Quality edit overall Spence, Octorox summarized most of what I felt and I completely agree with your comments here.
My additions would be:
- More John Williams score throughout
- Adding back the stormtroopers on the truck at Mapuzo but with a wipe to show time has passed before they get off.
- Cutting the wide shots at the trooper checkpoint to not show the massive gaps at the sides making the lazer gate redundant.
- Adding Obi vs Anakin flashbacks and splitting it to dream sequence on Tatioone & in backer tanks.
- Axing the fortress completely and making it seem Leia is in a more local rebal base on Mapuzo.
Have you looked at kai pattersons kenobi edit as he has some really good ideas you might want to consider using.
https://ew.com/tv/obi-wan-kenobi-fan-edit-turns-series-into-movie/
Hey! Thanks for the suggestions.
I’m considering more John Williams but I’m trying to be very selective with it. I don’t want to just add it in for no reason, as the music design of the show doesn’t completely match the rest of the saga, and I like that it has its own identity. I feel that Vader’s theme does need to be there more, so that was my focus.
I actually did add the troopers in the truck back for V2 and I’m further refining the scene for V3.
That’s a good idea about the laser gate, I’ll take a look at that.
The flashbacks are not going to be added to this version, nor is the fortress going to be cut.
I’m trying to avoid other Kenobi edits so I don’t end up taking a bunch of ideas. I’d rather see what I can come up with first. I’ll probably watch some other ones after I finish V3.