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The Last Jedi: Legendary (Released) — Page 26

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Is it really worthwhile if it only removes one kick? I can’t do any editing this morning, but I can give it another look with that in mind.

Darthrush is right that there’s not a forthcoming good way to have Hux react, though that would be ideal. I do think that if the scene were as it is in his clip theatrically, no one would have batted an eye.

And yes, I am planning on leaving the crawl alone. I don’t have any big ideas for how to improve it, so changing it would only be for the sake of changing it.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Yep, I agree abot the crawl, I just wanted to be sure.

As for the Hux scene, just a last minute idea about this scene: could a “old school” wipe transition been applied from the FO communication lady to the rebel fleet ? (in order to add more SW signature wipes to the movie) (maybe with a slight slow motion added ?)

(it might be a terrible idea, I’m used to it, don’t mind telling me 😃)

Otherwise, like I said 2 posts ago, Dartrush version works perfectly fine as it is 😉

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I think the straight cut has a punch to it that a wipe would not. Plus, a wipe would eat up frames from both shots, making it more abrupt when you would expect a wipe when something is not so abrupt.
Doesn’t hurt to toss out ideas, though!

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Hal 9000 said:

Here’s my paint-by-numbers implementation of poppasketti’s mockup for Snoke’s death.

https://vimeo.com/271892387
password: fanedit

I know I’m a few days late here, but this is a fantastic idea, poppasketti. Really stoked to see Hal implementing it in his version.

I seriously had goosebumps when that music started playing. What a great addition and wonderful change to that scene.

Hal 9000 said:

Is it really worthwhile if it only removes one kick? I can’t do any editing this morning, but I can give it another look with that in mind.

Also, I’m all for fewer kicks. Even if it’s just one. That scene drags on for way too long and it treats the audience as if we’re stupid.

“The Ziggy Edit” — A Conceptual Fanedit of Return of the Jedi

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-The-Ziggy-Edit/id/17844

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I think I’ve found a solution for the “put a cowl” line. Can someone insert that into the edit ?

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^ Brilliant 😃

A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

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I posted this on the Reddit topic, but I’ll post it here, too:
Could you please add in the deleted scene of Rey and the “pirate raiding party” directly after Luke talks about the errors of the Jedi? It really allows us to see a valuable lesson and Luke’s perspective on the Jedi better. To make room for it, completely remove the scene of the kids at the end of the movie. They aren’t even seen at all since Kanto Bight has been mostly removed. I understand that scene tells us that Luke has inspired others around the galaxy, but it isn’t necessary. Episode 9 will most likely already show this. And this trilogy should be about the main cast, not some random kids. The scene felt completely out of place and unsatisfactory.

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No, for reasons stated earlier in the thread. The Caretaker raiding scene has uncompleted effects, as many of the deleted scenes unfortunately do. Besides, as much as I enjoy the scene, I agree with RJ’s reasoning for cutting it; Luke and Rey are about to come around to the same page when suddenly things explode. Reinstating that scene loses that aspect. To me it is more elegant and helpful to the movie overall to cut the Caretakers altogether.
The ending scene with the kids stays, as it is way too abrupt to end after the Falcon. Star Wars films always have a scene free of (English) dialogue to close things out. It is thematically very relevant, given the spark of hope always being talked about.

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That’s alright. I can make my own edit based off of yours to remove that ending scene. For my own personal use, of course. My only question is this: where can we download the deleted scenes without all of the text in the black bars? I’m sure it wouldn’t be very hard to edit out that text, but I’m not entirely sure how.

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Thanks! I’ll try that out. By the way: I loved your prequel edits as well as your TFA! Keep up the great work!

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So I just watched workprint v2 again, and noticed something.

During the Snoke throne room scenes, the ignition sounds on Anakin’s lightsaber haven’t been updated like they were in other scenes. (I am 98% sure they are still RJ’s version, which doesn’t match the rest of the saga.)

If I got this wrong, maybe I just need a hearing aid!

“The Ziggy Edit” — A Conceptual Fanedit of Return of the Jedi

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-The-Ziggy-Edit/id/17844

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I can think of two ignitions of the saber in that environment: the one which kills Snoke, and the super quick one Kylo used to kill the last guard.

The first I recall as being at least not obviously wrong, and the second being artistic license done deliberately for understandable reasons. I’ll have to check again and make sure, though, about the first.

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Hal 9000 said:

No, for reasons stated earlier in the thread. The Caretaker raiding scene has uncompleted effects, as many of the deleted scenes unfortunately do.

Have you noticed hal, as an editor, in more recent movies are deleted scenes added to the Bluray in their unfinished versions rather than becoming fodder for editors, or is this more of the direction of each studio and director and only some movies have somewhat polished deleted material?

I just seem to recall many more DVD releases of the past having more finished clips. I was wondering if studios and directors have become more protective of their material since technology has progressed to the point it has, or if it is more the timing of the clips being cut like in early editing rather than near post production editing.

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Here’s my paint-by-numbers implementation of poppasketti’s mockup for Snoke’s death.

https://vimeo.com/271892387
password: fanedit

Wow. I hope that some personal bias is not weighing in, but this just seems theatrically better? Less is more?

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I doubt the deleted scene trend anything to do with fan editing. Probably more that bonus material had become deemphasized the the big ticket item isn’t a super dvd bundle anymore.

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Have you noticed hal, as an editor, in more recent movies are deleted scenes added to the Bluray in their unfinished versions rather than becoming fodder for editors

Just my take: but fanediting is such a niche hobby that few people know it exists. I don’t believe studios aren’t sharing their deleted scenes because of fanedits, but rather just because of a lack of interest among casual moviegoers. They probably see it as more work to put together, and some of the clips are often unfinished or may have issues or mistakes the studio or director doesn’t want to share publicly, so they’re just choosing not to do it anymore.

“The Ziggy Edit” — A Conceptual Fanedit of Return of the Jedi

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-The-Ziggy-Edit/id/17844

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and + you’re sold harder on removing some bits of Finn & Rose (if more of Rose could be removed seamlessly, the better).

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toastedzen said:

Have you noticed hal, as an editor, in more recent movies are deleted scenes added to the Bluray in their unfinished versions rather than becoming fodder for editors, or is this more of the direction of each studio and director and only some movies have somewhat polished deleted material?

I think this has more to do with when in the editorial process the shot is cut. Some shots/scenes are cut very late when all of the FX are done, and some not.

Saruman’s appearance was cut very late from Return of the King, to the chagrin Count Dooku. But we got the extended editions!