Twister- that's a good idea (cutting away to Anakin during the dream) but I don't think it fits with the style of the dream I've established. The mechanics of the dream are pretty much finalized at this point. About avoiding deja-vu: I'm pretty sure that throughout the course of this dream, there is not one shot identical to any other shot in the movie (or any of the movies, for that matter). I've cropped from full-screen, flipped shots, and messed with the color so much that this will probably be a non-issue. One change I've made since the last post was that I've flopped both of the shots of Anakin in bed, because I like it better and also because now, his face and his mother's are not quite on top of each other anymore. I couldn't fip the shot of Shmi anyway because there's the continuity problem with her large scar.
Commander Courage- I can try to get it out by May 2006. But I don't want to commit
I think I have a good recording of the balcony dub. I believe I solved the "corniness" problem by recording this when I had a cold and a sore throat. For some reason, when I dubbed under these conditions, the whole thing came out very well.
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And at this point, I would like to have a discussion about the lack of the Yoda/Qui-Gon scene on the DVD for inclusion in Episode III. This irks me because now, it looks as though there will be no explanation of how to become a force ghost. Maybe a simpler solution is called for…
Maybe, all Jedi can talk to other force-trained people after their deaths. But perhaps Obi-Wan is the first one to figure out how to actually come back as a ghost, and that’s why he disappears and Qui-Gon doesn’t. The fact that he’s a walking, talking ghost is of course revealed in Empire Strikes Back- he’s a ghost. This way, the audience who is watching these in order is also wondering what Obi-Wan means by “I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.”
If I decided to go with this approach, then it would make sense for Qui-Gon to chime in throughout Ep. II and Ep. III at key moments, just as Obi-Wan did in SW. I know it isn’t a great solution, but what can you do under these circumstances? A total lack of an explanation of how Jedi walk and talk after death. My other thought was to actually make Qui-Gon disappear in Episode I. But then, I couldn’t use the burning scene, which is a must. I know this isn’t an Episode III edit thread, but this applies to Episode II and in fact the whole trilogy because I might be having to find things for Qui-Gon to say to Anakin/Obi-Wan in this one. I would love to hear comments and solutions to this problem. Because frankly, I’m confused even in the official scenario:
Qui-Gon doesn’t disappear.
The other Jedi that die don’t disappear.
Obi-Wan disappears.
Yoda disappears.
Vader doesn’t disappear.
If Qui-Gon figured out the key to all this, then why was his body left behind? Also, Vader doesn’t disappear, yet HE shows up as a ghost at the end. (BTW, Sebastian Shaw is Anakin in ROTJ). Why? And incidentally, why doesn’t Qui-Gon say anything after death in any of the 6 movies, to anyone? Or mentioned by Yoda? (beyond the fact that Qui-Gon wasn’t conceptualized back then.
Maybe someone could help me sort this mess out.