Kenobi: Faraday Cut (WORKPRINT V3 RELEASED) — Page 2

Hal 9000 said:

Any further work on this one? It seems promising!

I was reflecting on it a little today, and only have a few suggestions.

I like how Spence edited the moment when Ben first recalls Padme, removing the “she died a long time ago” line in particular. (Yes, for continuity with my Ep3 edit as well as ROTJ sorta.)

I’d suggest having the pre-title card sequence be the flashback sparring match.

And I’d suggest keeping the Palpatine scene, given what a sweet runtime this thing has.

I plan to watch the workprint in full soon, and will jot down my thoughts.

I haven’t had the time to sit and make those edits yet, sadly; the time I got to put this cut together in the first place was a bit of an unexpected bonus.

I’m not opposed to what you’ve suggested, though I do have the flashback where it is for pacing reasons - when I didn’t have it there, getting Obi-Wan from Mapuzo to Jabiim gave me the choice between being rushed or being boring.

I’m on the fence about the Palpatine scene. Like I said, I like it, but I wonder if the final image of Vader after the duel is an overall better place to leave him. I’ll definitely cut the shot of Vader Just Sitting There Menacingly While Music Plays if I do keep it, though.

And thank you! I’ll be keen to read your thoughts if/when you get the chance.

DeonStar said:

This sounds so awesome and I would love to have a Google drive Link please. Thanks.

PM sent!

OT member Phase3 had a wonderful suggestion for altering the final duel in the Kenobi series so that we don’t end on Obi-Wan’s baffling choice to let Vader live. The basic idea is to move the burying obi-wan in rocks to the very end of the duel so that after Kenobi walks away from Vader with a sliced helmet, he screams out “Obi-Wan” then cracks the ground with the force, proceeding to bury Obi-Wan, walk away from the fight the victor. Then Obi-Wan climbs out and the fight is over.

If we can make this work, I think it would make the duel even more amazing than it already is (I quite enjoyed the fight outside of the nonsensical ending where Obi-Wan lets Vader live).

I created a mock-up of this idea. The changes so far:

-Reversing the flow of Kenobi retreating so it links smoothly to the later part of the duel.
-Flip shot of ground breaking for visual continuity.
-Removed Vader’s line “And that is why you will always lose” as he breaks the ground, rough sfx replaced (can be polished later)
-Cropped out vader of wide shot of ground breaking for visual continuity.
-Removed vader’s line “Did you really think you could defeat me?” after he buries him.
-Rearranged shots of Vader walking away for better flow

The one key change remaining to tie this whole idea together is somehow changing the final shots of the rock burying so that Vader’s helmet is still sliced in half. I don’t know who would have the special effects skills to do this but perhaps a community effort would achieve this.

Mock-up of the rearranged duel: https://streamable.com/myzuo3

That could work if you wanted to recut my edit (and please feel free to do so!), but for me personally, I like how the duel currently ends and I find Obi-Wan being buried under rocks too silly, which is why I cut it in the first place.