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Post #1561702

Author
Bobson Dugnutt
Parent topic
The Empire Strikes Back - Expanded Edition (Work in Progress)
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Date created
23-Oct-2023, 12:41 AM

Finally some good news!

I’ve rendered out what is probably a close to final cut. I’ve got all the footage I wanted in there, and the sound mixing is alright to my ears.

I’m happy for anyone to watch this and give any feedback before an official release.

New changelist:

  • extended Wampa attack on Luke and his Taun Taun
  • extended conversation with Han and Chewie as he enters Echo Base
  • alternate shot to start of Han/Leia argument, as a Wampa claws through an ice wall
  • added additional dialogue over the previous shot
  • extended argument with Han/Leia, as it keeps going after “You could use a good kiss!”
  • alternate shot of Luke slicing up the Wampa inside the cave
  • extended Bacta Tank scene, with the gang talking as Luke is inside the tube
  • added the infamous Wampa Attack on Echo Base
  • added the Probe Droid blasting apart the Rebel outpost
  • added Leia and Luke having a private moment in the Medical Bay before Han, Chewie and the droids come in, including discussion of what would of happened if he didn’t come back, Luke leaving for Dagobah, Wampas in the base, and Han leaving
  • alternate angles of Luke’s close-ups throughout the whole Medical Bay scene
  • alternate dialogue from Leia “dangerous to leave the system until the energy shield is up” is replaced by “…dangerous to leave the system until we find out where that probe came from” and Luke’s response to that
  • added Han and Leia having a short exchange while he works on the Falcon with Chewie
  • added Hobbie and his very brief skirmish with General Veer’s AT-AT
  • added C-3PO ripping the warning sign off the Wampa pen
  • added Snowtroopers finding the Wampa pen
  • alternate dialogue that replaces Han’s “never tell me the odds!”
  • added Han and Leia working on the Falcon as TIEs bomb the asteroid
  • extended Han and Leia kissing scene aboard the Falcon
  • added Yoda’s test, as Luke trains with his lightsaber
  • added 2 shots of Vader walking onto the bridge of the Star Destroyer with the bounty hunters
  • removed Vader from the background of the “bounty hunters, we don’t need their kind here” to allow for the previous addition of Vader’s shots
  • alternate shots during Lando’s betrayal and Vader’s reveal in Cloud City
  • added shot of Boba Fett in the carbon freezing chamber
  • added Lobot being captured by Stormtroopers, and taken away, as Lando is too late to save him
  • extended scene of Leia tending to Luke in the Falcon as they are pursued by TIE Fighters

Theatrical - 02:04:46
Expanded - 02:13:04