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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released) — Page 80

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EddieDean said:
I think the TV shows are important enough though to carry a lot more weight when considering whether or not to include something in your fanedit movie canon.

I agree I was’nt initually a fan of The Clone Wars shows but have warmed up to them thanks to Smudger9s edits which condenses them and removed alot of the childish humour, that and cartoon networks Clone Wars (without the “The” in the title) both can stand alongside the main films.

I’m not there yet with Rebels or Resistance but love what they’ve done with the web series shorts Starwars Adventures as it hits the target audiance perfectly my little ones seem more interested and understand the films better for them.

I’m happy with where StarWars is now as it can always be course corrected by a talented editor if it strays too far by trying to please too many audience groups and when the Skywalker saga finally reaches its conclusion theres going to be alot of galaxy far far away to start new stories with.

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My Prefered Saga Viewing Preference:
Ep. III - Revenge of the Sith Special Edition (StankPac Edit) * Rogue One - A Star Wars Story (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. IV - A New Hope D+77 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. V - Empire Strikes Back D+80 (OohTeeDee Edit)
Ep. VI - Return of The Jedi OTD83 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. VII - The Force Awakens Restructured (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. VIII - The Last Jedi Legendary (Hal 9000 Edit) * Ep. IX - The Rise of Skywalker Ascendant (Hal 9000 Edit)

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Currently encoding the BluRay video stream, with an ETA of completion during the weekend. I’m hoping to be able to begin the distribution process by then, also. But it shouldn’t be too long, now.

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Hal 9000 said:

Currently encoding the BluRay video stream, with an ETA of completion during the weekend. I’m hoping to be able to begin the distribution process by then, also. But it shouldn’t be too long, now.

Nice one thanks Hal 👍

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My Prefered Saga Viewing Preference:
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Ep. IV - A New Hope D+77 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. V - Empire Strikes Back D+80 (OohTeeDee Edit)
Ep. VI - Return of The Jedi OTD83 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. VII - The Force Awakens Restructured (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. VIII - The Last Jedi Legendary (Hal 9000 Edit) * Ep. IX - The Rise of Skywalker Ascendant (Hal 9000 Edit)

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Getting it right now.

If not wrong, the new alterations are the following :

As Finn mans the TIE fighter with Poe, trimmed firing upon fellow stormtroopers so soon after planning to escape. Now, he causes peripheral damage to prevent them from firing at him and takes aim at the command center. (Slightly shifted the placement of the film’s trademark Wilhelm scream in order to retain it.)

Removed Kylo Ren identifying Finn’s stormtrooper ID from memory.

Removed Rey saving Finn from the rathtars, cutting from Finn’s line, “They look like that,” to Han and Chewie arriving at the door to the Falcon.

Removed Finn’s comedic line about almost being killed several times by Chewie while tending to him on the Falcon (Mimicked DigModiFicaTion’s approach).

Removed Han shooting a stormtrooper while facing the other way.

Throughout the battle at Maz’s castle, applied a slight sunset color correction to harmonize the sunset lighting present before and afterward.

Cleaned up the smoke and debris around the Starkiller weapon exhaust when the X-Wings approach. (FX by NeverarGreat)

Removed Finn’s comedic moment of misunderstanding Han’s head nod while searching for Rey (Mimicked DigModiFicaTion’s approach).

Chewie has been cropped out of a shot of him walking past Leia. (Crop and image enhancement by Sir Ridley)

Color corrected Ach-to to bring it a little closer to the corresponding scene’s lighting and weather conditions in The Last Jedi.

I agree with all of them, so I won’t stick to v2.1 😃

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Is it available now? I guess Hal will post a complete change list later, but you could add that Kylo’s scar from the duel with Rey is adjusted to match the appearance of the scar in TLJ (FX by me). And NeverarGreat mentioned that a line would be added for Poe: ‘Finn’s familiar with the weapon system, he worked on the base’ (FX by NeverarGreat).

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I just posted the BluRay compatible mkv version and the rest will follow as they finish encoding and being verified.

