Hal 9000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiG9V_qfuaE

If all the SW aliens were human, that’d be prejudiced to say the least. But they’re an entirely other species. If all the animals on earth were personified, I’m sure we’d think plenty of them were jerks.

Looking forward to a V2. I’m not sure what your source is, perhaps the BluRay or iTunes version or something, but I encourage exporting at the maximum settings that make any sort of sense, if you haven’t already.

I’m planning to tweak your edit just slightly by restoring the original opening style and the “we’ll have you flying in no time” gag, just for personal, non-shared enjoyment.

No, just the LUTs provided by DrDre.

At this point I think my best strategy is to have the attitude of “a pessimist is never disappointed.”

After TFA, I said to myself that I think JJ did a good job, ala Star Trek ‘09, but that I’m glad he’s not directing any more SW films. When I heard he was being brought in to replace Trevorrow, I wasn’t enthused.

Obviously I hope these misgivings are themselves misguided.

The shot of the X-wings approaching the Death Star before everyone checks in is easily the worst SE update to the sequence. The extended shot of the ship models gliding across the screen looks less convincing than other, more dynamic shots elsewhere, and the R2 units look incorrect.
I wonder if it’d be feasible or desirable to create two more subtle shots using CG to approximate the two in the original version.

I am feeling cautiously pessimistic about this.

As Yoda fades away into the Force in ROTJ, add faint, echoey sounds of his battle cry from his duel with Dooku.

Hey, thanks for taking the time to write up some ideas.

I’m not sure Luke beckoning Rey to pursue him during the fishing scene makes a lot of sense, as it’s bookended by variations of “leave me alone.”

While I can’t say I’m bothered by a slight technical continuity issue like the guard’s blade, I’ll take a look at what you suggest along with Luke vs Rey. They both sound good on paper at least.

I think the scene where Rey races to save the caretakers is the whole point for having them in the movie, and so an edit should have this scene added or else remove the caretakers. The scene has unfinished FX, for one thing. And I happen to agree with RJ’s commentary on the scene: removing it allows the audience to believe that Luke is beginning to come around and there’s a real sense of hope that he and Rey can work together before he stumbled onto she and Kylo in the hut.
I do like the scene and its message, but I think it was a good trim, and I don’t have a ‘but we spent so much on the costumes’ concern preventing me from removing the caretakers altogether.

6 hour-long episodes sounds about perfect.

6b/1.7t

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Thanks for the kind words.

Darth Muffy said:

My main hopes are ROS doesnt mess with your edits continuity and that the new film hopefully wont require to much editing/fixing 😉.

You and me both, brother.

I think RogueLeader hits the nail on the head by saying that figuratively reckoning with what is left of Palpatine makes the sequel trilogy feel merited compared to dealing with a literal, physical return.

Thanks for the feedback!

I agree it’d be worthwhile to try to get Poe to clearly articulate “Hux.” I’ll have to try to play with that.

I still don’t take issue with the parking guy, so I’m not sure what else to say. And I prefer this version of the Falcon showing up at Crait. It’s a bit more subtle, with the shadow revealing what it is in a fan moment sort of way.

Imagine a film set in post-Nazi Germany that asks the question, “How do the people affected by Hitler heal and how can we reconcile with one another after having been so polarized?”

Now imagine a film in which a revived cyber-zombie Hitler threatens world domination.

I’m hoping this comparison doesn’t end up applying to IX, but that’s the sort of thing that concerns me.

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I don’t particularly hate that change, but for a perfect version I would prefer it to be what feels right to my memory. Just a personal preference.

wymjafett2112 said:

Where can I get a copy of cloak of deception.

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A workprint for V3 is going up onto the Google Drive now. It’s about 6GB, 720p, with high quality audio. If one wished to watch the Hal9000 presentation of the saga, ROTJ and TLJ V3 are available as workprints in very watchable quality.

What’s new compared to V2:

• Removed the silly mugshot of Hux after commenting on Poe’s X-wing approach
• Removed Luke’s quip about Jakku being “pretty much nowhere” (the new movies are somewhat snarky in ways the OT never was IMHO, and so I’d rather keep Luke away from that - humor, but not gags)
• Removed Rose responding to Finn’s “MTFBWY” with “you too.”
• Reinstated Rose repeating “…they can track us through lightspeed.”
• Tighten up Finn and Rose’s reaction to Maz’s “Oh yes, he can” for better timing
• Reinstate a trimmed version of the balcony scene overlooking kids and horses being beaten on Canto Bight
• Reinstate Rey asking Kylo Ren if he has a cowl to put on
• Re-add Kylo describing Rey’s parents as dead, bc I feel its likely this will be referenced in IX
• Removed Finn’s fight with Phasma by using what poppasketti did, which now includes a brief visual of Phasma’s corpse laying around to help sell the idea

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I still find Palpatine’s survival deeply thematically unpalatable. (Unpalpable?)

I hope I’m wrong, but I think the pitch will be that when he exploded with blue energy in ROTJ, that was actually just time travel exhaust as he flung himself into the future.

Hmm, as I type… sounds sort of like Samurai Jack.

I just hope the whole thing feels thematically appropriate, but my cynical tendencies see this as unnecessary. I always thought Dark Empire looked stupid compared to the novels, since it just undoes and redoes ROTJ, but then again there’s been plenty of exactly that in the ST so far. I would think it’d be more congruent to figuratively re-defeat Palpatine rather than literally. My concerns aren’t how it makes sense logically, but thematically. But, we’ll see what happens.

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