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Need someone to voice a line to finish my TLJ edit...

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One of the changes I’m making is the reason for Finn and Rose’s imprisonment on Canto Bight. Rather than have it be due to a parking violation, I’ve instead made it because of their affiliation to the Resistance.

The idea being that although the Resistance used to get ships and weapons from Canto Bight, with the Republic now wiped out (along with all Resistance allies in the senate), they no longer have the funding to purchase from Canto. That, combined with the momentum of the war seeming to be with the First Order causes the Corporate sector to be “loyal” to TFO.

Now, what I need from somebody for what will be my final change before my edit will be complete, is to voiceover a line for one of the security guards that stuns Finn and Rose. This will require a somewhat stern, male voice with some authority, but without overdoing it.

If anyone is interested in helping me out, please pm me. It would be greatly appreciated. I’d be happy to send anyone my cutlist and the link to the edit once it is uploaded.

Cheers

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Neat idea. TLJ’s constant inclination towards unnecessary humour has always been my least favourite part of a movie I otherwise like a lot, so this strikes me as a solid change to keep the tone more sincere. I’m afraid I don’t have good enough audio equipment to help you out here but hopefully someone will. There’s quite a few redubbed lines in HAL’s TROS Ascendant edit from users here. I’d certainly be interested in a PM when you’re done.

Edit: as Faraday says though, perhaps tweak the exact crime so it doesn’t suggest that Canto Bight is under First Order control, because that confuses the idea that they’re an exploitative third party.

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My two cents: Canto Bight is thematically all about how remaining neutral in a conflict is as bad as siding with the oppressors. DJ represents the temptation that Finn has to leave the Resistance like he left the First Order, which Finn ultimately rejects. So I think having them arrested for being part of the Resistance waters down the idea that Canto Bight is neutral, representing the amoral selfishness of selling to both sides with no regard to ideology.

Perhaps they could get arrested for a different reason - something more meaningful than a joke about parking violations. I’m not sure what, but those are the kinds of creative questions that people around here often come up with great answers to.

That all said, of course, it’s your edit and you don’t need to change your plans based on someone else’s opinions! You’ve clearly thought a lot about how the line change fits into the movie, and your edit might be doing something completely different with Canto Bight anyway. I’d definitely be interested to see the cutlist.

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CaptainFaraday said:

My two cents: Canto Bight is thematically all about how remaining neutral in a conflict is as bad as siding with the oppressors. DJ represents the temptation that Finn has to leave the Resistance like he left the First Order, which Finn ultimately rejects. So I think having them arrested for being part of the Resistance waters down the idea that Canto Bight is neutral, representing the amoral selfishness of selling to both sides with no regard to ideology.

You can take OP’s idea that way. They’re just going with the flow of galactic politics, the First Order is in charge now so we obey them. Just like how a lot of Germans didn’t really question the Nazis because they were just the guys in charge.

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