Hal 9000

I have no idea what would cause that unless something was corrupted. Could your torrent client verify the data you downloaded, maybe?

Okay, good. You may have happened onto the link while the others were being prepped or uploaded.

I agree; AT-AT makes more sense.

Best Star Wars book I ever read.

The most noteworthy ones are a new, perfect opening crawl from Sir Ridley of OT.com, DTS audio thanks to ChainsawAsh, and reinstating a number of small moments such as Sebulba skidding to a stop at the end of the podrace that hopefully help this feel like a proper film and not a re-cut.

Even if the fathier chase sequence is removed, I would still be in favor of keeping the slave kid epilogue so long as we get the brief introduction to them as Rose is lecturing Finn as he uses the binoculars.
Of course, if they are arrested immediately, that’d be gone.

I’d like to get a discussion going about how to handle Canto Bight.

It seems like there are three options.

A) Keep the existing structure intact, but trim down the fathier stuff somewhat. This option introduces the fewest issues, but solves just as much less of the problems this stuff has.

B) Remove fathier sequence altogether. This would look like:

• Finn and Rose arrive on Canto Bight. Finn is infatuated with the place, until Rose spills her guts about her history with the FO and how the town houses war profiteers. (This will be trimmed just a little, removing the namedrop of ‘fathiers.’ Alternatively, Finn and Rose could immediately spot the master codebreaker upon entering the casino and be thrown in jail.)
• Finn and Rose are incarcerated, meet DJ, and we transition directly to the three of them in hyperspace making their deal.
• Later, their story proceeds as it does originally.
  One slight problem is that transitioning to hyperspace heavily implies that we are viewing the same shuttle they left on, despite a brief establishing shot to the contrary that audiences wouldn’t pick up on. It might be slightly confusing when it is revealed that DJ stole the ship. I believe a FX shot of BB8 following the group as they leave the cell would be helpful. (Could even just be to show him leaving the shadows, similar to the shot where he watches the guards. Doesn’t even need to be added to an existing shot. Just something to indicate that he sees them leaving and is going to follow.)

C) Finn never leaves the rebels in the first place, and we are never formally introduced to Rose. This does not seem like a workable option to me, because the character of DJ will return in Episode 9, and I’d want to keep Finn’s involvement in the story. (I.e., it’s not an option to just keep Finn with the rebels all along and hardly show him. We do need to actually go to Canto Bight.)

Here’s the current state of the first caretaker removal scene:

https://vimeo.com/263917292
password: fanedit

JEDIT: Nevermind; I’ll let you guys give your opinions without hearing mine first.

toastedzen said:

I am trying to create a DVD9 or BD25 out of the 1080p file for TFA. I noticed you only have the DVD5 up. Is there a larger ISO version you created already?

Thanks for the kind words, and I am glad you enjoyed them!
Where are you only seeing DVD versions listed? There should be at least three options.

I seed from behind a VPN, but sometimes I turn it off. Keep the torrents running and you should get them in time. Or use the Google Drive links from Reddit.
And thanks for the kind words.

I remember hearing a rumor that Leia’s role in Ep9 would be to beckon Kylo Ren back to the light side of the force, that she would be his path to redemption.
With Carrie Fischer having left us, I wonder how it would work to still have that point be the thematic core of his arc, but to focus on her absence. At the end of TLJ, Kylo Ren is left empty and alone with a great deal of power. He decided to spare Leia from death when he had the chance early in the film, and the act of Rey closing the Falcon door on him to me spoke a message something to the effect of, “You are captive to the decisions you make, and you cannot count on others to hold out hope for you forever; there is a point at which it is too late.”

What if Ep9’s story related to Kylo Ren explores that idea? Part of Kylo assumed that Leia being alive would always allow for an “out,” but now she is gone and he is totally alone and self-absorbed. It could be a way to address Leia’s real-life absence in a thematically meaningful way, whether he is redeemed and/or dies or not.

Just sent Dom a PM, but in short, I would feel very good about recommending this cut of ROTS to those who are interested in or enjoy my cut but would prefer to leave Padme’s fate alone.

Dat_SW_Guy said:

Hal 9000 said:

Snoke’s demise:

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

I like this! But however, this will remove the foreshadowing of Kylo’s saber spinning on his feet after Rey gets thrown by snoke. The spinning saber gave Kylo the idea of killing Snoke that way.

I’m not sure I follow you.

poppasketti said:

Hal 9000 said:

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

Hey Hal,

Here’s my first pass at stabilizing the crate.
https://vimeo.com/263673331
password: fanedit

I’ll scrutinize a bit more myself as I think there’s a couple small things I want to fix, but let me know if you see anything. I uploaded the prores file to vimeo, so if you like, you can download the file and slot it into your edit!

Works for me! Such a little thing, but I was watching like a hawk when I saw the movie for the second time. 😉

Oh, wow, that’d be beyond my hope for that scene. Ideally, yes, that’d be the way to go.

And I am away from home but I’ll take a look at the crate later.

Yeah, I’ll see about that another time. And I still need to sit down and spend some time with The Lost Jedi! 😉

Here’s another attempt at removing the caretakers. It’s better… still not perfect, but it’s as good as I can get it at this sitting.
I don’t have any more time for the present to spend on it, but I think it needs some sort of extra shot between “Let’s get started,” and walking up the stairs. Perhaps a reaction shot from Kylo could be contrived.

https://vimeo.com/263649711
password: fanedit

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