The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 622

What… is different about that clip?

And I’m open to doing a V3 if there’s enough that can be done for one. The biggest thing I remember wishing was better was an explanation for the Star Destroyer fleet explicitly being stashed away (and I guess modified) old imperial leftovers Palpatine had as a contingency.

Or even something to suggest the navigation tower allowed them to be piloted automatically, or that he needed First Order personnel to occupy the fleet and use them. Anything to remove the silly plot aspect that his followers we see a roomful of on a hidden, barren world smuggled pocketfuls of random crap over thirty years to build scale replicas to the T of old school Destroyers on a scale the galaxy had never seen.

eiyosus said:

I had a lazy Saturday afternoon today, so I watched TFA Restructured, Poppasketti’s edit of TLJ, and I finally got around to watching Ascendant for the first time. I only saw the original once back during pandemic lockdown days in 2020.

Nice job to all the people involved! I gotta say, going from the “find me” line at the end of TLJ to the creepy line added to the first Wayfinder scene ended up being a fantastic lead in, even if it was unintentional. It got me pretty pumped for the movie.

The movie was okay, I watched the Rey Nobody version. Definitely better than the theatrical. Still wish all the characters weren’t total dicks to Threepio the whole way through though lol.

Anyway, I just wanted to give kudos to the work that went into this.

Funny you should mention this, because my six-year-old daughter just asked to watch the sequel trilogy (for the first time), and we just watched Starlight/Rekindled/Ascendant (Rey Palpatine version though). On this rewatch, knowing what to expect, I massively enjoyed Rise of Skywalker. Not just found acceptable, as in my previous rewatches - enjoyed. Without all the weaker shots, and knowing to accept Palpatine and some of the other suprises, and with the addition of the polish and new content, a lot of what was great about the original movie (and there is a lot!) really shone through. It helps to be free of four years of anticipation building, and come into this knowing what you’re getting, but I genuinely feel like the sequel trilogy works now, and that each episode in it is great.

Hal 9000 said:

What… is different about that clip?

She’s got Sith eyes. Very subtle.

Sorry for the double post, but how do we feel about something like this for a v3:

https://soundcloud.com/jar-jar-bricks/tros-audio/s-M7Rtw3H7Sf6?si=ac674ba0384949e9a6a6b64d9410ba4b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I can edit the cadence and delivery a bit.

What’s the context for that?

Well, I can make Adam Driver say anything we want, really. I was just envisioning placing a clip like that when Rey and Ben connect in the dyad before the Palpy fight. Maybe add an echo effect over the voice so that it’s clear they’re communicating telepathically.

One would consider Starlight/Rekindled/Ascendant to be the ideal viewing order of ST edits. I should watch them in order myself to get the same experience.

Or how about something like this after Leia calls out to Ben on the Death Star wreckage:

https://soundcloud.com/jar-jar-bricks/leia/s-0gbuvjzscd4?si=88a992d9d97b424c8512576cf6e8535f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I really don’t think those sound seamless, so I don’t imagine attempting anything with that that isn’t called for. Does Poe sound good using that?

Depends. Do you have an audio library of Oscar Isaac with no background noise?

The future is now! Hal, for your consideration, here is an updated version of the “you were right” line fully synthesized using only Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren lines:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U0CDjl50FAtHjHEpkH2deyA506Ux5gON/view?usp=sharing

Hmm… it’s a very quick line reading. Awesome that it can even be done at all. How’d it sound to just have “You were right”? I don’t suppose there’s any other way to prompt it to deliver it differently. I’d be happy to mix it in and just see how it fares against what poppasketti did.

Here are two line delivery options:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CAFVklNXQRqb7afw3Z_opua5qcgZoQUM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rW4Rpn8bPhe7b4k8nRDsIe-Dp5_LTJWR/view?usp=sharing

The second one is very similar to poppa’s delivery.

Wow, you’re right about that!

From what I’m imagining, this could be used for a lot more lines. Such as “we’ve become a dyad in the Force”. Or maybe Kylo can say something after “We’ll kill him. Together…” And also for Rey Nobody it could be very helpful.

I’m assuming this is elevenAI, in which case yeah its insane what the program can do. The possibilities for fanedits have gone way, way up if its used to even half its potential IMO.

Yup, that’s the one. Also, here’s one reading of Sherlock’s altered line (I also have another one that delivers it a bit different):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZujVo-iYqzoV6pO7maucZHMxXQhG0Ww/view?usp=sharing

And here is a possible Captain Hux for earlier in the film:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14S44Xyd7X9JAxkTXO82X61ySvjyRZ0V5/view?usp=sharing

It’s cool how the program literally lets you fine tune the emotions and such.

Hal 9000 said:

Does Poe sound good using that?

I can work on a Poe model if needed. What did you have in mind for him to say?

Maybe we could also clean up Luke’s line of:
“Leia told me that she had sensed the end of her Jedi Path”

I’ve had trouble locating a clear audio sampling of Mark Hamill. For obvious reasons, he didn’t voice his character in Lego TFA.

So, Hal’s intention in removing “they sold you to protect you” was to imply that Rey’s parents instead paid for her to be hidden. Here’s a suitable replacement for that line:

https://youtu.be/QPWSB-_sSo4 (EDIT: New clip with improved wording)

Keep in mind that for this to be executed properly, we’d have to reinstate Rey saying “Stop talking!” after he says the final part of his new line. So the flow of the lines isn’t perfect because we’re actually missing a beat.

Bricks, I like that! I think one of our resident audio engineers could massage that to be a bit closer to fit in, but it’s… authentic… in that weird sort of way.

As far as Poe, ideally during a cutaway shot or two he could comment about the fleet. Here’s a rough idea.

“He’s been planning his revenge. An enormous stockpile of Imperial Star Destroyers, his contingency plan. He calls it the Final Order. Together, this fleet has unstoppable power. The Emperor and his [followers] have been hiding in the Unknown Regions. On a world called Exegol.”