DZ-330

Hal 9000 said:

Any issues with this, then?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iPEnLrJGv9CEmWqcX_TkibyyBWnlPgP0/view?usp=drive_link

This is literally perfect. Only took five versions, but to quote Mando… this is the way.

DZ-330 said:

Just thinking…

• Redo Poe’s Illum line
• Maybe cleanup/redo Finn’s: “It’s the First Order, they’ve found us line.”
• An angry line for Poe about making the First Order pay after the destruction of the Hosnian System (helping to explain why they are continuing the assault)
• Potential line for Lor San Tekka (or Kylo) clarifying that it isn’t a map that Luke left to find him, but a map that leads to an ancient Jedi Temple where Luke may be, clearing up the confusion on why Luke would leave a map if he didn’t want to be found.
• Maybe some kind of line before Rey leaves to find Luke about starting an evacuation soon because the First Order is coming to D’Qar to counterattack.
• Any Leia exposition lines that could be on comms during the Starkiller X-Wing battle?
• A Maz Kanata line about having to leave soon to go settle a union dispute (TLJ connection)
• Over the loudspeaker at the Resistance base in the background “Rose Tico, please report to maintenance.”

Bumping this…

I actually love that idea!

Wary to condone any action
that could lead to war,
the Senate has secretly
commissioned the pilots
of a brave RESISTANCE
to find the last Jedi and
restore the light of hope
to the darkening stars…

You know me and my tweaks haha. I like where you are going with this, might I suggest…

Seeking to defuse this
emerging threat, daring
Senators have secretly
commissioned the pilots
of a brave RESISTANCE
to find the last Jedi and
restore the light of hope
to the darkening stars…

The reason for the tweak…

• Make it sound more present tense
• Make it so the leaders do not seem afraid and are actually competent
• Make it so that it is not the Senate but only a select few that are supporting the Resistance in hopes to de-escalate the conflict.

Just downloaded and I’m not noticing any changes. Guess that is a good thing? haha

Hey Hal, do you have any specifics you could share of what was added back in?

I don’t know why people are so obsessed with Scene 38.

It’s not that well done, it doesn’t fit the aesthetic of the original film, and it’s just so obvious that it isn’t the same set or actors for that matter.

The whole “we are going to make something that can seamlessly be entered in” is easily the biggest fail of that project. It is a fun supplemental thing, but to this day I do not understand the obsession with shoehorning it into every fanedit.

Ady’s version of the duel has been just fine. The movie came out in 1977. You have to accept the slower-paced duel the same as Yub-Nub. It was never a “problem” until the fast-paced prequel duels were a thing…

EDIT: Forgot to include, but the link above appears not to include any clips of Scene 38, but it does seem like it is respecting the source material much better when they were editing it. It feels really similar to Ady’s existing duel though.

My hope is that he purchased the 4K UHD Steelbook and is swapping his source material.

Glad to hear you are feeling better, Ady! Happy Birthday as well!

We’ll just take the same approach for a release date for ANH:R-HD as we did for TESB:R…
It’s done when it’s done!

Goddarn it… that Luke scene is literally perfect now and ties into the theme of the film so much better, giving Rey a last lesson from both of her masters. Also makes Leia’s “Always.” during the final battle hit so much better too.

Honestly didn’t think we could have that much of a step up from V4 to V5, but holy crap, better 3PO lines, more TLJ/Luke continuity, etc. Exciting stuff guys. Can’t wait to slot in V5 on my Plex Server and never have to download another version of TROS again.

Thanks again Hal and others for saving this movie for me and your work all around.

Next step, trying to force my anti-fanedit movie purist friends to sit through your edits and have them realize what they are missing out on.

Like I said, I do love that new 3PO line reading, so if it is gonna stay, I’m still a happy camper 😃

Few more things to note:

• “What’s troubling you Rey?” @ 9:44 sounds a little quiet in the mix as well
• C-3PO’s joke… as much as I love the AI reading that we have. It does seem a little odd for him to think he is a spy RIGHT AFTER Hux is admitting that he is the spy. Maybe it can be changed to something like:
  – Troop: “Who are you?!”
  – 3PO: “Perhaps you could tell me!”
  –Troop: “Then why are you… what?”

Thanks for the update! And back at ya 😄

EPISODE VII
THE FORCE AWAKENS

It is a time of despair.
Luke Skywalker, sworn
to rebuild the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.

With the Jedi now facing
extinction, agents of the
evil FIRST ORDER have
risen from the shadows
of an Imperial fortress
to claim supremacy over
countless worlds beyond
the fragile New Republic.

Growing restless amid
endless debate, daring
Senators have secretly
commissioned the pilots
of a brave RESISTANCE
to find the last Jedi and
restore the light of hope
to the darkening stars….

I think a Kylo line to Rey about “using the dagger to chase whispers” would be great. But where, idk.

V5 can’t get here soon enough 😃

Should have been called “Tales of the Outcasts” as the Empire was pretty much non-existent in the series.

Also, was there still a plan to add back in Luke’s “We’ll always be with you.” when Rey looks back at him after he lifts the X-Wing?

Great final line for Luke and a nice little tease for the appearance of the Phantom Four at the end.

Literally perfect. Splice 'em in 😉

Jar Jar Bricks said:

I don’t believe that’s any different than what I previously submitted? Which is fine, it just sounds like he needs to speak a bit faster which would allow all of that to fit.

This was omitted in Hal’s version and your last post: “choosing instead to follow our mother’s path.”

Any updates on this project?

Yeah, I think it needs a little work as well.

I still think this is a good one, we are leaving the Padme reference, and the “surrendered her saber to me” is just assumed at that point. And in the current “canon”, that actually is what happened. Not that it has any firm bearing on what Hal decides, but I still think it is awesome to include.

Luke: “She was quick to learn in our training. But Leia feared the hatred that consumed our father, choosing instead to follow our mother’s path. Despite losing everything and everyone, Leia always chose compassion over hatred. A thousand generations live in you now, but this is your fight. Let Leia’s legacy guide you on Exegol."

I love Boba Fett and have never minded the way he “went” out. Glad we got the show too.

Honestly, his scene in ROTJ just adds to the chaos that Luke started on the Sail Barge and I love it. Also helps to show that Boba is just a normal guy who can kick ass and not some almighty action hero like everyone likes to portray him.

Yep, dropped this past Monday. There were rumors of it dropping this month though.

Hey Hal, I know these edits are mostly on lockdown but figured I share. This could be a cool inclusion:

https://youtu.be/VYWzkps-4bk?si=L__R3mI5srXMl6FT

Anything beforehand ruins Luke entrance on Ahch-To.

It’s one of those “I wish Lucasfilm would have done it but we can assume it happened between movies” things.

MAYBE, some kind of throwaway line from Kylo to Rey, about ignoring Luke’s persistent attempts to bring him back to the light.