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I’m really digging what you’re doing with this edition!
I’ve been blown away with the videos and pictures you’ve posted.
I loved the escape from mos eisley clip you posted! The new shots help sooo much!
I haven’t had anything worth posting for a while…until I started thinking about something…
Have you considered putting in a scene where Vader finds out about Luke?
I feel it is important to have this scene in ANH.
Some people have suggested to leave it as it is.
I think it depends on what you want to accomplish with your own edit.
If I recall correctly, you are (eventually) planning on playing around with all six films. And the things you have been editing and adding to ANH leads me to believe you want all six films to play even more seamlessly back to back…Even more so than Lucas. Well, that obviously brings Anakin closer to the foreground of the story. So we’re not just telling the story of Luke, but also the story of Anakin.
If that is the case, shouldn’t Vader finding out about his own son be a scene worth showing?
OK, Vader finds out between ANH and ESB.
Is it lame from the standpoint of the Star Wars Trilogy? No.
Is it lame from the standpoint of the Star Wars Saga? Yes!
I know some people are on board with the idea, but they would rather reuse the scene from ESB and tweak/edit it. I’m not a big fan of this idea. The main reason being that the only scene with the emperor (from ESB) would then be gone. Why remove the *only* emperor scene in The Empire Strikes Back?
And I understand everyone’s concern about fabricating an entirely new scene for *any* of the movies.
But after seeing what can be done by watching your edit, I feel this could and should be done.
However, we all know it’s pretty much impossible (even after watching what you’ve done) to insert a scene where Vader lands on Courascant (spelling?), talks with the emperor, and finds out about Luke.
But what if it happened on his TIE? We could have it happen right after the death star going boom.
Officer: “Lord Vader, we’ve just intercepted some data from the rebels on who single-handedly destroyed the death star. His name is Luke Skywalker.”
Vader: “Skywalker…”
Officer: “I will transmit the rest of the data to you and the emperor immediately…”
Vader: “No…I will deliver it to the emperor myself.”
Officer: ”As you wish, Lord Vader.”
Anyway, something like this. This basic information would need to be communicated in the scene.
It could be said several different ways. But the idea is for Vader to find out and let the audience believe he will tell the emperor, only to find out in ESB that he hasn’t. Plus it’s finally obvious in ESB that he’s lying to the emperor's face!
You could easily record a voice for the officer, but Vader’s voice could be tricky. You might be able to piece some lines together using existing dialogue-…actually, I guess that’s the only option. That, or if you could find a ridiculously good impersonator.
Now, just using existing Vader footage, reverse, slowdown, and/or rework it. If you need longer shots of Vader (because his inserts are pretty quick) in the latest version of adobe after effects you can slow any piece of footage down significantly without it looking like it.
For those who want a peak at it:
http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/newfeatures.html >> See it in action >> Timewarp.
It’s amazing! I wish I had the money for this!
(P.S. I haven’t checked that link in a while. I hope it still works.)
I don’t have daily internet access right now, so I won’t be able to check immediately, but please reply, adywan (and anyone else)…I’d like to read your thoughts!
Here are some mockup shots. I did the Courascant ones for fun:
Attack of the Clones: Alternate Timeline Edit Thread:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/SSWRs-Attack-of-the-Clones-Alternate-Timeline-Edit/id/66888