Acbagel

Atom-88 said:

Well I have watched this twice and have to say I absaloutley loved it and it is definitely one of my favourite edits of TFA, you have done an incredible job Acbagel.

I will say that I haven’t read any of the Star Wars Legends and the only thing I have watched other than the PT, OT and ST is The Mandalorian.

Thank you for the kinds words. That is very interesting considering you are coming from a perspective of not knowing many of the old Star Wars Legends stories. Either way, I am happy you enjoyed it.

Things I loved:

• The scene layout
  The way you have moved the scenes around makes the pacing and flow of the movie now a lot better.

• The Humour
  The cuts you made regarding some of the humour makes it feel more like a Star wars movie and less like a comedy.

• Flashback scenes
  I loved the inclusion of flashbacks you put in (e.g Kylo interrogating Poe). There was another scene but it’s escaped my memory right now😬.

• Rey’s Powers
  I love the way you have toned down Rey’s Powers, I don’t have any issues with the character but could never understand why they made her so powerful to begin with. So was glad to see the removal of the mind trick (which was done very well) and the fight with Kylo was also done really good and liked the fact that neither Fin or Rey really show Kylo any sort of offence.

• Rey’s Dream
  I liked this a lot and thought you did a very good job, the way you faded it in with the reveal just brilliant.

• Hyperspace Ending
  I really do prefer them not finding Luke and it ending with Chewie, Rey and R2 in the falcon going into hyperspace. (This is one of the major things I also enjoyed with DigModifications and FGR’s Edits of TFA). I rather have a bit of anticipation going into the next movie, will they find Luke, will he help them🤷 instead of seeing him looking annoyed for 60 seconds lol.

Thanks for the positive feedback. Just want to chime in and give credit to where it’s due because not all of that was my original work. I did credit all of the original editors in my OP. I did a lot of my own changes, but also chose a lot of my favorite effects and scenes from some of those other great editors you mentioned.

Ok so not everything can be perfect for every individual but I will say for me personally this is pretty much there.

Things I didn’t like:
(These are not massive things and things that are just me being maybe a little bit nitpicky).

• Maz’s love for Chewie
  I just hate the line when they meet Maz and she asks Han “Where’s my boyfriend, I love that Wookie”. Don’t get me wrong I know it’s just a bit of harmless humor but for some reason it just annoys me.

True, I agree with you here actually. I’m not at all a fan of that line but it’s really hard to cut out because it’s right in the middle of a scene where a jump cut would look rawkward. I’ll play around with potential solutions in the future because it is something I would like to get rid of.

• Luke’s reveal in Rey’s Dream
  I know I said I loved Rey’s Dream scene and I really do but for me personally I think it may have been better to have it fade in and as we start to see the shape of a hooded figure standing there have it fade back out. This is just me personally I really do love what you have done, I just think it may be better that way because then the viewer could be thinking “Hey wonder what or who Rey is having a vision of” I know we already know the answer but it just gives it that bit of mystery especially with the ending of them going into hyperspace.
  (Also feels like it needs something as we go into the next scene of the map reveal, don’t know what tho just feels like it may need something).

I like that suggestion too. I will look into cutting a bit earlier to preserve more of that Luke reveal for TLJ.

Thank you once again Acbagel for sharing this amazing edit with me, this is definitely up there with Hal’s, Digmod’s and Neverar’s edits and the fact that it is just your workprint🤯. Can’t wait to see your final release.

Now onto The Last Jedi😁.

Looking forward to reading your thougts!

JumpyLion said:

Can I have a link, this sounds really good

Sent, enjoy!

I’ll take V3 when you get a chance, thank you very much for your work

Hello! Could I get a link to the edits? Thanks

Reno Skywarp said:

Can I get a link when you have a minute?

Sent! Hope you enjoy

Khernel said:

Hi! Can you send me the link please? Thanks!

Sent!

NeverarGreat said:

PM sent with both versions if you have a specific comparison in mind.

Thanks! I think some of the confusion with the changelist between V1 and V2 is that both versions are intermixed in OP. Example being Kylo’s prayer, you have it listed in both Act 1 and Act 2.

Can I get a link to watch? Thanks!

NeverarGreat said:

Acbagel, do you mean what was changed from V1 of the workprint to V2? If so there are quite a few changes and tweaks not all of which I remember at the moment, but most of the total changes for the project are kept up-to-date on the first post of the thread.

Ok, I was just wondering if you had a time stamped changelist for V1 and V2 so I could go back and forth and compare the changes. Either way, I’ll take the link to V2 to check it out.

NeverarGreat said:

Great! I actually changed it a bit yet again.

This project is getting very close to a full release. I’m uploading another workprint right now so if anyone wants to check that out just ask. There are quite a few new changes from the first workprint, from beginning to end, literally. The new crawl is included, as well as a whole new piece of music in the end credits.

The only major things left to do are the timecode removals. Other than that, it’s just some finessing of the present changes. Off the top of my head, I’d like to work more on Poe’s interrogation, the Hosnian Destruction shot that was brought up earlier, the Sith eyes, and swapping out the TLJ footage in Rey’s final dream/vision for more TFA appropriate imagery.

