Erikstormtrooper said:
Possessed,
I checked out your edit. Having just watched Daneditor's cut, it's good to see both of you ended up cutting a lot of the things I have issues with.
Overal this was pretty good, but there were still a few things I'm hoping you might tweak:
- It may be a codec issue, but there were audio sync issues for me. The audio was ahead of the video. It's the avi.
- The line "bring solo and and the wookiee" has "and" in there twice. Fixed.
- There's a music cut of some kind when leia puts the chain around jabba's neck. Jabba's palace is re-edited completely.
- Any chance you'd use Han's line "trust me"? Perhaps.
- It may have always been this way, but the bad guys suddenly disappear before Luke fires the cannon at the deck. I don't remember. I did cut something there, but in my re-edit I think I left that spot alone so if it still happens now it isn't my fault.
- Luke just shows up on the shuttle, without any acknowledgment that he's come back. I added back in, with some changes, Han and Lando's dialogue at the beginning of the scene. I then add Luke coming in. (He just doesn't shout anything anymore, he just walks in, late, coming from Degobah.
- 3po's story to the ewoks is cut. Did you have an issue with that? I didn't have a problem with 3P0 per say in this sequence, I just saw it as unnecessary ewok screen time. I'll consider partially restoring it.
- After Luke leaves Leia to turn himself in to Vader, the omission of Han works surprisingly well. I like it! Thanks, I was pleased with it too.
- Why has Vader igniting luke's saber been removed? There's alot of changes in this scene and with the dialogue I changed there's no place for it anymore. Watch the original and compare it to mine. You'll see what I mean.
- After Han says "You stay here. We'll take care of this," there's a strange sound in the right channel while the Death Star is shown. Fixed.
- Not seeing Han & co actually get into the bunker is a little weird, but I guess it works. I know the tap on the shoulder is a bit lame. But something feels missing here. You're right. I still prefer it this way, but I'll try to find something to put there.
- suggestion: is it possible to remove Palpatine's line about Luke's lightsaber being much like his father's? It makes no sense. Never thought of that. Absolutely.
- The part with Piett saying the Emperor has something special planned is cut. What didn't you like about that scene? I just thought it worked better as a suprise.
- Looks like you tweaked the sabers - especially the saber clash in front of the Emperor. Bravo! Thanks.
- Here's a thought: at the bunker, Leia says "the code's changed". Did they get the scout trooper to give them the code the first time? Maybe you can remove that line? Good idea.
- Any plans to remove the Chewie tarzan yell? I tried, but you could still hear it in the background. I'll try completely replacing the audio but it's never bothered me too much. I mean, yeah it sounds like tarzan, but when I swing vines I yell too...
- Han not closing the second bunker door works kind of well, but then he never finished trying that later, does he? Well, in the original, it doesn't show him figuring it out either, so I didn't see the point of showing him fail.
- I like your removal of Han's line "When he gets back, I won't get in the way." And wicket doesn't interrupt!
- Any plans to remove "weesa free"? Maybe.
- With the beat of the music, it seems like maybe you can cut Tatooine, Bespin, and Naboo entirely. As I've said in Daneditor's thread, do we need to see these places anyway? Well, yes it could be done, but I'm not an OT elitist, I have no problem seeing places I remember from the PT after the empire falls.
- There's a musical cut of some kind when we return to the celebration on Endor. Celebration has been reverted to the unaltered SE ending.
- Any plans to remove Hayden? Actually I think I was the only person on the planet that didn't have a problem with this. Yeah, it's Hayden. But tbh, Sebastian Shaw as Anakin never did anything but die. Unfortunately, Hayden is who I have memories of Anakin from.
- EDIT: I like your idea of having the Falcon fly off at the end, but re-using the footage doesn't really work for me. Now if you could get footage of the Falcon leaving Endor and coming straight at the camera, that would be great! That would give it a nice "the adventure continues" feeling. Actually I was just going to put it back to the way it was.