Thanks! Hopefully it wouldn’t be too difficult to do.
And yeah, I had actually thought about that too. While I’m pretty happy with the scene as is and I think Mark nails a great performance with his facial expressions alone, I think variables would be fun to see.
I can think of three options:
Maybe a subtle double exposure, that way we don’t lose any of Mark’s performance.
Very quick flashes. Maybe sped up slightly. Or, regular/slower speed but with an exaggerated motion blur.
Or maybe just simply adding more voices begging for their lives. Maybe younger voices, men, women.
Han: Ben!
Help me!
No!
Please!
Why?!
Maybe they’re his students he’s hearing, regardless, maybe this could help make Luke’s reaction more sympathetic.
Though to me, I didn’t initially think Luke was seeing the future.
I think that Ben was already planning to betray Luke and the other Jedi. Or at least, Snoke had told him he had to destroy the Jedi. Ben probably said yes, but was still contemplating it. He was scared. He probably dreamt/had nightmares about it, killing the Jedi, his friends, and that is what Luke saw. It may have not been too late for Ben, but Ben, in his heart, had already begun to betray him. So while Luke may have triggered it, I feel Luke just made it happen sooner.
Then again, you can hear Kylo Ren’s crackly saber, and Luke does say, “-because of what he will become.” So I guess it’s up for debate. It’s possible that Kylo already began to envision himself as Kylo Ren, clad in black armor like his grandfather.
I just would be careful about what shots to use because reusing a lot of shots we’ve seen before might not feel really interesting, because we’re not really getting any new information. I also would be weary about any visions regarding Han or Leia, because if he saw them die, I think some people will be a little surprised that Luke abandoned them knowing that their son would eventually kill them too. I think it’d be better to focus on either random victims or his students, or mostly Kylo Ren himself. Personally, I think just adding a few really heart-wrenching voices, cries of mercy, could be pretty effective.
Also, while I personally wouldn’t want to change this, I think it would be possible to have Luke pull out his lightsaber, but not activate it until Ben reaches for his. You could reuse, crop, recolor some shots, remove the saber glare from their eyes and the sound of the saber from a line or two if possible.