Thank you for your support. Yeah, the binary sunset, the shot of Anakin, and the shot of Padme walking out are know perfectly synchronized to the music (they weren't before) and the shots have been color-corrected for consistency.

I'm still waiting for you to tap me for Lama Su -- but I have to admit, I'm grateful you haven't called on me yet because I have been way too busy lately.

Ha ha- so have I. But I warn you that I will be calling on you very soon for this (if you don't mind).

Getting your performance right and mixing it correctly is going to blow people's minds.

I really hope so. I'll try to release it without a lot of fanfare and just let people see it first- let it build up a reputation.

I love the color corrections you've posted, so I know that balcony scene is going to look excellent. With "film look", flash-frames, the old title cards, the darker droid factory, the binary sunset, etc. I fully expect this to look like an OT film. (BTW -- how are you going to handle the sound effect for Jengo Fett's "bombs" -- their silent/delayed sound was definitely NOT OT to my ear. Does it work for you?)

Good point about the bombs. I will probably be changing that so that there is no silence. I'll probably just replace the sound effect entirely. I'm also considering using chroma-key to change the color of the bombs from blue to red or orange. I'll post screenshots of this, the binary sunset, and also the balcony scene in the future.

The flash-frames are actually not as hard as you would think- I'm not getting fancy. It's done pretty much how it was done in the original SW (bright frames, red tinted frames, etc.)

Anyway, I say forget you ever mentioned finishing this year. Pick a new deadline like next Labor Day and give yourself lots of breathing room. There are so many changes in your cut that promise giant improvements -- I feel like time is on your side. Taking your time and letting the tweaks get massaged is the way to go -- don't rush anything, if you want my opinion.

Thanks for saying that. I'm sorry to everyone, but it's become clear to me that this isn't going to be done by the end of the year. On the same note, it will very likely be out in less than a year. I don't really know- I'll do whatever my schedule allows me to. But I'll try to do it as quickly as possible.

Screenshots later