We continue to be hard at work on this. As of now, we have a rough cut of ROTJ. Of course, it's extremely rough, in fact, it's more of a "placeholder cut". But, we do have one MAJOR sequence finished and that is the Mace/Palpatine duel.
Almost every part of this duel has been altered to be faster-paced, and to eliminate all the goofy facial expressions and bizarre cgi flips. We've taken out the entire soundtrack and thrown it away, then built a new one from the ground up. Totally new music, new saber hums and clashes. Everything from the window shattering, to the wind, to Anakin's speeder, to Mace and Palp's little grunts have been individually replaced. And what a difference. It feels like a real duel now. You really feel a sense of danger and urgency, which was somehow absent from Lucas' cut.
Of course, after all that, I feel like I never want to watch that scene again for the rest of my life...haha....but I think I'll feel different after a couple weeks of working on something else.
So, aside from a few minor adjustments of the audio levels, that entire sequence is good to go. And I must say, we're very pleased. I think you may be too.
Now, we move onto the Emperor's landing at the Death Star...
...To be continued...
--ID