Eyepainter

Mario said:

Hi Eyepainter.

I saw v2 and really enjoyed it. You cut a lot things that I wouldn’t cut, but that’s personal taste. Your edit is really fast paced and flows fine. Most of the cuts are seamless. A few cuts are a little bit too fast for me. For example the trip to Gunga City. Things that I really liked: The way how you completely removed R2D2 and C3PO from the entire movie. The farewell between Anakin and his mother seems much more emotional in your edit. And the ending is handled very well. Not my favorite edit, but an really good FanEdit. Thanks for your hard work. LG Mario

You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

I do agree to a certain extent with the Gungan city trip scene. Although the trip to Gungan city was always an awful one, and highlighted a lot of the things that everyone hated about Jar Jar. I did add a shot or two of Jar Jar back into the movie for v3 to fix the pacing issue somewhat, although it’s still likely to be an issue.

I appreciate that you enjoyed Anakin’s relationship with his mother. My own mom died of colon cancer while I was editing Episode II. Her health was already failing while I worked on Episode I, and I think a lot of the emotional turmoil going on with the family influenced my editing decisions for Anakin’s relationship with his mother throughout the prequels.

I’m also glad that you enjoyed the ending, even if it wasn’t 100% what I intended. I’ve restructured the ending to v3 to fix some of the pacing issues, add in more of l8wrtr’s influence, and give the ending a more complete feel. I’m curious to see how v1 and v2’s ending compares with v3. I’ll be happy to send you the link once I’ve released it.

I exported v3 from Resolve on h.264, but when I converted the file to Handbrake and turned it into an MKV file, I found that the color grading looked off. So, I exported from Resolve on an 8-bit DNxHD file instead, and the converted MKV file from Handbrake looked much closer to the color grading I saw in Resolve, which is good.

That aside, I finished testing the lossless 1080p version just a few minutes ago. The conversion worked perfectly, and the FLAC 5.1 soundtrack sounds right (at least, for my TV stereo speakers). I will be testing the lossy, compressed 720p version with AAC 5.1 tomorrow. If all looks well on that version, I’ll be ready to release v3 for now.

As the Emperor falls down the reactor in ROTJ, have him scream, “I WAS YOUR FATHER THIS WHOLE TIME, LUKE!” before he implodes.

EddieDean said:

That’s grand, but don’t push yourself to satisfy your audience just for our own sake! You’ve put a lot of work into this and your thoughts deserve to be heard, so if that’s important to you then don’t compromise on our account! You’re the artist here buddy.

Don’t worry about it, Eddie. Testing and releasing is a lot easier than recording a commentary track (Trust me. Stage fright will never fail to make something harder). Worst case scenario, I find something that needs to be fixed before I send it out to the world wide web.

Speaking of which, Handbrake just had an update, and now, the DTS-HD option has been removed. However, there are a lot of new audio codecs available, so I’m gonna do some research on these newer codecs. FLAC looks like the most promising option, since it’s lossless and open source as well. AAC is still available, so I will still be using that for the compressed version.

EddieDean said:

Ooh is the final version of the edit available currently without the commentary? I’m looking forward to the commentary when it’s released but will definitely take the edit now without if it’s available!

Sadly, the version that’s out is v2. But given that it’s taking me an eternity to record the commentary track, I’m beginning to think it’s a good idea to release v3 sooner rather than later. Because everything else is done, there’s no point in delaying it for everyone on account of an audio track that isn’t complete yet. I can just release v3 ASAP, then when the commentary is officially complete, I can replace the v3 file with one that includes the commentary track. Seems like a win-win for everyone.

I’ll give the edit (sans commentary track) a test to see if it works, then I’ll send it out if everything looks right.

Mario said:

Could you send me the link to your edit please? 🙂

PM sent.

Commented my way through the first scene in Watto’s shop. Starting to make progress with recording the commentary. I’ll probably start commenting on the first deleted scene soon.

CaptainFaraday said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

JackNapier said:

Replace ROTS’ soundtrack with a combination of I am Machine by Three Days Grace and their album One X, in order to really give it that edgy feel.

