Bingowings

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The Dooku fight in AOTC always seemed topsy turvy to me. I think it comes from an attempt to create anticipation for the very silly Yoda acrobatics. Surely sword fighting is less of display of prowess than throwing the environment about and shooting electricity out of your hands?🤔

It would change it. As to screwing it up, the proof of that pudding would be in the tasting.

When the Falcon is caught in the tractor beam the ship shakes but only while they fight it. Once the engines are off it stops and as Threepio on the Tantive says ,“They shut down the main reactor” before the scratching sound. It would require a music cue change to work. But it might be doable.

It was the timing of the sound and the sequential timing of the exterior and interior shots I was more concerned about. But it is nice to know some of these things are happening. It certainly flows better. That’s what I like about Ady’s work at its best its invisible without comparison because it feels like it should have been that way in the first place.

For me I will always think of Skeet Surfin USA.

Watching the opening scenes on another thread reminded me of this and forgive me if I’ve already posted it. When the Tantive 4 is being pulled in to the hanger of the Devastator you can hear what sounds like the docking claw scrape the hull and then the film cuts to an exterior shot and the claw hasn’t made contact. If the shots were resequenced you could have the exterior followed by the interior and the scraping sound would carry more impact. Maybe the claw could be slightly animated like its opening in readiness for the ship. Also could Threepio just say “There will be no escape this time”? I’m sure there is a wookiepedia page devoted to why he pretends not to know who Leia is to Luke but he doesn’t need to mention the Princess anyway as she is mentioned in the crawl.

Clive Revill, The original voice of The Emperor. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/movies/clive-revill-star-wars-dead.html

Braltika said:

Is this even relevant to the Revisited edit? I don’t recall Adywan intending to heavily cut the movie up like this and adding any of the deleted scenes at all?

In another post I made years ago I had Luke turn up at Ben’s hut which was meant to be the rendezvous place and Ben gives the talk there. Completing the conversation that started Luke on his journey. Explaining that Leia is his sister explains why they are both impulsive when it comes to saving people they are attached to over saving the galaxy. Its a very Anakin thing.

ROTJ has a lot of the same problems as the Prequels. It’s definitely a step down from ANH and ESB. Its why its the one OT film I’m most looking forward too getting the Adywan magic. It’s currently broken in every version. Not so with the first 2.

I would have shifted the reveal to match Leia getting shot in the bunker raid. Luke is trying to keep his mind blank but he senses Leia’s pain. This allows Vader in.

I’m the same height as Mark Hamill.

One thing that really does stick out and is probably an easier fix are those fake vector readouts of Vader’s shuttle. They look kinda tacky. If someone could get a real vector render made it would improve things. Or at least a more convincing fake. https://www.deviantart.com/ravendeviant/art/Imperial-Shuttle-Schematics-03-728200258

Years ago I proposed that the film started with Luke on Dagobah completing his training by creating his lightsaber telekinetically. Yoda dies, having trained Luke and not just in mid sentence. Luke returns to Tatooine only to discover that in her inpatience Leia has already attempted to rescue Han and failed. Luke then has to rescue the rescue. It means shifting some scenes around and construction of new shots. But the technology to do so is almost upon us.

Many thanks. Sometimes it has been tempting. 😁

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Final Fantasy 2 on the GBA

Dagobah. The fire burns out in Yoda’s hut for the last time. Luke inspects Artoo’s repairs to the X-Wing.

LUKE : I can’t do it Artoo, I can’t go on alone.

BEN’S GHOST :Yoda will always be with you.

LUKE : You lying get! You told me Vader killed my father. (waves cybernetic hand) kinda sprightly for a corpse. Yoda just as he conked out mid sentence claimed there was another Skywalker.

BEN: You aren’t the first Skywalker to call me a liar…the other Yoda spoke of is your sister…

LUKE: Here you go again…I don’t even have a sister.

BEN: To protect you from the Emperor you were seperated. You only met her around the time you met me.

LUKE : Leia… Leia is my sister. Oh God we snogged we could have bonked. Why are you telling me now?

BEN : Don’t worry you are safe there. Threepio is your sister. We disguised her as a protocol droid. It was the only way to keep her safe.

LUKE: But… Her arm fell off on Tatooine, we just went back there and her eye got pecked out… On Cloud City she was blown to smitherines and Chewbacca put her head on backwards.

BEN: It’s a Skywalker thing. Eventually you all become more machine.

LUKE: Thank the Force I’m not into robots…sorry Artoo…so what now?

BEN: Nah pulling your leg it is Leia.

LUKE: I hate you!

BEN: Heard that one before too

Superweapon VII said:

Bingowings said:

My username is explained elsewhere in the thread. My current avatar isn’t one. It’s me in a Zombie movie.

I figured you were just channelling the mad monk Rasputin.

Rasputin didn’t wear tweed.😁

I would cut from the tonsil tennis right to planet of the oil rigs. The awkward halt to the music has always been the sad trumbone of the scene.

My username is explained elsewhere in the thread. My current avatar isn’t one. It’s me in a Zombie movie.

That guy with no name said:

doubleofive said:

I’m good with the idea that the shuttle is coming from the opposite side of the DS2.

Yeah, and that would explain why you can’t see Endor from the throne room.

Luke can see the battle. In the battle sequences the moon is prominent as is the station. The battle is tiny little dots. Even if the tower is on the same side as the dish and close to it the battle would be bigger. The Blast from the weapon would resemble Starkiller base firing in TFA but green. The view would be more interesting.

Alternatively the tower could be nearer the pole of the station. That way Palps wouldn’t get blinded by the dish firing and the moon would be visible the battle would probably be visible too but not linear the view would resemble a cloud of ships. The rebels had to skim the edge of the shield to avoid hitting it and Lando moved the rebel fleet towards the imperials once the station was firing. Luke would see the rebels engaging the fighters in the foreground and star Destroyers in the distance,not a line reading left right on a single plane.

What the world needs now is better Donalds.

More temporarily sprang than freed then?