I think regardless of whether we need to push it further and tweak a little more, the ending will not have the rebel ring!
smpearce1981, thanks for pushing me on the idea and bringing the proof of concept with the speeder to get it all to work. I will probably tweak the movement of the ship a little more, but otherwise I think it’s close!
I just had another thought on some fine detail that might help sell the finish on Finn’s speeder getting shot down?
Looking at the Finn close up and reaction shot at 01.12 (in the clip)
He closes his eyes in preparation to die, then we have our sound cue of the blast which causes him to react by looking to his right (our left)
Could a flash or even a sparks/flame element be added from the left of frame, in sync with the sound cue and his reaction to visually indicate the blast too?
I think it might just help blend the edit into the following external shot of the speeder taking the hit…since when we cut to that shot, the speeder is already partially destroyed? (I know this is due to editing out Rose’s speeder) so visually implying the impact in the shot before should help bridge that nano-second gap in the visuals?
It;s something you may have dabbled with previously, and it may not work…but since we are looking at the fine details of these moments with fresh eyes, it was something that crossed my mind?