Grand Admiral Thrawn

CodenameAwesome said:

Could we get a version without letterboxing encoded into the video? I have an ultrawide monitor and it looks like this.

Learn how to crop the video in VLC. Very easy fix 😉

Speaking of Pixar… I just rewatched Incredibles 2.

Upon thinking it was a letdown when I saw it opening night, I must say it was a fun experience this time around.

Sure it’s never gonna be as great as the original, but I had fun with it, and am learning to appreciate it. I do hope they will eventually make a third with the characters aged up by 10+ years.

It still blows my mind we had a Cars trilogy between these two movies.

Given the new breakthroughs in AI, would it make sense to revisit the radio scene at the end of the Palps version to help better mesh together TLJ and TROS?

Instead of him just saying “Find me.”, we could pretty much have Palps say whatever is needed now.

For example:

• “My boy, Skywalker is dead. Find me, I can give you the power you seek.”

Channel72 said:

Political polarization in the US increased dramatically around the turn of the 21st century, most likely due to the advent of 24-hour news networks. The Internet and social media then took this trend and injected it with steroids.

Social media is a cancer in modern society.

Bringing this thread full circle…

This is the lamest art they could have chosen for the Spider-Man trilogy in 4K:

The Spider-Man 3 black suit logo reflection in his lens is atrocious.

There are so many better simplistic choices they could have chosen.

Give me a double-sided insert!

Any updates on this?

I know political discussion is off-limits on this site, but I have something to b*tch about and I don’t think it crosses too much into the extreme to make a point about.

I miss the times when people on the opposite sides of the spectrum would actually listen to the other side’s opinion and try to find a middle-ground. The culture in the USA today is literally like Anakin said: “If you’re not with me… then you’re my enemy!”

It’s sad that opinions need to be hid or people aren’t willing to talk to someone else over something like political ideology. My closest friend just happens to be on the opposite side of my beliefs, and it has been one of the purest and great friendships I have ever had. We challenge each other’s opinions, which in most cases, leads us both to having a better understanding of a political issue and then we try to figure out what could potentially be something that could make both sides happy, or at least accepting of the outcome.

I wish more people would think like us. It is so frustrating being around so many close-minded people.

Because I have a habit of always writing and rewriting crawls…

EPISODE VII
THE FORCE AWAKENS

Luke Skywalker has vanished.
Without the legendary Jedi
Master’s presence, the galaxy
has fallen into despair.

Rising from the shadows
of a hidden fortress,
sinister agents of the
fallen Empire have reformed
as the evil FIRST ORDER,
conquering worlds far beyond
the reach of the fragile
NEW REPUBLIC government.

Desperate to aid these
besieged systems, the
RESISTANCE, an unauthorized
military force, has been
searching for the last
Jedi, hoping his return will
restore peace and justice
to the darkening stars…

EDIT: I have edited this post way too many times trying to make this crawl perfect. 😄

NeverarGreat said:

Would this be because we don’t know if Luke is there on the island? I don’t really see why that distinction would be important.

My thought being the intial confusion by the audience of “why did Luke leave map if he didn’t want to be found?”.

To help clear it up some, would a new AI line for Kylo work?

Kylo Ren:

• “The map to Skywalker. We know you found it. And now you’re going to give it to the First Order.”

• “The map to the first Jedi Temple, and possibly Skywalker. We know you found it. And now you’re going to give it to the First Order.”

I’d agree about not having broadcasts, but I think there is some merit about cutting out his cheering when taking out stormtroopers.

What you could do for this one:

• In Finn and Poe’s first scene, when they are attacked by TIE fighters, when we cut to the TIE interior, we could hear that the Falcon is broadcasting one of Finn’s messages on open channels. The TIE pilot says as much and tells the other pilots to turn it off. It is basically Resistance propoganda, Finn sharing testimonial in order to de-radicalize other stormtroopers. Also cut Finn cheering when he destroys TIEs.

You could just add a line for Finn on the open comm:

Finn: “You don’t need to fight for them.”
Random Trooper: “It’s the Traitor! Shoot them down.”

I’d argue the more C3PO lives and learns, the more personable he becomes and develops what could be seen as emotions.

More or less his experiences are what influences his opinions on certain situations, and those opinions could be seen as him having emotions.

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I got the new sets from Ahsoka. The new Ghost is so much better but is lacking in the minifigs compared to the original release.

I think that may be a little too much for this edit though. How would Finn even be able to get a hologram projected onto First Order ships? Seems a little much to me.

I think the Jannah stuff is good enough for the context of this edit. Maybe if possible, you can reference the rest of Jannah’s crew being stormtroopers during the final battle.

Finn: “Not bad for ex-stormtroopers”
Not bad for one lesson

Jannah: “We have a good leader”
You had a good teacher

Darth Raditz said:

I just realized: Why not replace the shot from TROS of Leia clinging to Han’s medal with the shot from TLJ with her holding Han’s dice? It’s something that means more to the Sequel Trilogy rather than being a callback, & it further sets up the idea of Leia summoning Han’s force ghost for Ben later on.

She doesn’t have them, Luke does. Doesn’t he take them off the Falcon in TLJ and then they aren’t seen again?

The ‘hidden power’ is the Final Order fleet, not Palpatine himself.

szopman said:

It is way too long for a Star Wars crawl. Usually they are shorter and more concise.

Okay…

Years have passed since Jedi Padawan, Ezra Bridger, and the menacing IMPERIAL GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN went missing. Rumors now spread of Thrawn’s survival, which could reignite war throughout the galaxy.

Failing to convince the NEW REPUBLIC to act, AHSOKA TANO, former Jedi Apprentice of Anakin Skywalker, has taken it upon herself to investigate this emerging threat.

Ahoska has recruited a former student and friend of Ezra, Sabine Wren, to assist in her quest. Together, they have tracked the location of an escaped prisoner, who is in possession of a secret map which is vital to Thrawn’s return…

“Poe, people are rising up all over the galaxy. Stormtroopers are rebelling against the First Order.”

You could start the movie halfway through episode 3 when Ahsoka and Sabine drop out of hyperspace near the planet where Morgan is at with the map. Here is a crawl that could work, also better explaining the state of things so Rebels won’t be as much of a requirement:

It has been years since the heroic Jedi Padawan, Ezra Bridger, and the menacing IMPERIAL GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN went missing during the Battle of Lothal. During their exile, the EVIL GALACTIC EMPIRE has fallen, but rumors are now spreading of Thrawn’s return, which would galvanize the IMPERIAL REMNANTS and reignite war throughout the galaxy.

Sinister agents have infiltrated the new fragile government and are already at work to undermine the newfound peace. Failing to convince the NEW REPUBLIC to act, AHSOKA TANO, former Jedi Apprentice of Anakin Skywalker, has taken it upon herself to investigate this emerging threat.

Forming an uneasy alliance, Ahoska has recruited a former student and friend of Ezra, Sabine Wren, to assist in her quest. They have tracked the location of a recently escaped prisoner, MORGAN ELSBETH, who is in possession of a secret map which is vital to the enemy’s plan…

Added a replacement line for Rey to say: “Lightspeed clipped”

The one in V3 sticks out as being AI a little too much in my opinion.

Hey @TGWNN, did you have any updates on this? Excited to see what’s to come.

Hey @NeverarGreat, any updates on V2?

Deepfake Palpatine’s face over Snoke’s so that he looks like a failed Palpatine clone.

Have one of the First Order officers suggest he looks like Palpatine and “Snoke” sneakily makes him choke and die while he’s eating lunch.