I think you’re right, Mala. And Sir Ridley did indeed deliver a fixed scar for two shots. If I hadn’t added that to the change list I prepped a while back, I’ll do so!

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Hal 9000 said:

I just posted the BluRay compatible mkv version and the rest will follow as they finish encoding and being verified.

I think you’re right, Mala. And Sir Ridley did indeed deliver a fixed scar for two shots. If I hadn’t added that to the change list I prepped a while back, I’ll do so!

Is it posted to fanedit.info or something else? Btw you’re the best HAL

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You can find that master link on Reddit also. (Search.)

I’ll send it to .info after they’re all released, but it takes time usually for the admin to update the listings.

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Hal 9000 said:

You can find that master link on Reddit also. (Search.)

I’ll send it to .info after they’re all released, but it takes time usually for the admin to update the listings.

Good to hear its out now, just noticed the seperate lossless audio file available on googledrive is this better over the default DTS track on the mkv ?

“We Are What They Grow Beyond” - Yoda


My Prefered Saga Viewing Preference:
Ep. III - Revenge of the Sith Special Edition (StankPac Edit) * Rogue One - A Star Wars Story (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. IV - A New Hope D+77 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. V - Empire Strikes Back D+80 (OohTeeDee Edit)
Ep. VI - Return of The Jedi OTD83 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. VII - The Force Awakens Restructured (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. VIII - The Last Jedi Legendary (Hal 9000 Edit) * Ep. IX - The Rise of Skywalker Ascendant (Hal 9000 Edit)

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Yes, since it’s lossless. The DTS track had to be encoded to that spec. For viewing/listening, the DTS should be good enough for anyone. But if an editor wants to use part of my project’s audio, the lossless file is there as a source equal to what was in my NLE.

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The DTS track is a standard lossy DTS that I encoded for Hal. I don’t have the ability to encode to lossless DTS-HD MA, unfortunately.

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Hal 9000 said:

Yes, since it’s lossless. The DTS track had to be encoded to that spec. For viewing/listening, the DTS should be good enough for anyone. But if an editor wants to use part of my project’s audio, the lossless file is there as a source equal to what was in my NLE.

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The DTS track is a standard lossy DTS that I encoded for Hal. I don’t have the ability to encode to lossless DTS-HD MA, unfortunately.

I see ask because was considering muxing the lossless track file into the mkv if it was a better version then the DTS.

“We Are What They Grow Beyond” - Yoda


My Prefered Saga Viewing Preference:
Ep. III - Revenge of the Sith Special Edition (StankPac Edit) * Rogue One - A Star Wars Story (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. IV - A New Hope D+77 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. V - Empire Strikes Back D+80 (OohTeeDee Edit)
Ep. VI - Return of The Jedi OTD83 (OohTeeDee Edit) * Ep. VII - The Force Awakens Restructured (Hal 9000 Edit)
Ep. VIII - The Last Jedi Legendary (Hal 9000 Edit) * Ep. IX - The Rise of Skywalker Ascendant (Hal 9000 Edit)

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I havn’t been very active lately until now. I will certainly need to download this latest version since your TFA edit is my go to. I’ve read the current changes and I agree with all of them. Very nice once again Hal!

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Kind of interesting that after all of the changes and three versions that it’s still the same runtime as the theatrical version.

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I just had my birthday last week… so thanks Hal! I knew I was in your thoughts, haha!

(BYE BYE RATHTARS, not gonna miss ya!)

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bromeo said:

(BYE BYE RATHTARS, not gonna miss ya!)

In case you haven’t seen V3 yet, you should probably know that the rathtars are still there, just significantly reduced.

What surprised me is that I never had a problem with the sequence myself, but I have to admit that this version works significantly better!

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ChainsawAsh said:

bromeo said:

(BYE BYE RATHTARS, not gonna miss ya!)

…you should probably know that the rathtars are still there, just significantly reduced.

