Ryan McAvoy said:
darth_ender said:
Another thought I've had... Luke made two runs through the Death Star trench
the Star Tours footage includes... a different shot of entering the trench, flying down the trench, a little dogfighting with TIE fighters
Can't quite get my head round how that would work with the footage available?
Is the Star Tours stuff HD and or CGI/Trad-Models etc? Sounds interesting.
It is not HD, and it's good old fashioned practical effects. They do a pretty good job matching the OT. I'm talking the original Star Tours, not the CGI sequel, although my project included that as well. Like I said, I'm not aware of any HD version, but given the quality of some of your clips, it doesn't seem like the end of the world, especially for a few seconds of footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9CWq5JmGOs
My preservation has the above version in the highest available quality, as well as another similar but not identical version, one which I find better for color correction, though in the end it will be B/W an the horrible colors shouldn't matter too much for your edit anyway. The most useful portions start at about the 3 minute mark.
As for how to pull it off, I admit when I first posted it, I knew it would take some serious editing, pulling shots from other parts of the battle and inserting them into this extra trench run. Actually, a lot of the dialogue used elsewhere is in fact written in the novel as part of the two trench run. So I'm not convinced it's impossible, though admittedly it looks challenging, particularly when it comes to the accompanying score. It's just an idea, but it would be fun if it could be pulled off.
Okay, after pausing for a bit, I am finishing this comment, and I've now read the portion from the novel and watched OCP's Star Wars: Deleted Magic, which does a pretty good job arranging the battle as it is portrayed in the novel, which again is presumably patterned after a late script. It can be done, and the additional footage from Star Tours makes it even more doable. I really recommend checking out both for ideas. A few more lines could easily be done by just about anyone for the TIE pilots, and I am convinced it is possible to do a good Vader impersonation to achieve desired dialogue with proper audio editing (useful for other scenes as well, of course). Such a Battle of Yavin would indeed be a slower edit, and I of course prefer the original editing, but for the sake of a lost cut, I am more and more convinced that it would be worth pursuing, at least in theory if you ultimately choose not to do it.
lpd said:
Just read through this, had a go at this once myself but it went the same as all my edits onto the back burner. Some of your clips look great cant wait to watch your finished product.
I'm still recharging my batteries on this one, while working on other edits. I'm about 90% of the way through a Star Trek project where I've learned sooo much, that I'm gonna bring over to this. Alternate SFX shots galore!
This would be very useful. I've been watching your ST:TMP edit quietly at FE.org (I'm much quieter there), and I'm impressed with the skills you are developing. I can imagine only a better edit of this in the end. Hope my ideas are useful :)