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BedeHistory731 said:

I’m kind of disappointed in nobody here picking up the Ajan Kloss = Naboo torch. To me, it’d be an excellent way for the series to go “full circle.”

I don’t know, it seems from the supplementary material that the FO is straight up burning down places that have shown to have any ties whatsoever to the resistance and also Leia is changing bases like socks, even more often than the rebellion. Moreover, the bases seem to be almost exclusively on planets without civilised governments. Naboo is the sort of world that they would be found on immediately. Of course, you could ignore that and imply a different power dynamic, where the war is less one-sided

reylo?

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KumoNin said:

BedeHistory731 said:

I’m kind of disappointed in nobody here picking up the Ajan Kloss = Naboo torch. To me, it’d be an excellent way for the series to go “full circle.”

I don’t know, it seems from the supplementary material that the FO is straight up burning down places that have shown to have any ties whatsoever to the resistance and also Leia is changing bases like socks, even more often than the rebellion. Moreover, the bases seem to be almost exclusively on planets without civilised governments. Naboo is the sort of world that they would be found on immediately. Of course, you could ignore that and imply a different power dynamic, where the war is less one-sided

I’d trend towards ignoring the supplementary material (like, hard ignore), but that’s just me.

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For the ending I imagine the alternate take with a corrected sky, with the music Dominic suggested, and poppasketti’s Falcon takeoff.

Chess scene beforehand most likely.

Maybe Klaud can be stuck into the now first shot of Finn?

And I’m not sure if the hyperspace shot would be better placed at the ice setting or used at the end.

Sorry, can’t type easily right now. And I haven’t really made any progress lately. Been trying to get ROTJ V1 out the door and have next to no time these days.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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sade1212 said:

jordan_winter said:

I honestly got the impression that the tear was genuine. Watching the BTS footage, Daisy really put her soul into this movie.

I meant forced in the sense that it seemed like it was difficult for Rey the character to smile. It’s excellent acting, no doubt, I didn’t mean to suggest it was forced in that sense.

Oh no, what I meant was I don’t even think she was acting. I think Daisy was genuinely chocked up that her character inherited the name of Skywalker. Watching the documentary and reading interviews with her, I think she was massively invested in this role.

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Right, I was thinking about whether it’d be better saved for the end scene though. We would fade out from the base celebration, then cut to hyperspace. Since we already have the shot of the Falcon approaching the ice base and don’t necessarily need to see them exit hyperspace.

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Hal 9000 said:

Right, I was thinking about whether it’d be better saved for the end scene though. We would fade out from the base celebration, then cut to hyperspace. Since we already have the shot of the Falcon approaching the ice base and don’t necessarily need to see them exit hyperspace.

Well, I did it anyway…

I’m sure Poppasketti or someone else could do better though… 😐

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I forgot to mention but krausfadr, I sent you a PM asking for a soundbite I need from you for one of Hal’s edits. 😉


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Chase Adams said:

Hal 9000 said:

Right, I was thinking about whether it’d be better saved for the end scene though. We would fade out from the base celebration, then cut to hyperspace. Since we already have the shot of the Falcon approaching the ice base and don’t necessarily need to see them exit hyperspace.

Well, I did it anyway…

I’m sure Poppasketti or someone else could do better though… 😐

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I forgot to mention but krausfadr, I sent you a PM asking for a soundbite I need from you for one of Hal’s edits. 😉

That looks really good!

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kewlfish said:

Okay so I’m pretty new at this After Effects thing but I edited a scene for Mustafar from Rogue One. The very beginning of the scene still has a portion from where I removed the ship, but I didn’t know how much to cut (some editors like to play around with footage or maybe it could be taken away with a wipe or something). It’s only a couple of seconds but maybe it could be useful.

https://vimeo.com/418346382
password: Ascendant

This was really just a rough draft to see if I could do it, it seems kind of low quality so I might have to look into trying to find a way to clean it up a little before somebody actually uses it.

This is awesome! I absolutely want to use it in my own edit.

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kewlfish said:

Okay so I’m pretty new at this After Effects thing but I edited a scene for Mustafar from Rogue One. The very beginning of the scene still has a portion from where I removed the ship, but I didn’t know how much to cut (some editors like to play around with footage or maybe it could be taken away with a wipe or something). It’s only a couple of seconds but maybe it could be useful.

https://vimeo.com/418346382
password: Ascendant

This was really just a rough draft to see if I could do it, it seems kind of low quality so I might have to look into trying to find a way to clean it up a little before somebody actually uses it.

One thing I think we should do to any reused shots is mirror the image. It usually does a good job of making it look new.

