SilverKey said:nice mock-up, ben_danger!
I like the idea of having the Hutts being a part of the Separatists. It makes a lot of sense for the greedy Hutts to join the Separatists which consists of other greedy factions like the Trade Federation.
I'd keep Jabba in the background though, and keep Poggle making the announcement in the arena. Geonosis is his planet after all.
Maybe it would be cool if we could put Jabba in the meeting Obi-Wan is spying on. That meeting is filled with cartoonish characters anyway, and adding Jabba might make it a little more serious. We could even use Christopher Lee's dialogue from the Clone Wars movie to work the involvement of the Hutts into the dialogue
thats a great idea with the clone wars dialogue, i will definitely try it. ive been thinking of MAYBE merging geonosis and tatooine in some fashion, but it could make the 'unknown planet in the armpit of the universe' a bit too busy.
having jabba as a background character would work well. i think having him talking was a bit too much 'look, TPM footage works!', but i like the idea of jango working for him like boba does, and the seperatist gang being partially controlled by him.
does anyone here use final cut? i have been making simple cut and paste edits using it, but this was the first one using overlaying objects. is there a way i can make overlayered footage in alternative shapes? i got the square by cropping the left/right/top/bottom sides and resizing it.
the whole idea of this edit is to provide a stronger link in ROTJ for the JABBA opening, it will hopefully make it more of a culmination of six films as oppose to three, with JABBA being an old goon from the previous series.
jedimasterfisher mentioned on youtube that it doesnt work as well without music, i think i agree, but the music i always found conflicting with the 'impending death' emotions that the scene could be providing us with. does anyone have any ideas for an alternative 'anakin-padme' love theme that could be used? may try it with the 'luke-leia' theme.