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Post #1073971

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ben_danger
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Rogue One: The Battle of Scarif fan edit (Released)
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Date created
7-May-2017, 8:37 AM

Watched the edit - and really enjoyed it, and it is really well done.

I do however feel that it could go a bit further, and would look forward to seeing some revisions.

John Williams score is well utilised overall - although I do notice where you use one piece for a long time (such as ESB cloud city rescue piece) over lots of shorter intercut pieces. It is worth noting that stylistically Williams’ score does vary over the years he was composing STAR WARS music, so it does in some sense seem less consistent.

Because of the new Williams music, the original score does really stick out now. The music in the later stages of the film (around Jyn’s death) which develops from earlier more simple motifs now feels a little out of place, without those earlier references. I’d consider overhauling this segment, and maybe try and relate it closer to the ANH scores which we would hear in the earlier stages of ANH.

Now depending on the agenda of the edit, I would cut MORE of the characterisations of the RO characters. To me, this is something to watch before ANH, so I would expect to see more ‘anonymous’ rebels seizing the plans. You might want to consider removing characters like Chirrut, whom without any prior context might seem unusual. K-2 could be simplified more at the beginning, so his sarcasm is perhaps more subtle.