^ I like that.
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I’m having a hard time with the “I brought him home” line. It just doesn’t sound much like Jake. But the other part sounds great, plenty of options:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eIzeSZ9sRZJCL-TyxIYedc6_SgmuvT5I?usp=drive_link
EDIT: I just had to add the word “with me” at the end and it suddenly sounds better. Very short sentences are hard for the AI to do I guess.
EDIT: I just had to add the word “with me” at the end and it suddenly sounds better. Very short sentences are hard for the AI to do I guess.
Maybe try to do a full one of this to replace the existing one:
Then only the other line would replace the one when he uncovers the Threepio.
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I love those, can’t wait for the next chance to try editing them in. “I brought him home with me” adds clarity, as it means 3PO did not originally come from his home.
Awesome, JJB!
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No problem!
I was actually thinking that he might have gotten Threepio from work and brought him home when Watto thought it was a lost cause. Makes more sense than finding him in a random scrap pile, tbh.
I love those, can’t wait for the next chance to try editing them in. “I brought him home with me” adds clarity, as it means 3PO did not originally come from his home.
Awesome, JJB!
Maybe he didn’t build him at home, but then where did he bring him home from? With no other info I would assume Watto’s shop, which seems to still imply or at least leave open the possibility that Anakin built him there. Especially when his next line is “I’m building a pod racer,” and that racer genuinely ends up being the “fastest ever.” Movie’s still telling us the kid makes amazing things.
Maybe a slightly more explicit line could work? Something like, “I pulled him from a scrap pile,” or “I found him all in pieces.” Then we know for sure he didn’t build him from scratch.
At dinner when he says “I can fix anything…” you might be able to squeeze in “…just look at 3PO!” Even on its own that could clarify the situation.
Still I think the ambiguity of your current edit works well enough IMO. After all, he’s just a lonely little kid excited to show his new friend his new toy. Does he really need to fully exposit 3PO’s origin?
Excellent ideas, scott*3. “I found him all in pieces” and “Just look at 3PO” sound great.
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One other thing to… dare… to contemplate while getting the pieces back out: the conversation right at the end of ROTS between Bail (known idiot), Yoda, and Obi-Wan about what to do with the twins. This idea would require use of AI for the voice and altering faces, so… slightly far-fetched. But hey, I’ve learned it’s better to air the idea and sometimes be surprised.
We’d need new lines for Bail which fit his body language aside from his lips.
Yoda: “Hidden, safe, the children must be kept.”
Obi-Wan: “We must take them somewhere where the Sith will not sense their presence.”
Bail: “My wife and I can hide the senator and the girl. Alderaan loves baby girls. But not the other one for some reason.”
Obi-Wan: “And what of the boy?”
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I prefer the Padme dies cut so this won’t be relevant for me, but maybe something like this:
YODA: Hidden, safe, the children they must be kept.
OBI-WAN: We must take them somewhere the Sith will not sense their presence.
YODA: Split up, they should be.
BAIL: I can hide Padmé and her daughter on Alderaan. But all of them together… it would be too dangerous.
OBI-WAN: And Then what of the boy?
YODA: To Tatooine. To his family, send him.
ORRRRR, if possible
YODA: Hidden, safe, the children they must be kept.
OBI-WAN: We must take them somewhere the Sith will not sense their presence.
BAIL: My wife and I will help Padmé raise the children. We’ve always talked of adopting a baby girl. They will be loved with us.
YODA: Split up, they should be.
OBI-WAN: Then what of the boy?
YODA: To Tatooine. To his family, send him.
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Oh, I really like that second rendition.
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How’s this?
Yoda: “Hidden, safe, the children must be kept.”
Obi-Wan: “We must take them somewhere where the Sith will not sense their presence.”
Yoda: “Split up they should be.”
Bail: “My wife and I will take the girl. Padmé can stay close to her with us on Alderaan. They’ll both be safe there.” (Or the final sentence could remain, “She will be loved with us.”)
Obi-Wan: “And what of the boy?”
It’d simply require changing one (or two) sentences for Bail. That may actually be doable at this point.
