Hal 9000

A bunny rabbit pokes its head out of Mace Windu’s stump.

Yes!

Jar Jar Bricks said:

Evening to night to morning may work in novel form, but I would say that in film you kinda have to be careful with that kind of thing or else viewers will be able to tell that time is passing way too quickly.

I think Nev’s latest mockup is much better than the first one. She starts in a dark place both figuratively and literally, and then the sun(s) rises as Luke raises the ship. But that’s just my opinion.

Movies Remastered said:

I like the idea of the metaphorical/physical “dark place” and things progressively getting lighter as she comes to terms with reality. It’s like poetry.

I feel bad popping in here with something so terse but I’m doing my best to keep up: endorsed.

Oh, boy, what an R&D effort!

Well, I think it’d be pretty abrupt to cut the last shot of the hut scene. Cutting to another establishing shot of the island might work, but would still feel abrupt. And I think the implication would still be that she went straight to the TIE. It might have to be a weird movie convention thing that the night passes through their conversation.

I know, right? I should be getting ready to start a small business but this is so much more inviting. Lol

Yeah, I don’t see us going that way for this project though.

For the Ach-To scene, could Luke perhaps be de-blued and allowed to be somewhat darkened to blend in better? I’m talking out of my ass though; I don’t know what goes into that work. But with feedback cycling through I know it’ll get perfect.

Sorry, Nev!

TestingOutTheTest said:

After giving it some thought after my debate with JJB… I propose that the ship we see in Rey’s Force vision in TFA (yes, TFA) should be changed so it wouldn’t be Ochi’s ship, also remove Rey’s familiarity with Ochi’s ship which MR describes.

One teeny consideration would be that Finn has a ‘connect the dots’ moment about that. He heard Rey tell him she recognizes it as Ochi’s ship, and then later he tells Poe what he learned from DO about Ochi’s true mission.

But yeah, the Ochi’s ship thing doesn’t make a lot of sense. Did they drop Rey off and immediately get abducted themselves? In TFA it sure looks like she is screaming at the family car. I guess she really just saw her parents put into some random ship and taking off?

A lot to dip into here while taking a short break from work!

I agree, further discussion of broader issues of Rey’s overall arc or parents is best moved to the TROS Redux thread. I don’t like the decisions made on these two points by the filmmakers, but this project doesn’t seek to radically alter them. (And the Rey Nobody version only technically; her arc overall remains the same even without the ‘Rey Palpatine’ angle.)

Y’know, Dominic, those two ideas could potentially be dynamite. “I will earn your family’s saber” would be amazing, and “birth of her son” does have a nice double-meaning irony to it. Huh. If anyone can execute those I’d say they’d be welcome inclusions.

Years of YouTube Poop lead me to avoid sentence-mixing for these things, so I don’t want to overdo it!

I didn’t try it because I think it’s more powerful to imply what sort of things are more important than ‘blood.’ I could do that and just see how it plays. Maybe tonight, if I end up with the chance!

That’s a very good point.

Part of the ‘building Vader’ operating table scene could involve bunny rabbits pouring in from the edges of the room.

What if Snoke had been Maul? Hmm…

I’m not saying its great, just that I don’t feel removing it makes things any better.

NeverarGreat said:

Hal 9000 said:

The friendship theme from TROS is pretty damn good.

Which theme would that be?

Can be heard as Rey recovers the Wayfinder on Ach-To, and at the end when the three leads hug.

I don’t want to remove any of those lines, personally. Rey’s line about earning the saber actually fits in much better with the crackly effect in place.
The “I’m the spy” is very silly, but I feel like removing it feels any better. It might be difference if there were more footage to work with of Hux just standing there after shooting the troopers.
Leia’s line doesn’t make a lot of face value sense, but does (sort of) inform her role in training Rey and gives… some reason why these things are happening.

TestingOutTheTest said:

I feel like we should use a different establishing shot instead of the one from TLJ, people will notice it’s obviously from TLJ.

What shot do you mean? The only shot added to the sequence is taken from a documentary about Skellig Michael.

EDIT: That same documentary has a nice overhead shot of the island that might look better for nighttime conditions. Nev, it’s in the clip I sent you to begin with if you agree.

I think Luke’s comment on fear is much more thematically relevant to this film’s story. Rey and Luke each gave into fear of their inner darkness/failure and exiled themselves. I like that little scene the way it is and don’t plant to change it or further truncate it.

Nev, that’s a distinct improvement! The establishing shot at the beginning is perfect. Rey throwing stuff at Ren’s TIE feels perhaps too orange now that the sun(s) has/have set. Would feel right for a sunset but now for dusk, IMO.
The sitting on a log scene looks good, though there are three or four shots that would benefit from masking the sky in order to darken it further.
I wonder if it’d be even better to have the hut interior pre-flashback as being pretty darn dark outside, then a bit lighter post-flashback, leading into a sunrise as she heads outdoors.
Also, it feels in isolation that the sunrise feels more like a sunset with this grade. Maybe in reality sunrise and sunset look similarly orange, but it feels more like a sunset to me. Not sure if that’s useful!

Sherlockpotter, I think a tiny bit of purple could be nice, but nothing near the level in that clip.

Fantastic work so far; nothing surprises me anymore. I’m sure this scene will get into sublime shape.

I second what RogueLeader said.

I never got the issue about that line. Lando tells her “only two were made.” Rey doesn’t realize the other is in the ship she was in. Realizing that a second one is with her prompts her to recall Lando’s words.

Not poetry, but it’s fine.

All the star destroyer stuff takes place within an SNL sketch so what are ya gonna do?

Awesome. Thanks again!

Master Lawdog said:

Hal 9000 said:

Pee on the grate,

What!? LOL!

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/the-rise-of-skywalker-ascendant-released/id/71835/page/390#1414674

I don’t think I ever have, either. I just check obsessively to make up the difference.

Got sick today, have the day off. Flipped through my shows and movies I never watch in Plex, and nothing felt inviting. So I watched part of a SMB3 speedrun video until nodding off.

Then. I remembered. I’ve got like 3 of these episodes I haven’t seen yet!

Please, guys. These posts don’t cost anything. We aren’t on the clock.

Pee on the grate, please refer to the FAQ on the Drive. There’s just been V1 so far which is what’s there, and V2 is being worked on.

I don’t think it’d flow well to reinsert just those snippets of Luke’s dialogue. The way things are now makes sense. If anything it could be like this:

“Because you’re a Palpatine. Rey, some things are stronger than blood: your spirit, your heart. If you don’t face the Palpatine, it’ll mean the end of the Jedi.”

I could see how doable this would be. Hard to say without trying it. I know there’s a bit more footage there and a loop of music that could be reinstated if it happened to be timed right. Idk. (And hey, feel free to let me do this, once I can. I feel like I haven’t really done anything in a while. Lol)