Hal 9000

NeverarGreat said:

Just watched this new version, and it’s most impressive. With the 720p version, some of the deleted scenes look almost as sharp as the rest.

I almost don’t want to bring attention to any potential issues, but there was one thing that sounded out of place - at the end of Dooku’s discussion with the Separatists, the eavesdropping Obi-wan turns his head and there is the sound of an astromech. Is this sound supposed to be there?

Damn! Nope, that’s an out and out mistake. Thank God it’s at least audio only.
People are just gonna hate that I have to replace an entire upload a second time. Not to mention ChainsawAsh. Ugh. But that’s all right, it’ll be fine.
Thanks for letting me know!

Very nice clips. I wonder, if you aren’t using audio sources other than the BluRay itself (and it seems not deleted scenes which use English vocals), perhaps it would be possible to “reconnect media” when you are done to export an English version as well?

I especially like everything about Finn on the Star Destroyer, the entrance and the exit.

MalàStrana said:

I won’t post anything in this thread, so no misreading this time 😉

• Rick Olie cheesy smile image *

MalàStrana said:

I won’t post anything in this thread, so no misreading this time 😉

LOE is now available via the normal channels. (Google Drive links will be finished uploading in about one hour.)

Very grateful to everyone who contributed in various ways to producing this as it is and will be. I look forward to watching these after a long interim prior to Episode 9’s release.
I’ll probably relax for a while before picking up TLJ, but that’ll be next.

I think he is saying to use an incorrect Roman numeral.
If X is ten and V is five, normal eight is VIII. But, it might be more ridiculous to render it as IIX.
I dig it.

That’s a great way to cut the scene. Only way to improve it that I see is to rescore with something other than temp music from AOTC. Should be possible since no dialogue and very minimal foley is present in that portion of the scene.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Hal 9000 said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

Insert the Jabba Special Edition scene in ANH, but constantly morph between the human, CGI, and shitty 1997 CGI versions of Jabba.

WYSHS

I guess it would have to be that way. I envisioned it as it being Jabba every time the camera cuts back to him, but there’s one big problem with that: the whole scene is one continuous shot.

I just imagine it being funnier that way: constantly morphing between all three, or even just the two CGI versions if the human actor is too much to align.

Did I say that? I encoded these at maximum settings without targeting a single-layer BluRay disc. Perhaps that was it.
Glad that everything looks good, and I agree that the sunset scene and DTS audio are wonderful improvements thanks to NeverarGreat, ChainsawAsh, and Schorman13 (for the theatrical DTS audio that prompted the effort even though it didn’t ultimately get used for more than one scene).
By the way, the video is primarily just the straight HDTV preservation Schorman13 assembled; I didn’t tweak it further. The image is quite noisy in places but the colors are correct. Given the extent to which this particular edit relies on deleted scenes, it’s the better choice of primary source even so.
Come November 2019 I will ideally have seen close to two years with this in the rear view mirror and can watch the whole saga up to that point to build up to the conclusion in which Rey fights Kylo Ren, but beats him this time and saves the day. For good?

I got an email which I hastily misread as being a PM from Mala, rather than a thread reply.
I thought, “Oh, God! Mala’s found a glitch in what I just uploaded.”
😉

JEDIT:

All right, back to bed.

Nerdman3000 said:

I meant more for curiosities sake. I’ve vaguely thought of seeing if a experimental fan edit, where many of the various fan theories are shown/made be correct (which as we know were proven wrong in real life), could be made to work within the film itself. Theories like the Rey is a Skywalker/Kenobi or Snoke is Plagieus.

I was just joking. Couldn’t resist posting the quote.

Nerdman3000 said:

Question, do you think it might be possible to change the scene between Kylo and Rey where her parentage is discussed in order to have it be revealed that she’s Luke’s daughter, rather than the daughter of two drunks? I’m mostly curious to see if that old theory could be made to work within the context of an edit of the film.

No. NO! You’re still HOLDING ON. Let GO!

V5 of Episode II is now available via all the normal channels. Google Drive links are active, with the contents being uploaded now. They should all be present within about an hour.

Heh. I can’t keep this shit straight anymore. Looking forward to having it all be over. Suffice it to say I did R&D about that scene for that reason and wasn’t able to make it work in a satisfying way.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Insert the Jabba Special Edition scene in ANH, but constantly morph between the human, CGI, and shitty 1997 CGI versions of Jabba.

WYSHS

Where did he put it?

It would have been nice to have seen the necklace prior to that point but it is a minor drawback for the strengths of this cut. We tried, and the mockups didn’t work for those reasons.

I tried to reincorporate the balcony scene, but there is really no place for it the way that section of LOE is structured. It’s a Gordian knot.

I can’t promise I’ll watch the entire thing (because I can be merciful to myself sometimes), but I’d be up for a looksee.

I don’t think Luke should ignite his green lightsaber in his version of the story of confronting Ben in his hut.

When Kylo tells the story, Luke has his saber ignited and ready to land a maniacal blow. But, when Luke sets the record straight, I think it would have been more effective to show him holding the hilt, but fall short of actually igniting it.

That being said, it’s probably outside the realm of possibility to actually make it that way. It sure would have made that scene less off-putting without sacrificing its purpose.

TheHutt said:

All the links in this thread seem to be dead. 😦

Here’s a reupload of the “To Be Continued” title card from ilovewaterslides:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DUS7KdOwAh_40855C1IlUmSPiIbayFdp

I just slotted it in after the last frame before the credits and it works rather well.

Collipso said:

Are all the v5s going to be made available in the usual place over at reddit?

Yes, of course. Ep2 soon and a fixed Ep3 after that. Encoding takes a while.

My apologies; LOE has been pulled due to some slight A/V issues. Nothing too bad, but important enough to merit revising. I will continue getting Ep2 ready, then the final version of Ep3 will be put out again. Sorry about this.

Great thread. I’d prefer if the old Hal9000 thread were labeled as “Outdated” or something rather than “Overview” since they are old and more or less unrelated to the new ones.

Yeah, it’s not fully uploaded yet. There’s 17 zips for the 720p version.