This is obviously the biggest undertaking I've ever gone for, so I've decided to take the advice of Rikter and others just to take my time, take plenty of breaks with other projects, and learn every bit of software that may help me along the way. I've also decided not to worry about the Fan Edit contest. If it's ready I'll enter it, but I'm not going to rush it and not have it the way I want it, just to get it entered. I really just want this to be right, I guess.
I've progressed through a lot of the easier stuff so far, taking the movie from the opening (new crawl not yet finished and inserted) all the way up to the BigMigMaker, which is being inserted into the conversation in Ben's home on Tatooine.
The original inspiration for a lot of this was the teaser for ROTS, and as a result, I decided to follow that vein for the description to Luke of the Jedi Knights. When Obi-Wan describes the Jedi to Luke, there's a flash to Jedi igniting their sabers on Geonosis from AOTC, then a cut to the Jedi in a circle in the arena, fighting off the battledroids. Then another cut to Obi-Wan leaping into the air to kick two battle droids in TPM on Naboo. That's followed by Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon battling the droids, until Obi-Wan's voiceover says "before the dark times" which shows the clone army as seen at the end of AOTC, same as it was used in the teaser. Unlike the teaser though, there's a flash and then back to Obi-Wan just as he says "before the Empire."
Following all of that will be the rest of the scene as Obi-Wan explains Anakin's death to Luke, which of course leads in to the BigMigMaker.
I'm spending time learning the limitations and abilities of the software available, so updates may not come quite so frequently, but rest assured, the project continues.
