New YouTube Series about recutting George's STAR WARS SAGA. — Page 6

JoyOfEditing said:

O00ll00O said:

I like the structure of your opening. The sequencing is vastly different in comparison to the original, but it makes a lot of sense.

I actually attempted to make an edit inside your edit. This is the first cut I’ve ever done, so let me know your thoughts. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5ZUOb6-XaXDjLtnVwtdiNBEZeFayocU/view?usp=sharing

-Start the music a beat after 3P0 says “he agrees!”. I think that feels closer to the atmosphere of the cantina when everyone abruptly moves on after a conflict is settled. It’s also a little more chaotic with Chewy trying to yell over the music.
-Remove Landos helmet bonk on the ceiling
-Remove how long the shot of Lando pulling down his mask is. It’s way to in your face.

Yo! I really like your recut! Great job! It just goes to show you there are 100s of good ways to skin a cat.

I quite like the way you cut around the Chewie sequence. It’s very effective at getting rid of the helmet bonk, and the music cut is pretty smooth.

For my cut I would stick with what I have on all of those points, for sequence balancing reasons (if you pop up to #1633920 on this thread, I explain how that kind of editing works in detail). The back half of that Jabba sequence, I’m trying to throttle down the pace in order to move into a more contemplative Dagobah scene, so the helmet bonk (while a bit goofy), gives me the meta-pace I’m looking for. As a side note. . . I’m almost convinced George worked in a helmet bonk into all six of his films. . . I don’t know where they all are, but there are so many of them, I’m starting to think it turned into an intentional running gag by the time we get to the Prequels (See the Jango Fett bonk on Kamino).

Last thing: (Brace yourself this is gonna be super pedantic) The reason I personally wouldn’t tighten up the music cue the way you did, is because a Jazz (Jizz?) song of that type starts with a silent count, because the opening notes begin before the first “1”. So instead of “1-2-3-4-Bummmm-budum-budum-bum-bum” (Jedi Rocks from the Special Edition), it’s “1-2-3-(4)budum-(1)BumBum”. If you watch Max Rebo’s hand, he’s doing the silent count so the band can start on “4”. The silent beat that you cut is the beginning of the silent count. Basically, there’s no way a real musician could start that song as quickly as you cut it and have everybody come in on time.

PS Thank you mom for all of those stupid Clarinet lessons in High School. . .

I appreciate all the helpful feedback, thank you! And hey maybe just add a helmet bonk sound like in ANH:SE and lean in to it lol

Your updated AOTC Dooku fight is so much more menacing and quick paced. He’s an experienced Jedi master who’s tapped in to the dark side, and your cut gives that feeling much more naturally. The only shot that looks a little off to me is the shot of Obi-Wan hopping off the little ship ramp, to be followed by the next frame where they’re both in different spots (due to cutting out Padme’s little blurp about getting a transport). How do you think it looks without the little ramp hop? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UV6fCLpxe9O_tQ3mfAJgCCbVlsPYF85y/view?usp=sharing

O00ll00O said:

JoyOfEditing said:

O00ll00O said:

I like the structure of your opening. The sequencing is vastly different in comparison to the original, but it makes a lot of sense.

I actually attempted to make an edit inside your edit. This is the first cut I’ve ever done, so let me know your thoughts. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5ZUOb6-XaXDjLtnVwtdiNBEZeFayocU/view?usp=sharing

-Start the music a beat after 3P0 says “he agrees!”. I think that feels closer to the atmosphere of the cantina when everyone abruptly moves on after a conflict is settled. It’s also a little more chaotic with Chewy trying to yell over the music.
-Remove Landos helmet bonk on the ceiling
-Remove how long the shot of Lando pulling down his mask is. It’s way to in your face.

Yo! I really like your recut! Great job! It just goes to show you there are 100s of good ways to skin a cat.

I quite like the way you cut around the Chewie sequence. It’s very effective at getting rid of the helmet bonk, and the music cut is pretty smooth.

For my cut I would stick with what I have on all of those points, for sequence balancing reasons (if you pop up to #1633920 on this thread, I explain how that kind of editing works in detail). The back half of that Jabba sequence, I’m trying to throttle down the pace in order to move into a more contemplative Dagobah scene, so the helmet bonk (while a bit goofy), gives me the meta-pace I’m looking for. As a side note. . . I’m almost convinced George worked in a helmet bonk into all six of his films. . . I don’t know where they all are, but there are so many of them, I’m starting to think it turned into an intentional running gag by the time we get to the Prequels (See the Jango Fett bonk on Kamino).

