Hal 9000

Yeah, I know the OP is a mess. The reason is that Kerr’s actual edit should’ve been released long ago! This is basically that unreleased project with some EE bits folded back in by me.

It’s an edit likely to be most enjoyed by someone familiar with the books who wouldn’t have minded if the films were a little closer to them but okay with that for the most part. I like to think that this bends slightly in that direction without at all compromising the films as films. There’s also quite a bit of good ol’ fan editing magic due to restructuring in TTT and ROTK.

I guess if someone can download the clip from YouTube at max quality and stitch it into the original shot, that’d be worthy of a V1.1.

Hey, thanks!

Yeah, probably, if someone can get the footage. I sent him a message once and never heard back.

Jonh! Good to hear from you. I agree its a good start, but his head seems like it was smooshed onto his body like play-doh, like his head and neck don’t mesh.

Here’s another version of the extra lever shot. I extended Chewie’s grown, which hopefully works, and used a different piece of buffer audio from earlier in the scene that doesn’t have the wind that was causing issues.
https://vimeo.com/453744130

I’ll have to find some Chewie sounds and try to gently extend that reaction.

How’s this? It puts the music even more through the wringer, but it might be acceptable.

https://vimeo.com/453476256

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.”