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Buzz Lightyear

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Post
#1461248
Topic
<strong>The Clone Wars</strong> (2008 animated tv series) - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1461248/action/topic#1461248
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jedi_bendu said:

fmalover said:

Instead what we got was Maul still looking to pick a fight with Obi-Wan. Seriously, what a waste.

Maul’s story always had to end with Obi-wan. Since TPM his fate has been tied to revenge on Obi-wan and he’s had tunnel vision for that. In The Clone Wars, he vows “we shall start with revenge” and first takes aim at Obi. First him, then Palpatine. But he never even manages to kill Obi-wan, so it communicates the same, that Maul’s quest for vengeance against the Emperor was futile. It also provides a very interesting scenario where we know if Maul had won, he would have taken Luke as an apprentice, just like he would have done with Anakin in TPM.

Maul dying in a Vader vs Maul duel would have been pure fanservice and not relevant to his arc in the slightest.

Yeah, I challenge anyone to watch this…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkUglhoon0&ab_channel=DarthPorg

…and still claim that it makes more sense to end Maul’s story with a random fight against Vader. It had to end with him against Obi Wan. After losing everything else, vengeance against Obi Wan was the only thing he had left to cling to. It’s the throughline connecting his story from beginning to end.

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#1457832
Topic
Star Wars Rebels with the epilogue scene removed (for chronological viewings) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1457832/action/topic#1457832
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nmxuci5970 said:

I watched your edit as I can see that I found most of the edits interesting based on how it can create a great sense of impact which you done well in most of them
Something to improve on is

  • when it came to 44:01 to where it ends to the grand inquisitor to agent kallus it seems that there has been a bit of a black screen. You can fix the transition by matching the clips to its sequence.

Thanks! As mentioned in the OP, the only change I personally made was removing the epilogue, but I’ll see what I can do about cleaning up some other areas like the one you brought up.

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#1455814
Topic
<strong>Ahsoka</strong> (live action series) - general discussion thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1455814/action/topic#1455814
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jedi_bendu said:

I’m slightly annoyed that if rumours are true, they didn’t even approach Taylor Gray and Tiya Sircar to consider them reprising their roles as Ezra and Sabine. I know voice actors may not necessarily be experienced at live action acting but I find it disrespectful to voice actors everywhere that so many people think keeping the original character voices isn’t important.

Eh, almost all the live action characters’ voices change in the switch to animation (hell in Palpatine’s case, it changed a few times), so it’s really only fair that it also happens in reverse.

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#1455812
Topic
Why Rogue One doesn't work well as a prequel to Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1455812/action/topic#1455812
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I think a more accurate way to say it is that writers of prequels really don’t like to be beholden to established narrative beats. Is the new stuff they come up with also predictable? Sure, oftentimes it is, but I think the writers at least feel like they are doing something new when they deviate and twist background details in unintuitive ways. Like, the prequels could have easily just not had the droids or Boba Fett at all, leaving them instead to the intuitive, straightforward origins we can infer from the OT. Their entire prequel backstory is basically one big “I bet you didn’t expect THAT to be where they came from!” contrivance.

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#1455111
Topic
Why Rogue One doesn't work well as a prequel to Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1455111/action/topic#1455111
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thebluefrog said:

Prequels barely work in general.

Can people really come up with any prequels outside of SW that enhance the original?

The problem with most prequels, and generally any instance where a writer is tasked with expanding on details that were off screen previously (and ESPECIALLY in instances where the writer is different than in the original story), is that writers hate being predictable, even when being more predictable would benefit the integrity of previous stories, so they have a strong tendency to avoid directly depicting what is alluded to or implied in the original story and instead opt for an unintuitive alternate sequence of events that leads to the same place (though not always perfectly, which can causes inconsistencies).

The result is that prequels and expanded backstories are rarely ever as satisfying as the original implications were. Writers just aren’t willing to set aside their desire to go against the expectations of the audience.

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#1450411
Topic
My personal edit of A New Hope (with SC38 Reimagined) (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1450411/action/topic#1450411
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elliottman98 said:

Is this a newer version than you had done since May / June of this year? If so, could I get a link? Thanks!

Also, does this include the later special edition stuff (CGI animals and such) or is it the original?

Thanks!

I haven’t made any alterations since last year. The edit includes the CGI animals from the special edition, and the scene with Biggs from the special edition, but it has the original “Han shoots first” scene. The Jabba scene is optional as I made a version with it and a version without it.

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#1438119
Topic
My personal edit of A New Hope (with SC38 Reimagined) (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1438119/action/topic#1438119
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elliottman98 said:

I don’t suppose you’d be able to link me to your current edit?

I saw one of your original cuts, and it was amazing! Looks like you’ve made some significant changes since then.

senet said:

Was toying around with the idea of doing a similar edit myself and thought I’d google to see if anyone else had already done it. Would love a link to enjoy your work! Thanks Buzz!

PMs sent!