Last thing: (Brace yourself this is gonna be super pedantic) The reason I personally wouldn’t tighten up the music cue the way you did, is because a Jazz (Jizz?) song of that type starts with a silent count, because the opening notes begin before the first “1”. So instead of “1-2-3-4-Bummmm-budum-budum-bum-bum” (Jedi Rocks from the Special Edition), it’s “1-2-3-(4)budum-(1)BumBum”. If you watch Max Rebo’s hand, he’s doing the silent count so the band can start on “4”. The silent beat that you cut is the beginning of the silent count. Basically, there’s no way a real musician could start that song as quickly as you cut it and have everybody come in on time.

PS Thank you mom for all of those stupid Clarinet lessons in High School. . .

I appreciate all the helpful feedback, thank you! And hey maybe just add a helmet bonk sound like in ANH:SE and lean in to it lol

Your updated AOTC Dooku fight is so much more menacing and quick paced. He’s an experienced Jedi master who’s tapped in to the dark side, and your cut gives that feeling much more naturally. The only shot that looks a little off to me is the shot of Obi-Wan hopping off the little ship ramp, to be followed by the next frame where they’re both in different spots (due to cutting out Padme’s little blurp about getting a transport). How do you think it looks without the little ramp hop? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UV6fCLpxe9O_tQ3mfAJgCCbVlsPYF85y/view?usp=sharing

The reason I’m pretty sure the helmet bonking is intentional, is the gratuitous CGI Jango Fett head bonk when he boards the Slave I in AotC. That SFX was really annoying to scrub.

HOLY FENCING INSTRUCTOR! That Dooku cut is sick!!! I tried so many times to find an elegant fix for that stupid ramp hop, and it turns out there was a beautiful match cut staring me right in the face. . . Fantastic work, bro! I’m adding that tweak to my cut, and the old link now has the version with your change: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-GJ1VlEvPO5XlQALDODDeZdWrGEH_ZHP?usp=sharing

Between the 10 of us, I think we finally cut an epic version of my least favorite duel.

Keep up the great work!

Phase3 said:

O00ll00O said:
The only shot that looks a little off to me is the shot of Obi-Wan hopping off the little ship ramp, to be followed by the next frame where they’re both in different spots (due to cutting out Padme’s little blurp about getting a transport). How do you think it looks without the little ramp hop? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UV6fCLpxe9O_tQ3mfAJgCCbVlsPYF85y/view?usp=sharing

That is such a great cut! I am going to revisit my own AOTC edit, and incorporate many of the changes shown in this thread!

Just wait til we get to the Arena Battle. It’s gonna be Force Mad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwJdb59IuHU

I’m curious how you’ll handle the Sail Barge battle, as I’ve never been particularly keen on how it’s structured in the movie.

Just wait til we get to the Arena Battle. It’s gonna be Force Mad!

I know you said it’s something that you’re really proud of, so I can’t wait to see it!

O00ll00O said:

Just wait til we get to the Arena Battle. It’s gonna be Force Mad!

I know you said it’s something that you’re really proud of, so I can’t wait to see it!

I’m gonna show y’all something else tonight, but I reckon we can take a look at that soon.

BedeHistory731 said:

I’m curious how you’ll handle the Sail Barge battle, as I’ve never been particularly keen on how it’s structured in the movie.

Okay first off, I need to know the story behind your username. Anyone whose username references one of the greatest tomes to come out of the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, must have an extreme amount of class.

To your Jedi question, the answer to that is blasphemous. . . You have to cut Boba Fett out of the fight, because if you do, suddenly everything works. It turns out the main villain of the Sail Barge should have been the bro with the deck gun, because he ties together Luke’s swashbuckling and Han’s skiff sinking together like a bow.

If you make that major change and recut the fight choreography to match the Prequels (think the Arena Battle), suddenly the sequence turns into the STAR WARS version of Errol Flynn’s “Robin Hood” in the best way possible.

