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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 59

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Yep should have just had Rian continue directing using the trashed screenplay. But I do like TROS, even with all its shortcomings as the weakest part of the new trilogy. I like it enough to do something with it as it is. I think I toned down Finn enough to be likable now. And I’m ok with how the Rey arc ends on Tatooine. Now if someone wants to matte out the Jawas and make some unmarked graves in the Jakku desert as Rey flies in the Falcon, I’d be willing to take a look. But that’s not going to change things enough to be worth it imo.

heil Palpatine!

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It’s a shame that even after Carrie’s death, Iger refused to give them an extra year.

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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krausfadr said:

I prefer Poppasketti’s version taking away the iron joke and the other things that show how out of touch Rian was.

To clarify, the iron joke removal is Hal’s change for Legendary. I just kept it for Rekindled!

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krausfadr said:

Yep should have just had Rian continue directing using the trashed screenplay. But I do like TROS, even with all its shortcomings as the weakest part of the new trilogy. I like it enough to do something with it as it is. I think I toned down Finn enough to be likable now. And I’m ok with how the Rey arc ends on Tatooine. Now if someone wants to matte out the Jawas and make some unmarked graves in the Jakku desert as Rey flies in the Falcon, I’d be willing to take a look. But that’s not going to change things enough to be worth it imo.

You just summed up my current feelings on this movie. It’s definitely the weakest movie of the new trilogy, but I don’t think the constant hate for it, especially on this site, is warranted. I think it can be turned into a worthwhile movie with a bit of editing magic.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

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rocknroll41 said:

idir_hh said:

It’s a shame that even after Carrie’s death, Iger refused to give them an extra year.

He did give them an extra six months though, to be fair, since it was originally supposed to come out in May 2019.

At the same time as Avengers Endgame…

Imagine how hard that would have bombed.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

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StarkillerAG said:

rocknroll41 said:

idir_hh said:

It’s a shame that even after Carrie’s death, Iger refused to give them an extra year.

He did give them an extra six months though, to be fair, since it was originally supposed to come out in May 2019.

At the same time as Avengers Endgame…

Imagine how hard that would have bombed.

Yeah idk what they were thinking initially. Disney really overestimated the power of starwars, I guess lol.

http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/10/full-circle-order-new-way-to-watch-star.html?m=1

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You just summed up my current feelings on this movie. It’s definitely the weakest movie of the new trilogy, but I don’t think the constant hate for it, especially on this site, is warranted. I think it can be turned into a worthwhile movie with a bit of editing magic.

I really really hate the movie :d, but for the sake of our sanity we should all focus on fix what we have …

Hal what are your thoughts on making Rey’s parents assholes who sold her like TLJ stated?

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darkshadowspike said:

I really really hate the movie :d, but for the sake of our sanity we should all focus on fix what we have …

^^

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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Sorry to change the subject, but I was thinking more about changing more of 3PO’s dialogue after he gets his mind wiped.

Please let me know who you are, you clever bastard, but someone came up with that line to replace “Whoever this Chewie person is, this is madness!” with “And I will be your protocol droid!” I’m not sure if this has been officially included yet.

I had two other ideas for later dialogue:

When we catch back up with 3PO speaking to the stormtrooper, we could hear 3PO rambling on about himself, something like, “I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication!”

Meanwhile, the stormtrooper is trying to interrupt him. “Please, stop talking.” 3PO rambles on. Then he says, “Ugh, kill me now.” Then Rey shoots him.

3PO naturally freaks out. Maybe we can take some 3PO screams from the other movies.
You could replace the line, “Oh my, my first laser battle” with “This is madness!”, which fits better here, and/or random screams each time she kills another person, and then maybe have 3PO stutter his response to Rey. “They- they haven’t come back. Oh my…”

Alternatively, it could be funny to reuse the line, “I was programmed for etiquette, not destruction!” But it might not fit (or be isolated enough to use)

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I think selling her for drinking money after being disgraced by everyone and having what ren said last film be true is a good way to strengthen the plot, the characters, reys arc, and the theme

vic

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RogueLeader said:

Sorry to change the subject, but I was thinking more about changing more of 3PO’s dialogue after he gets his mind wiped.

