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Post #373517

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Bingowings
Parent topic
Return of the Jedi Jabba's Palace Musical Number Recut
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Date created
15-Aug-2009, 12:58 PM

As vbangle says it's a lot better than the 97/04 version but the music doesn't fit the scene and the CGI is still a mess (as were the original puppets).

The idea of a musical number, in my view, just doesn't work.

It worked in the ANH Cantina because the band were in the background and fitted the setting.

Here there is clearly some sort of exotic (in Jabba's eyes) dance routine going on, so the music should match that sort of style (arabesque burlesque not disco) the band should be hardly seen and the dancers should take centre stage.

My views on that are posted here: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/ESB-and-ROTJ-Wishlist/post/361058/#post361058

As for this cut, to get it to work better it needs a few sounds added to the score to match things like the background singers and the percussion.

The shots of the little lizard with the flute thing need to be cued up to the equivalent sounds on the tune.

But otherwise a really nice attempt to get rid of the worst excesses of the SE version (no tonsils, Yay!).

It might be nice to post this stab on the wishlist thread as well as that has been going for a lot longer and may last longer as a thread and serve as an inspiration to others.