Here’s everything I’m thinking about for V4. Please let me know if any of these register as undesirable, as I’m sensitive to this edit being a true ‘disc replacement’ for many, and I don’t want to intrude on that. So I’m hoping to stick mostly to near-consensus changes. Some of these audio-only changes can just get an alternate track, like adding Palpatine to the vision.
Ideas:
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Add subtle Emperor’s theme to the shot of Vader’s helmet, likely Ridley’s clip
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Make that one X-wing firing on a TIE on Takodana sound like the trailer’s version
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Add “(Find me.) It is unavoidable. It is your destiny” to the Force vision.
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Maybe add Palpatine telling Rey “kill him” when she beats Kylo, which is an internal voice she hears in the novelization (though likely not intended to be Palpatine per se).
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Attempt to reinstate Han’s no-look shot with an added “huh” afterward.
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Experiment with replacing a few of the native bird sounds on Ach-To with porg sounds
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OT.com logo at the end
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From NeverAr’s Starlight edit workprint:
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May as well make it look like Finn wakes up at or just before dawn after crashing on Jakku.
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Removed Han’s somewhat kindly “come on outta there,” leaving directional nod only.
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Could remove Han tossing the guy to the rathtar but leave the punch.
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Remove the holochess table coming on.
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Have Snoke stand up while saying “so,” removing a continuity error from TFA:R
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Add Rey separated from Finn on Han’s freighter to her Force vision. Nice ‘whole buffalo’ approach.
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Use shot of sunlight being absorbed by the thing and Kylo watching right before “remove these restraints.” I think this can be done without reordering scenes. If so, then great; if not, oh, well.
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I will play with the idea of Poe ordering a retreat which explains why they are in space later in the battle, but I think it would require reordering scenes and jettisoning other things, so this one is unlikely.