Here’s another attempt at Qui-Gon communicating to Anakin through the force. Version 2 and Version 3

Great idea to flip it into Qui-Gon’s perspective guys, that makes it very clear he’s the driving force of the communication, so it transitions nicely.

I flipped the shot of Anakin looking down, so now he’s looking up (at a mystery voice?) and slowed it down 50%. Wish the reaction shot was longer though. Version 3 is slowed down to 25%.

We’re at the extreme end of my abilities here, so this is pretty rough - I don’t think I have the skills to polish this any further so someone else would need to run with it from here. Maybe extrapolating some frames so the slow motion doesn’t feel awkward? A bit more mystical music across the merged scene could also help?

I’m still not quite sure this can work, but I do really like what it does for both Qui-Gon’s and Anakin’s characters. And I like Qui-Gon’s “Your final test is at hand.” It implies that he trusts that this ‘final test’ (of the Jedi candidacy tests), whether it be Anakin needing to save the day, or his own forthcoming death, will likely prove he’s worthy of training.

One thing that also maybe doesn’t work is that Anakin doesn’t subsequently use the force. But, then again, what he does do is pilot his ship with precision and confidence (which he hasn’t quite done in the space scenes yet) - exactly as he used the force without realising when he was a podracer. That’s why I always was fine with the line “Now THIS is podracing!” - he’s not saying that literally, which makes no sense; he’s saying that this feels familiar, welcome, a calling, a comfort zone, a thrill. For Anakin, in this reimagined moment, the force emerges in him through his piloting skill, as it always has.