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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 617

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Yeah, I still feel like it deserves to exist and be made available. Even though I feel Rey Palpatine is the more seamless and presentable option. Not substantively, because they 100% could’ve tweaked things before releasing and have this work out fine, but in terms of conniving a fan edit using what we have to work with.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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What would make the right ‘trilogy’ for the Rey Nobody version?

Both Nev’s TFA Starlight and Poppa’s TLJ Rekindled leant into the Palpatine angle, adding hints and forward references, but that makes them less suitable to precede a TROS Nobody finale.

Probably TFA Legendary, but I’m less familiar with TLJ edits.

The Clone Wars: Refocused | Andor: Movie Omnibus

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I based The Final Order edit on HAL’s TFA and theatrical TLJ (I like it as is).

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EddieDean said:

Both Nev’s TFA Starlight and Poppa’s TLJ Rekindled leant into the Palpatine angle, adding hints and forward references, but that makes them less suitable to precede a TROS Nobody finale.

Probably TFA Legendary, but I’m less familiar with TLJ edits.

Hey Eddie! There’s actually two versions of Rekindled V3, one with the Palpatine teases and one without. The ‘without’ version should make for a smooth transition to the ‘Rey Nobody’ TROS.

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It’s ironic; I came up with ‘Sith eyes Rey’ before TROS was even in production as a way to indicate that one particular moment should be read as darker than usual, and when TROS released people insisted I add the two small Palpatine sound references from Hal’s project into mine out of obligation more than anything else. I was trying to allow the project to play nice with any possible future, but personally I oppose Rey Palpatine with every fiber of my being.

But now the edit has apparently become the very thing I swore to destroy.

You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
Episode 9 Rewrite, The Starlight Project (Released!) and ANH Technicolor Project (Released!)

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I think Starlight works great with Rey nobody. Seeing Rey actually use the dark side instinctively makes it much more believable that she would turn in TROS.

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Is there a link or a way to see this edit, if so pls?

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Well, ‘Rey Nobody’ has finished the editing stage! I took Burbin’s feedback and applied it to Spence’s version of the bedroom duel and hangar scenes.

There’s still work to do, including retiming all the subtitle tracks to fit and reapplying all the LUTs. But, it’s a-comin’.

Also, a very minor adjustment I made which will also be present in any future issue of either version of Ascendant. TFA and TROS usually give the blue Skywalker saber an ignition sound that blends the classic one and the Sith one, whereas TLJ gives it a mostly new one based off the classic one.

So, if TFA Restructured ever gets reissued, it’ll feature a version of the ignition sound a bit closer to the classic. I will be reissuing TLJ to fix a dumb visual mistake (flopped wrong shots when DJ breaks out of jail), so I went ahead and replaced one ignition sound I had missed prior. Then, in TROS it will now feature the sound originally given to it for TLJ. The logic is that it sounds like its old self until being broken, then it takes on a different sound. (Also, Leia’s saber will be consistent throughout. Someone on YouTube pointed out that in the training flashback, her saber seemed to have a combination of Luke’s and Ahsoka’s ignition sounds. So, I approximated it and applied it to the two other times her saber is ignited, instead of using the classic sound again.)

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Hello sir. Your edit sounds epic. Please can I have a link so I can watch it too? Thanks.

Chris

Give me Star wars or give me death.

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I can’t wait to see the Rey Nobody’s version… I mean, probably Ascendant is the best version of Episode IX possible, you (we) were able to do this great version, so i’m really curious to see the alternate version.

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It’s not gonna be as seamless as the main version but it really comes close to working. Closer than I’d have guessed. There’s still some weird things, like how Ochi is just some random dumbass now.

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I think the biggest problem with the “Rey sees Ochi’s ship for the first time” scene in the context of “Rey Nobody” is actually the score. John Williams scores the shot of Ochi’s ship with a sort of “dark mystery” cue that implies something more is going on. More straightforward action music during that moment would go a long way.

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Is there no way to keep Ochii being a Jedi hunter, who was after the Nobody’s because of Rey and her force sensitivity?

That’s a theme that works even if she’s not a Palpatine. Her parents are just Ms & Mr Nobody, but Ochii - the last Inquisitor- went after them because Rey was an awakening in the force. It wouldn’t need explanation for why he was after her and not some other new force sensitive, imo, her being the protagonist works well enough imo… :p

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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You’d think so, but it doesn’t end up working in practice to keep Rey’s parents as nobodies AND have Ochi seeking her. Because her parents then become noble in shielding her, which begs the question as to why.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Hi,

I watched and very much enjoyed V1 of your edit - I’ve just seen that there is a version 2. exciting! the updates sound great, Would you mind sending me a PM to download it?

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Hi Hal,

I watched your V1 edit, and I am so happy you released a V2. Could you please send a PM to download it? Thank you very much.

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Hi Hal!

Could you send me me a PM to download the second version of your edit ?

(I watched it a few month ago but I lost the file and I don’t have the drive link anymore 😅)