STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION — Page 302

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Ady admit sometime back that the electo-needle didn't turn out as good as he hoped?

That is the only real bugbear for me.

The only other change I'd make would be possibly impossible :

 

Bingowings said:

Forgive the roughness of these mock-ups but (and I appreciate how difficult it will be) the helmets of the Rebel pilots need more than just an insignia colour change.

Ady recognised this when he changed the insignia from blue to red but the clean helmet squadron don't appear in the battle so it's still kind of odd that get such prominant screen time.

Adywan, why not do a commentary track with someone else, so you'd find explaining things easier? One-handed commentaries often lack spontaneity because the person is just monologuing.

adywan said:

Maybe next year, after ESB:R is finished, i may do a V2 of ANH:R with a few very minor changes with a commentary track.

Oh WOW....Star Wars:Revisited:REVISITED! 

Okay, even though that's just a maybe, seeing as I just missed out on finding out about ANH:R in time to contribute any ideas for it the first time round....I hope to get a chance to mention a couple of little extra touches / missed possible 'fixes' for consideration this time round.

doubleofive -  I have a couple of things in mind for a 'mock-up' of the 'Torture Droid' that Adywan wasn't 100% happy with the first time around, if you'd be willing to help me with that sometime....

Good man doubleofive!  :)  No rush, but I'll be in touch with the details for that sometime.

This is another day that will be long remembered....

Darth Venal said:

Adywan, why not do a commentary track with someone else, so you'd find explaining things easier? One-handed commentaries often lack spontaneity because the person is just monologuing.

That's a really good idea - some of the best professional commentaries are basically just focused conversations, and flow really nicely because there's someone else there to continually provoke comment and discussion.

With this project being a somewhat one-man operation it might be hard to include an actual collaborator, but someone sufficiently well-versed in the alternate versions would be ideal for asking the right questions...

doubleofive said:

Now I give you permission to ruin ANHR for me like you always threatened.  If there's a chance to fix it, bring it on!

Lol, I wouldn't wish to do that in any way for anyone.  The things I have in mind are just subtle bits and pieces anyway that wouldn't detract from anyone's appreciation of ANH:R at all I'm sure.  Although I haven't contributed to the 'after Adywan' thread in any meaningful way previously, nor even read most of it, I know that nothing can spoil this amazing edit for me as it stands overall now.  It still impresses every time I get to see it.

So I'll catch up with that thread fully sometime, to see if anyone happened to mention any of the stuff I've got in mind, or not.

ImperialFighter said:

doubleofive said:

Now I give you permission to ruin ANHR for me like you always threatened.  If there's a chance to fix it, bring it on!

 

Lol, I wouldn't wish to do that in any way for anyone.  The things I have in mind are just subtle bits and pieces anyway that wouldn't detract from anyone's appreciation of ANH:R at all I'm sure.  Although I haven't contributed to the 'after Adywan' thread in any meaningful way previously, nor even read most of it, I know that nothing can spoil this amazing edit for me as it stands overall now.  It still impresses every time I get to see it.

So I'll catch up with that thread fully sometime, to see if anyone happened to mention any of the stuff I've got in mind, or not.

 

The thread was still quite young when it got rather hijacked by Janskeet's thoughts of the day but it's starting to spring back into life.

Hopefully it will turn into something a bit more useful.

It was intended to be a general ANH ideas thread like the Prequel Redux and ESB/ROTJ Wishlist threads.

what'll we call it though? ANH:S?

O.o ANH:R V2?  Really?  Well, the only things that I would change from the current version would be the following:

- No torture-droid-zapper-thing
- Take out "We've stopped!" (Threepio) and "There's no one here!" (stormtrooper) lines added to the 2004 SE
- Take out the floating droid in the alley-search scene in Mos Eisley
- I'd say restore the desert-search-dewback scene to the one shot it originally was, but I know from experience how fucking hard this would be to do
- No Emperor's theme in the Death Star conference (not that big a deal to me, though)
- NO "RING" IN THE ALDERAAN EXPLOSION! (big one for me)
- Make Vader turn on his lightsaber before Ben does (Jedi = self defense), and use the ESB/ROTJ sound for Vader's saber ignition
- No music during Ben/Vader duel
- Original timing during Ben's death (the added slow-mo screws up the music a bit)
- Restore final shot of Tarkin before Death Star explodes

I'm 99% sure that's everything I would change.  I mean, obviously I'm changing more in my edit, but that's because it's more of an "ultra-purist" version than anything else.

Fair enough.  I've got my own edit for all that stuff - I just thought I'd throw in my two cents.

I'd love to hear all your insights, but if you don't want to do a commentary, why not type up a detailed breakdown of your changes and reasons behind them - all the stuff you'd say in a commentary without having to do one. A time-coded style breakdown, for all us nerds to show our kids why professional film-makers don't always know best...

adywan said:

Maybe next year, after ESB:R is finished, i may do a V2 of ANH:R with a few very minor changes with a commentary track.

The only thing I would suggest for a ANH:R 2 would be to remove the Trade Federation Droid head from the Jawa Sandcrawler.  It was cute, but not really necessary.  Also, it boggles the mind.  We haven't seen the Seperatist army anywhere on Tatooine, and Jawas are not known for traveling off of Tattooine.

You got it! Can't say I'd be too keen on doing one myself, either.

 Did you have a chance to see my test shots for the Alderaan destruction? I'd love to get an expert opinion. Honesty is appreciated, I'm a big boy, I can handle it. *eek*

Cool, what are you working on at the moment? You sure must put in some man hours. I take it the wife is still in control of the TV remote?

:-)

By the way, I rewatched ANH:R and I've got to say the one touch that I just love more than anything is when the droids escape in the pod and you've made the Star Destroyer recede faster than the starfield. It captures the great height and descent perfectly.