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Nothing was removed in that moment before the ice wall is hit. If it feels abrupt it was like that originally.

I just tried tossing in a few different shots of closeups of the lever being pulled but I can’t get the music right. That particular moment and the moment before both need to have their music and sound effects pretty much left alone. Which makes it very difficult to cram something in between. I will try again later when I have a little more time, but I wouldn’t count on it.

Now, let me edit you something.

Thanks for that. I like how it fades to credits, but not how it fades in to begin with. Like you said though, it’s a moot point for the project at this point.

Thanks, Axlanian; I’ll use that!

With two small kids at home, we watch everything with subtitles these days. I’m currently chipping away at syncing English subtitles to these, and will report back when they’re finished. About 2/3 of the way through FOTR.

EDIT: nevermind

Well, I needed audio to cover the visuals, so I couldn’t use the 1997 audio for that sequence. I removed the line by looping the percussion.

Yeah, I just hadn’t updated the OP.

Just wanted to say I’m still looking forward to this. Hoping you’re well, and indeed have some time to dedicate to this.

PM sent

Add Jar Jar doing the Naruto run behind the reporter and it’ll be golden.

lol

Yeah, I’d hate for people to be confused and think all Star destroyers everywhere abruptly exploded because of the magic button they pressed, as opposed to implied ongoing efforts by people.

I guess these lines are all right, just though I’d throw it out there. It was like 2AM.

From a PM came the suggestion to cut or mute a couple lines.

• 3PO: “Exegol does not appear on any star-chart.” (Just that it’s the hidden world of the Sith, since Maz clarified they need to find it.)

• Luke: “You’ll take both sabers to Exegol.”

• Finn: “People are rising up all over the galaxy.” (How does he know? We see it in a second anyway.)

Deepfake Palpatine’s face onto Snoke’s.

ALLOL

I’m sorry to hear that, man. Thanks for checking in, and there’s no reason to rush with this.

I appreciate the input on it, but I’m settled with the current ending shot, visuals and auditory.

I am planning to do a Rey Nobody alternate version, but I don’t think there’d be a correlate of people who prefer that and people who have a preference about the Anakin ghost. I might just have to render out the scene at full quality and include it as an extra so that anyone who wanted could edit it in themselves as easily as possible.

Who knows, though? It may not end up being a problem. I don’t mind Hayden being there

Hmm. I don’t really see or hear how that helps. I really don’t have any issue with what’s there, and that just sounds like a good transition with something discordant over top. Sorry, but I don’t think it’s an improvement, at least not to my ears.

Totally unrelated, but I’m taking this waiting period to start syncing English subtitles to my modified ‘extended editions’ of Kerr’s still (!) unreleased Lord of the Rings edits. Turns out with small children around we watch everything with subtitles! So, that needs to be done before I “retire.”

Sure, he could look a tad younger! I think that’d be reasonable since it sounds like there’s a lot of photoshopping happening anyway.

I leave that to him. But it’ll be interesting to see, if it ends up bring possible!

The norm seems to be that Jedi continue to, or tend to, manifest as they appeared when they died. I’m sure this is not a requirement, but a convention. And one has to venture into alternate versions of the films to break this norm (04SE or subsequent).

I’d rather they had filmed Hayden doing something substanative than used CGI to recreate Shaw. However, since they didn’t and using CGI is necessary to get either of them, I think Shaw fits better. Otherwise it’s three old men and Hayden. Shaw is the only Anakin ghost for me in ROTJ, and so it would seem to fit naturally for TROS.

That being said, I’m content with Hayden’s Anakin as he currently appears in jonh’s clip if Shaw doesn’t quite pan out.

Whoo, if jonh manages to get a good Shaw ghost that’d be stellar. It’s hard to picture, but hey, I wouldn’t put anything past him!

And I much prefer the credits music as they are. I don’t find the suns position or anything else off at all, and am very happy with the current state of it.

Well, I know jonh has been busy but we’ll see if maybe September ends up being the month all the last pieces come in.

The suns change position in almost the same way in the theatrical, so if this is jarring it isn’t because of what we did here. I am fairly certain it’s the same footage of the suns even.

Burbin, you’re absolutely right. Thanks! I’ll see about one of the other two line options for that.

Right, I had recently removed the second chunk of the DOTF during the duel. So hopefully that’s a better overall compromise.

And I’ll go through and check the added musical pieces. I would rather have them, DOTF especially, be subtle but not intrude than to grab you and potentially not work. I know I have the 3PO and R2 music a little on the quiet side, because I don’t think prominent music is right for that moment.

Plus any given jerk who is cut off gets a little bit of justice worthwhile in its own right.