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Could probably use some ideas from Ady’s version of the prequels?
Since you’re using the original titles, will these edits be given new names to match the naming scheme of the sequel edits? Might help for people like myself using Plex to differentiate the two versions. Also, would you consider adding back R2 and 3PO to the birth of the twins in the alternative version? The fact that you can still see them in the reflection has always bugged me a bit.
Ok, I put a bunch of Anakin lines in the folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eIzeSZ9sRZJCL-TyxIYedc6_SgmuvT5I?usp=drive_link
I don’t think I’ll be able to do the Bail Organa stuff until I’ve made all the lines I need for my TROS edit. The website only lets me have a certain number of voice clones at once and a limited number of generations per month.
Hal posted the reflection shots to see if someone can take a stab at removing them from the reflection.
How about these:
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Here is a test clip of the trip underwater to Otoh Gunga. Feedback welcome!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CgC1pcFjEzMicg_SaqPdKOjEQQRGf_aW/view?usp=share_link
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Flows pretty well, considering the original footage. Maybe someone has an idea to get rid of the planet core mentioning? Making it just a secret passage into the city?
Could easily remove mention of the planet core.
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Some thoughts:
I think you might need to include them going into the water. The cut from “This way, hurry!” to them underwater swimming is a little rough. I think the “Canon Cut” can restore some silly “Jar Jar moments” since a lot of other ones will still be cut out. EDIT: Rewatched the OG scene, definitely mute his scream when he dives into the water.
Yeah, definitely cut the cheesy: “Through the plannnnnnnet corrrrre”
Remove Jar Jar’s over the top “OAHHHH” when the fish first sticks his tongue to the bongo
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I agree with DZ that the transition immediately to the water is a bit rough. I seem to recall his scream being muted in somebody else’s edit here.
I’ll keep the diving yell and the “uh oh” bug eyes when the fish grabs the sub. Those things are just part of the whimsy of the sequences to me. But I did make the former a little quieter in the mix.
I removed the references to the planet core, and it feels seamless to me.
One funny little thing I noticed. The battle droid that tells the Viceroy that they are searching for rumored underwater villages sounds like he has a slight New York accent, and that’s funny to me.
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Can I just say that I love all the thought and energy being put in to this? I’ve always liked the prequels but thought they were just short of being excellent. I’ve watched a lot of edits and appreciate the skill and time being put in to them.
Personally, I’m in favor of shifting the idea of 3PO being built by Anakin to him finding him in a scrap pile or taking him home from Watto’s shop or whatever that ends up being. To me it feels much more realistic.
I love the idea of modifying Bail’s dialogue to saying he’ll take Padme and Leia to Alderaan. George Lucas should’ve done this from the beginning and created a lot of continuity problems when he didn’t. I think with those adjustments you wouldn’t even have to include the scene of Natalie Portman from whatever that other movie was with her holding the baby.
The reinsertion of Yoda vs Palpatine is a welcome return. I’ve always loved that. For Yoda vs Dooku Yoda was originally just a little too much out of control. I’m sure lots of you have seen this but the second version in this clip is excellently edited and could be used here.
For Attack of the Clones, would it be possible to cut out the wide shot where Anakin awkwardly pauses and spreads his arms wide open for Dooku to cut off his arm? Maybe something similar to how L8wrtr handled it.
For Attack of the Clones, would it be possible to cut out the wide shot where Anakin awkwardly pauses and spreads his arms wide open for Dooku to cut off his arm? Maybe something similar to how L8wrtr handled it.
Honestly, you might even just be able to apply a brief speed up (x2 or x3 speed) to this moment. Show how quick Dooku is able to react to an opening.
Never something I’d had a problem with or even noticed. I just looked again and it’s pretty quick as-is. Surely if it were faster it would feel abrupt to the audience, for it not to be telegraphed at all. In a way, it needs to register to us before it should register to Dooku for it to fully work. Not exactly levels of, “It’s over, Anakin… I have the high ground,” or Mace Windu preparing to hack at Palpatine like, “Here I go! Uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh…”
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