Sadly, my cut of that sequence (And most of my Return of the Jedi), were destroyed when my copy of Adobe Premiere gained sentience and began deleting footage of its own accord. But not to worry, it will be rebuilt by the end of this year, and if you remind me in a few months I’ll probably have that sequence ready.

I’m glad you enjoyed that, it’s a funny little video I made, I love chaotic absurdism. I love Walking with Dinosaurs so much, it’s my favorite piece of media after the Original Star Wars Trilogy.
I made a two part video essay about WWD. And a video essay about ROTJ (also had to be split in two). If you’re interested.

Watched the first part of your Jedi Review and really enjoyed it! Great work!

Have you ever seen the BBC version of Conan Doyle’s “Lost World” (I’m sure you have)? My favorite thing about that EXCELLENT series is that they reused all the dino models from Walking With Dinosaurs. In my head, I can see some BBC executive leaning back in his chair saying, “So we paid all this money to bring these dinosaurs to life and you just want to make an Attenborough special?”

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

Okay y’all time to talk some Politics!

The Politics of Attack of the Clones are pretty convoluted in the Vanilla Cut. My theory is that George was working from two or three different ideas for the political landscape and never landed on one, so we ended up with several of these conflicting visions fighting each other.

To me the way to fix it is incredible simple: Padme doesn’t want a war, The Jedi don’t have an opinion, The Trade Federation wants a war, and Count Dooku/Palpatine are working together to engineer a war from both sides.

The war might start because a pacifist Senator (Padme) is assassinated (since she can no longer lead the opposition), or the war might start because the pacifist Senator is removed from the capital for her own safety, or the war might start because detective Obi-Wan uncovers the Seperatist Plot, or the war might start because Arch Duke Poggle the Lesser decides to execute a group of Republic Political Prisoners, or the war might start because a Gungan Senator hates the Trade Federation because of what they did to his homeworld (This is why you don’t need Palpatine to tempt Jar-Jar, and you can cut the scene where Padme leaves Jar Jar in charge. Once Jar Jar finds out from Obi-Wan that the Trade Federation are building a secret army, OF COURSE he’s gonna argue that the Chancellor from his homeworld should be given the emergency powers necessary to stop them.)

If you think of it this way, Dooku and Palpatine don’t have a set “plan” to start the war, rather they are crafting the specific conditions for a war to break out. To make that work you only have to make two changes: First we have to cut the scene where Dooku interogates Obi-Wan, because it never did, and it never will make any sense. Dooku has so little screen time that he needs to stay a one-dimensional baddie for the sake of this film’s clarity. Secondly, we have to cut the Nute Gunray “Head on my desk” subplot, and restructure that scene so that Dooku is using the Trade Federation’s willingness to join the Separatist cause as a selling point to recruit the Bank Clan, Techno Union, and so on. . . The other benefit of cutting the Gunray subplot, is that now we have no idea who ordered the hit on Padme. It quite possibly could be Palpatine who is growing tired of her efforts to stop the war from starting. If you assume that, the whole argument over the extra security takes on a new meaning, because Padme’s tense look at the Chancellor may now mean, “You may not have ordered the hit, but you sure are benefitting from it. . .”

BUT! Now we have a big problem! The two scenes that make this entire story work were deleted: Padme’s Address to the Senate, and Count Dooku’s Interogation of Anakin and Padme.

BUT THERE’S GOOD NEWS!!! The Wonder from Down Under, Phase3 has managed some upscale wizardry and restored those scenes as far as humanly possible, and now I present to you those two scenes restored and in context (I’ve added the scene before and the scene after both deleted scenes, so y’all can see how they work within the natural flow of the film).

Scene 1 [Padme Addresses the Senate]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wPY5iDlp3LuX9Zfn96XoFDXHWW3BVjtK/view?usp=sharing

Scene 2 [Count Dooku Interogates Padme and Anakin]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bhwsKZK-S643nxx76z4N-ZFgsFmRK8oJ/view?usp=sharing

Everyone give Phase3 a huge round of applause! The lad deserves it!

Phase3 said:

Many thanks for your kind words! I’m glad that you could use the upscales I did. 😃

Prepare yourself. I think a lot of folks are about to start asking you for those. 😉

JoyOfEditing said:

Okay first off, I need to know the story behind your username. Anyone whose username references one of the greatest tomes to come out of the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, must have an extreme amount of class.

