Star Wars Revisited - Death Star Dusted 

Okay, the Death Star laser charging up before it explodes is awesome, something that would have been incredible to see in the movie originally. Gives whole new meaning to "you may fire when ready." It was THAT close.

Love the warming up of the death star beam - right before the explosion!

"I have you now!!" "Yoohooooo!" "You're all clear kid, now let's blow that thing and go home!" You can't get more classic than this. Star Wars always

Luke Shout after Biggs death should be added on the Special Edition :(

I really like the addition of the gas giant Yavin in several shots. It makes sense and emphasises the proximity of the Death Star to its target and just helps with the spatial relationships in the solar system. The enhanced tactical displays are also very cleverly incorporated.

This is nice in many ways. But I have to admit I miss the final shot of Tarkin before the Death Star blows

So many years have passed, but this movie will never get old

But all kidding aside, this is by far my favorite of Adywan's modifications. The Death Star exploding mid-laser fire and seeing the lasers gathering together is pure GENIUS.

Very impressive. The "partially fired" Death Star weapon added yet another bit of tension to a sequence unrivaled in it's suspense. Brilliant.

This is literally my favourite movie scene of all time. The music and the tension are just perfect. Even the visuals are still great after all that time. I get goosebumps every time when luke hears obi wans voice. Love it

The one thing I like the most about this is the exact second the Death Star blows up it's just about ready to fire on Yavin IV, showing how really close the battle really was. Not sure if it fits with the canon but it seems like it was merely seconds from destroying Yavin IV.

Biggs....BIGGS! Reminds me of Dack...DACK!!!

Wow... I like the edit towards the end, where the Death Star just barely missed firing on the planet. Now, THAT... would have been wonderful in theater. That would make the audience jump in suspense.

Wedge didn’t hesitate to jump ship when Luke told him to avoid sudden death. But he had another chance in return of jedi.

I always thought, "Luke, wtf? Your friend, Biggs was just killed?"

the fact that the DS tried to shoot be4 exploding was perfect,but the explosion in the original was better

The technicians and high ranking officers in the Rebel control room were really calm considering they were possibly 30 seconds away from death.

I'm not a HUGE fan of Revisited, but I must admit the DS Laser firing up is ingenious. To balance that, I find the shots with Yavin peeking in at every corner going "Hi folks! Remember me? I'm YAVIN!!" to be unnecessary.

This version is way more intense.

I appreciate the effort, but this missed a few notes for me. First off, everyone seems to forget that the torpedo didn't travel all the way to the reactor. Even back in 1977, the general who gave the briefing called it a "chain reaction" ---the torpedo blew something up which in turn blew something bigger up and so on and so on until that reached the main reactor. The inside of the Death Star tearing itself apart would never allow the super-laser almost getting a shot off. But the biggest loss for me was the missing .5 second of seeing Grand Moff Tarkin's ugly skull-face. When George Lucus wrote the novel form of Star Wars, I remember--even after 30+ years--he wrote something like "...just as the minor explosions were rocking the space station." You just knew Tarkin realized that he lost the Emperor's new toy and his own life in that .5 second. If you had to expand anywhere, I would love an expansion of that .5 second. Somehow drive home him seeing the Death Star blowing up from the inside and him knowing he failed.

I'm a StarWars superfan like everyone here. The effort is honorable enough, and better than Lucas' recent-ish attempts at suspense. Great job, Adywan. Not horrible.

whats ironic is how the gunner never wanted to destory Yavin, but in this he was forced to

now THIS is how you re-master a film!

It's 2023. I've rewatched this so many times over the years. Welcome back to everyone else 😉

"I just received word that your Death Star was destroyed at Yavin. A puny band of Rebels with outdated fighters found a weakness in your design-a thermal exhaust port that allowed a single X-wing pilot to strike a fatal blow. One pilot obliterated an entire battle station!" ―Palpatine

I don't know if it's just me, but I think that I prefer the Death Star Explosion from the DVD releases with that massive shockwave looking thing.

Awesome. Though I still prefer the last second-shot of Tarkin before the DS blows as per the original.

Althought I've been watching Star Wars since 1996, I msut say I've never been this tense watching it, I was glued to the screen, in bated breath, actually hoping the Rebels would do it (Somethign I've not done since watching Empire and playing the Battlefront games) So watching this has made my childhood come full circle, due to the Special effects. Now to all you purists that claim Special Effect made them worse. THIS is proof they don't :D

So put the wide screen edition up. . This is terrific. Real talent. More so than a lot of the films I have seen int he last 6-10 years.

