The Phantom Menace - Streamlined (v2 work-in-progress) — Page 2

MiDKnighT said:

This edit seems like a more updated / better version of the Anti-Cheese edits seemingly also getting inspiration from some of the more “modern” edits along with anti-cheese.

Sounds really good! I hope this project isn’t dead. Would love to see Phase3’s take on the whole PT.

Thanks very much! The project is very much alive-- now that I have finished my AOTC edit, I have time to get stuck into rebuilding the TPM edit.

TiiN said:

I think the trailer is down? Cant open it.

Sorry about that – I had posted it on Vimeo, and they forced changes to the music as it contravened their policy on using commercially-available music. I had to cut up the trailer so much that it was useless - it had no impact anymore.
I’ll re-uploaded the original trailer soon - most likely to Mega.

paranoia32 said:

Hope you are doing well and your work is progressing!

I’d be really interested in seeing the your edit! Hope that is still possible?

It’s progressing slowly, however it is still being worked on. I’ve been very busy with other projects, but am still keen to get this one finished.

Version 2 is currently underway; I have updated the first post with a revised list of changes.

Here are some examples of some of the new additions to the edit:

Destroyer Droids – I wanted to use the original 35mm version of the Jedi running to escape the droids. The 35mm “4K99” scan has a large amount of dust and dirt, which I have removed:
Original:

Revised:

Queen Amidala – I’ve removed the visible power cable:
Original:

Revised:

Hologram of Gunray - I wanted to use a few extra frames of footage, but without Gunray, so I removed the hologram:
Original:

Removed:

Darth Maul hologram – the original video has blue stars in the background; this has now been corrected to show white stars:
Original:

Revised colours:

A flipped shot of Padme:
Original:

Revised:

Examples of revised colours:
Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Qui-Gon – sloppily done power windows, which removed colour:
Original:

Restored colours:

Bepis28 said:

cant wait to see this one!

I hope you’ll enjoy it!

I’m working on some shots today (Naboo city lights visible from space). I’ll post some updates once that’s done.

Great work as always, bro! Love the regrade!

JoyOfEditing said:

Great work as always, bro! Love the regrade!

Thanks for your kind words! 😃👍🏽

An update:
Naboo – original video

Naboo – now with lights visible from space:

Tatooine – original video

Tatooine – now with lights visible from space:

DarthTzetzo said:

Will you add the deleted footage from the trailers and supplemental materials to the Duel of the Fates?
😃

From the teaser trailer, I will use the shot of the spinning N-1 starfighter.

With the extra footage of the Jedi & Sith duel, I’ve upscaled the footage and will see if I can insert some of it into the edit. It really depends upon if the footage will affect the pacing or not; I’ll be trimming the various end battles, so I’ll see if the extra duel footage will have an impact on storytelling and pacing or not.

Bepis28 said:

I think Tatooine looks good but some of the city lights sections on the Naboo shot have some harsh edges. I think if there is some more scattering or feather out of speckles of lights that’d look more natural. But adding lights is absolutely necessary to these shots!

There is still some tweaking left to do, including softening the edges, and adding some motion blur. Hopefully soon I can get them all finished!

I was thinking that more lights on Naboo may look better (no motion blur has been added for this sample photo):

Solemn.Philosopher said:

I like the fact that you are changing the voices of some of the aliens. Any chance you are doing the same with the battle droids? I think it makes more sense to have them speak the same language as their masters, but perhaps also sound a bit more digital or mechanical and less goofy.

I’ve removed 90% of their dialogue already, so all of the poor attempts at humour and silly goofy stuff has been removed. I haven’t changed the sounds of their voices though; once I watch a workprint version, I’ll see if the voices would benefit from being changed.

honestabe said:

Are you upscaling every deleted scene for every pre-Disney Star Wars movie while having edits planned for all of them? I know you already have plenty of these partially completed.

No, I won’t be upscaling every single deleted scene. I’ll only focus on pre-Disney footage; my plan is to only upscale what I can use for my own edits, plus a few extra scenes that other editors can use.

So far, it’s looking like this:

Original trilogy:
I have a tiny handful of restored deleted scenes from ANH (Vader & Chief Bast walking in the Death Star hallway, alternate footage of stormtroopers searching for Artoo & Threepio) and TESB (bounty hunter shots, Boba Fett on cloud city), specifically for use in my edits. I’ve not upscaled them yet though.
At this stage, I have no plans to restore or upscale any other deleted scenes from ANH & TESB, unless I need them for my edits.

ROTJ = I’m restoring and upscaling a few scenes: Endor bunker scene, Jerjerrod scenes, and a very small amount of the full-colour pilots footage (just the aliens).
The pilots footage has been completed, which is for JoyOfEditing to use in his edit. Both of us will use the Jerjerrod footage; I’ve already upscaled it, and the next step is the restoration work.
I’m contemplating using the scene of Luke building his Lightsaber, however only if I’ll relocate the scene to Dagobah. At this stage, I have no plans on using (or restoring / upscaling) the scene of Vader’s telepathy, or any other deleted ROTJ scenes.

Prequel trilogy:
DVD deleted scenes of the prequel trilogy = done!
Blu-ray deleted scenes of the prequel trilogy = AOTC Anakin talking with Padme’s father (this has been completed).
Restoration / updated VFX / upscaling of prequel scenes =
ROTS Anakin speaking with Palpatine = to be upscaled, and a full background replacement done - I have artwork done by the ILM employee who did the Coruscant backdrop, to which I’ll add in traffic.
TPM Naboo fighter being destroyed = this has been upscaled, and the next stage is to create a new composition to include it in the film (this is a collaboration with JoyOfEditing).
Aside from the scenes mentioned above, I have no plans to upscale any other Blu-ray deleted scenes.

In terms of edits, I am aiming to do a total of 6x films:
3x prequel trilogy:
TPM v2 = the actual edit is going extremely well; there are some complex VFX shots I’m doing, for which I needed to learn some new techniques. I was a bit exhausted, so I took a break recently.
AOTC v1 = done!
AOTC v2 = there are a tiny amount of things I wish to do, namely revise the end Jedi & Sith duels, plus correct two continuity errors (more Jedi Lightsaber blade colour swapping found in the original film).
ROTS = not started, however I’ve been steadily sorting out some new VFX shots.

3x original trilogy:
No editing has happened as yet!

The only Disney-era film I liked was Rogue One; I had planned to do an edit of it, however I want to focus on the other 6x films first, so this edit may or may not happen.

I would prefer to only focus on SW films & series from 1977 - 2005 though!

I hope you are not overwhelming yourself. I have been a big fan of all the work you have completed, but over the years we have seen other people overwork themselves.

I very much appreciate your kind words! 😃
I am being careful to not burn-out or get overwhelmed. I took a break over the last two weeks, just to have a rest and come back to things feeling refreshed.

I’m thinking about ways to keep Sidious’ real identity hidden for as long as possible. As an experiment, I’ve made a very rough mask and darkened his face when he’s talking with Maul on Coruscant. It’s not finished yet, but so far I think it can work:

Before:

After:

Rors said:

That’s a cool idea. Please, add it so some fan editors can add into their own fan edit.

Yeah I think that the scene can work; hopefully other editors will be able to use it in their edits too.

I’m going to restore the solid core to Darth Maul’s Lightsaber.

To note: this is a test / sample, and the final colour grade has not yet been done.