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Tiny nitpick, but do we need the alien to say “Skywalker” three times, or even twice? The second time it says Skywalker, it sounded to me a bit like it’s just reusing the same audio as the first time he says it, maybe it’s just because he pauses after the word both times. Maybe I’m being silly, but I’m just thinking of what the alien actor’s “translated script” could have been and wondering how the same word is used so often in just one or two sentences. Maybe replace one with “Jedi?”
On that note, I also wonder if the voice actor (I forget who exactly, my apologies) couldn’t ham it up just a little bit with their cadence and tone to better match what’s happening on screen in the final cut. Maybe a quick dramatic pause before Luke deflects the blast, then a little flair and excitement in their voice when it happens. Like, in a way the kids could be laughing at how he’s telling the story, and not just at the visual of the puppets.
Thanks for the feedback, Neerb! The “Skywalker” line readings are all definitely unique, not duplicated. I could swap out one of them with a more distinct reading, Creation gave me plenty of inflections to choose from!
I threw in a third “Skywalker” with the intention of making who/what this puppet show is about as clear as possible for your hypothetical first-time viewer. For example, Nev mentioned that his girlfriend didn’t catch what was happening until one or two more rewatches, but that was also with the one-shot version of the scene, rather than the two-shot version. I definitely think we should hear him say Skywalker at least twice, but maybe three is pushing it a little. Having him say “Jedi” would definitely serve the same purpose I was after, so that’s a great idea Neerb!
Creation originally recorded his really awesome alien gibberish before I had anything recorded for the puppet show, so he was just going off how the idea had been described. We were already planning to do this, but now that we have the visuals and the pacing of the scene down, I think Faraday might write new dialogue in a different language that Creation can record. Now that he can see what he is talking about, it could help him add a little more flair to the performance like you described.
