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#1373673
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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thebluefrog said:

EddieDean said:

What other avenues can we pursue for getting a little more Dooku in TPM?

What other movies was he in?

Dialogue can be salvaged, and if he’s got a “fantasy” look to him, a hologram can be made to cover up the costume.

There’s Lord of the Rings, but with the long hair it would be painfully obvious where it’s taken from.

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#1372810
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Would it not be amazing if we got a Darth Vader movie directed by Christopher Nolan?
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I don’t give a shit about Christopher Nolan, and I doubt he cares about Star Wars. All he does is guys in suits in cities with a muted cold color palette. It’s just not interesting. The grounded feel of the Dark Knight Trilogy was certainly interesting as a novelty, but at the end of the day, I’d rather the Burton films’ look.

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#1372808
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What's your take on Emperor Palpatine being brought back for The Rise of Skywalker?
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StarkillerAG said:

Climactic battle of the trilogy is Rey piloting a giant robot and punching Snokezilla into oblivion.

God, now I wish we’d gotten that movie instead.

StarkillerAG said:

I feel the opposite way, Burbin. I think that Palpatine was a bad villain for TROS precisely because he came completely out of nowhere. Removing all connections to Snoke and the First Order would only make it seem more random.

It’s like if the Empire were the main villains of ANH and ESB, and then they were sidelined in ROTJ by the Yuuzhan Vong coming out of nowhere. It would be completely nonsensical.

No, that’d be fun. I actually think the Vong coming outta nowhere in IX and having the Resistance and First Order team up fight them would’ve worked great.

kujythrgefdw said:

TROS would have been a perfect movie for me if the Emperor stayed dead.

Someone is working on an edit that removes him.

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#1371627
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Icecream2448 said:

Speaking of the ending, the music transition into “Directed by JJ Abrams” still feels weird. I know it’s been discussed a lot, so sorry if it’s already been decided upon and everything. It’s, like, abrupt and there is no flow or the usual “jolt” feeling you get when the credits roll. It just feels jarring and jump cut in the audio. I’m sure it’s incredibly difficult to get a proper timing with what appears to be two seperate audio tracks, but it’s just not feeling right.

Could it just be because of how we’re hearing the music as the Falcon is slowly entering hyperspace? Is the timing just all out of whack for my liking?

I made a cut of the ending with quieter music rather than standard SW fanfare, but I get the impression that’s not what you’re asking for.

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#1371465
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Yeah, Trevorrow’s initial script for TROS was written more than a year before the release of TLJ, and the same applies to TLJ as well. Watching the first two movies and then reading Trevorrow’s first draft, there’s a clear through-line in the entire trilogy. It’s just that Carrie Fisher’s death threw a spanner in the works.

Yes, there is a through-line, but Carrie Fisher’s death is irrelevant. Leia’s role in the trilogy has always been fairly minor, and her role in DotF could have easily been rewritten around the footage they had. Lucasfilm clearly had a problem with the script itself. I’m inclined to believe it’s the way it handled Kylo.