Very exciting! Would love to see a Workprint-V1 changelist when it’s ready!

maxvirtuemc said:

Hopefully, I’m not asking too much but I would love a link to this trilogy you edited, sounds incredible! Thanks!

Not at all, sent! Have fun, would love to hear your review after you watch

nluckett said:

Sounds super interesting. Can I get a link? Thanks.

Sent!

TestingOutTheTest said:

Once you start down the Dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.

Except Darth Vader redeemed himself in RotJ.

Hey, I’m just the messenger, take it up with Yoda! But I think his meaning was not that you can’t turn back to the light ever again, but that the dark side has eternal consequences and it consumes your entire being. There is a price to be paid for wielding the dark, and for Vader it was his life.

I just uploaded V2 of this edit. V2 just fixes a few bugs with the crawl and a couple scenes throughout the movie. Nothing major, just touch-ups to fix the initial mistakes.

Since I now have V2’s of each edit, it might be a while before I go to V3’s and final releases of everything. I am personally waiting on other people to finish their edits to see if I am inspired by some of their ideas or scenes to add into mine. I am most looking forward to the Movies Remastered Episode 9 edit (release sometime Q 2/3 2021?), and the Fixing Disney Star Wars trilogy (releasing edits throughout 2021 and 2022). As those come out I will integrate what I feel works well with my Legends Trilogy and upload versions until I feel my work is 100% complete.

As far as future projects go, I don’t have any plans to release edits of any other Star Wars movies. I do have personal edits of Solo, Rogue One, Return of the Jedi, and small edits on some Clone Wars/Rebels episodes, but I don’t feel like my changes are significant enough to warrant writing about and releasing. They are just part of my personal way of watching the Star Wars saga. So until Disney releases something new I will only be slowly updating the Legends Trilogy.

Thanks to everyone who has supported the project and written reviews. I’ve really enjoyed the interactions and I hope my work will remain something for future fans to continue discovering so they can experience the ST in a new light.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Given the difference in the OT heroes’ children, does this mean it’s not directly Legends-compatible?

I’m sure you can find some inconsistencies between the two, but I built my trilogy to work in line with The Crucible Canon https://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-crucible-canon-merging-eu-and-new-canon-as-smoothly-as-possible.50053287/ . In this theory, the Legends children can still exist. In fact, I know of another fan editor who is currently filming scenes with a Jaina Solo to include in TLJ that I will borrow from for my final version.

T-202 said:

Can I get a link? Sounds really interesting!

Sent! If you have time, I’d love to for you to post a review here when you’re done.

stretch009 said:

This was absolutely stellar like your TFA edit was. I’m REALLY hoping you can color correct it. Maybe an editor like Hal 9000 would assist you?

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed. Did you get to watch the TLJ edit as well?

I would love to do some better color correcting for the final releases. I’m not skilled in that area so I would definitely rely on others for that if they’d want to pitch in.

I’d love to see as well, thanks!

I’d like to see as well, thanks!

Oasissky said:

I personally agree with the Kylo choices and how this edit ends. These are my favorite fan-edits of the Sequel Trilogy so far. People should check these out.

Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the new experience.

That looks so good! I can’t see anything at all to change anymore. Looks theatrical quality and is a fantastic change.

I watched this last week but did want to give a quick review on it!

Overall the edit works very well to combine the tones of the 2 source materials. I think the highlight of the film was the eeriness right before the Jedi confront Palpatine. There’s like a solid 3 minutes of pure dread as we see how many characters are sensing something imminent. Incredible!

It all does a great job to wrap up Clone Wars and this was my wife’s first time ever seeing RotS after we watched all of TCW the last few months. She was in tears by the end!

As for things to fix, there’d only be a few, and most of them are directed to the NCC which I know isn’t a completed project so I won’t bother getting into that. For FotR, the only corrections I can think of were I believe there’s a slight audio desync that occurs in TCW scene on Mandalore with Bo-Katan and Ahsoka after capturing Maul. Either that or something about the animation there is throwing me off, maybe just double check. The one main criticism I’d give is I think there’s too many cut to black transitions between the sources. Maybe look into some wipes instead of hard cuts to black.

Thanks for your work on this, it’s a great idea and I think the best way to experience a more consistent story for TCW characters into the movie.

Sent to all 4! Would appreciate reviews if you have the time.

I really found my passion for this film and hit a stride at the midway point of working. I went back and rewrote this thread’s OP and changelist so you will now have a detailed explanation of every decision I made. And with that… The workprint is complete! I will be uploading tonight so please post here or DM me if you’d like to see.

Love a lot of these ideas, and especially agree with the title 😉 . Wondering how you’re going to pull off the Anakin content? Where are you getting that footage from that makes it look like an actual part of the movie?

I made a lot of progress the last couple days and have a working cut for Act 1 and began on Act 2. I’m hoping the new way I introduced Palpatine is going to a be a better way of tying his story to Legends!