Originally posted by: Commander Courage
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TM: I know this is probably a few pages too late, but in regards to Anakin's voice, I would strongly advise making an alternate audio track with Hayden. As you've said, this edit has so much going for it it would be a shame too see it brought down for some by the voice of the main character. Sure Hayden isn't perfect, but as I think someone pointed out, at least people are used to it by now. With all the dialogue changes your edit entails I don't know if a Hayden track would even work, but even if you had to edit a slightly different version of the film to make it work, I really think it would be worth your while.
An OT.com Convention would be awesome! If only...
TM: I know this is probably a few pages too late, but in regards to Anakin's voice, I would strongly advise making an alternate audio track with Hayden. As you've said, this edit has so much going for it it would be a shame too see it brought down for some by the voice of the main character. Sure Hayden isn't perfect, but as I think someone pointed out, at least people are used to it by now. With all the dialogue changes your edit entails I don't know if a Hayden track would even work, but even if you had to edit a slightly different version of the film to make it work, I really think it would be worth your while.
Hey CC!
I haven't seriously gone through every scene and determined for sure that it'll work, but I'm fairly sure that with a little extra effort, I'll be able to include a track with Hayden. The problem is that watching it this way will really weaken the plot of the movie and give the wrong meaning in certain key scenes.
I guess the next question would be- if I'm going to wind up taking up disc space with this alternate audio, then are there any other changes people would want? ACTUALLY....
Reinstating the original Star Wars theme music at the beginning and replacing the voices of Jar-Jar and the aliens (along with Anakin) would create a version of SOTDS that would be technically compatible with the official prequels I and III, the ADM edits, the MagnoliaFan edits (if I used garbled audio for the Nemoidians) and any number of other, already existing edits. In the sad event that the Starkiller project is never finished, this would still fit into any Star Wars library with very few continuity problems.
What do you think? I'll have to give some serious thought to this, because having that option would make this a killer release even though I'm not in love with the idea.
But first I'm finishing the main audio mix. After that, I'll worry about an alternate Hayden track and so forth. Creating an alternate track really would not take up much time at all after I have the real mix completed...