This was originally made available on Usenet. It's the highest quality version of this (wretched) special, encoded from a broadcast tape. Enjoy!
################################################################################# ## THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL ## ##------------------------------------------------------------------------------## ## Here is yet another release of the Star Wars Holiday Special. But we at ## EditDroid feel this one is indeed special, due to its excellent video ## quality. Extensive restoration work was performed, including the removal ## by hand of several hundred one-line video glitches, as well as judiciously ## applied noise reduction. ## ## The program contains English and Spanish soundtracks, as well as an ## English subtitle track. Extras include: ## * CBS promos ## * The full cartoon shown in the Special ## * Interviews with Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels and Peter Mayhew ## * Interview with Stan Winston ## * A look back at the Special in segments from TV Land and Fox News ## ## The DVD is in a dual-layer disc image format, with an MDS file containing ## the layer break information. Drop the MDS file into ImgBurn and all ## will be well. ## ## SPECIFICATIONS ## Release date........: December 18, 2015 ## Title...............: The Star Wars Holiday Special ## Running time........: 98 min. ## File format.........: DVD disc image, dual layer ## Disc image size.....: 7,797,669,888 bytes ## TV system...........: NTSC ## Resolution..........: 720 x 480 standard ## Frame rate..........: 29.97 ## Video...............: MPEG-2 MP@ML ## Video bitrate.......: VBR, 6,314 Kbps ## Audio...............: Dolby Digital @ 192 Kbps: ## English 2.0, Spanish 2.0 ## Subtitles...........: English ## ## DISTRIBUTION ## Format..............: RAR ## Parity..............: 10%, PAR2 ## Artwork.............: Label and outer wrap artwork included ## #################################################################################
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