

Subtitle Track 1: Alien Subtitles in English

Subtitle Track 2: English Subtitles

Subtitle Track 3: Spanish Subtitles.


Okay, this version 2.15 of the Return of the Jedi Semi-Specialised Edition is a big improvement in terms of colours to the first release, colour adjustments has been made to improve the colours and give the film a more natural filmic feel. I feel that how the film looks in this release most closely reflects how the film looked theatrically while at the same time looking as appealing as possible colourwise.

I have also manually gone frame by frame cleaning up the Lapti Nek and Jedi Ghosts footage, removing all the noticable scratches and dust/spots I could spot during playback. It took a lot longer than I thought it would but I think it was worth it, makes both scenes more seamless with the rest of the HD footage than they were in the previous release.

I personally think that with this version 2.15 Semi-Specialised Edition Return of the Jedi looks the best I can make it look with the current blu-ray releases available. If, as many of us are hoping, 4k remastered blu-ray releases of the original unaltered trilogy and the Special Editions come out in the near future to tie in with the latest Star Wars films, I will most likely create V3 releases based off those new improved sources. All edits/changes have been kept exactly the same as the previous releases.


Like many, I was unhappy with a lot the changes that were made for the Special Editions and most recently the blu-rays.

Harmy's Despecialised Editions are great for those that want to see the films exactly as they were when they were originally released theatrically, but some of the changes (especially the updating of special effects) actually make the films better IMHO, so I decided to make 'Semi-Specialised' editions of these films to remove what I considered the bad changes while keeping all the good changes/additions.

After working on and off on these three films for more than four years, the Star Wars Semi-Specialised Original Trilogy is finally complete.


Below is a brief summary of the changes made to this film:


Return of the Jedi:


Audio changes:


Han Solo's 'it's alright, I can see a lot better' line from the special edition when he's aiming his gun to free Lando from the Sarlacc's clutches has been replaced with the original line 'it's alright, trust me'

Darth Vader's 'Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!' at the climax of the film has been removed and his silence restored.

New lossless pcm audio track created to fit this semi-specialised edition, based off Belbucus's excellent 1993 Return of the Jedi PCM audio mix


Video Changes:


Regraded to remove blue tint running throughout the whole film that was introduced for the first time in the special edition DVD and was carried over to the blu-ray

The huge CG door leading into jabba's palace that was added for the blu-ray release has been replaced with the original door from the theatrical release

The awful CG fest 'Jedi Rocks' has been removed and replaced with the original song from the theatrical release, Lapti Nek

The over the top carbon defreezing effects added to the blu-ray have been removed and replaced with the original defreezing effects from the theatrical release

The CG Dug added to the blu-ray release that walks down the steps of jabba palace just before Luke arrives has been removed and replaced with the original shot without the CG Dug

The creepy CG blinking ewok eyes added to the blu-ray have been removed and replaced with how they were in the theatrical release

When R2D2 gets shot, all the CGI appendages added for the blu-ray release have been removed

All the CG celebration scenes on the other planets have been removed with the exception of the first, cloud city. Jar Jar Binks and his 'Weesa Free!' is gone, thankfully.

Hayden Christensen and his creepy glare has been removed from the final scene with the jedi spirits and replaced with the original actor from the theatrical release, Sebastian Shaw

Lightsabers made more consistant so they are not constantly changing colour, Vader's lightsaber is now red all the time rather than turning pink.


I hope you like what i've done here. Enjoy! :)


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Here are some screencap comparisons between the blu-ray and this Return of the Jedi Semi-Specialised Edition V2.2VC release:


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Release MediaInfo:

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Stream size : 186 MiB (9%)