Grand Admiral Thrawn

Any project updates? It’s been pretty quiet in here the past few days.

I mocked up the ending with the cockpit shot (music-only) and I think it actually makes the final music track smooth out a lot nicer towards the end!

I also increased the warmth of the cockpit shot to simulate the sun through the windows.

It would be cool to include R2 and maybe D0 behind BB-8 at the end.

https://vimeo.com/436658564
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And it would be AWESOME to include the ghosts of Luke, Leia and Ben watching them fly off.

For the Stormtrooper lines:

“Stop talking.”

“Switch him off already!”

Another note too, would it be worth it trying to extend Anch-To by including an establshing shot of Luke’s hut before Rey is gifted Leia’s lightsaber?

Why did Hux’s “I’m the spy.” line get removed in WP V3?

Poe and Finn’s reactions feel kinda jarring without the line. Plus I thought it was kinda funny too. Like it or not Hux is the First Order’s Jar Jar haha

The next new stormtrooper 3po joke is hilarious but the voice line sounds like it was obviously added in. I think the audio there could maybe use a little reworking or maybe a better filter.

Hal 9000 said:

That looks wonderful!

Please use it!

I think I noticed Aurora Borealis in Hal’s kitchen…

Great idea I saw mentioned on another thread… have the force ghosts watch the Falcon fly off into the sunset during the ending. One last Luke looking at the suns shot and seeing Rey off.

Glad I was FORCEful on the restructure. Glad to hear the positive feedback for V2 😃

Maybe you could still include the shot of Rey looking at the Death Star. If we have the dialogue, we can have her say “I feel it”.

Which then cuts to the riders approaching.

Finn:
“Got something for us?”

Boolio:
Yeah, sounds like they stumbled upon an old Imperial fleet, at least the spy said so.

Finn:
“A spy? Who?”

Boolio:
I don’t know! Just take the message.

Finn:
“How do we thank you?”

Boolio:
Thank the spy.

Hal 9000 said:

I think one thing that makes restructuring the opening feel wrong is that even though we hear “the Falcon still hasn’t reported in,” we see Poe and Finn appearing to just start their mission. The reason it took so long to get back was because Poe screwed up the Falcon with his shenanigans.

That could also be assumed to be they haven’t reported in to say they got to the ice planet or met up with the spy. Either or 🤷‍♂️

Hal 9000 said:

DZ-330 said:

Here is a very rough mockup of the restructure:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kUZNzMavv6m_hTcBi1yqY4–sQalmApq/view?usp=sharing

Link says I need access. (I requested it.)

Corrected 😉

Here is a very rough mockup of the restructure:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kUZNzMavv6m_hTcBi1yqY4–sQalmApq/view?usp=sharing

poppasketti said:

Something like this?

https://vimeo.com/430068518
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I also agree with the slight reordering of the opening scenes to break up the Ajan Kloss material! It improves the pacing greatly by making it feel like time is passing, and flows more naturally from the dialogue.

I’m slowly getting convinced that you aren’t human with how quick you pump out new effects lol. Plus the restructure is something I was a strong advisor for.

Kylo: “Who is she?”
Cuts to Rey scene

Allows time to pass

“Still no word from the Falcon”
Cuts to Falcon scene

Falcon gets message from Bolio and we cut to new establishing shot of Ajan Kloss and Rey reading the texts with “Rey, the Falcon’s back!”

I’ll mock something up later for this. I think I have a good idea for fixing the abruptness of the ending of the ice wall scene

Dexter Jettster’s Lab said:

• I’m not a huge fan of the Palpatine “Find Me” with the wayfinder. It buries the lead of the reveal that is about to happen in the very next scene and lays on the device’s purpose a little too thick while the new crawl will already establish that as is.

Yes, this.

If we remove Leia knowing than it would likely be best to also remove her line to Rey of “Rey, never be afraid of who you are.”

DSII Duel using music from Sammuel Kim. Actually seems to fit pretty well:

https://vimeo.com/429842808
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Hal 9000 said:

JEDIT: There’s a few points that would either be awkward cuts it having to cut out a fair bit of the duel. I’ll probably leave Finn there, just with one or two fewer exclamations if “RAAAAAYYYY”.

I would at least try to remove the two shots where he screams “REYYYYYYY!” and Rey force pushes him and them him getting up.

