Hal 9000

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Lol. And I feel obliged to correct you in that it’s a “tractor” beam.

Lol. And I feel obliged to correct you in that it’s a “tractor” beam.

As I finish working on an update to my ANH project, the only thing outstanding about my SW edits is the Rey Nobody version of TROS. That aside, being an alternate cut anyway, things have never felt this complete. Like it’s time to let it be.
It’s been a great experience the past 8 years or so putting these together. It’s been a hobby and communal thing. There’ll be some sadness, but I know it can’t go on forever.
I will stick around in any event, and I won’t say “never,” even if I set things down intending to do so for good with SW fan editing. I know there’s work to be done yet, but at the same time, it feels like I’d better plan to “retire” once it is.

If the right idea grabs me, I would be happy to tinker with other things, but the SW saga can soon be laid to rest comfortably. And that feels good to this looooongtime OT.com weirdo.

This is just a random thought and not a suggestion because I’m sure it’s impossible, but…

Ashoka should really have been Obi-Wan’s apprentice, right?

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I could ask an uninitiated person how many movies they’d be willing to watch, from one to twelve, and be able to make a recommendation.

If they say…

One:
ANH

Two:
Rogue One
ANH

Three:
ANH
ESB
ROTJ

Four:
ANH
ESB
ROTS
ROTJ

Five:
Rogue One
ANH
ESB
ROTS
ROTJ

Six:
TPM
AOTC
ROTS
ANH
ESB
ROTJ

Seven:
TPM
AOTC
ROTS
Rogue One
ANH
ESB
ROTJ

Eight:
TPM
AOTC
Clone Wars Microseries
ROTS
Rogue One
ANH
ESB
ROTJ

Nine:
TPM
AOTC
ROTS
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TFA
TLJ
TROS

Ten:
TPM
AOTC
ROTS
Rogue One
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TFA
TLJ
TROS

Eleven:
TPM
AOTC
Clone Wars Microseries
ROTS
Rogue One
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TFA
TLJ
TROS

Twelve:
TPM
AOTC
Clone Wars Microseries
ROTS
Solo
Rogue One
ANH
ESB
ROTJ
TFA
TLJ
TROS

Like visually?

EddieDean said:

CLONE WARS WEDNESDAYS?

One other thing I’ve been thinking is that, once I’ve properly got going with this, I can probably output at least one edit a week (since I have a good amount of available time some won’t require much at all, so I can kind of queue them up) - what do you all think about doing ‘Clone Wars Wednesdays’ where I’ll release one every Wednesday? That way we can all watch and feedback, and it’s both a small weekly commitment where feedback can be given in a focused way, plus a simulated weekly release cycle so helps us to judge the pacing of the show as a whole? It’d help me pace myself too, and keep the momentum up.

Oohhhh, event viewing. I like this idea!

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Dub over the white Mon Calamari in Rogue One with Flight of the Concords just to be able to have one report to the Admiral, “Receiving transmission from David Bowie’s nipple antennae.”

nl0428 said:

You think you’ll make a trailer for your Sequel edits like you did for your edits of the Prequels, Hal?

I played with the idea a couple weeks ago but found I didn’t have the right time and energy for it. For that prequel trailer I really just overlaid clips to the TFA trailer’s music. I think if I were to, I’d do something similar with another film’s trailer music. But it didn’t work out when I last sat down with the idea. Idk

Brewzter said:

Is the Force ghosts behind Rey scene available without the purple lightsaber in HD? Personally, I like it more but it goes against canon too much for me so I’m planning on removing it.

Of course, if the crackly saber edit gets finished by anyone, and two versions are made (blue Leia saber with crackly Anakin saber and Force ghosts and then alternatively purple Leia saber with crackly Anakin saber and Force ghosts), that would work too.

PM me and I can send you that clip. It does exist.

And thanks, ThatPixarGuy, that’s great to hear. I think this edit is the most “whoa look at that” out of the nine. I echo your thanks and congratulations to everyone who contributed, including keeping discussion healthy.

Yes, all is up to date now!

Torrents are out. I can’t tell you where to search, other than Google.

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bbghost said:

Hi, apologies if these have already been posted but I can’t for the life of me find it anywhere back in the thread.

Does anyone have the custom LUT’s that have been applied available do download somewhere?

Would you PM me to remind me to post those?

Ghjklbnm said:

I’m so excited to see the final version in HD! Is there any other way to download besides the google drive, since it’s having a breakdown from how popular it is?

Not yet, but there will be torrents.

Eh, I think I prefer it to just be about their holiday stuff. I don’t hate the idea, but not sure it’d be worth actually doing.

This is gonna be great; I’ll look forward to it!
Not super helpful, but know you’ll have an audience!

I don’t see myself going back through everything just for it, especially since there’ll be a separate audio track that omits the voices.
However, if you yourself would like to modify it I can implement it against any future updated releases.

SparkySywer said:

Coke and Sprite are canon in the New EU

?

I just let Compressor handle it on its way to the final output.

When I started this, the Special Edition versions all had the prequel-era logos. So, for a Custom SE version I figured that’d feel right.
However, at least ROTJ would use the new 19SE as a source, which uses the modern LFL logo (which does not feel like it fits with the opening fanfare).

Rather than feel like the OT should try to “pick a side,” I would just rather let each trilogy have its own distinct opening flavor. No fuss and avoids awkwardness.

No, just that the 2011 BluRay transfer and 19SE are pretty distinctly different from each other.

It could probably have been made to work, but I’m okay with having the original version of the shot since it blends together better.