Originally posted by: Trooperman
Oh, and here’s another thing I was thinking about; what do you think about a shortened asteroid chase? I was running into real problems picking music and keeping the tension up, particularly with the lasers scene. Then, I began to realize that it’s so full of “action” and fast shot after fast shot, it actually holds up the pace. I’m considering removing the lasers scene and going straight to the torpedo. Those shots are excessive anyway, in my opinion, whereas the torpedo scene is more functional and something they would have done a few decades ago.
-TM
Oh, and here’s another thing I was thinking about; what do you think about a shortened asteroid chase? I was running into real problems picking music and keeping the tension up, particularly with the lasers scene. Then, I began to realize that it’s so full of “action” and fast shot after fast shot, it actually holds up the pace. I’m considering removing the lasers scene and going straight to the torpedo. Those shots are excessive anyway, in my opinion, whereas the torpedo scene is more functional and something they would have done a few decades ago.
-TM
OMG, are you talking about that damn scene between Obiwan's Jedi Starfighter and Jango Fett's (Marlow Fett's?) Slave 1 through the asteroids? Anything between Obiwan and Jango through that whole movie screamed "BUY OUR VIDEO GAMES!" Definitely keep in the laser scene--it's the only really cool and intense and not excessively over done and self-indulgent part of the entire chase. What you should cut out, if you haven't already, are those stupid blue reverb bombs that drop out of the ass of Slave 1, what the hell are those supposed to be? It's a real quick fix of cutting in the middle of Jango's line "And we'll have a couple of surprises for them" to the shot looking out the cockpit window as they enter the one asteroid.
I tried this editing thing once on my own with Episode II and cutting out any of the buy-our-video-game moments between Jango and Obiwan turned out great.