Here’s a brand new RECUT: https://youtu.be/MswuP8RLR7Q
I’ll be back to doing Editing breakdowns soon, as long as work doesn’t get too busy.
Enjoy the Edit!
-JoE
Sanded that the new down a bit.
I grow weary of people taking the piss out of David Prowse’s on set delivery. He was wearing a mask so he had to yell for the other actors to catch their cues. He knew the voice would be recorded in post production but was led to believe he would be doing it. He was an actor. If given the task he wouldn’t have performed it in his own Bristol accent. Would it be as good as JEJ, doubtful, but it wouldn’t have been the same voice he used on set. Anthony Daniels also knew his lines would be rerecorded so he too used his natural voice. Lucas intended Threepio to sound like a used car salesman but when he heard Daniels on set voice he called him back to exaggerate that performance and Threepio became a fussy butler instead. Despite the crappy way Lucas treated Prowse (and the other Darth, Peter Serafinowicz) Prowse and JEJ both praised eachother and he did a lot of charity work before his death. But yeah it would be funny. Artoo was originally going to speak English too.
You could call me out directly, no need to beat around the bush. I thought this post was just for comedy reasons. If you feel I’ve gone too far then, I’m sorry. Hope there is no bad blood between us
Nah bad blood. I am just annoyed by the prevalence of the Darth Farmer thing. Someone made a video where fans in the biz took Prowse to a sound booth and recorded him giving an actual Vader performance and did all the post production filtering and it was good. As iconic as JEJ…? probably not. If it had been there in 1977 we wouldnt know that though. I wish I could find that video
I grow weary of people taking the piss out of David Prowse’s on set delivery. He was wearing a mask so he had to yell for the other actors to catch their cues. He knew the voice would be recorded in post production but was led to believe he would be doing it. He was an actor. If given the task he wouldn’t have performed it in his own Bristol accent. Would it be as good as JEJ, doubtful, but it wouldn’t have been the same voice he used on set. Anthony Daniels also knew his lines would be rerecorded so he too used his natural voice. Lucas intended Threepio to sound like a used car salesman but when he heard Daniels on set voice he called him back to exaggerate that performance and Threepio became a fussy butler instead. Despite the crappy way Lucas treated Prowse (and the other Darth, Peter Serafinowicz) Prowse and JEJ both praised eachother and he did a lot of charity work before his death. But yeah it would be funny. Artoo was originally going to speak English too.
Ady used a memorable snippet.
Personally I would prefer to see Luke assemble the saber on Dagobah using the Force. It made no sense to me that Luke would walk straight into Jabba’s palace with no extra training after getting his ass handed to him. He promised to return to Yoda. I’d shift the Yoda scenes to the beginning of the film, implication being that he has been training for ages before Yoda finally dies (not mid sentence after waiting for Luke to come back). Having Luke have to use the Force to assemble the saber makes Vader’s later comments about Luke’s complete skills make more sense. It’s his skills with the Force the Emperor is interested in not his skills with a screwdriver.
The air swim? Is that a Force move too?
Kenneth Colley 87 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xv50jnwngo
Darth Vader (spoilers) dies are the end of Return of the Jedi but as some bootleg merch and unconcerned “journalists” point out “Darth Vadar Lives”. So we can show Darth Vadar escaping in his tie fighter and losing control when the shock wave from the Death Star 2 explodes just like his near namesake did in the first film. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AbkAAOSww8FlLbHu/s-l1200.jpg
I have no doubt the ending will eventually make lore sense but it really does wreck the tone of the particular film. Which is a shame with such a great movie.
Thanks.
Here’s the video:
https://youtu.be/Gy8b1L318Sw?si=YzvARqH7fK4nQvbb
Many thanks. It’s easy to miss things on a thread this large. I wish Star Destroyer approach was extended so after the shuttle and TIEs launch it just kept going until it was a very small in frame giving the Death Star a bit more scale. Only Rogue One really demonstrates the scale of a Death Star. The ROTJ one looks like pacman. 😁
The Droid control ship has a unique design. From an attack perspective it’s the equivalent of the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star. I would have kept the other capital ships visible in the battle. The Federation would be so convinced of its victory that the fighters launched from the control ship would have been enough. Visually you don’t have the threat suddenly reduced. Once the control ship is down they can’t launch anymore fighters as they were controlled from the control ship. You might have them try to escape like in the Battle of Scarif only to have Republic ships turn up and stop some (once Palpatine has seen the tide turn). The battle doesn’t currently feel right. Which a problem with the original film and not your edit.