5:27 Han Shot First!!!!!!!!

Nothing But Love for STAR WARS , especially the original trilogy 🌕

Like this one better than the original

This edit is great but it does change one important detail: you hear the voice constantly saying "standby" at the end? Thats the gunner of the death star stallin the primary ignition. After destroying alderaan he became sympathethic towards the rebellion and wanted to buy the strike force as much time as possible. Also it doesnt make sence for him to say that while the laser fires anyways since he is the one firing it.

Man, whenever I hear "Rebel base 1 minute in closing" I count to a minute, and the rebel base should have been in range at 3:09! I wish Adywan would make this real time!

Having the Death Star share its final scene with a planet and several fighters is a little crowded, I'd agree. Having it be alone on the screen had the more impact.

Who Noticed The Special Edition Explosion At 5:57 ? It's Nearly Impossible To Spot. But Easy At The Same Time. As Soon As The Explosion Takes Place We See The Effect From Special Edition Making The Explosion Intense And Probably Scares Some People As Soon As It Explodes.

I Like how the X-Wings fly away from the Death Star Just as it is about to Fire

Vader's eyes are also blacked out and you can't see the actor's eyes through them, very nice!

After 45yrs i just cant get enough of the Han Solo comeback scene in the Falcon, that part is awesome.

that was great, especially the firing sequence at the end to show just how close cut they came

Loved that the death star Lazer started it's individual beams to the triangulation point then....boom! That was great!

5:34 Vader: I'll try spinning, that's a good trick.

Nice to see the Death Star tactical countdown clock synchronized to the voice over.

Biggs:Hurry up Luke...Wait Wait "Ship explodes" Luke:Biggs, Biggs!

Where was the imperial starfleet when this battle was on and why so few TIE'S launched? There must be thousands of the bleeders docked on the Death Star.

This edit has me on the edge of my seat no matter how many times I watch it.

I still like the 90 special edition with the core exploding with a shock wave makes it more realise suppose

I like the upgrade, but where's the shock-wave to the Death Star's explosion?!?!?!?!?!

Honestly its really scarry how so many fighters showed up to the battle of yavin, but only luke, wedge, and some y wing pilot returned. Its pretty realistic of real life war

6:14 that awesome sound though.

You kids today don't understand. Back in the day, when you saw this as a kid in the theater, and then walked out and returned to suburbia, it was like someone pulled a reality rug out from under you

Bravo!!!!!!! Much better ending to the Death Star with Yavin and the Main weapon powering up in the background footage..

Great shot kid that was one in a million

I still love how when Red Leader loses his 2nd engine he guns his last to so he can crash into the Death Star as hard as he can.

Death Star fired the superlaser in himself.

I wonder why he reversed Darth Vader spinning out of control at 6:15?

I can imagine what the cinema atmosphere would have been like When the Falcon and the two X - Wings flying away just as the DS was about to fire the laser

"I'm hit, I can't stay with you, get clear Wedge, you can't do any more good back there, sorry, let him go, stay on the leader"

Man this brings back memories. I was a kid when this came out. This movie blew the world away. Theaters were packed. Whole theater cheered when Hans showed up and when Luke blew up Deathstar. Note: Darth Vader still rocks to this day.

I wish I could do what Adywan did. I still don't know where to download this version

I still kinda wish they'd had the Falcon firing her guns when roaring towards the camera out of the sun -- just blazing away with both turrets, so Vader's wingman has something to actually be dodging instead of blindly panicking.

The Death Star jumped alone to the Yavin system , it was some escort arround but it did not intervinned in the battle.. also only the fighters directly under Darth Vader's command launched since Tarkin was confident in its invulnerability and did not wanted to waste fighters in 30 misserable rebel fighters that couldnt not make harm..

Fun fact: the guy saying standby in the background is actually the guy we see at 5:54 flicking the switch. In the original he was supposed to feel guilty about destroying alderaan and was stalling the primary ignition to buy time for the rebellion. Thats how we got the famous scene of the last words that tarkin heard being "standby".

haven't seen this movie in suuuch a long time

The empire do not use close after the clone wars, they advertise for storm trooper recruits from average human citizens of the empire. This was also the reason why the empire was screen as xenophobic.

It would have been cool to see the many X-Wings and Y-Wings leaving the Death Star. I still wonder if there were still Rebels back in the Death Star left behind.

