Yep, that’s the plan. I’ll probably upload useful FX shots I make separately so they can easily be inserted into other edits.
Seamless! Personally I don’t mind that Obi-Wan would lie about that, he’s hiding the truth about his father anyway. But if that’s too controversial then this edit would work well as a replacement.
Thanks Ridley! And I think this line and one or two others, in the context of the prequels, makes Obi-Wan ride a thin line between lying to protect Luke and lying to manipulate him. You could argue that he is just making a few little white lies to motivate Luke to become a Jedi and join the fight, but I feel like that this wasn’t intended to be the way it was interpreted, and I think it goes against Obi-Wan’s characterization. I don’t think Obi-Wan would make up stuff to persuade Luke. And one of the points of the project I think is to generate connectivity between the films, and this change removes an apparent contradiction. But I do agree with you that in reality it doesn’t bother me that much. It doesn’t make the original unwatchable obviously, haha.
The Obi-wan line replacement works better than I would’ve thought. That’s a change I’ve wanted to make for a long time, and it’s cool to see it work. In my mind, the original line is a lie too far with ROTS in line. All that needs done is filling SFX in that gap where the audio cuts out, and it’s probably perfect.
That gap you mention, in that spot I overlay some room ambience I got from a break in the conversation after Obi-Wan says “and he was a good friend”. I increased the audio gain slightly in hopes that it would match up pretty well. So there is ambient there, but maybe it isn’t perfect since we don’t hear a creeking ‘chest opening up sound’ or something like that.