That was an outgrowth of a medieval manuscripts class I took in college. The name really appealed to me and I’ve been rocking it ever since.

To your Jedi question, the answer to that is blasphemous. . . You have to cut Boba Fett out of the fight, because if you do, suddenly everything works. It turns out the main villain of the Sail Barge should have been the bro with the deck gun, because he ties together Luke’s swashbuckling and Han’s skiff sinking together like a bow.

That’s exactly the kind of change I was thinking of to improve the scene. Cutting Boba out focuses the action a lot more.

BedeHistory731 said:

JoyOfEditing said:

Okay first off, I need to know the story behind your username. Anyone whose username references one of the greatest tomes to come out of the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, must have an extreme amount of class.

That was an outgrowth of a medieval manuscripts class I took in college. The name really appealed to me and I’ve been rocking it ever since.

To your Jedi question, the answer to that is blasphemous. . . You have to cut Boba Fett out of the fight, because if you do, suddenly everything works. It turns out the main villain of the Sail Barge should have been the bro with the deck gun, because he ties together Luke’s swashbuckling and Han’s skiff sinking together like a bow.

That’s exactly the kind of change I was thinking of to improve the scene. Cutting Boba out focuses the action a lot more.

I also studied ol’ Bede in college and for some dang reason took two full courses on Old English literature. What was I thinking!?! . . . Ironically, those classes really helped me recut George’s films, because he borrows quite a few tricks from the Anglo-Saxons.

I love Boba Fett, but it’s Luke Skywalker’s movie. If you cut that sequencce you get three benefits: Luke looks like Obi-Wan from the Prequels, Han is suddenly back to his Empire/A New Hope form, and Boba Fett survives the Sarlaac Battle. . . is it too late to reshoot the Book of Boba Fett? It is. . . dang it!

100% on the way you’re handling the politics of Attack of the Clones. The inclusion of Phase3’s deleted scenes work really well. Of course, I had to attempt some additional trimming to both scenes.

Intro
• Cut enthusiastic “we made it”
• Cut decoy and Padme dialogue
• Tiny trims here and there

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zumkxyzy44pru49Yc69FLBErRZrdGL_/view?usp=sharing

Factory
• Cut sequence between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery
• Insert shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron
• Remove Anakin using force to throw objects at geonosians
• Add Anakin chopping geonosian and then using force to unlatch cauldron

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkJpyZpclH_eiu-EWQTkKwU6L3gmjUwr/view?usp=sharing

Thoughts?

jkimm said:

100% on the way you’re handling the politics of Attack of the Clones. The inclusion of Phase3’s deleted scenes work really well. Of course, I had to attempt some additional trimming to both scenes.

Intro
• Cut enthusiastic “we made it”
• Cut decoy and Padme dialogue
• Tiny trims here and there

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zumkxyzy44pru49Yc69FLBErRZrdGL_/view?usp=sharing

Factory
• Cut sequence between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery
• Insert shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron
• Remove Anakin using force to throw objects at geonosians
• Add Anakin chopping geonosian and then using force to unlatch cauldron

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkJpyZpclH_eiu-EWQTkKwU6L3gmjUwr/view?usp=sharing

Thoughts?

I was counting down to one of y’all sending in some revisions on those, lol!

Once again great cutting, I think all of those changes work!

In the case of the Bomb scene I think I’m gonna change my edit to something close to what you have. I tried both of those changes but never at the same time, so it always felt off (Quick-to-Slow and Slow-to-Quick), but your Quick-Quick sets the scene in superb timing to my mind. Excellent work!

On the Droid Factory, I think it definitely works (Your cut is pretty similar to Hal-9000’s, if you’ve seen it), but I would personally stick closer to what I have mainly due to the Meta-Pacing I’m going for (My AotC clocks in at just over 90 minutes, so I need to use as much good footage as I can). I also really like my extended action intro/outro of Anakin being a Jedi boss, because of what it does for his character, but again that’s all down to taste. The one change in that sequence that I’m gonna try to implement is the way you have Anakin look up at Padme being carried away. That is a fantastic bridge cut!

Keep up the great work, I’ve been really enjoying these!

