That is why something simple would be best like everything else in this movie. A clear enough message to tell that the Wayfinder is on Endor AND a setup that Rey needs to use the dagger to let it guide her.
“The path to rebirth begins where our Emperor died. Embrace the darkness within. Only this blade tells. Let it guide you.”
Looking great so far. Is the plan for this to replace the Rogue One shot? Or extend the “Mustafar Minute” into two?
Here is why I think this translation could work if we are changing the context of the dagger:
“The path to rebirth begins where our Emperor died. Heir of the Sith, embrace the darkness within. Only to you will this blade tell.”
“The path to rebirth begins where our Emperor died.” - C-3P0 would/should immediately know this is Death Star II, which remains are on Endor.
“Heir of the Sith, embrace the darkness within.” - Calls upon Rey to go to the dark and further conflict her in the movie, when she goes into the vault she sees what that darkness would lead to i.e. Dark Rey
"Only to you will this blade tell.” - The blade will only show the path to the person that is the Heir to the Sith. This could work for Rey Palpatine or Rey Nobody. Rey Palpatine, there is a blood connection to Palpatine. Rey Nobody, only someone who embraces the dark side can use it.
Something on the lines that when the words are read, since it is a sith language, then the dagger is “activated to the heir/chosen one/whatever” since it is in sith language, not just a random person can pick it up and it will do stuff.
“Heir of the Sith, embrace the darkness within. The path to rebirth begins where our Emperor died. Only to you will this blade tell.”
Or if the Sith Cultists like Ochi were that obsessed with Palps…
“Only the place where the Sith died does the path to rebirth become clear. Embrace the darkness within, only this blade tells.”
Would it make sense to be more vague and allow our characters to figure out that it is Endor?
“From the southern shore of the forest moon, embrace the darkness within and the path becomes clear. Only this blade tells.”
“From the southern shore of the Endor system, embrace the darkness within and the path becomes clear. Only this blade tells.”
It’s hard to imagine that really working in practice from a fan editing perspective.
I get it. I swear this film is like a house of cards. Try to change one thing and the whole rest of the thing falls apart. Maybe just having Rey drop the lightsabers and collapsing after defeating Palpatine would be fine.
(Maybe it will help to remove the weirdness of the Force theme hitting its peak as Pryde gets flown through a window, maybe replace with Rey’s theme?)
Rey’s still “alive” and Finn senses her death and then the next time we cut back it’s the shot of her lifeless on the ground with her eyes open.
Would it make sense to try restructuring the end of Exegol?
Not saying this is ideal but it does flow better when Rey dies immediately after the duel. It would just suck losing Finn’s reaction
Can we get back on topic and move the Lando debate to another chat?
I like the idea of adding connecting shots like that, but I think the transition with the wayfinder works really well as is.
Something I suggested earlier in this thread:
List of space/ships shots that could hopefully be made by someone with WAY more skills than me:
IMO, the best version of the Mustafar opening is still the “1-shot” version present in Ascendant V1. The Castle shot still looks janky and the new shot doesn’t really flow with the others.
100% agree
When Finn blows up the main ship have all the others ones start falling to the surface and add Jar Jar in a cockpit using the line from TPM “Look, theysa all broken”
Just cut it to sound like:
"You fool! I’ve been trained by Count Dooku to deal with Jedi.”
Just have one of those cheesy movie scenes where there is a picture of each character with a blurb of what happened to them after the events of the movie lol
Awesome! Nice seeing your idea become a reality. Great work Burbin!
Edit: After watching a few times I would suggest maybe making the purple a little stronger. I feel like the blue is drowning it out a little. Or maybe slow down slightly while she ignites the blade.
Oh it wasn’t my idea, I’m not sure who first suggested it, I actually hadn’t even noticed the green and blue flashes when she ignites the saber, and I think it should remain subtle. But I’ll see if I can work on it some more once I get the original shot.
I suggested and was talking about my idea haha. I think it would be a nice nod to the audience showing that Rey used Leia and Luke’s kyber crystals to build her own. I feel it helps sell “Rey Skywalker” more. The more noticeable, the better.
I gave it a shot to alter Rey’s saber switch lights to purple and blue as it was discussed a few pages back:
https://vimeo.com/525235954
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Awesome! Nice seeing your idea become a reality. Great work Burbin!
Edit: After watching a few times I would suggest maybe making the purple a little stronger. I feel like the blue is drowning it out a little. Or maybe slow down slightly while she ignites the blade.
Nah, he’d bring back Snoke to be behind it all again and then have him trip and hit his head and die. Roll credits
Could we modify the line to say:
“I destroyed Ben’s ship.”
So much better!
Not sure if this is something to be discussed in this thread, but has anyone found a good way to remove Rey healing the worm? I think it works better for the story if the only “force healing” is a result of the Dyad between Rey and Ben.
For the sake of the whole saga, it just opens up WAY too many questions. Maybe it can be adjusted for for the worm creature to be scared of her darkness or something along those lines.
It’s how he works. 90% of his comments are rude to others people’s work. I’m honestly surprised he hasn’t been banned yet. There’s a nicer way to provide constructive criticism.
I too voted “Yes” for using the line but not in the context of the posted scene on Vimeo.
DZ, I like it, but I still think the “thousand generations” should be mentioned for what they bring to the finale.
I’m just thinking it would have been insane if the ghosts were in the theatrical cut without the foreshadowing. It would have been mindblowing in the theater. I guess my mindset is, “let that be a surprise for the audience without hinting about it”. Plus, there is already a small hint of it at the beginning of the film.
But your point is proven wrong if you look at the whole sentence: “We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.” As in, she has to initiate the fight but they will help her when she does.
“but this is your fight” is not included in the video as I realized it is a contradiction for this edit. “We’ll always be with you.” works much better for foreshadowing than “A thousand generations live in you now, but this is your fight.” If it is Rey’s fight then why do ALL the Jedi show up at the end in spirit?