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Hal 9000

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#1341165
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The ‘Custom Special Edition’ That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was (Released)
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Partly. Also having so many elements onscreen gives more to look slightly different compared to other shots. The sky, the skiff, the sand, etc.

Most of the other shots are more focused and have less ‘liability.’

Obviously despecializing most of them would be ideal, but 4K83 works pretty well for most shots. Surprisingly well.

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#1341129
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Here’s the current state of the crawl. Obviously some of it is temporary placeholders until I can get the wording right.

Episode IX
THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Things aren’t good. The First Order has really gotten ugly and the sense of hope alluded to at the end of the last movie is alive but suffocated.

As Rey, sole heir to the Jedi, continues her training under the ailing General Leia Organa, their fledging Resistance gathers intel to forge a path to freedom.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren rages in search of his grandfather’s SITH WAYFINDER, desperate to end the spectre haunting him with threats to his rule…

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#1341110
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Wow, this discussion moves fast.

I was chiming in to say that I guess the “Empress Palpatine” line sets up a “I’m just Rey” payoff just fine. But if she’s going to be a Palpatine anyway, I’d still lean toward keeping the original line. I don’t really want to change the title or that aspect of it.

In a Rey Nobody edit, yes, there’s no issue and ‘Skywalker’ works well. I guess for both potential versions I would prefer to keep the original ‘Skywalker’ ending.

The final shot is weird, since she ignored the old lady and we see repurposed footage from the other desert planet earlier. The Falcon taking off would be a cool alternative, in any event.

There’s no good titles to crib… ‘Balance of the Force’ doesn’t quite resonate with the actual movie, and has ‘Force’ again.
‘Heir to the Jedi’ just sounds like ROTJ 2: Electric Boogaloo, and uses ‘Jedi’ a third time. If single word titles were appropriate, ‘Bloodlines’ would be a good choice.

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#1340937
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Always nice to hear the twins theme. Not sure about it here, though, as Leia is the focus. I don’t know, maybe something to toss around.

Thanks for putting it together. I think the weak part of it is dipping into the ‘coming together’ piece for just a couple seconds before shifting over to Yoda lifting the X-Wing. One piece of music too many. If Luke and Leia can segue directly into it then maybe we’ve got something.

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#1340918
Topic
The ‘Custom Special Edition’ That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was (Released)
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ROTJ’s 19SE (SDR) colors look just fine to me. Moreso than the new ANH or ESB. Maybe it’s because the 2004/11 transfers were just the worst.

Anyway, I find that increasing the brightness somewhat and dialing the saturation up 20% makes it feel like it could fit in reasonably well with the modified 2011 version of the other two films without taking things too far.

To adjust the brightness, I increased the whites by 13%, the midrange about half that much at 6%, and left the blacks where they were. It looks good to me, anyway, and hopefully that logic is sound.

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#1340800
Topic
Star Wars: <strong>The Rise Of Skywalker</strong> Redux Ideas thread
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TFA’s initial BluRay release had the deleted scenes. I think they saw us having fun and so they decided to install barbed wire fences. (Not really but probably more to do with public image.)

RogueLeader, I like that idea. I think the emotional swell needs to happen as or shortly after Rey recognizes Chewie and needs to have ended before 3PO wakes up.