Buzz Lightyear

J0hN200 said:

I’d love a link too please. Thanks buzz, dug the sc 38 cut too btw.

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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.

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.

That guy with no name said:

can I get a link buzz?
thanks.

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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.

Marcore said:

Hey Buzz, your edit sounds fantastic, may I have a link to this? 😃

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nmxuci5970 said:

I watched your edit and it looks great.

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it!

cthonicon said:

Hey Buzz, this sounds awesome. I would love to see it too.

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lindseywinstead said:

I would love to see your work!

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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.

Yumablaze48 said:

Hi Buzz Lightyear
Would love a link to your edited version of New Hope
Thank you!

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Koregan said:

Hi Buzz Lightyear !
Your edit seems pretty awesome ! I know it must be kind of boring for you to reply to everyone, but i would love to have a link to it!
Thanks a lot !

JohnStrelley said:

I would love to have a copy of this.

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CloneWarsFan said:

Would love to check this out! Can I have a link please?

ExpandedUniverses said:

Can I have a link? I’d like the version that keeps the Jabba scene. Thank you!

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9009 said:

Can I get a link too?

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Grand Master_ Luke Flywalker said:

Greetings, exalted one. I’m doing a marathon of Star Wars and I’m on A New Hope right now. I’m looking for a fan-edit. It looks like there are two versions, one with Jabba and one without. I’ll take the one with the Jabba scene.

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Lightsideuser said:

Hi,

Could I have a link too please?

Thanks 😊

JediMasterAdam said:

Id love a link also if possible 😃

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starwarskidfan said:

I would love a link to.

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Sirius said:

Could you please send me a link for your edit? I would be very grateful 🙏

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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!

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Critics also act like there was no explanation for how he is still alive after blowing up in a reactor shaft shortly before the second Death Star blew up, except he straight-up confirms he’s died before, and his main motivation is literally to possess Rey if she were to kill him in anger so he wouldn’t be trapped in that shitshow of a clone. Put two and two together, and one can infer that he transferred his spirit to this clone after Darth Vader killed him in anger.

Actually you have some of the details mixed up here. Palpatine wanted Rey to strike him down with her anger and hatred and a desire for revenge because striking him down with those negative emotions is what would complete the Sith ritual and allow his spirit to transfer into Rey, but Rey refused to feel hatred toward Palpatine:

"Palpatine: The time has come! With your hatred, you will take my life and you will ascend.

Rey: All you want is for me to hate, but I won’t. Not even you."

And we can infer that if Luke or Vader had killed Palpatine out of hatred in RotJ, it would have ostensibly allowed Palpatine to transfer his spirit into Luke or Vader, respectively. This is how the Sith have been passing down their spirits from Sith Lord to Sith Lord for generations, and thus is why all the Sith (at least, the ones who successfully killed their master and became Sith masters themselves) exist in Palpatine.

When Vader killed Palpatine out of love for his son, it broke the cycle and Palpatine just straight up died, temporarily bringing balance to the Force. Palpatine’s later revival in a clone body was a separate thing that occured later.

Darth_Zounds said:

I’d love to get a link, kind sir.

I tried to implement Scene 38 into IlFanEditore’s cut of ANH, but I wasn’t entirely satisfied; I think there were too many music changes, and I’m not too experienced with editing music.

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Shaft said:

Currently rewatching all the movies and would love to see your reimagined version, could i please have the link and thank you in advance

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Sampekevinb said:

I would like a link to the movie please, that scene is kick ass

Peonthegrate said:

I would also like a link please

Zaman said:

Sounds amazing! Can I have a link please? Thank you!

Zoroux said:

That sounds cool can i have the link?

PMs sent! Sorry for the wait.

There’s no indication that he rejected the dark side.

His beef was with Palpatine, specifically. Like pretty much everyone in this series, but even moreso than most, he was a victim of Palpatine and wanted revenge, and in his dying moments he took comfort in the idea that Luke would eventually carry out that revenge.

The problem isn’t that it’s a plot hole (I agree that it’s not), it’s that it’s an unexplained coincidence. Explanations help coincidences feel less coincidental and smooth out the immersion-breaking feeling they cause. Good explanations will completely eliminate coincidence completely (for instance, it’s not a coincidence that Luke met Obi Wan or that Obi Wan had Anakin’s lightsaber, since Obi Wan was Anakin’s former friend and mentor and was watching over Anakin’s son). Even weak explanations are better than nothing.

Without that minimal effort on the writer’s part, the human mind is immediately alerted to the fact that this is just actors reading from a script and that the writer couldn’t think of a more organic way to move the plot in the direction he wanted.