The Senate is both supporting and not supporting the Resistance, at least in canon. I interpret Leia’s statement ‘Not all of the Senators think I’m crazy…or maybe they do, I don’t care’ as her having some support but she turns this into a joke that everyone, even her supporters, thinks she’s crazy. So I’m fine with saying that the Republic is supporting the Resistance, and Hux sees it that way as well. It puts the Republic and the Resistance on the same side in any case, which is helpful.
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Okay, with that I’m putting out a new Workprint. Here’s the changelist for everything I can remember changing from the previous version:
-Tweaked the timing of opening logos
-Replaced the crawl and adjusted its timing to move more quickly
-Fixed video quality loss during first scene of V1
-Partially removed stray power window present in original film when Finn wakes up from the crash
-Adjusted color grade of Jakku during the dusk scene, Finn crash landing and wandering the desert, and the Falcon chase
-Adjusted dialogue of Kylo’s Prayer to focus solely on his weakness, avoiding talk of family and Supreme Leader
-Adjusted Vader’s mask so that the cut looks more like a mouth opening
-Adjusted audio level for TR-8R’s new dialogue, added distortion
-Adjusted audio level for Han and Leia discussing Ben, finessed audio transition to next scene
-Added AI line to Resistance Battle Plan Meeting, and added shot of 3PO for the inclusion of a future line
-Adjusted audio of Starkiller charging, removed stray audio that bled into Rey’s escape scene
-Finessed audio transition when combining shots of Poe’s first Oscillator attack
-Removed errant footsteps while Rey is on the wall
-Added the line ‘forgive me’ to Kylo’s Falcon scene, adjusted music to fit
-Added C-3PO shot and dialogue ‘And their weapon will fire in ten minutes! Without the Republic fleet we’re doomed!’
-Removed voiceovers from Han and Kylo’s reunion, added a shot of Finn, added Force interrogation rumble
-Brightened Rey’s Sith eyes
-Applied color grade to dark forest shot left ungraded
-Re-foleyed the Falcon escape from Starkiller Base, added extra shot of the ships going to Hyperspace, changed musical cue to end on that shot, and removed music from the arrival at D-Qar
-Adjusted numerous audio glitches throughout the edit, moved stereo music to proper stereo tracks
-Other changes that I’m just forgetting 😉
I hope that this version solves the problem of mono music tracks, but there are just so many audio tracks on my timeline that I expect that this has been only partially solved. If you notice a spot where there there is a problem, do let me know.
This workprint is available via PM, and uses the same folder that contains the ‘Final V1’ 5 GB file, so if you have a link to that or to a prior workprint, you should have access to this already. If not let me know! I’m hoping to have a quick turnaround on this so I’ll probably be rendering a final version within the next few days.
Thanks!