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Idea: Bad Conservation in ROTJ Made Great?

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So one scene Iv always hated in Return of the Jedi that feels dull (no music/emotion) is when Obi Wan talks to Luke on Dagobah. Yet it is still a critical scene. So there’s a low quality preview I found that has prequel flashbacks during the scene.

I thought the timing of where the flashbacks are is good but obviously the shitty piano music and horrible quality is annoying.

I know I will get hate for an idea that directly implements prequel scenes into one of the OT movies but if you were watching in Machete Order this could be such a more powerful scene if this idea were to be used in HD with different music and better quality. Thoughts? (And not on the YouTube video but the idea)

youtube.com/watch?v=zUIBfPvfvMc

Return of the Jedi: Remastered

Lord of the Rings: The Darth Rush Definitives

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The only thing that really bothered me about that scene is how quickly Luke “discovered” that Leia was his sister.

Music would make the scene better but I’d leave out the flashbacks.

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I think some people would enjoy a flashback, but I’m of the mindset that edits should be used to tie the prequels to the OT, and not the other way around.

In my opinion, using bits of the PT in the OT really just hurts the OT. I can live with the force ghost of young Anakin at the end of RotJ, but I’ve only recently come to terms with that haha.

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Sheepish said:

I think some people would enjoy a flashback, but I’m of the mindset that edits should be used to tie the prequels to the OT, and not the other way around.

In my opinion, using bits of the PT in the OT really just hurts the OT. I can live with the force ghost of young Anakin at the end of RotJ, but I’ve only recently come to terms with that haha.

Oh God I’ll never come to terms with that. I’d like to try adding background music just for kicks to see if it works well. Any suggestions?

Return of the Jedi: Remastered

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Yea, it’s not my favorite addition, but I’ve somehow gotten over my initial rage. I won’t say it’s a welcomed addition, but I’ve just stopped dwelling on it I guess haha.

As for the scene on Dagobah, I came across a clip on YouTube that you may find useful. Someone took the complete track of “Obi Wan’s Revelation” and inserted it over the scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFz8W7fYMy4

It sounds pretty great to me.