The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 50

Honestly would be better if Kef-Bir was Endor tbf, still think the celebration sequence should be extended.

Hal 9000 said:

You’ll just have to imagine a gif for this one:

When you open your bank account and see your tax refund.

Palpatine being rejuvenated by the dyad, eyes brightening

A month later, finally got around to making it for you:

Everyone, use it at your convenience.

Lol, nice. Thanks! I’m sure I’ll find other uses for it.

Oh my god! Hal, I’ve just had a great idea! (Or at least I think it’s great!)

Okay so hear me out, you’ve referred to all of us members of the site as the “massive, random civilian fleet of support” when it comes to helping you out with this edit, as in this case, as you’ve said, you wanted to take more of a backseat and hand the wheel to us.

You also said as one of your first suggestions for the edit that you thought it was a good idea to incorperate many people saying things along the lines of “for Skywalker!” over the comms when they come to help Poe.

That got me thinking, what if as a tribute to the help of all of the members on the site, we all chip in by literally becoming the civilian fleet?

Everyone who has the time and a proper mic at home can send an audio bite of them saying a different phrase like: “We’re with you Poe!, For Skywalker!, Let’s go!” etc, etc…

Hopefully we would be able to get a large enough range of voices as this site is relatively diverse enough to have men and women from all over the world!

That’s what I’m going for, a collection of various things like that that can be thrown together to characterize the fleet and give hopefully several of you all a fun way to do a cameo.

Send ‘em to me.

EDIT: what I mean is that I said that some pages back. But yes, send me audio clips of all y’all saying things like that in whatever kind of voices you like. I’ve got three people’s worth so far, all saying “For Skywalker.” But any kind of chatter you can come up with, whether you have a specific idea of where it can go or not, would be helpful. So it’s not just four seconds when we hear them talk.

So yes, if you’re reading this, send me a recording right now of yourself calling out “For Skywalker” or something similar and anything else your character would say in that situation. Since it’ll all be over commlink, it’s okay if the sound quality is absolute shit!

!

poppasketti said:

Darth Sadifous said:

It be cool if someone could replace the vats of Snoke clones with ones of Palapatine instead.

I’m not sure if this is something for this edit, but here’s a first pass at this idea:

Palpatine Clones
PW: fanedit

Also, I just want to say I love the work being done here. It’s really fantastic and inspiring to see!

Holy shit! That’s terrific! Basically perfect!

Have you tried to give them slightly different expressions?

Poppa, we’re back in business.

Just a nitpick. Since this is a clone in the making, would it be possible to have him with the same decrepit look minus the facial scars?

Even for Snoke I thought it was an oversight on their part. Cloning the injury of a subject is kinda ridiculous.

idir_hh said:

Even for Snoke I thought it was an oversight on their part. Cloning the injury of a subject is kinda ridiculous.

I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again, Palpatine’s deformed face IS his true appearance, the ‘Chancellor Palpatine’ look is a Sith mask, a cosmetic disguise to hide the fact that years of Dark Side corruption have taken a toll on his face. Why when he rejuvenated in TROS would he look like he does in the rest of the films and not like a normal person? Because that is his normal appearance.

His fight with Mace Windu exposed his true self.

You could be right, but the body is corrupted only after it is inglufed by the darkside which in this case it still has not, that is until Palpatine rejuvenates of course.

RogueLeader said:

Just to throw out some potential lines people could say:

“For Leia!”
“We’re with you, Poe/General Dameron!”
“[insert callsign], standing by.”

Callsign ideas: Phoenix, Ace, Phantom, Wraith, Red, Blue, Gold, Green, Wolf, Wraith, various planet names (like Naboo Fleet, Bespin, Ryloth, etc.). You could either say Leader or Squadron, or a specific number. Maybe people could think of some clever easter eggs to throw in at this point.

I think the “all wings report in” moment would be great for the reveal shot, as we hear all these people raise their voices in solidarity. Then throughout the battle we could get various lines like, “For Skywalker!” I do think add voices to the battle would definitely help make that incomprehensible number of digital ships feel more like real, living people joining the fight.

PS: Dibs on “Rogue Leader”

There seemed to be lots of ships there from the Mon Cala fleet, perhaps someone could do a convincing Mon Calamari impression?

poppasketti said:

Ok, here’s a version without the lightning scars and scaled down a bit! Still need to tweak the track a little.

Palpatine Clones - Clear
PW: fanedit

Wow, that was fast! Definitely an improvemt! It looks fantastic! Just out of curiousity, why did you choose to change the fluid to red rather than the yellowy green?

Edit:
Can I just go on record as saying that my god, Poppasketti, you certainly do not get enough credit! You are honestly one of the most talented VFX people I know!