UPDATE: I messed around with both of these sequences and ended up making a bunch of changes. I don’t have time to render them out tonight, but in the next day or so, I’ll re-render them so you can see them. Your change to the Droid Factory gave me an idea that made the end SO MUCH BETTER! Thanks buddy!

Excellent! I’m looking forward to seeing your revised versions. Do you plan on sharing the arena and jedi battle in the near future (hint, hint)? 😄

jkimm said:

Excellent! I’m looking forward to seeing your revised versions. Do you plan on sharing the arena and jedi battle in the near future (hint, hint)? 😄

. . . patience young Skywalker. 😉

jkimm said:

100% on the way you’re handling the politics of Attack of the Clones. The inclusion of Phase3’s deleted scenes work really well. Of course, I had to attempt some additional trimming to both scenes.

Intro
• Cut enthusiastic “we made it”
• Cut decoy and Padme dialogue
• Tiny trims here and there

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zumkxyzy44pru49Yc69FLBErRZrdGL_/view?usp=sharing

Factory
• Cut sequence between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery
• Insert shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron
• Remove Anakin using force to throw objects at geonosians
• Add Anakin chopping geonosian and then using force to unlatch cauldron

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkJpyZpclH_eiu-EWQTkKwU6L3gmjUwr/view?usp=sharing

Thoughts?

UPDATE: I’ve uploaded new versions of each sequence.

Here’s Sequence 1 (Bomb-Padme Addresses the Senate-Palptine’s Office): https://drive.google.com/file/d/14M7QuUx_Nmql8iYmG5aa_e2P8nAl-KBZ/view?usp=drive_link

-I Slightly tweaked your change, by adding back in Padme and Typho being thrown by the blast. I think that change adds a bit more context, and a bit more Ooomph to the blast, while still achieving the change you’re going for. Other than that I just went with your changes! GREAT WORK! So much better.

-I also made a small change to the scene in Palpatine’s Office. I cut the bit where Palpy asks Yoda, “Do you really think it will come to war?” right after he just said that his “Negotiations Will Not Fail.” . . . A bit double minded if you ask me. . .

And Here’s Sequence 2 (Droid Factory-Dooku’s Interrogation-Emergency Powers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yvbmct2jlqnUbwIEHE7nDCzEN-KZvlu8/view?usp=drive_link

-For this one I completely reworked the end of the Droid Factory to take advantage our your idea for Anakin looking up as Padme is taken away in the vat. I’m MUCH happier with this version, but you’ll have to let me know what you think.

Keep the suggestions coming 😉

Adding in Padme and Typho being thrown definitely works better for the reasons you mentioned. I didn’t even notice it was cut originally. 😄 Removing the Palpatine bit to Yoda is a nice call. Makes him come across as being more confident now.

I’m a little torn about the droid factory sequence. The last bit where Anakin slices the robot arm to make the cauldron fall still doesn’t connect for me. I messed around with it some more and am curious what you think of these changes?

• Kept the cut between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery. This keeps the action going from left to right and fixes the abrupt music change.

• Kept shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron.

• Insert brief shot of cauldron moving along to further sell what Anakin is looking at.

• Insert different shot of Padme looking up in the cauldron.

• Reinsert Anakin force throwing objects at geonosians and added thud sound fx when they get hit.

• Anakin jumps up to higher platform and uses force to unhook the cauldron. Only problem is the same force shot is used twice. Still need to find a fix.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3I3ybJ2-Ac0EPGf4hLaFmZ1yKE4euh_/view?usp=sharing

jkimm said:

Adding in Padme and Typho being thrown definitely works better for the reasons you mentioned. I didn’t even notice it was cut originally. 😄 Removing the Palpatine bit to Yoda is a nice call. Makes him come across as being more confident now.

I’m a little torn about the droid factory sequence. The last bit where Anakin slices the robot arm to make the cauldron fall still doesn’t connect for me. I messed around with it some more and am curious what you think of these changes?

• Kept the cut between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery. This keeps the action going from left to right and fixes the abrupt music change.

• Kept shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron.

• Insert brief shot of cauldron moving along to further sell what Anakin is looking at.

• Insert different shot of Padme looking up in the cauldron.

• Reinsert Anakin force throwing objects at geonosians and added thud sound fx when they get hit.

