I haven't been excited about a fan edit in a long time, and this excites me! Can't wait!

This is a great idea (although it's too bad you had to drop the Starkiller project to do it)

What about all the parts of the OT not related to Luke? For example, all of the Han Solo/Princess Leia stuff (including the asteroid field, space slug, and so on), Jawas, Ewoks, and so forth....

How much of the actual OT is retained?

Thanks!

Well, TJ and I both had to drop out of Starkiller for personal reasons at the beginning of the year, and now someone else is running it. Our lives are now back to normal and we're both still itching to do an edit, so I suggested we do this. We are, however, jokingly referring to ourselves as "Revenge of the Ranch Productions".

While we're focusing primarily on the Skywalker family for this edit, that doesn't mean we're cutting out all other characters and storylines. However, There are some things in the OT that we feel are superfluous for this edit and will be condensed. Like, for instance, ROTJ will now open with the Emperor's shuttle arriving at the Death Star instead of Vader's. And the Jabba's Palace sequence, we believe, doesn't truly begin until Luke arrives, so we preamble it with Boushh unfreezing Han in the middle of the night. Ewoks will be subtitled and they'll already be part of the Rebel plan to free Endor. The Rebels will land at their village as expected guests. So, things will be explained but you won't be led from point A to point B. Like in the Godfather, there'll be some room to fill in the blanks.

ANH we're still deciding on. I want to cut and TJ wants to keep. But we've entertained the somewhat radical possibility of panning down to the Death Star after the crawl and opening it with Tarkin's Death Star roundtable, then cutting to the droids arriving at the moisture farm where Luke is introduced. From a story standpoint, it's VERY efficient. It sets up the villain, it sets up the hero, then takes you immediately onto business. You don't lose anything that's not explained later in the film. The downside is, you lose all the Tantive IV stuff which everyone loves, but...

Let me just stress that this is intended as an alternative way to watch the Trilogy, not the definitive way. So expect to lose some scenes which some may consider to be "sacred ground".

And thanks for the support ReverendBeastly and Darth Richard! You guys are always great.

--ID

This sounds awsome!

This is a great idea! I am excited about this one!

InfoDroid,

I can't wait to see what you and TJDavis1138 come up with.

Where's that trailer?

Trailer is coming, Guys, I promise. We ran into some last-minute snags with the rendering process, but TJ will hopefully have it up on YouTube tonight. Sorry for the delay.

DarthBalls, we'll be using the 2004 DVD's, except for ANH, where we may use either Darth Editous' version as a base, though Adywan's looks promising too. It depends on when we get to it and what the best version available is by then. Same goes for Casuallimp's question about a 2007 box set. If a TPM digital Yoda is released, we'll be sure to get that on the DVD. We're doing ANH/AOTC last because it'll be the most painful. Haha...

I'm glad everyone's excited about this! Can't wait to show you some stuff.

More later....

--ID

Hey Guys!

Long time no see!

First of all the trailer is uploading now, I'll post a link as soon as it's done.


Someone asked earlier which versions of the dvd are we using? The 2004's for now. I thought about the GOUT, but decided that the obvious picture quality difference between that and the PT would be too much. Although we are going to do some minor color adjustments to the PT. If something else comes along while were working on the project it shouldn't be a huge deal to change it out. Were playing this one by ear.

I'll try to be more active in the thread than I have been in the past. Although ID is the better PR guy.

Here we go! Link for rapidshare download......

http://rapidshare.com/files/682518/starwarsreborn_trailer_1.avi.html

Amazing trailer. I'm really looking forward to this release. I just love the new angle you are putting on the saga.

That trailer was FANTASTIC! I am so excited by that trailer that I can barely put into words what I am trying to say. Basically if that trailer reflects in any way the hard work you will be putting into this project then I am sure it will be very, very enjoyable! Good work guys!

Can someone up it somewhere else, My PC hates rapidshare.

Thanks for the positive response, Guys! The trailer is definitely an example of things to come.

Here's the link to a lower-quality, yet more accessible version on YouTube...


YouTube Trailer

Well I wasn't too sure but the trailer has me sold - What music was used?

The track is called "Tarawa" from the movie Snow Falling On Cedars (1999) by James Newton Howard.

That's a great soundtrack, by the way. The whole CD is incredible from start to finish.


--ID