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Post #1356651

Author
Knight of Kalee
Parent topic
Return of the Jedi Renewed (released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1356651/action/topic#1356651
Date created
20-Jun-2020, 3:34 PM

Hey there!

I generally liked the edit a lot. ROTJ is much more pleasing to watch thanks to your visual enhancements. Pacing was on-point, trimming some unnecessary or childish scenes, like those with the Ewoks (for example, Leia meeting Wicket, for all of its charm, drags the middle act quite a bit, and its absence now makes the Ewoks seem a bit more menacing at the beginning).

I loved the color correction overall. The brighter Endor was superb and much more distinct from a generic redwood forest. I don’t have any issues with the duller throne room. I understand some people thinking the Tatooine Dune Sea sequence now looks way too pale, but honestly I like it that way, and it fits nicely with the Tatooine scenes from The Mandalorian so that’s a bonus. I kind of missed the SE sarlacc (personal preference) but it’s nothing compared to what your fan-edit gets right.

Music was mostly great, specially for the sequences that previously had none. The new music during the speeder chase was the highlight for me, very well done. The moment where Luke and Vader sense each other with the Force over Endor was also made much more chilling. There were only a couple of times the changes bugged me a little but it was more of it being mismatched themes (like Jyn Erso’s theme for Han and Lando’s farewell) than the score itself being unfitting. So the music gets my seal of approval too.

Nice job!