marvolo:
The reason I didn't include anything of the birth of Vader is because I had keeping the "I am your father" revelation as best as possible in mind. I kind of like the first Darth Vader scene to be the part in Episode 4 where he bursts into the Tantive IV. I think that is a fantastic introduction scene.
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I think it is kind of cool not to know what happens or even how he survives. In the next movie a new villian is introduced, and as time goes on we slowly learn it is actually Anakin.
I guess I just take it for granted that the big secret can't be preserved. Luke's last name kinda gives it away in my opinion.
marvolo:
The birth of Vader felt like a rushed CG fest to me. It is like Palps had an instant Vader maker lying around for just such an occasion. Throw in the half dead, charred body of a fallen comrade and presto! Out pops your very own Sith Lord! I just didn't like how he spends a few minutes on the table as a bunch of droids throw artificial appendages on him, and slip a leather suit right onto his freshly burnt and still melty skin. Then he stands up and everything is fine. I would have imagined months of rebuilding with some of the republics finest physicians.
Ha! This made me laugh. Yeah, it is kinda implausible, and the scene is probably meant to represent the passage of a LOT of time. Unfortunately, George got to the last half of Episode III and suddenly realized he still had to set up a whole bunch of stuff for the OT.
Musicman:
Thanks, to everybody! So are you thinking we should change the start of the "I Am the Senate" cue? That section from ESB does a rising string thing that would show that something's going down, but I don't know about the beginning of the IATS cue.
I really haven't started thinking about the music yet. I've been thinking that the video editing needs to come first, with the sound next, and the music last. Is that the wrong way to look at this?
Musicman:
I think all the Rebellion scenes should be reinserted like in ADM's cut.
Going from memory, I thought some of the Rebellion's scenes were weak, especially the one in Padme's apartment. They tend to be boring and uneventful.
Musicman:
Now I'm wondering what we want to do about the whole bank dialogue. I've heard other people talk about how it was rough to see Anakin burning up and having Obi-Wan yell at him at the same time. So we need to figure out what's going on with Obi-Wan. What's his thought process--does he have a thought process at this point, or is he just kind of snapping? He hasn't been able to get Anakin to stop, and he's just breaking under the strain. I don't know. I'm really not sure about it.
To me, Obi Wan is having a difficult moment where he has to come to terms with what he's been forced to do. He told Yoda this would be hard for him, and it is. He's probably still torn about whether he should help Anakin or finish him off. But then the lava makes his decision for him. That's really the reason I think he should wait to pick up the saber. If he's in the middle of this really emotional decision, is he gonna stop and say, "Oh, wait, let me pick up this saber".
Sluggo:
We sure have big plans for Trooperman's movie. I wonder if he knows...
Shh! Don't tell him until he's almost ready to release SOTDS.
Adywan:
I think the Maul/ Grievous idea could be pulled off by adding a couple of small scenes at the end of EP1. after the scene where Palpatine arrives there could be a small shot of a droid hovering over the pit where Maul fell and you see it go down or better still you see it emerging from the pit with the body of Maul, then cut to the obi-wan/yoda scene.
If this scene is in TPM, would we go a whole movie - AOTC - without hearing of Maul/Grievous again? That seems like a bit of a disconnect.
lth:
there's no reason, really, why Maul can't be called Maul in Ep1 and Grievous in Ep3.
This is another way to go. Some people were expecting it would happen like this in ROTS anyway. This way it's more of a surprise to the viewer and we have another "reveal" moment. Grievous can drop a few hints to Obi Wan - and to us - at the beginning of the movie. Then the truch comes out during the big fight, like Adywan suggests.