This may seem like a really stupid question and maybe I have missed something along the way but here we go, Kylo is looking for the wayfinder on mustafar where Vader’s castle is also located right but wouldn’t you expect the wayfinder to be hidden in Vader’s castle and not out his back somewhere?.
I know it may seem like a bit of a stupid question but only just really thought of this lol.
I’m pretty sure MR is incorporating something like this in his edit.
I can add the TIE sound coming in softly at the tail end of the lava shot but I don’t want it to draw your attention.
I see the lava shot as similar to a shot in ROTS of an eruption (the one from the trailer). It’s super brief and may not be immediately connected to the location where the characters are. It just sets the environment very quickly.
To be perfectly honest, that eruption has always disoriented me, even as a kid watching Ep. III. It completely throws off my sense of geography. What just happened? Where is this happening? Where are the characters in relation to it? Is it nearby? Far away? What’s the connection? It just doesn’t make sense when trying to track the scene in my mind. I really don’t think that’s what we should be shooting for - we should do what’s most intelligible to the average audience member.
Like I said, the important thing about the sequence shouldn’t be “Oh look, there’s lava on this planet. That’s neat-o.” The focus should be on the ships flying down to the planet. The lava in the background just adds to the immersion.