5:57 is a perfect example of making a scene in these movies better (in contrast to additions that detract from the narrative instead of enhancing it lol 97 SE). Such a great fucking choice

red leader:"get set up for your attack run(vader hits his fighter) YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Stardust

OMG THAT ENDING WAS AWESOME!!!!... I loved the way Yavin was visible when the DEATH STAR was actually FIRING... Holy God... Well done :D

@Psamiad1986 Now you need to add air, which will require 8.23 quintillion cubic meters of Nitrogen, and 1.65 quintillion cubic meters of oxygen, for a total delivery cost of $2.81 septillions and $212.46 quintilion The total: $15,602,022,489,829,821,422,840,226.94. That will only get you the very basic model of Death Star, no options, no GPS, no radio, no leather heated seats etc etc..

5:56 originally the rebellian was almost dead but in Revisited they were a pinch to dead

JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME!!!!

I love this, and it looks more consistent with rogue one

If only the Special Editions had been made by fans, and not Lucas, who clearly didn't have a clue what makes his own creation so special.

I seen this movie when it first came out it never gets old just like mad max

May the FORCE BE WITH YOU MARE

One thing I don’t get about this battle is the rebel alliance went into this battle with 30 ships and we see five or six of those ships destroyed, and at the end of the battle, we see three rebel ships minus the millennium falcon return to Yavin 4 so what happened to the other rebel fighters?

Actually, read the Star Wars book Death Star, it does show that alot of people on the Death Star are just people doing their job, not evil like the Empire is usually portrayed as. I suggest the book, it's a good read.

Great great very great edition!!!!!

Alright, I really did enjoy watching that, but the only thing I didn't like was that the Death Star very nearly fired off its superlaser. In the novel Death Star, the Superlaser main gunner Tenn Graneet cannot stand his conscience and feels awful after destroying Alderaan, and so stalls for time when he is supposed to blow up Yavin by saying "Stand By" in his mic. I'm not sure if this has been pointed out, but I loved that revisit otherwise!

That last death star scene really worked well. Maybe it could have been a bit bigger .

The original before the remastered was just so raw an epic!! It definitely gives off that late 70’s feel to it!! My dad actually still has the VHS taps of the original trilogy!

Discrepancies in the number of escorts is easily explained by limitations in film budgets and game hardware.

@sparrowlt In Star Wars: X-Wing, the DS had some escorts.

I like this version much better, with all the laser points forming to produce the main blast and then the DS exploding.

Man this takes me back everytime I watch this! One of the truly best movies ever!!

I have always wondered about the graphic at 5:09. Is it showing the moons and other satellites around the yavin gas giant? Or is it showing which way the debris from yavin 4 will likely travel. Like when the tectonic plates breakup.

I liked the Death Star nearly firing, but another inaccuracy is that Obi-Wan shut off the superlaser, so it would not fire.

This is a Fan re-editing of the Star Wars saga that has some excellent suggestion and additional visual recommend seeing to anyone if you want to see a different point of view. My only major reservation in this re-editing, is in not including C3PO reaction to when Artoo is hit. Its an emotional moment lost regarding the bond between both droids while everyone are focus on the human lost of life. The DS explosion is awesome along with the addition of extra fighter action in the background

When Vader said "I have you now ", why didn't Luke get hit ? Where did Vader's laser go?

Why is EVERY SINGLE SHOT sooo close?!? It feels claustrophobic.

En esa generación de esta película de los 70 más menos.mas que exelente diario yo 🦊🎉🎆

My only criticism would be that we should still see that half second of Tarkin realizing he has failed, As the Death Star was blowing up internally. And maybe show the laser going down the tube but not all of them forming together, it would still have fired at that point as it was a series of internal explosions. Other than that, I overall enjoyed it.

The original version looks like a typical low-budget TV series, but even here there are some good details. I still can't imagine how this movie was able to succeed at the box office and get a sequel in the form of an entire franchise...

Biggs... :,( My poor baby

@Psamiad1986 First, assume that 1/10 of the 17.16 quadrillion cubic meters of the Death Star is something other than empty space and 6/10 of the total volume is pressurized space. That will require 1.71 quadrillion cubic meters of steel, about 134 quadrillion tonnes. That's $12.95 quintillion in current 2008 prices, and that's without counting strange alloys and elements. • Shipping that to space will cost $95 million per tonne: So add $12.79 septillion in transport.

Awesome. He did a lot of edits for the rest of the movie too.

4 TIE pilots have destroyed by Han or crashed with Vader's TIE Advanced.

Destroy the Death Star for NEW YEARS!!! 5:47