• Anakin jumps up to higher platform and uses force to unhook the cauldron. Only problem is the same force shot is used twice. Still need to find a fix.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3I3ybJ2-Ac0EPGf4hLaFmZ1yKE4euh_/view?usp=sharing

Yeah, I’m with you that the Force move on the Vat lands with way more punch, and I like a lot of the minor tweaks. I don’t worry too much about “abrupt music changes” as long as they aren’t distracting. There are quite a few “abrupt changes” in the Vanilla cut that are waaayyyy more abrupt than mine, lol! But I’ll see if I can clean that exchange up a bit. I think the “Perfect Version” is somewhere halfway between both of ours. . . Imma think about it and do another take.

In the meantime, I’m rendering out the Arena Battle for you to chew on. Stand by.

JoyOfEditing said:

jkimm said:

Adding in Padme and Typho being thrown definitely works better for the reasons you mentioned. I didn’t even notice it was cut originally. 😄 Removing the Palpatine bit to Yoda is a nice call. Makes him come across as being more confident now.

I’m a little torn about the droid factory sequence. The last bit where Anakin slices the robot arm to make the cauldron fall still doesn’t connect for me. I messed around with it some more and am curious what you think of these changes?

• Kept the cut between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery. This keeps the action going from left to right and fixes the abrupt music change.

• Kept shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron.

• Insert brief shot of cauldron moving along to further sell what Anakin is looking at.

• Insert different shot of Padme looking up in the cauldron.

• Reinsert Anakin force throwing objects at geonosians and added thud sound fx when they get hit.

• Anakin jumps up to higher platform and uses force to unhook the cauldron. Only problem is the same force shot is used twice. Still need to find a fix.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3I3ybJ2-Ac0EPGf4hLaFmZ1yKE4euh_/view?usp=sharing

Yeah, I’m with you that the Force move on the Vat lands with way more punch, and I like a lot of the minor tweaks. I don’t worry too much about “abrupt music changes” as long as they aren’t distracting. There are quite a few “abrupt changes” in the Vanilla cut that are waaayyyy more abrupt than mine, lol! But I’ll see if I can clean that exchange up a bit. I think the “Perfect Version” is somewhere halfway between both of ours. . . Imma think about it and do another take.

In the meantime, I’m rendering out the Arena Battle for you to chew on. Stand by.

YES!!!

jkimm said:

JoyOfEditing said:

jkimm said:

Adding in Padme and Typho being thrown definitely works better for the reasons you mentioned. I didn’t even notice it was cut originally. 😄 Removing the Palpatine bit to Yoda is a nice call. Makes him come across as being more confident now.

I’m a little torn about the droid factory sequence. The last bit where Anakin slices the robot arm to make the cauldron fall still doesn’t connect for me. I messed around with it some more and am curious what you think of these changes?

• Kept the cut between Anaking slicing geonosian in half and Padme navigating through machinery. This keeps the action going from left to right and fixes the abrupt music change.

• Kept shot of Anakin looking up when Padme is being taken away in cauldron.

• Insert brief shot of cauldron moving along to further sell what Anakin is looking at.

• Insert different shot of Padme looking up in the cauldron.

• Reinsert Anakin force throwing objects at geonosians and added thud sound fx when they get hit.

• Anakin jumps up to higher platform and uses force to unhook the cauldron. Only problem is the same force shot is used twice. Still need to find a fix.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3I3ybJ2-Ac0EPGf4hLaFmZ1yKE4euh_/view?usp=sharing

Yeah, I’m with you that the Force move on the Vat lands with way more punch, and I like a lot of the minor tweaks. I don’t worry too much about “abrupt music changes” as long as they aren’t distracting. There are quite a few “abrupt changes” in the Vanilla cut that are waaayyyy more abrupt than mine, lol! But I’ll see if I can clean that exchange up a bit. I think the “Perfect Version” is somewhere halfway between both of ours. . . Imma think about it and do another take.

In the meantime, I’m rendering out the Arena Battle for you to chew on. Stand by.

YES!!!

Aight. It’s uploading. About an hour from now it should be live at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-GJ1VlEvPO5XlQALDODDeZdWrGEH_ZHP?usp=sharing

You’ll know which one it is 😉

UPDATE: It’s live.