haraldo23 said:
I'm all for dubbing aliens and Jar-Jars in the prequels, but I really don't think that alien languages is the answer. Cause alien languages mean subtitles. And subtitles mean bunch of jibberish that puts you out of the film.
I mean, seriously, Jor-El spoke English on Krypton and no one complained. Odin and Thor both spoke English in Asgard and no one complained...
Besides, those prequel movies are already cold, inhuman, fake and unrelatable-looking - so, why add an unintelligible language and alienate, say, Nemodians even more?
MagnoliaFan did an outstanding job dubbing Jar-Jar (in that YouTube video). And, personally, I think that's the way to go.
I think it is possible to find someone who could redeem the character.....but I honestly think I prefer Jar Jar's original voice to that clip. I mean no offense to magnoliafan as his edits are currently my favorite reedits of the prequels.....but it doesn't do much to help the character.
Also....It's true that if you're reading subtitles you're not paying full attention to the visuals of the film.......but maybe in Jar Jar's case that's actually a good thing. Anything to draw attention away from the overly cartoonish antics is probably a welcome thing.
Holy......the execution and presentation needs some work....but this idea is actually quite brilliant. I agree with having the lights off permanently (and I would add in a VFX shot of palpatine closing the window blinds) and having the strikes of the sabers light up the room, but I would go even further by using some digital lighting and rotoscoping to reveal bits of the scene as the lightsabers by......and by having palpatines TRUE face appear in this scene as the lightsaber passes by him....which would be much more doable with quicker shots and restrictive lighting.
The effect would add more tension to the scene, would hide the poor choreography and cgi mcdiarmid, and would also clarify that Palpatine *is* hiding his appearance and it's not sith lighting that messes his face up. It would make him appear more threatening and scary and would even add something to Mace's decision to just straight up kill this guy when he has the chance, having seen his true nature.