Not Three Days Grace, but what about Paralyzer for Order 66?

I think this is the obvious choice for Anakin marching on the Temple and the clones executing Order 66.

Wrong. Everyone knows this is the true choice.

Commenting my way through Watto’s shop.

Looks like I have no one to blame but myself for misinterpreting Neerb.

Going back on topic…

Luke: They’re coming in too fast!
Han: They’re not gonna catch us. We’re on a mission from God.

Neerb said:

Hal 9000 said:

Just mute the whole line.

Unfortunately this can’t be done, as it creates a massive hole in the logical progression of the character-driven storytelling.

Well, that’s why it’s here in the worst edit ideas thread.

Pull a “Space Jam: A New Legacy” on people and turn the entire saga into an advertisement for all things Disney-related. Throw in cameos of all your favorite Disney characters throughout all nine movies and have them do awful pop culture references to be hip with the kids. Then, have every single Disney character sit in a booth to watch the death star battle in ANH for good measure. In fact, always have those Disney characters sitting in a booth somewhere to watch the action sequences. Whenever a lightsaber battle occurs, there will be Disney characters in the background. When there’s a space battle, there will be a bunch of disney characters in the background watching the action from space. When there’s a rescue mission, such as when Luke and Han try to rescue Leia in ANH or Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan rescue the queen in TPM, make sure there’s at least one Disney character watching this unfold somewhere in the background.

About to record my comments about Anakin Skywalker.

Replace every single line in the saga with “I have a bad feeling about this.”

Insert James Brown’s “Sexy Sexy Sexy” every time Anakin and Padme kiss each other.

DMC said:

Eyepainter said:

Just made it past the 10-minute mark on the commentary track. I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. I’m not feeling as freaked out about recording on the mic. Sure, I still have my moments, but I’m starting to lose that fear, which is good.

Thanks!

Commenting my way through the blockade scene now.

That guy with no name said:

CaptainFaraday said:

ANH, but all of Han’s scenes are replaced with scenes of Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones films.

I dont know if I made myself clear, I am making a revisited edit of the first 3 Indiana Jones Movies.
Not star wars.

If that’s the case, then I suggest you take this topic to the “fan edits and projects for other properties” forum instead. This is the “Star Wars fan edits and other projects” forum, which is for Star Wars-themed edits only.

“You’ll never reach the outskirts in time. Sandstorms are very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very dangerous.”

Darth_Zounds said:

Hal 9000 said:

TFA
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TLJ

wouldn’t be super bad.

In ROTS, Obi-Wan’s dialog can somehow be re-worked:

“Anakin has turned to the super bad side.”

Be sure to play the Bar-Kays “Too Hot to Stop” when he says it.

Just made it past the 10-minute mark on the commentary track. I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. I’m not feeling as freaked out about recording on the mic. Sure, I still have my moments, but I’m starting to lose that fear, which is good.

Re-edit the entire OT to make it about gentrification, so that Hooper X’s speech from Chasing Amy makes even more sense.

Yay! I’ve finished recording my thoughts on Jar Jar (and the gungans, respectively), and I’m still inching my way through the commentary track. Still got a long way to go, but I’m getting there.

Digitally replace Mace Windu’s clothes and have him wear a maid suit through the entire prequel trilogy. Be sure to give no explanation for why he’s wearing it.

CaptainFaraday said:

Commentary always sounds easy but it can actually be really tricky. Kudos for recognising that and taking your time with it.

I look forward to your thoughts on Jar Jar Binks.

Thanks! I’m still inching my way through the commentary in the slowest manner possible. Hopefully, I’m not trying everyone’s patience. That’s just how things have turned out so far.

I’m getting the next couple of days off, so I’m hoping to speed things up a little. It’s still amazing how much of a nerve-wracking experience it is to record this track. I’m gonna keep working on it. Kicking and screaming if I have to.

Add in some Eddie van Halen to Kylo’s scene with the vader helmet in TFA. Then, the next time Kylo talks to someone in the first order, dub in: “Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and said that if I didn’t take Lorraine out, that he’d melt my brain!”