Originally posted by: Sluggo

Anakin could go limp and Obi and the audience assume he is dead, Obi turns and leaves to go save Padme. As their ship flies away we see another shot of Anakin's body, then a close up of his robotic hand and the fingers grasping the dirt letting us know that he is still alive. Fade to black. Next scene.

I don't think we could pull it off, but it would be interesting to see Anakin actually dead, but the creepy, robotic hand pull Anakin out of danger on it's own.

Back to reality, who's in charge of the Ranch these days? Could we get some decisions on this set in stone? I know we are waiting for SOTDS to be finished, but it shouldn't stop us from at least getting the pre-production done.

No, no, I don't mean his robot hand is acting of its own accord. This is the shot that actually exists, it is Anakin's robot hand, the only one left on his body and it is griping the ground in pain. I mean for the to be the close up shot. The only thing you would have to alter for my cut to work would be to make still fram Anakin but keep the lava in the background moving. It is beyond my ability, but I think it is easily enough done for someone with the know how.

I had considered making a mockup edit of my idea, thank Marvolo you saved me the trouble. Though I have not seen your clip yet, so I am not sure how it looks or how close it is to my idea. I like your idea of the imperial march bit in there. I am not sure which would fit the piece there better there, eerie music/silence or the imperial march.

EDIT: Just watched Marvolo's clip. That is very much what I had in mind, only I find a fade to black on that hand to transition to the next scene really add to it. And I really didnt think the imperial march fit. To upbeat. Maybe the next second of it would work better, the bit that is playing when Yoda first come on screen. Imagine if you edited out the groans of Anakin and made it so he wasn't moving in the distance shot, maybe even a shot of his still body burning to establish that he is dead, or at least that we and Obi are sure he is dead and not just leaving him to die, which is how it seem in the film.. I wish there was a slower shot of Obi watching in dispair. I still feel he leaves to quickly.