Oh god, haha, yeah. So Rey learns about Endor when she picks up the Dagger again while on Kylo’s ship. Whoops, sorry everyone if I added to the confusion!
Also, to build on Jar Jar’s point, I had an idea super late last night that we could maybe color Rey’s eyes yellow right before she gets the vision, to help visually distinguish between “holding” the Dagger and “giving in” to the Dark Side and unlocking its secrets.
And Hal, my initial pitch was to cut down on the idea that 3PO can “translate” the Dagger, but he can’t say that translation. I was thinking just emphasize that he would just tell them, “Well, I know it’s Sith, but I can’t read it.”
Original line removal: https://streamable.com/snti9d
Bonus Rey line removal: https://streamable.com/g624m1I think that’s what we’re talking about, in part? I feel like we’re having four different conversations about the dagger, and they all overlap slightly.
Yeah, that direction would work for me either of those two. Even though I spoke my dislike of her like about the bad thing about the dagger (doing bad things when she is wielding the Youngling Slayer 9000) it does give a moment for the scene to breath and her comment get’s everyone’s attention to look at it and see there is writing on it.
Gotcha covered, buddy. I’ve done a bit more tinkering, and this time I moved Poe’s line “What’s that?” from when they discover the speeder, to when they find the Dagger. That way we don’t have to worry about everyone fixating on the bones, while Rey goes off and gets the knife with BB-8.
Regardless of whether people like the line with the dagger, I kind of like removing it from the speeder scene. It all feels less congested now, I think.
So! I’ve mocked up three versions of removing 3PO’s two lines" “The location of the Wayfinder is inscribed on this dagger!” And “I know exactly where the Wayfinder is. Tee hee, tee hee.”
- V1: Cut the lines, and tighten up some of the surrounding footage to still flow naturally.
- V2: Same V1, but with also removing Rey’s line about “This dagger has done horrible things,” allowing her to lose herself in the Dagger, and not be frightened by it.
- V3: Same as V2, but with also moving over Poe’s line “What’s that?”
And Jar Jar, my thinking was that her eyes would turn because she’s had to really access the Dark Side in order to activate the Dagger. Does she have to be angry for it to work? (I mean…I hope not.)