And thank you for your valuable time watching my edits! I do it for everyone else as well as me, and the greatest compliments are comments like these!
So thank you š
Like the previous two, it does not replace the LOTR-scored once. Both are obtainable, and both have been through excessive work to feel epic and emotional in scale and tone.
Remember to own the original movie(s).
If you have my Google Drive link, you wonāt need a new one. š
And remember! ALWAYS own the original film(s) or TV-series before watching and/or downloading any of my edits.
Are you going to do a fanedit of AOTC and ROTS eventually?
I really have no idea. I know how I would approach them, but I havenāt thought about if i actually want. The Phantom Menace has a special place in my heart and gives me great nostalgia and it has a lot of good in it - it is just not presented as well as it should and could have been.
As for the other two; well, they are kinda computer games reallyā¦
I will answer PMs within three hours.
The film is re-scored with GoT soundtrack. This does NOT mean that Itās season 2 with original score. Quite the opposite. The film has taken months to complete, as the emotional and tonal flow had to be ON POINT for the film to resemble the epicness and adventure i tried to achieve with the Howard Shore score.
Re-structured some narrative beats, like the beginning and the ending.
Altered and fix scenes and problems either reported by community members or found by myself.
and moreā¦
I will always encourage fanedits that try to do something radical and new, than safe. Best of luck to you!
People have been telling me for years to watch The Clone Wars series to re-ignite my love for the bigger Star Wars universe, but Iām literally allergic to filler episodes and meaningless sideplots. But your edits have received so much praise, I must just ask:
Are these films (or series) streamlined and focused? And if so, me and my girlfriend would love to give them a watch sometime - in which case, I would be happy to receive a PM. š
Also - for the TCW 2003 series, have you considered using the 4k upscale as your source? Would make TCW 2003 and the modern fit better in visual sharpness.
I liked it, the only thing I found a bit odd was the fire springing up on the floor. Maybe just a smoke there would be good. Or you could set the fire somewhere else, like in the trees or in the ship.
In the second sequence? Or the first with the stairs background?
In the sequence showing the stairs as background and in the sequence showing the square. The two have a fire on the floor.
Gotācha. Agreed. Iāll look to improve or replace the effect.
G&G-Fan said:
I quite like the witty banter, the voice work is very convincing too.I do kind of find it odd that Qui-Gon calls a diplomatic mission boring considering itās literally the Jediās main job, but I canāt say I didnāt laugh.
Hehe, happy to hear that! Let us call it sarcasm with a dash of irony. I always felt that Qui-Gon has very static, sarcastic humour in the films. Call it clever humour (for instance: āthe ability to speak does not make you intelligentā).
The fact it made you and others chuckle means it must be working. Thank you for your feedback.
I liked it, the only thing I found a bit odd was the fire springing up on the floor. Maybe just a smoke there would be good. Or you could set the fire somewhere else, like in the trees or in the ship.
In the second sequence? Or the first with the stairs background?
I think I found a better and more natural solution than the original dialogue idea.
As far as that FakeYou site. It can produce decent results, but i find the GitHub release much better and more powerful. Sometimes the voices can be rendered almost robotic through the site, requiring a lot of post-render work in Audacity and Vegas.
However, audio trickery - and especially dialogue - is always difficult. It took me nearly two hours just to produce this snippet - and I donāt know if it will work, but here it is:
The āYou are not his padawan anymoreā bit sounds funny with headphones (cheap ones), a bit too robotic and with a diferent ātoneā. With the laptop speakers is barely noticeable. I think I can tell doe to the prior headphones listening and wouldnāt have noticed otherwise
Hmm, I can not reproduce this issue with two different headsets on my own end. I suppose I canāt prevent the line from being 100 percent on all audio devices, but what I can do is try and even out the volume levels and perhaps even clean them up once more. I will see what I can do.
mrbenja0618 said:
I like the clip, the flames a look a tad off, but I see you say you are still tweaking, but the concept works. I wish there could be a way to make it more atmospheric that matches the mood of the scene. Maybe more gray and overcast over mostly sunny with scattered clouds, but that would be a load of rotoscoping work.Regardless, Iām deeply interested in this. Also, why does Qui-Gon have a purple saber? Was just for the sake of change, or is there a deep cut reason? haha
Suggestions always appreciated.
