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Post #1276315

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Siliconmaster482
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Revenge of the Sith: Rebalanced - Version 1.4 Released! IFDB Approved!
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Date created
5-Apr-2019, 3:50 PM

V1.3 of RotS: Rebalanced is still in the final stages of approval for the IFDB. As such there are no postings on Fanedit.org’s IFDB or the fanedit.info site yet. I believe I’ve finally managed to edit versions of the few bits that have been holding me back. Now to see if I get final approval.

I will PM you a link, no worries. Same goes to anyone else who’s looking for the edit. I have a google drive folder that I update as new versions come out, hence my earlier post. I keep the same overall link so that people who’ve already asked me for the files can just open it again and get the newest version.

For full transparency, here are the changes that will be live with v1.3 once I receive word the edit is approved. These are NOT YET in the current v1.2 on google drive:

  1. Transition Fix: Obi-Wan to Anakin

I have made one minor adjustment to the fade-in on the high strings so that they come in a hair more gradually. This includes the full “Not the Jedi I Should Be” scene and the transition back to Obi-Wan:

https://youtu.be/yHEYH0uKd30

  1. Audio fix: Escape Pod Transition

The music ended naturally, albeit abruptly, right at the cut with the escape pods blasting off. I’ve time-stretched the final note to try to give it a little bit of overlap into the next shot. I’m hoping that’s enough to smooth the transition:

https://youtu.be/vlX4cgBo14w

  1. VFX Fix: Artoo Shot

The interpolation used in the VFX shot resulted in some jittery motion on the droids. I’ve removed the duplicate frames and then re-time-stretched the resulting footage using Premiere’s optical flow interpolation to get a version with more fluid motion. I’ve also added a minor audio cue that I think helps sell the sequence:

https://youtu.be/xfFgXgvyubg

  1. Transition Fix: Anakin and Padme to Grievous’s Ship

I’ve tweaked the audio transition and removed Anakin’s blink right at the wipe:

https://youtu.be/RB-m-xXkvo4

5: Transition Fix: Anakin and Padme to The Jedi Temple

https://youtu.be/UJMGl7zQpfQ

The rendition of “Across the Stars” at the end of Episode II’s “Yoda and the Younglings” matches perfectly to the half-phrase already in this scene. As a result it sounds a thousand times better than the v1.2 version which tried to emulate Hal’s edit without success.

I love that it harmonizes with the last note of the existing music. In addition, it actually supports the narrative better. Now instead of vague, gloomy transition music, the love theme crests to establish that yeah, they are doing ok as a couple at the moment. The temple shows up over a positive note. Let the brooding begin when Obi-Wan starts discussing Palpatine with Anakin. We should be just as sideswiped as he is that something is amiss.