If you could cut those two shots we would see Finn trying to go to her and saying “I can’t leave her!”.

JEDIT: Finn is on the ground in the shot of Kylo jumping. I guess just see if “REYYYYY!” can go lol

I think this might have gotten lost in the thread but does anyone else have any feedback on cutting the Finn scenes from Rey and Kylo’s duel and have it not cut away except for the Leia moment.

Hal 9000 said:

I would adore any good new shots of ships heading toward planets, lol.

Any shots that can be added showing ships in space heading towards or away from planets would be great. I don’t think there are really any shots like that and they are abundant in the PT and OT.

Chewie’s roar as they head to the ice wall hasn’t been touched; it was like that.

Oh okay, it still feels like it needs something… maybe some other feedback here would be good.

I can try to remove “they fly now,” lol.

Thank you lol

I don’t plan to remove Kylo’s exploding TIE. I’d have to gut the whole sequence, and that won’t help the film’s pacing. These Force users just sort of routinely defy reality.

Not the whole sequence, just the 2 seconds at the end of the shot where it goes up in a ball of flames.

That’s a good point about the heroes leaving Pasaana. If that ship can be seen leaving the planet and maybe entering hyperspace, that’d be cool.

Looking at you poppasketti 😉

Nice idea, i’ll play with quieting the music as Rey tells Finn about her vision.

Glad you’re considering, this movie needs some slower quiet moments.

I’m not going to remove DO’s “sad” or “happy.” 😦 😃

Not all, just the one during 3P0’s speech.

I worry that if I remove the line “You are a Palpatine,” it might not be clear. He’s speaking through the helmet and can be hard to hear. I like the dialogue on paper better without the line, though.

“You have his power, you’re his granddaughter” Rey reacts stunned. Then Kylo talks about their bond and lineage. I feel like it flows better if the audience feels confused and scared like Rey.

The line “two were made” harkens back to Lando stating as much earlier in the movie. It doesn’t bother me, but I’m sure it could be removed easily if it bothers most people.

The line just feels redundant.

Any thoughts about making the lightsaber duel uninterrupted?

I just finished watching though the workprint. A/V-wise, I found no noticeable issues.

Overall:

• This film NEEDS a color correction to remove the ugly blue overtones.
• Try to create some more shots of ships approaching/leaving planets in space to help assist the pacing.

Beginning Chase:

• Get Kauld outta there
• Smooth out the Falcon breaking through the ice wall, it seems like Chewie’s roar cut out too early

Passana:

• PLEASE remove “They fly now?!”
• Remove Finn’s secret for Rey that is never resolved (I personally think it is that he knows she’s a Palpatine. That would explain his “You have no idea what she’s going through… I do and so does Leia” comment on Endor. Maybe if this can be made clearer it would make more sense.
• Remove Kylo’s TIE exploding, how would he survive that?!
• I know this was not in the workprint, but I would strongly suggest keeping Rey’s force lightening blue and not yellow
• If possible, try to create a shot of the heroes escaping Passana on Ochie’s ship. It is very abrupt how the next scene is just them randomly in space somehwere when there was a swarm of TIEs

Kijimi:

• When Rey tells Finn about her vision, maybe remove the build of the louder music, it might work better as a quiet moment between them
• Remove D-0’s “Sad.” during C-3P0’s speech, let it be emotional and not humerous
• Remove mention of Finn’s secret during the almost execution if being removed
• Remove Kylo saying “You are a Palpatine.” when telling Rey who she is

Endor:

• Cut out Finn during the fight and have him only watch Rey fly off in Kylo’s TIE

Anch-To:

• Try to tone down how blue Luke looks and use Jonh’s hair fix
• Remove Rey’s “Two were made.” line as we know this and we don’t need extra exposition… sigh

Ending:

• Add Ben’s ghost

Hal 9000 said:

…a first workprint, to see whether it feels right. Which may or may not be encoding right now.

I would definitely be able to view it this week and provide feedback. Please send a PM if this is actually the case 😉

Hal, you were my inspiration to get into fanediting! Your cuts will be what my family watches for years to come. Wishing you the best of luck when all this is said and done.

Or better yet… hold out hope that @jonh can make a Shaw-version of his amazing scene!