Hal 9000

Thanks very much; I’ll be sending you a PM shortly.

Oh yes, I agree completely. I hadn’t responded to the previous comment but I made the same change. Thanks!

If there’s a way to only use that part of the scene I’d be in for it. I’d love to use the entire scene, but the pre-elevator segments have set extensions missing and do not present as a final product for the big screen, sadly.

I’d like to see a clip of that, if you can provide one.

I haven’t looked through the old one yet, but if you include me in a new one I will keep it until I do!

Yes, those lines are still there!

I am not sure I’ll remove that scene, though it felt to me like Poe needs to have his smirk smacked off his face; he’s too chipper for the death count that his attitude has had this whole movie.
But that was ‘cynical first viewing me.’ So we’ll see.

Snoke’s demise:

https://vimeo.com/263448791
password: fanedit

Rey kills Kylo Ren and they defeat the bad guys but for good this time.

… or is it?

Here’s a clip of the battle of Crait. The usual trims others have already made, along with removing Rey’s triple-combo TIE shot.
Not included here is the truncation of Finn’s suicide run, but that’ll happen too.

https://vimeo.com/263432552
password: fanedit

Thanks for the tip about the audio crossfade; that’s the kind of feedback I need sometimes!

I’m not sure either about the shuttle thing and being able to seamlessly remove BB8 in the AT-ST. I’m unwilling to attempt anything that would be at all jarring, so we’ll see. I’m still hoping someone can blow us all away with a seamless Phasma removal from the entire movie.

I just want to chime in and say that, as burnt out as I am of at least 1-7, I’m open to contributing to this project in whatever form it takes. I probably will not closely monitor this thread, but please feel free to PM me to let me know there’s something I should take a look at or do.

In other words, I’ll be in my trailer.

littlev87 said:

Does anyone else feel the line “peace and purpose” to be corny and unnecessary? I think it would be better if Leia interrupted Rey with “I felt it too.”

Interrupt REY?!

I’m leaving the ending alone; to me it would be a mistake to remove it in a fan edit. But it’s just MHO.

Here are two clips required in order to remove BB8 with the [Rich Evans] AT-ST [/Rich Evans]. The only problem, apart from potential less-than-perfect editing, is that we do not see BB8 explicitly rejoin our heroes until Poe cuddles him on Crait. Might be okay, though. I took a lead from Buzzclub (the German TLJ edit thread guy).

https://vimeo.com/263272913
and https://vimeo.com/263273045
passwords: fanedit

Thanks for all the input on that point. Sounds like 'The Fallen Knight’s option A vs. this as option B.

Also, re: the ending. I don’t really see any merit in swapping the order of scenes, especially since up to this point every film has had a final scene without any (English) dialogue.

I’m going to leave the film’s ending alone; I don’t want to remove the kid.

I can’t remember where I saw it or who did it, but there was a clip posted in the past few weeks of BB8 and the walker being removed. Does anyone know where this is? I recall thinking it was spot on, but now can’t find it.

TheLostJedi said:

Starting work on the TFA portion. Would anyone like to give feedback on my TLJ portion of the edit? It runs at 1hr and 30 minuets

I’d love a sneak peek, and would provide feedback as best I can.

Here’s a revised option B with a final “Hello?” at the end. I’m not sure it works better, though. Looking forward to your thoughts about which option B is the best option B.

https://vimeo.com/263147287
password: fanedit

Needless to say, anyone may use anything of mine for whatever they want; I just ask that if you borrow extensively and directly that you acknowledge what you’re doing.
I’d say if this were going to move forward, RogueLeader would need to guide the process and set the parameters; we would likely wander aimlessly if we wait for a totally organic consensus to emerge on any of the particulars; you can’t do everything and not all ideas are congruent with one another.

If your intent is to edit all of the films for continuity, I’d actually suggest having Padme die in Ep3; it’s much easier to simply remove the dialogue from ROTJ. (For me, I’d rather alter the prequels than the OT.) I’m not sure that’s a goal that can be satisfactorily addressed, given how pervasive the serial nature of the series has been. Can Obi-Wan and the droids be separated throughout the prequels, for example?

I will say, TFA:R V2(.1) was a wonderful experience and the project ended up in a vastly better place than I ever had any hope for. It was driven by clear goals, though, so that’s probably a good place to begin with.
I’m happy with my saga setup of my prequels, whatever the best OOT preservation at the moment is, TFA:R, and my upcoming TLJ pruning. (And hopefully an Ep9 which won’t cry out for editing ala ROTJ and TFA.) However, if this project takes off, I’d be happy to join in and participate sporadically.
Although, and I say this as a joke, it almost makes me nervous that you’ll come up with a bunch of cool ideas and effects that I’ll regret not being included in my own edits which I refuse to return to. 😉

At a visceral level, I’m still with you on preferring option A, Mala.
I want to have the best possible option for B as well to consider. If B was what we got in theaters, it wouldn’t have stood way out as a problem to me, I think. Poe and Hux act in character in B, and the humor is driven by their personalities without going over the top. If I can get it down to the point of working, that’s probably the better choice.
Would anyone watching option B as a first time audience feel anything was off?

I felt very put off by this opening “holding” gag, especially with a “your mother” joke tacked on. I can’t imagine an SNL parody of a similar situation going much further in that direction, ala ‘Undercover Boss: Starkiller base.’ It’s all the B-list actors involved in the scene, locking it into SNL territory for me.

Anyway, as the blood vessels in my brain throb and my body cries out for sleep, here’s the latest result in my attempt to thread the needle with this opening scene. I’ve inserted some very lightweight score as the music originally dropped away as Hux says, “…wipe your filth from the galaxy!” A separate tiny piece (unrelated to the music it fades into because that portion of the score is not found on the soundtrack) bridges this lightweight music into the more action-y music of the completed loading bar.

https://vimeo.com/263091382
password: fanedit

When I can, I would like to try again with including a last, “Okay… I’ll hold,” before cutting to the completed progress bar. That would be ideal for option B.

Well now there’s three options in play:

A) My first clip in which it’s pure Hux after Poe opens the channel

B) My second clip, in which Poe chimes in once briefly in order to keep Hux going

C) Natedeug’s clip, with no conversation at all

At this point, and I’m far from settled on this, I’m liking option A. I do want to avoid the SNL elements that stood out very strongly to me upon initial viewing. We’ll see, and I would like to keep hearing all your thoughts.

natedeug said:

I agree that it works better with a shot of the kid looking up at the fathier, but I couldn’t get the audio to transition as smoothly doing that. I’m sure someone else who is better at these things will be able to figure that out.

Seconded.
JEDIT: As in, “I also tried this and got the same result; confirmed.”