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darth_ender said:
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darth_ender said:
I like it. My concern is that the message might be confusing considering Anakin is mourning his mother at this moment. I enjoy the music and the voiceover, but I'm not sure it fits perfectly with the scene itself. Two thoughts come to mind: continue with this idea, but find ways to incorporate Qui-Gon voiceovers in at least one or two places prior to give the impression that he communicates often with him, or find a different scene to show Anakin regretting his attack on the Tuskens, maybe while confessing to Padme. I'm not sure if that would work, but it's a thought. Again, let me emphasize that I do like the music and the Neeson clip (from Batman Begins, yay!), but I simply feel it might work better elsewhere. (I always worry my critique may be offensive; if you are pleased with how it turned out, don't listen to me of course)
Nonono, I asked for your thoughts sir. Be as blunt as you need to be.
I agree that there needs to be prior communication between Qui-Gon and Anikan. And I tried to put Qui-Gon's voiceover during his talk with Padme about killing the Tuskens, but no matter where I put it, it felt out of place to me.
Just thinking...a possible time to include some sort of quote could be while Anakin is standing outside meditating after his bad dreams of mama. Again, I'm not technically savvy, but is it possible to stretch out moments with no dialogue and little movement without making it obvious that the shot was slowed or reversed? That could give you a little more time both there and while grieving with Padme.
Also, you should raise the volume of Qui-Gon shouting, "Anakin! Nooo!" when Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders. Until I used the subtitles I was unsure that was even him.
Along with these suggestions, and keeping with the spirit of the thread, I am liking Qui-Gon putting his arm around Sebastian/Anakin more and more as I think about it.
Any other thoughts on how to unify these trilogies better, whether specific or generic changes? What about the lightsaber battles? I thought GL's explanation of an old cripple vs. an untrained boy as among his lamest.
EDIT: Another potential voiceover could take place when Anakin is waiting outside the Lars home, just before Padme comes and hugs him. You could even leave Padme out and simply have the voiceover, then cut to him racing away on the speeder bike.
Well...Lucas' statement was less of an explanation, and more of a fact. Luke is untrained, and Vader is a cripple. I don't really see that as being unlikely or a cop out. In my eyes, the OT and PT fights are awesome in different ways, and really don't need to be altered in any way. (The PT fights to be slower, or the OT fights to be faster.)
And I like the idea of Qui-Gon speaking to Anakin outside the Lars homestead, but I think his first talk with Anakin needs to come very early in the film....maybe he's talking to Anakin on the balcony on Coruscant, before Kenobi interrupts....problem is, I don't know what Qui-Gon would be saying. XD Guess it's time to go on the hunt for some Liam Lines....