The ‘Custom Special Edition’ That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was (Released) — Page 37

G&G-Fan said:

Jar Jar Bricks said:

Yes, the robotic filter is slightly missing for the AI part. Same problem I encountered for Zorri in Ascendant (but surprisingly not Kylo).

Maybe decreasing the volume slightly for that part could help disguise it better. Otherwise, we’d have to figure out how Lucasfilm designed the Vader voice filter.

To reiterate, I don’t think it’s that noticeable. Only people who are purposely paying attention would notice.

Ryan Golden has practically perfectly replicated the Vader filters, even for each individual movie (it was different each time). I could ask him about it. I’m friends with him.

Shouldn’t hurt to ask. Thanks!

luissolano said:

Hello. A few months ago I saw an edit of Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker Force Ghost from David Kaylor’s Return of the Jedi – The Final Cut from his Star Wars: The Original Trilogy – The Final Cut edition, where David visually aged his face to make it look like the canonical age of 45 that the Vader/Anakin character had when he died. I think it was a more necessary change than having a younger version. So, Hal, I don’t know if you are interested in adding it to your Custom Special Edition of Return of the Jedi in the final part of the film of the Planetary Celebration version, or if you prefer to leave it as it was, with the original Anakin Skywalker, played by Sebastian Shaw. If you are interested in seeing the image, here is the link down below. Greetings! 👋🏻

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oo7FzDpB6Ws9nDcM6

I categorically prefer Shaw as Anakin’s ghost in ROTJ, as I feel it says more about Anakin’s redemption, whereas using Hayden makes it feel like a reversion.

Probably should’ve said this earlier. Ryan Golden’s willing to do the new Vader line.

I just need to save the money to pay him to do it (I’m also having him do some others that I want for my edits; it’s more convenient to do multiple at once).

G&G-Fan said:

Probably should’ve said this earlier. Ryan Golden’s willing to do the new Vader line.

I just need to save the money to pay him to do it (I’m also having him do some others that I want for my edits; it’s more convenient to do multiple at once).

You might as well ask him to dub over the entire line.
“Your mother once thought as you do,” not just the “your mother” part; I believe that would flow way better.

I have.

G&G-Fan said:

I have.

great.

Do you think he’d be willing to apply his filters to the AI line we have, as well?

Hal 9000 said:

Do you think he’d be willing to apply his filters to the AI line we have, as well?

Sorry for late reply.

He’s not a fan of AI, so likely not.

Ryan Golden’s read of Vader saying “Your mother once thought as you do”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xcpjwvi5-6F5Gko15ldeUV3gvtqpnkWE/view?usp=sharing

Make sure to credit him for any usage, and do not use his lines to train AI.

G&G-Fan said:

Ryan Golden’s read of Vader saying “Your mother once thought as you do”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xcpjwvi5-6F5Gko15ldeUV3gvtqpnkWE/view?usp=sharing

Make sure to credit him for any usage, and do not use his lines to train AI.

it’s perfect!!! cant wait for it to be edited into the full aduio.

G&G-Fan said:

Ryan Golden’s read of Vader saying “Your mother once thought as you do”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xcpjwvi5-6F5Gko15ldeUV3gvtqpnkWE/view?usp=sharing

Make sure to credit him for any usage, and do not use his lines to train AI.

Thanks very much for facilitating this, and to Ryan for taking the time. Trying to be objective, I find myself preferring the AI line delivery. It feels more authentic to me, so I plan to go with that one. As we’ve all learned around here, though, it is awesome to have choices.

Hal 9000 said:

Thanks very much for facilitating this, and to Ryan for taking the time. Trying to be objective, I find myself preferring the AI line delivery. It feels more authentic to me, so I plan to go with that one. As we’ve all learned around here, though, it is awesome to have choices.

All good. I wanted the line for my own edit anyway, so it definitely won’t go to waste.

Is that for ANH? Can you describe?

EDIT: I see what you mean. There’s an eventual update planned for ANH, so I’ll just leave this alone until it’s addressed by that. Thanks for highlighting it.

Hal 9000 said:

I find myself preferring the AI line delivery. It feels more authentic to me

I have no opinion on the content of this discussion, but that statement feels dark and vaguely sinister.

NeverarGreat said:

Hal 9000 said:

I find myself preferring the AI line delivery. It feels more authentic to me

I have no opinion on the content of this discussion, but that statement feels dark and vaguely sinister.

“It’s almost like it understands me better than I understand myself. Almost.”

Makes sense to me. We’re trying to replicate what it would have sounded like if JEJ had recorded that line in 1983, to fit right alongside existing dialogue. Not a question of whether a human performance is inherently preferable to a synthesized one. It’s a niche issue to address, and I’m in the position of simply wanting whatever is going to best do this specific job of sounding like JEJ saying two particular words.

Had an idea for a small tweak, which I implemented in my editor. I swapped two R2-D2 sound effects during the scene where Luke meets Obi-Wan, so that he now responds to Obi-Wan saying he never owned a droid with a “sad beep.”

Hal 9000 said:

Had an idea for a small tweak, which I implemented in my editor. I swapped two R2-D2 sound effects during the scene where Luke meets Obi-Wan, so that he now responds to Obi-Wan saying he never owned a droid with a “sad beep.”

Love it!