Thanks.
Forgive me if this has been mentioned in the 157pages of this thread yet but in the current version Jerjerrod slows down and freezes (very artificially) to extend the scene for the transition to the droids approaching Jabba’s palace. It always bugged me as a kid. I don’t know if removing the saber construction scene meant they didn’t have enough frames accounted for but I hope it can be fixed. Either by using AI to add the missing frames or by doing some sort of edit to something else.
I’d make mortality optional.
Presumably you have heard this voice adjustment. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bp9Z3wbEj/
Link’s broken. 🥲
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19WwhfhthF/
Dunno if that’s made a difference. It could be closed off to faceboot users only. I can’t find another link.
I can click on the previous link and it opens. Probably some Meta shenigans.
One aspect of the Naboo battle I never understood is why remove the other capital ships? The way the battle is designed they are heading for the droid control ship and it’s heavily defended so the droid fighters would come from there. So why not have the rest of the blockade visible not engaging the fighters out of hubris. Once droid control ship is down we could see some droid fighters go dead in space explaining why the other capital ships didn’t launch more. All the droids were coordinated from the same ship, including the fighters.
If sourcing material to establish the Swiss soldiers is impossible cutting their introductory action scene might have a similar effect. It is a good sequence but if we only ever meet Eric he explains how he got there anyway making the earlier scene narratively redunant. We know what alphas are, we have seen them rip the head off a stag as a trophy. As is their sudden appearance is kind of confusing without any establishment.
Remember this is an alternate timeline where the UK ended in the 90’s…okay a different timeline where the UK ended in the 90s so presumably the Jimmy plot is about the corruption of youth as Sir Jim hadn’t been officially exposed yet. It’s good each film has something to say about the contemporary world. Just wish they had left that for the next film.
I saw the 3rd film in the series. Loved it. A beautiful film about loss and mortality through the eyes of a child. The only things that spoil it are the curses of modern cinema, rememberberries and the necessity to end with a set up for the sequel. The last two minutes creates such a tonal whiplash that it almost spoils a very good film.
So I thought perfect fan edit material.
My suggestions thus far, splice in footage from a suitable film to give a more clear introduction to the Swiss marines
Cut the rememberberries from Eric about his friend the delivery driver (oh yes…just like the guy in first film.ha ha ha…no).
Stop the film with the islanders reading the letter and Spike’s dad distressed or maybe with Spike cooking the fish pondering his next move but no Jim’ll Fix It scene.
Possibly some sort of montage that explains how the French halted their outbreak from the previous film.
It’s a very watchable film in its current state, not as horrific as the first one but more melancholic and poignant. It just needs a little TLC.
Any other observations and suggestions?
I can’t see it posted elsewhere. It was a blending of the Rogue One vocal performance and an AI reconstruction of Peter Cushing’s voice. It’s very evocative.
Just seen 28 Years Later. A strangely tender film about mortality, slightly ruined by the last few minutes set up for the next installment. If they cut that out it would be an exceptional movie. It’s still good. Think Kes Meets Zombies (only they aren’t really zombies).
Presumably you have heard this voice adjustment. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bp9Z3wbEj/
When Luke removes Vader’s helmet the face of Sebastian Shaw is replaced by a young Hayden Christian from costume test footage grinning awkwardly so it matches the Force Ghost at the end of the movie
Also all footage of Vader is dropped a few inches and his boots have visible lifts to match the footage from Revenge of the Sith and the Kenobi TV series.
Somehow “SomethingStarWarsRelated” has returned.
^This is why we need a like button. 😁
SSWR, don’t worry about the edit.
Your health and happiness are much more important. You proved certain things are possible. I would have loved to see your final edit, or at least have some record of the progress you made so someone else could pick up the baton but I would have much more preferred to have seen a not crap Star Wars prequel trilogy starting from 1999. At the end of the day it’s just space fantasy. Family, mental wellbeing and happiness are much more important than space monks with laser swords. Glad you are okay.