Qui-Gon have a purple saber for two reasons;
Overall, this is good. But the random flames clearly pasted onto the scene look out of place and tagged onā¦ the stairs are burning in that one scene? My advice: Stick to the smoke, especially the one in the background. That looks really good for the most part.
Yes, agreed. As stated it need work. It was more about āsetting the sceneā. Thank you for your feedback. I am happy that you find the smoke effect to be working.
T-202 said:
I really dig this, It fits perfectly with the more hostile Takeover of Naboo you set up in V1.
Always appreciate feedback. I am glad you feel the same. I hope for the Naboo Invasion to hit really hard for the audience.
Yeah, maybe dead soldiers would be good, since that is more of a royal area (I think). One thing I think could be good too is changing the color of the sky, or at least put more smoke in the sky area
Agreed.
Great suggestion. Will do so.
I love this! I remember AlaskanSandman trying something similar and was sad it wasnāt able to come to anything. I always feel like we need some sense of what has happened to the later line āour people are sufferingā hits home more.
I agree. I think if we see how bad the state of the planet is when we leave it the first time, all dialogue about it will hit home even harder.
Will need some more work. Any suggestions would be good.
I will probably add some dead battledroids, but I wonder if any dead civilianz would be too harsh?
Great to hear that it works. I will remove the following āPadawanā on Qui-Gonās second line to smooth things out, on suggestion from Fanedit.org.
I think I found a better and more natural solution than the original dialogue idea.
As far as that FakeYou site. It can produce decent results, but i find the GitHub release much better and more powerful. Sometimes the voices can be rendered almost robotic through the site, requiring a lot of post-render work in Audacity and Vegas.
However, audio trickery - and especially dialogue - is always difficult. It took me nearly two hours just to produce this snippet - and I donāt know if it will work, but here it is:
Honestly, my main issues with TPM are:
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I just wish you could change the name Dooku because that remains the stupidest, worse SW name ever in my opinion.
Those are pretty much my issues since I embarked on this edit as well, along with bad character development, a weak villain and a total lack of a main character.
I could fix Dooku - which Is a stupid name (Count Evil would be just as fitting), but such things are so Canon-breaking that it would beg more trouble than resolution.
And a half-assed but working fix for the Obi-Wan/Yoda dynamic could be through the use of the free Github Voice AI. I could easily have a decent result of Qui-Gon saying a line like this:
āAfter so many years as a Padawan of Master Yoda, I expect you to be more mindful of the forceā.
That is a tough call. I remember watching it back then and being very intrigued by the changes you made. I donāt recall it being hard to follow - just it being very different.
Mostly I was into the addition of Dooku so whatever you choose to do, having that will make it continue to be a joy!
It is.
Interesting to hear opinions. Did you ever get beyond intrigued tho? Did you ever lose focus, interest or even completely fall out of the movie at places because of the new changes? Or did you find them easy to adapt to?
This sounds very interesting. I, for one, would be very interested in a canon-compliant version. Canāt wait until you do that! But I look forward to May the 4th!
I am seriously considering re-structuring The Ancient Lore V2 to the original film structure - but with my story alterations, if that is what most people wish.
I remember this was very split back in 2018 at Fanedit.org. 50 percent insisted that the new structure made this edit unique, and the other 50% meant that the original structure would be easier to follow.
I suppose both are true, which is why choosing which to focus the most energy and time into - prioritize - is getting increasingly difficult as i get further into the process of editing.
One part of me think that going back to the original structure (but with my alterations made) will be the most accessible option for all viewers, and then doing the āRadical versionā (which is more the original TAL structure) thereafter.
Sirius said:
I like what other editors made with TPM, but for me this movie needs a bit more work than just cut bad parts/add deleted scenes, to be a better film. TPM is complex in that sense.
Exactly. There is a decent film in there!