Personally, I find it more compelling to see Anakin redeemed and becoming the person he should have been, which in ROTJ is Shaw, rather than an apparent regression to before he made the final few steps to turning evil.
Q2 did it before. And The Cutter did it first. And it only looks good because of Sir Ridley.
But yeah, wow that was a few years ago by now.
Is this the end of the story?
It is.
I think my favorite was “Is the Falcon yours now?”
I can try mocking it up, but I feel the scene is better as it already is. It’s cool, don’t get me wrong, but it wasn’t intended to fill that role and it feels off in that context.
Although, while a shot LIKE that would be nice, that particular shot doesn’t particularly scream end of movie. Rey doesn’t look emotional either.
And that Falcon interior shot could be replaced with the trailer shot of Leia, then merely overlaid onto the shot of the Falcon taking off from Tatooine. Maybe.
Something like this: https://vimeo.com/436637519
Here’s poppasketti’s recent TIE animation implemented with audio. This is, of course, for option A, which I am pretty well resolved toward now.
The earlier shot would have to be removed and dealt with. It’s not necessary, and the music choice wouldn’t probably fit with two new shots. It could be attempted in the name of trying it, though.
FWIW, I started messing around with this stuff at 13. Granted it was editing and messing with audio, not visual FX work.
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Oh yeah, and if anyone so inclined wishes to add a distant Vader’s castle to the reverse shot when Kylo picks up and looks at the Wayfinder, I won’t try to stop you.
However cool that would be, it’s not necessary, and I’m happy merely to namedrop Mustafar in the crawl. That’s enough to tie it into Vader and make sense why there were two: one for the master and one for the apprentice.
I don’t mind that they have hyperdrives, but they seem to instantly track the Falcon like it’s nothing. In TLJ it took a capital ship to do so with at least a little delay. Just seems like JJ dialed it up to 13 again.
That’s different from an Empire TIE with a hyperdrive. That just feels wrong given ANH’s implication, no matter what the rationale may be later.
Yeah poppasketti has mocked up the TIEs swerving away without entering hyperspace, and plans to add polish. It’ll be great!
No, I don’t think so. It’s fine.
Yeah, poppasketti, that’s wonderful as is. My idea for perfection is that the second that they see the Falcon jump to lightspeed, they immediately turn about in order to head back to the Destroyer they presumably came from in order to quickly move or take further action from there. It’s like, “Shit, immediately head back because we’re done here and time may be of the essence.”
That would certainly make sense, but there’s only really opportunity to get across a concise message. I was hoping to tie this movement in with what Luke did in the last movie. Partly to explain the big difference between no one showing up and everyone showing up this time.
It would’ve been interesting if they did that at Finn’s behest, though it really doesn’t look like they’re being stunned in that clip.
Are there any other shots from the trailers and documentary that you’d like to add in, Hal?
I don’t think so, other than what Dom plans to send.
I think part of it is just that a stormtrooper is saying the line, and not one of our heroes.
This might be it, I’m not quite sure yet. I’ll come up with a few dialogue options and send them to Hal.
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Why did Hux’s “I’m the spy.” line get removed in WP V3? Poe and Finn’s reactions feel kinda jarring without the line.
The next new stormtrooper voice line sounds like it was obviously added in. I think the audio there could maybe use a little reworking or maybe a better filter.
Agree with both of these.
Yeah, me too. Axlanian, do you think you could make a regular voice recording sound like a FO trooper?
VNC to the rescue. Here’s what I have at present.
I hope I can send you that tomorrow, but I’m in for a super dense day. You need it for a timing reference, right?
YES, that’s what we neeeeed. If anything I’d have them peel off sooner. I’ll be happy to put together audio for it. I’ve got the original 5.1 mix for reference of how it should sound coming into frame.
Also, I think I made the removal of Babu from the battle feel much better audio-wise!
Nice, snooker! 😃
And, poppasketti, that’s already preferable to what I have, assuming the music won’t be an insurmountable issue for me. But I agree, a more dramatic, sudden set of twists away from their trajectory would make for a more unmistakable read.