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Post #1484523

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sherlockpotter
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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16-May-2022, 12:53 AM

Okay! Finally saw the workprint. Thoughts:

  • Agree with Octorox, you should probably trim Palpy’s “she is not who you think she is” mumbo-jumbo.
  • You know, honestly, I think I prefer Rey’s vision without any extra footage. Keep it nice and light - Kylo’s can be all about his past character development; but I like how Rey’s feels like it’s more of a warning than the introspective rumination that Kylo’s is, especially the way it hits her unexpectedly. So, Kylo’s “vision” is really him reflecting on the previous movie; Rey’s “vision” is an actual glimpse of the future.
  • Not particularly relevant, but I still get goosebumps at some of these changes, especially that puppet show. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - well done everyone who worked on those shots!
  • Rey still has her line to Finn in Babu’s workshop about Ochi’s ship; Snooker already mentioned it, but I’m seconding cutting it.
  • The audio mixing on Kylo’s dialogue in his bedroom randomly switches louder and softer. Needs a little fine tuning there.
  • The new dialogue in the Bedroom scene functions well; but…I dunno, the whole fight just feels a little pointless now. All of the dialogue is relatively unimportant. I think the deeper point of the scene is that Rey is lashing out instead of staying calm, which is a really interesting story beat; but I wonder if there’s some way to highlight that? Maybe move the “So much pain in you, so much anger” line to this scene? (For the record, I’d much rather take empty platitudes in this scene over nonsensical retcons. It’s totally serviceable now, but I just wonder if it can be pushed further.)
  • Subjective, but I think the pacing on the Destroyer feels a little off. I wonder if it might flow a little better as: Poe shot and they’re captured -> the Bedroom scene -> Pryde’s “Terminate them!” scene -> Rey finds 3PO -> “I’m the spy” -> “Friends ahead”. Thoughts?
  • The Hangar dialogue all sounds really nice on a technical level. Kudos to RL and Spence and anyone else who helped with that. I did notice that Kylo says “We’re a Dyad” instead of “We’ve become a Dyad.” Not sure if that was intentional.
  • Kylo tells Rey that she’s destined to kill Palpy and take the throne, and then in the next scene, Rey declares to Finn that she’s going to destroy Palpatine? Why? Wouldn’t she not want to do that? Maybe we could lampshade it a little bit by slipping in an extra line to the effect of “Kylo says…I’m going to find Palpatine, and destroy him.” “That doesn’t sound like you…” blah blah blah.
  • Like I mentioned before, I think the “General/General” scene cuts off a little awkwardly. It might flow better as: Ahch-To -> Memory restoration -> Finn and D-O -> “General/General” -> Plugging D-O into the computer. Or maybe there’s some way of preserving that final shot of Poe when he’s talking to Finn? Maybe it could be reconstructed like this: “This droid…” “Who, Cone-Face?” “I am D-O.” “Sorry, D-O.” “This droid has a ton of information about Exegol.” [Hold on Poe’s face, or on D-O - just something to give the scene a little moment to breathe.]
  • The conversation between Rey and Palpy works really well. No complaints there.
  • Since this is a new release, will you be including Poppa’s color correction on Ben’s/Vader’s TIE on Exegol? (Was there something else that needed to be color corrected? I can’t remember.)
  • Also, speaking of, are the LUTs applied to all of the scenes for the workprint? Some of the colors feel a little off, but that may just be my monitor.