Hal 9000

Alec Guinness in ANH.

I’m prepping a V2 of this project, which hopefully will be published in the near future. Here’s the changelist compared to V1:

• It seems that my color correction made for some nasty digital noise in the black areas. I’ve redone it to avoid this problem by using a different method and not going as far.

• Reinstate Hux being berated by Snoke after the opening battle. This cut felt conspicuous upon my last viewing.

• Use Poppasketti’s awesome musical alteration when Luke tosses the saber.

• Use Poppasketti’s slight audio adjustment to my transition(s) from ‘Luke Has a Moment’ to Poe and Finn’s deleted scene.

• Reinstate Finn telling Rose to breathe.

• Reinstate Poe’s line “A what now?” before Finn’s removed line about “miniaturized Death Star tech,” ala Poppasketti.

• Reinstate Finn’s full self-sacrifice attack run.

MalàStrana said:

Nice 😉

(looking forward to remuxing the files 😃)

You won’t even have to do that. 😉

MalàStrana said:

Brillant 😃 Tell me, is your audio of this scene compliant with the theatrical cut (and Hal9000’s edit as well) ? I’d like to use your audio alteration on Hal9000 edit.

Don’t exert yourself on that one, my friend.

Yeah… is that the “content”? They’re making a line of toys based on that?
Referring to these as bumpers would be more than generous.

Reminds me of that YouTube ad for the Star Wars ‘Frames’ book, but less funny.

I’d say if she somehow resurfaces in IX, this would unambiguously be the way to handle her in this movie.
That being said, I hope she just stays dead. If she could be excused from the execution scene of Finn and Rose, we could assume she died on SKB.

In this version, I suppose Phasma is presumed dead after the ship is destroyed. I guess she’s the one character who dies on board. 😃
I wish there was a good way to remove her from the film completely, without removing Finn and Rose’s entire subplot.

Congratulations! You deserve it. Glad you were able to get an edit you are happy with, since that’s the most important thing. 😃

“And then I threw the Senate at him. The whole Senate! True story.”

I’m going back on my previous decision, and using Sir Ridley’s removal of Chewie from the offending shot of Leia. 😃

That’s a very interesting idea. I’d look forward to seeing that.

Seems like a joke to make Han look cool that goes a little too far. They get his character right in the rathtar sequence, as he has to skate by in a tough situation.

The no look shot was one of three or four moments that took me out of the movie during my first viewing. (The others were: the Starkiller firing on Hosnian Prime during act 2 and Finn’s improv as Han nods his head to Rey.)

But yeah, part of the fun is coming up with rationalizations for things. 😉

It strikes me is breaking the rules of the universe this story is setting. That seems like something only a force users should be able to do.
See also: Han Solo as a non-badass who relies on bravado and luck to get by.

stickydixon said:

A little taste of what’s to come:
https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/DisastrousDimFiddlercrab

Interesting. Reminds me of MagnoliaFan’s “The Clone Wars,” which I really enjoyed back then.

If Ridley ends up having the shot finished before I do the final render, not that it’s going to be tomorrow or anything, I’d be willing to reconsider.

Fair! I am of two minds about it to be sure.

While waiting on one or two things, I’ve gotten a final encode for sync exported, and am modifying subtitles and chapter stops. I may or may not record a commentary track, depending on how I feel. I sat down to this afternoon, and very quickly realized I had not gotten enough sleep to be able to do that!

Here’s the final changelog for V3, aside from changes already present in V2.1:

• As Finn mans the TIE fighter with Poe, trimmed firing upon fellow stormtroopers so soon after planning to escape. Now, he causes peripheral damage to prevent them from firing at him and takes aim at the command center. (Slightly shifted the placement of the film’s trademark Wilhelm scream in order to retain it.)

• Removed Kylo Ren identifying Finn’s stormtrooper ID from memory.

• Removed Rey saving Finn from the rathtars, cutting from Finn’s line, “They look like that,” to Han and Chewie arriving at the door to the Falcon.

• Removed Finn’s comedic line about almost being killed several times by Chewie while tending to him on the Falcon (Mimicked DigModiFicaTion’s approach).

• Removed Han shooting a stormtrooper while facing the other way.

• Throughout the battle at Maz’s castle, applied a slight sunset color correction to harmonize the sunset lighting present before and afterward.

• When Finn is introduced to Leia, removed mention of the Hosnian system’s destruction, though retained mention that Finn had worked on the base (thanks to FX work by NeverarGreat).

• Removed Finn’s comedic moment of misunderstanding Han’s head nod while searching for Rey (Mimicked DigModiFicaTion’s approach).

• Color corrected Ach-to to bring it a little closer to the corresponding scene’s lighting and weather conditions in The Last Jedi.

(I am not planning to remove Chewie walking past Leia at the end, since I kind of like this weird quirk, even if only for its probably accidental mirroring of Leia screwing over Chewie at the end of ANH.)

I’d also like to see this. Then again, I’d also like to see any experimentation with Star Wars. Match Harrison Ford in ANH with the actor from Solo, match Hayden in AOTC with footage of a young Sebastian Shaw, match Yoda in TLJ with CGI prequel Yoda, match TLJ flashback/projection Luke with 1994 behind-the-scenes-of-Batman-TAS Mark Hamill, etc., etc…

I am waiting on just a couple things from Sir Ridley and NeverarGreat, after which I can begin encoding and wrangling things together.

I still have not found an alternative shot to use to replace the closeup of Leia immediately prior to the Hosnian system being destroyed. Unless something presents itself this will have to stay as it was.

And in so doing he endangers all of us. I’d hate to kiss a future OOT restoration project goodbye.
I agree, too, that the trailer is not indicative of a polished edit viable for exhibition outside the most rabid haters of the source material.

Just to reiterate: “my” version of the Palpatine scene is extremely similar to L8wrtr’s (at least the transformation itself), which was in turn a variation of Kerr’s.

“The Prime Directive has many different functions, not the least of which is to protect us.”

I think you absolutely should submit this to FE.org.

Sounds like a great deal of fun. Looking forward to checking this out!

I hate to clog up this thread, but does anyone have a copy of Adywan’s color corrected ANH which he recently released on the binaries? A PM would do, to avoid further clutter.