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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released) — Page 179

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Hal, are you still planning on having Coruscant in the background of the board meeting scene?

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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Since it might take a little work to mask out the windows and such, perhaps Coruscant could just be added to the shot of the Knights’ flying toward the Star Destroyer. Maybe Coruscant could be added to the bottom of the screen, similar to how poppa replaced Endor in that one shot of the Falcon flying toward Kef Bir.

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RogueLeader said:

Since it might take a little work to mask out the windows and such, perhaps Coruscant could just be added to the shot of the Knights’ flying toward the Star Destroyer. Maybe Coruscant could be added to the bottom of the screen, similar to how poppa replaced Endor in that one shot of the Falcon flying toward Kef Bir.

My stance on revising fan edits.

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Since we have already changed some 3PO lines and cut out the reference to R2 having his memory backed up, I wanted to go ahead and see if it would be possible to not have R2 reupload 3PO’s memories at all. This is what I came up with.

I think the first scene, where 3PO meets R2 again, could be moved to before the scenes with Rey on Ach-To. That way it feels like R2 and 3PO have been speaking for awhile, and we catch back up with them in the middle of a conversation. I also slightly changed 3PO’s lines regarding the transmission to make him speak more objectively, since he may not have been caught up on who Luke is yet. It might not be right for Ascendant, but I thought I’d go ahead and share it.

https://vimeo.com/434479633

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How to give Finn an arc as an actual force user:

On the Star Destroyer, Jannah plugs in the turret but it sparks and then makes a sound like it shuts down.
Close up of Finn closing his eyes.
Reverby dialogue of Finn saying “a feeling…”
The turret powers up and starts firing.

This would likely require a bit of vfx for the Finn close up with eyes closed as there’s not ideal material that would fit right in.

heil Palpatine!

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RogueLeader, I like that a lot but I don’t think it’s going to be totally convincing and natural with what we’re stuck with.

Krausfadr, that’s certainly an intriguing idea, but sort of the same. I don’t imagine that really working gangbusters. They really should have FILMED something like that, though. Ugh.

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RogueLeader said:

Since we have already changed some 3PO lines and cut out the reference to R2 having his memory backed up, I wanted to go ahead and see if it would be possible to not have R2 reupload 3PO’s memories at all. This is what I came up with.

I think the first scene, where 3PO meets R2 again, could be moved to before the scenes with Rey on Ach-To. That way it feels like R2 and 3PO have been speaking for awhile, and we catch back up with them in the middle of a conversation. I also slightly changed 3PO’s lines regarding the transmission to make him speak more objectively, since he may not have been caught up on who Luke is yet. It might not be right for Ascendant, but I thought I’d go ahead and share it.

https://vimeo.com/434479633

this is gold

the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural

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Speaking of gold, maybe Kylo Ren’s helmet needs a makeover fit for a Supreme Ruler of the galaxy?

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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RogueLeader said:

Since we have already changed some 3PO lines and cut out the reference to R2 having his memory backed up, I wanted to go ahead and see if it would be possible to not have R2 reupload 3PO’s memories at all. This is what I came up with.

I think the first scene, where 3PO meets R2 again, could be moved to before the scenes with Rey on Ach-To. That way it feels like R2 and 3PO have been speaking for awhile, and we catch back up with them in the middle of a conversation. I also slightly changed 3PO’s lines regarding the transmission to make him speak more objectively, since he may not have been caught up on who Luke is yet. It might not be right for Ascendant, but I thought I’d go ahead and share it.

https://vimeo.com/434479633

RogueLeader, I love it. Making Threepio’s sacrifice permanent makes it all the more poingnant. Brings his character full circle, imo. Beautiful.

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Sh0ckwa73 said:

RogueLeader said:

Since we have already changed some 3PO lines and cut out the reference to R2 having his memory backed up, I wanted to go ahead and see if it would be possible to not have R2 reupload 3PO’s memories at all. This is what I came up with.

I think the first scene, where 3PO meets R2 again, could be moved to before the scenes with Rey on Ach-To. That way it feels like R2 and 3PO have been speaking for awhile, and we catch back up with them in the middle of a conversation. I also slightly changed 3PO’s lines regarding the transmission to make him speak more objectively, since he may not have been caught up on who Luke is yet. It might not be right for Ascendant, but I thought I’d go ahead and share it.

https://vimeo.com/434479633

RogueLeader, I love it. Making Threepio’s sacrifice permanent makes it all the more poingnant. Brings his character full circle, imo. Beautiful.

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A new workprint is on its way up. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing that hasn’t been discussed in here, but it’ll be a better watch for anyone who hasn’t seen it.

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Hi! First time poster, but I’ve been following this work for awhile now and have been blown away by everyone’s effort. In the words of Obi-Wan, this work is impressive- you must be very proud. =D

Anyway, I’d love to get a look at the entire cut if possible. Can someone dm me a link?

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I’ve been thumbing through the latest workprint, and I’m loving most of the changes. The only thing I’m not so keen on is how the Knights of Ren on Passana is moved up to break up the underground sequence. I wonder if it would be better to just move the little Leia/Rose/Snap scene there instead? I think it would be fine to cut straight from the quicksand to to everyone falling through on the bottom, since I don’t think there’s any doubt that our heroes are going to survive, and they’re still in a relative state of peril, so I don’t think it would take away from the Leia scene either.

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Oh, that’s a nice idea Octorox … that could be a better fit. We the audience KNOWS the heroes are not going to die. Really simple.

“Because you are a PalpaWalker?”

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Seems worth at least tossing the idea out there of adding a fourth planet to the destroyer montage. There’s enough room for it in order to preserve the music.

Eehhhhhh???

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Dew it, make the sacrifice.

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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Hal 9000 said:

Seems worth at least tossing the idea out there of adding a fourth planet to the destroyer montage. There’s enough room for it in order to preserve the music.

Eehhhhhh???

You mean the end celebration? Because if so I’ve got a good idea for that.

Filmic Crossroads, Daniel L. Isidore

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Hal 9000 said:

You’re always so cryptic and mysterious.

Naboo shot either from episode I or II theres a good one during the night.
Maybe Popsektti could edit a FO Tie Fighter crashing, and then in the distance/backround we could have a another cruiser going down.

https://imgur.com/RT7MX50

Filmic Crossroads, Daniel L. Isidore

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Maybe Yavin 4 from Rogue one?

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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First, I almost jumped out of my chair when I heard the “Look sharp” audio from Finn at the beginning. I know it’s soo small but the fact that I contributed in anyways made me so happy.
Second, in the workprint there is no audio for the steam during that scene, it makes the scene as is feel empty. Anyone else have thoughts on that?

After being beaten and battered by prequel hate, I promise not to be that to the next generation.

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Given that we have a planet from each trilogy, I think a logical and exciting step may be to include a planet from outside of the nine movies. A Clone Wars, Rebels, Mandalorian or even video game cameo would be exciting, and not unprecedented given Kanan and Ahsoka’s cameo.

Personally, my vote would go to Dathomir for appearing in both animated series as well as Jedi: Fallen Order, and I imagine the latter would have a realistic enough shot to insert a Star Destroyer into. Failing that, Nevarro, Mandalore, or even a planet from Rogue One or Solo (Corellia?) would be neat.