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It’s good to check in on this thread and see things moving nicely. I agree, Luka, that that looks great. And I’d say feel free to see if Kylo can be made to say, “You’re just a clone.” Not 100% certain even a flawless delivery would fit in with existing footage, though we’re lucky no one’s mouth needs to be seen moving in that moment.

Snooker did the first version of the Naboo shot and skenera worked on that to get it to what’s in the edit now.

I like that, but that’s a lot of wood to go through.

Also, please refer to the FAQ at the top level of the Drive for a few workarounds.

RogueLeader said:

According to JXEditor, he got an impersonator to record new lines. He did both Kylo and Palpatine. Someone who goes by Ian-Luke Productions.

Well, I guess the Palpatine voice fooled us.

mrbenjamino said:

just came across this on reddit from a guy on YouTube named JXEditor, thoughts?

https://youtu.be/i-y82fIXODI

I wonder if a line from the Han scene could be used. “You’re just a [memory.]”

Does unmasked Kylo ever say “clone” or something similar? “Snoke” might have a usable vowel. The word “own” maybe?

Palpatine’s voice sounds pretty good, given the source. Blends into the vibe the overall scene gives to his voice.

I’ll send that email address a request and probably make it a weekly viewing once this season of Mando ends.

Even when kewlfish returns hopefully anything you do will help him finish it sooner. Not that there’s any rush.

Wow, I hadn’t really explored this thread until today. And wow is about all I have to say!

JakeRyan17 said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

I think Lord & Miller’s take would’ve been far better. A nice silly adventure instead of a generic one.

I mean, I loved Spaceballs… but I’m glad they decided to keep the tone of Solo fun but still connected and grounded to the rest of Star Wars. Lord & Miller didn’t want to do that, and their version would’ve been like making Lego Star Wars canon (which, it’s not).

Oh, that darned canon. Wouldn’t it be easier if it all just… blew away?

That’s great news. 😃

Awesome!

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Replace Yoda in ESB and ROTJ entirely with an AI-generated Liam Neeson voice.

I do this for clarity’s sake, and it wasn’t the first time.

Unless you’re going to watch them on a better setup than I have in my home, V6 ought to be fine if you don’t want to wait. lol

That said, V7 has now fully arrived for COD and TAS. I have not yet gotten to work on LOE.

Just uploaded COD and TAS to the Drive, but I haven’t started doing LOE yet.

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Also that Yoda counseling scene sort of tacitly validates the idea that these are genuine Force visions that ought to come true rather than lies.
It’s sort of tragic, like why didn’t Anakin just say something to someone?

Yeah. Damn, that’s too bad. Glad to think it through, though.

Well, one important function of the scene is that Padme sees and knows Anakin is alive after the Temple burning. Otherwise she seems distraught and then mellow about it with no transition. Hmm.

Yes, that scene fell victim to the idea of moving Anakin’s nightmare forward in the movie.

I mean… if Yoda had a hologram effect added it could be included. Lol

It wouldn’t be LOE, but you could make a good ROTS edit with this scene arrangement:

• Anakin and Padme reunite; pregnancy revealed
• Grievous arrives on Utapau
• Balcony scene (“love has blinded you”)
• Nightmare (ends as Anakin walks off, Padme remains asleep)
• “I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi” deleted scene
• Obi-Wan telling Anakin that Palpatine requests his presence
• Opera of Squid Lake
• Yoda’s counseling session
• Palpatine appoints Anakin to Council
• Council unhappy about this
• Bail’s apartment deleted scene
• Obi-Wan asking Anakin to spy on Palpatine
• Jedi traffic scene
• Padme and Anakin “you’re sounding like a Separatist”
• Second nightmare with Obi—Wan, “I feel lost”
• Kashyyyk battle
• 3PO serving drinks political deleted scene
• Anakin and Obi-Wan farewell, Obi-Wan heads to Utapau
• Petition of Two Thousand deleted scene
• Obi-Wan arrives on Utapau

I wonder what you all’d think of this. It’d be… quite different from LOE as we know it, so I don’t want to sort of do a bait and switch.
It borrows some of the nice things about L8wrtr’s edit, and lets us hang onto the Yoda counseling scene. The fundamental difference from LOE would just be that the nightmare would now precede most of the political setup. This uncouples it from the tighter implication in LOE that Palpatine is causing Anakin’s nightmares (rather than a genuine vision that would narratively need to occur to feel satisfying).

Perhaps the “alternate version” could feature Padme’s death and be structured as above. It wouldn’t be LOE per se, but it might be the best way to present a version with that ending intact.