The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 711

En route to updating the Rey Nobody version, I am first going to reissue the default (Rey Palpatine) version of Ascendant which will include an audio track that omits every use of AI-generated dialogue. The film remains totally coherent, simply going without some of the changes.

Octorox sent me a PM indicating interest from a friend who was understandably put off by the use of AI. So, I figured since AI was used only for a handful of things that could easily not have been done, it would be worthwhile to present this alternate audio track.

I will point out, however, that onscreen Star Wars has certainly not shied away from heavy use of AI-generated dialogue. So… yeah. On the other hand, I get it, though.

The only other change this time is to fix a color timing error. In the current version, the color correction is missing from about when Rey enters Palpatine’s lair until she pulls out Leia’s saber for the first time. Other than this correction and the inclusion of the new audio track, no changes.

The Rey Nobody version will also include an AI-free audio track, and I’ll reissue my edits of Episodes I and III with similar AI-free audio tracks. (Although for those two, the use of AI was much less prevalent.)

Sounds good! I’m thinking about making a version of Starlight without the two brief instances of AI voice replacement as well.

What are the lines?

The first is a partial line replacement where Poe says ‘Finn’s familiar with a weapon built in the Illum system, he worked on the base’.

The second is when Leia says 'The Senate is their target."

I can probably manage the Leia line, but the Poe line is tricky. That’s really the one where I basically had to resort to AI, since Poe says nothing similar to that in the film.

I quite agree. But as I seem to like to do, alternate audio tracks are an easy way to make more people happy with some things.

At any rate, the version with fixed colors and the AI-free track is now up and available.

I noticed a little oopsie in the AI-free track while adapting it to fit the Rey Nobody version, so I am uploading a fixed mkv version now and the other two will follow shortly.

Also, I removed the old Rey Nobody version and am uploading a workprint version. It’s small, but fully complete, just without all the bells and whistles like subtitles and all that. But if anyone’s itching to see that version, it’s perfectly watchable for the time being until I get the rest done.

The day is finally here! The ‘Rey Nobody’ alternate version is now fully up to snuff with all the benefits up to V5 included. (It is the same ‘alternate pieces’ as in the older Rey Nobody version, just with the rest of the project’s upgrades being implemented around them.)

Now available, usual place.

Bottom of OP.