This edit sounds interesting and I would be interested in a link when you have the opportunity.
I am also wondering about what are the changes done in this version by ForceGhostRecon’s? It looks like he is apparently banned and I have no idea what is going on with that.
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As for the original edit made by Forceghostrecon, he streamlined the FXItInPost lightsaber battle so that it flowed better. I made the following changes to his edit (though it’s been awhile so I might forget something):
- I restored the original ANH opening (the FGR edit added a new scene using footage from Rogue 1, which I didn’t want)
- I restored the original Death Star explosion (the FGR edit used a new CGI explosion that I wasn’t super fond of)
- I restored the scene where Luke meets up with Biggs before the attack on the Death Star (FGR didn’t include this scene in his edit, but I personally think it’s great so I put it back in)
- I changed Vader’s dialogue when he approaches Obi Wan back to his original dialogue (The original edit from FXItInPost replaced the dialogue with Vader’s line to Ahsoka in Rebels, which I thought was a bad change.)
- I edited some of the wonky looking bits in the saber battle, namely around the part where Obi Wan is talking to Vader and his lips don’t match his words.
- I converted the new SC38 to widescreen so the aspect ratio matches the rest of the movie (I did this by replacing most of the video and overlaying it with the existing audio)
- As an optional alternative version, I added in the scene with Jabba the Hutt (I think the movie works better without this scene, but it’s also canon and my thinking is that this edit is following canon but with a more modern saber duel. Also sometimes I just dig the novelty of seeing a CGI alien in ANH).
I’ve also been planning for awhile to make an alternate extended version that restores the hallway scene from the FXItInPost edit, but real life keeps getting in the way. Hopefully I get around to it eventually.