RIJIR said:
Can I add some suggestions?
1. I believe the scene where C3PO is tangled in the wires on the falcon was actually shot for the beginning of the film.
Also the Lost Cut is supposed to have a documentary feel with lots of scenic shots. You may want to add some desert scenes from other films.
And you may want to remove matte shots with images like these:
http://www.swrealprops.com/images/prod_photos/small/Sand%20Crawler%20Overlay.jpg
http://www.blueharvest.net/images/set/star/beamfloor.jpg
Well ones without the added text that is. LOL
Thx for the comments.
1. Yes I know (Thx to the superb Star Wars: Begins fan doc). I was VERY tempted to use this idea but I won't be doing this as their is no accompanying footage of Threepio getting caught in the wires, or getting out. I'd have to cut from droids crossing corridor, to the planet below, to Threepio on the floor, to the planet and then back to to the droids getting in the escape pod. It would be just to wierd. It only works as part of the later scene because the intercutting is so rapid.
2. I've kinda done that already. Not so much footage as still back drops. From 2001's primordial intro for example, to double for Tatooine matte shots. If perfectly decent live action footage exists I won't be replacing it. However I may cut in extra footage from L of Arabia and films like that for the purist edit, since I'll be constructing a whole new soundtrack and won't bother about making it match the movie audio.
3. Again, already doing that. Matte's are being replaced with Ralph McQuarrie paintings or location photographs with explanatory text from the script overlayed.