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For the alternate “Rey skywalker” scene, is there a 4k version of the documentary out there? It’s a zoomed in shot so I’m not sure if it’s good enough quality wise.

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Hey Chase, that’s good work! I was going to mention that I can take a stab at the hyperspace exit. I think what you have just needs a couple of frames with massive motion blur, which I’m happy to do.

I sent idir_hh a color-corrected version of the alt “Rey Skywalker” take last night. I think a little camera movement will also need to be added. I just need the raw clip (which idir sent me I believe) to finalize it. My usb Blu-ray drive is broken, so any shots I work on I need someone to share a link to a prores file!

For Mustafar, that’s a good first pass, Kewlfish! Keep going! Is that the only shot that’s needed? Do you want the shot through the clouds and the Vader castle approach?

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kewlfish said:

Okay so I’m pretty new at this After Effects thing but I edited a scene for Mustafar from Rogue One. The very beginning of the scene still has a portion from where I removed the ship, but I didn’t know how much to cut (some editors like to play around with footage or maybe it could be taken away with a wipe or something). It’s only a couple of seconds but maybe it could be useful.

https://vimeo.com/418346382
password: Ascendant

This was really just a rough draft to see if I could do it, it seems kind of low quality so I might have to look into trying to find a way to clean it up a little before somebody actually uses it.

Really well done. Any chance you could do the whole scene?

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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idir_hh said:

kewlfish said:

Okay so I’m pretty new at this After Effects thing but I edited a scene for Mustafar from Rogue One. The very beginning of the scene still has a portion from where I removed the ship, but I didn’t know how much to cut (some editors like to play around with footage or maybe it could be taken away with a wipe or something). It’s only a couple of seconds but maybe it could be useful.

https://vimeo.com/418346382
password: Ascendant

This was really just a rough draft to see if I could do it, it seems kind of low quality so I might have to look into trying to find a way to clean it up a little before somebody actually uses it.

Really well done. Any chance you could do the whole scene?

I can try, I know that the content-aware filter in after effects doesn’t really do the clouds/heat very well due to how close-up the ship is, but I can try.

Clips - for Editors folder -https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mfEISVdMldOKuSNjcjYO2QSggvqI_7-Y

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poppasketti said:

Chase, I built off your Falcon hyperspace exit. How does this work for you?

https://vimeo.com/418581797
pw: fanedit

That looks good to me, this allows to use most of the chess scene at the end. Very nice!

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So is the ending sequence gonna be:
Base celebration
Chess scene
Altered Tatooine epilogue with new music, alternate “Rey Skywalker”, and Falcon hyperspace take off?

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Sure seems that way. A major improvement indeed!

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Alright here are two more links. The first is a Vader’s Castle 2.0 and the other is another shot from Rogue One. I mirrored both, based on a suggestion from Jar Jar Bricks and spent a little more time on content aware. I gotta say, it’s crazy how much removing a spaceship and mirroring the image makes them look like a different shot.

Definitely needs some color correction, if to be used with the shots of Kylo tho.

Vader’s Castle:
https://vimeo.com/418639848
password - Ascendant

Mustafar Establishing:
https://vimeo.com/418638459
password - Ascendant

Clips - for Editors folder -https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mfEISVdMldOKuSNjcjYO2QSggvqI_7-Y

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Delpheas said:

So is the ending sequence gonna be:
Base celebration
Chess scene
Altered Tatooine epilogue with new music, alternate “Rey Skywalker”, and Falcon hyperspace take off?

Yeah!

And poppasketti, that’s slick. Thanks, you and Chase.

Kewlfish, those look perfectly fine to me on my phone, anyway. I’m mildly concerned showing lava may not cohere with the slightly ‘healed’ Mustafar we see, but I can accept it as different geography. Could the environment (or sky?) be tweaked to be a step or two closer in feel to the scene with Kylo slaughtering people? I don’t think it’s a big problem but it sticks out as something to drill into.

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Since the shots of Kylo on the planet surface seem to have pink skies, I wonder if that look could be applied with these Rogue One shots. Right now I still wouldn’t say TROS Mustafar and RO Mustafar look like the same place.

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On the subject of Mustafar, I realized recently that the famous shot of Kylo Ren extending his lightsaber (from the first TFA teaser trailer) didn’t actually appear in the movie. Plus, it doesn’t show his surroundings very much so I was thinking that some color correction could be used to make it look like he’s arriving to fight the Mustafarians.

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The solution in my head that’d work is you color correct both to match each other, and then in the wide shot of Kylo post battle you add some lava flow.

Ideally as well what’d be added to the clean RO shots would be the three TIE fighters we see in the opening shot.