Yeah, I was only kidding with that part… kind of. But yeah, less is definitely better! I’ve just always been “that guy” who wanted a full-on HAL edit with DigMod’s take on the sequence. Muahhh, perfection! * italian fingers *

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Hal, you mention in your commentary that you found Finn’s character arch to be disappointing, specifically referring to the “taken from birth and programmed” part of his history, and that he doesn’t seem to fit that description in any way. I am in the process of watching your latest version of the edit, and it seems it would be possible to edit out those specific facts about the first order storm troopers. It would make his character much more realistic if he wasn’t taken from birth. It could be reasoned that he only partook in the first order out of fear. Just a thought.

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I also want to say this edit is absolutely unreal. Honestly, in my opinion the best ep7 edit. One other question can anything be done about the music during the falcon tie chase on jakku? Ep5 asteroid chase theme is all I can think about watching that scene.

thanks for making this excellent edit.

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littlev87 said:

Hal, you mention in your commentary that you found Finn’s character arch to be disappointing, specifically referring to the “taken from birth and programmed” part of his history, and that he doesn’t seem to fit that description in any way. I am in the process of watching your latest version of the edit, and it seems it would be possible to edit out those specific facts about the first order storm troopers. It would make his character much more realistic if he wasn’t taken from birth. It could be reasoned that he only partook in the first order out of fear. Just a thought.

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I also want to say this edit is absolutely unreal. Honestly, in my opinion the best ep7 edit. One other question can anything be done about the music during the falcon tie chase on jakku? Ep5 asteroid chase theme is all I can think about watching that scene.

thanks for making this excellent edit.

That’s an interesting idea, taking out the ‘raised from birth’, but you would have to remove both Hux’s line on the Finalizer and Finn’s admission to Rey in Maz’s castle.

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Also, I just listened to the commentary and have a question for Hal (and everyone else): When watching Rey tap into the Force and overpower Kylo at the end, do you interpret this as her using the Dark Side, or just harnessing the ‘light’ which has ‘always been there’? I ask this because if Rey were so susceptible to the Dark Side here, that might constitute a very great character flaw and go a long way towards making her a more dynamic lead.

BTW, thanks for the many shout outs in the commentary Hal, you’re really too kind!

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littlev87 said:

I also want to say this edit is absolutely unreal. Honestly, in my opinion the best ep7 edit. One other question can anything be done about the music during the falcon tie chase on jakku? Ep5 asteroid chase theme is all I can think about watching that scene.

thanks for making this excellent edit.

I’ve been trying to add the TIE Fighter Attack music from TLJ (part of The Battle of Crait and the end credits, originally from ANH, also appears in Solo), but it’s a pretty long sequence and it takes a lot of editing. Haven’t given up quite yet though.

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Also, I just listened to the commentary and have a question for Hal (and everyone else): When watching Rey tap into the Force and overpower Kylo at the end, do you interpret this as her using the Dark Side, or just harnessing the ‘light’ which has ‘always been there’? I ask this because if Rey were so susceptible to the Dark Side here, that might constitute a very great character flaw and go a long way towards making her a more dynamic lead.

BTW, thanks for the many shout outs in the commentary Hal, you’re really too kind!

I suppose she just taps into the Force, and through her it can be used for both good and evil, but since she has no training or experience in using the Force it’s just pure intuition which in this case might lean to the dark side or somewhere in the middle.

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NeverarGreat said:

Also, I just listened to the commentary and have a question for Hal (and everyone else): When watching Rey tap into the Force and overpower Kylo at the end, do you interpret this as her using the Dark Side, or just harnessing the ‘light’ which has ‘always been there’? I ask this because if Rey were so susceptible to the Dark Side here, that might constitute a very great character flaw and go a long way towards making her a more dynamic lead.

BTW, thanks for the many shout outs in the commentary Hal, you’re really too kind!

V1 was mediocre at best and at that time I just hoped that someone would take the idea and run with it, so you and Ridley deserve all the credit I can give.

To answer your question, I do think Rey tapped into the dark side to come at Kylo so forcefully. I think that’s why the ground opens up between them, so that she has little choice but to flee, rather than being merciful.

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