thanks for the interest, spaced ranger!
i considered very briefly having an opening crawl (even light saber sound effects for the elite samurai), but i still want this film to be very much a kurosawa film. thanks for the suggestions, though!
found an outlet for light saber sound effects. you’ll notice something in the youtube featurette. . . now that i have that out of my system, i don’t feel the need to insert these sounds in the actual movie, where they would be fun but also out of place.
but maybe. . . just for kicks, i might consider a second audio track with tie fighter sounds for horses, blaster noises for gunfire, and light saber sounds. building audio is a lot of work, though!