Please let me know who you are, you clever bastard, but someone came up with that line to replace “Whoever this Chewie person is, this is madness!” with “And I will be your protocol droid!” I’m not sure if this has been officially included yet.

I had two other ideas for later dialogue:

When we catch back up with 3PO speaking to the stormtrooper, we could hear 3PO rambling on about himself, something like, “I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication!”

Meanwhile, the stormtrooper is trying to interrupt him. “Please, stop talking.” 3PO rambles on. Then he says, “Ugh, kill me now.” Then Rey shoots him.

3PO naturally freaks out. Maybe we can take some 3PO screams from the other movies.
You could replace the line, “Oh my, my first laser battle” with “This is madness!”, which fits better here, and/or random screams each time she kills another person, and then maybe have 3PO stutter his response to Rey. “They- they haven’t come back. Oh my…”

Alternatively, it could be funny to reuse the line, “I was programmed for etiquette, not destruction!” But it might not fit (or be isolated enough to use)

That kill me line is really good

vic

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Chase Adams did the 3PO line switch.

And yeah, I’d be up for those, if anyone knows where to find suitable replacements. Nice idea about his AOTC line. Maybe others would work, too, like “Shut me down” or “You don’t know what’s out there.”

^ Rey’s parents being drunkards may not be the best fit for the edit. Having the retcon of TLJ feel authentic is the trick. The linchpin of the issue was in the line “I never lied to you.” Like, yeah we know you didn’t, because it was Rey who said so in the last movie. Kylo commented on Rey being sold for drinking money because that’s how it looked and felt to her. He then discovered more after meeting with Palpatine. (Come to think of it… how exactly does he learn this?)

Replacing the line with “You were right… your parents were no one” validates TLJ’s point before retconning it.

It… I… the thi—-…

I mean, this whole thing is a load of shit, but my history with SW compels me to polish this one last… deposit before closing up shop.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Hal 9000 said:

Could anyone possibly “de-specialize” these two sarlacc shots for me? I wouldn’t think it’d be too difficult for someone in the know.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=17sGEHYMd0ecRyeixLHzjXhVqsH6oAgBD

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QztjZho2yg-1ajWAhyW5IYybomCvdjG_

Just wanted to make sure this request wasn’t lost. For these two shots using the entire 4K83 frame would be particularly jarring when they should be able to have the tentacles removed (they are both stationary) somewhat easily. It need not be religiously performed; it’s okay if the end result isn’t 100% authentic OOT, just to remove the added tentacles.

Once I’ve got that taken care of I should be able to shove ROTJ V1 out the door, set things up to be ready if and whenever Sir Ridley completes work on the Sarlacc, and turn all attention on TROS.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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idir_hh said:

Ed Slushie said:
“Your father threw you away like trash, as did his father… Emperor Palpatine.”

The plot thickens.

I like it.

That’s cool, I understand the concerns with them being drunks, but I do think it makes rey palpatine less jarring and strengthens the trilogy, unfortunately the whole rey palpatine thing is kind of a very important aspect of the movie, I think keeping her a palpatine is the best course of action

vic

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Hal, when I tried to download the clips, I got this message:

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I think it would be better to space out the message over the entire opening, ending on “the day of the Sith” as Kylo drops out of Hyperspace.

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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Hal 9000 said:

Well, would anyone be willing to play with a few things?

  • removing the little crackle of electricity as we first see Palpatine’s hands

  • Making Rey’s hand-lightning in the desert somewhat yellow

Yellow lightning

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Hal, I see what you mean about the “I never lied to you” conundrum. The dialogue there just sucks everything into its asinine vortex. Constructing a believable “you were right” was too difficult. For my edit I’m doing a little snipping and moving like this:

https://youtu.be/dtQ4KVnS71k

heil Palpatine!

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skenera that yellow lightning looks perfect. How did you do it so quickly?

heil Palpatine!

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Skenera, nice!! That looks better than I thought it would, even.

And poppasketti already did a good “you were right” a few pages back. He recorded himself, modulated it, and overlaid it with a few authentic Kylo Ren consonant sounds. The man’s a genius.

My stance on revising fan edits.