I agree with the last two posts. Or three, if I count my own, I guess.
Thanks for clarifying that, Ridley. Put that way, it is a good microcosm for what the movie is.
Ridley cracked the code.
I enjoyed the iron gag, taking it more of an homage to the coat hanger in Raiders of the Lost Arc than anything else.
Upon reflection later, it is unlike any other sort of scene or moment in any other Star Wars film. I’m not aware of that level of filmmaking-as-the-joke before in that way, probably what makes it feel more like a spoof thing.
But TLJ is all about deconstructing SW anyway, for better or worse. Seems jarring to me personally after TFA, which was a passionate and reverent homage (again, for better or worse).
If I could cull from other fan edits, which would be an extraordinarily bad idea, here’s maybe what I’d go with:
Episode I: Balance of the Force (MagnoliaFan’s)
Episode II: The Republic Divided (L8Wrtr)
Episode III: Labyrinth of Evil (Mine, borrowed from a book title)
I’ll look into that program, Mala. And thanks, Ash, I will pass along vetted wav files if needed once I’m to that point if I can’t do it myself.
ROTS seems very smooth after syncing and reconnecting media. It’s a bit louder than the DVD audio, so I raised the deleted scenes’ audio slightly. But a partial skimming of edit points doesn’t reveal anything concerning.
I’m excited by this opportunity to upgrade the audio at the last minute like this.
I have recently been presented by another form user, whom I will leave anonymous unless he wishes to reveal himself, with the original theatrical DTS audio for the entire prequel trilogy. After tooling with it for a while today, I am confident that I will be able to use this as the primary audio source for this final version of the trilogy.
The only problem is encoding the final result. Is anybody out there willing to take a lossless .WAV file and encode it as a DTS file? If so, that will allow me to monks the final output into the movies, avoiding the need to make it a silly extra download the way we had to do for TFA:R.
It would only need to be DTS, because that is what the source itself is.
Live free, don’t join.
Worst line was the one about the “big ass door.”
I’d be interested even in just that audio!
Didn’t know that was out there at all.
From the top, purely the music on its own
ESB
ANH
TPM
ROTJ
TFA
AOTC
ROTS
RO
TLJ
Yes, that better expresses what I was trying to say. 😃
Yes, MagnoliaFan has an edge by at least a decade on that idea for certain.
JEDIT: Actually, I think this idea goes back to “The Phantom Re-Edit” of 2001.
Since TFA establishes that they discovered the location of the Resistance base and TLJ relies on that, seems better to keep that plot point if at all possible. V1 felt off, and it was in part due to the Resistance just keeping on their attack for seemingly no reason when they ought to retreat. V2’s structure lets the movie stick closer to the theatrical TFA while keeping all the intended gains. I suppose one could make an argument for the ‘revenge’ angle, but I feel it’s more complete the way we did it for V2.
Ah, gotcha.
The First Order was equally diverse as the Resistance, if not more so.
Kerr’s Ep3 is a lot of fun, sort of a showcase, though I agree that it feels rather quick for a ‘replacement’ edit.
Oh yeah, that’s much better. Thanks for doing this.
Nice! Just wondering if you plan on revisiting AOTC, or if that one’s finished. What you’ve already done passes all scrutiny I’ve put it through at any rate. 😉
Seems like it would remove the “we’re making our landing approach at lightspeed?!” thing.
Would you remove Leia’s line, “Han, how?” and “If I told you you wouldn’t like it”?
In this version it is implied that it gets multiple shots out of “the Sun” it has drained, so something different is going on to prepare for the second shot than the first.
As I reflect, I agree that the Leia spacewalk scene cannot be separated from her ejection into space in the first place by more than one brief scene, not the two TLJ separates them by.
And I love the idea of cutting from the shot of the Jedi tree burning after the Yoda scene to the establishing shot of Crait right before Leia tells them to close the door.
Thanks for sharing that! Your experience of the theatrical TFA is pretty close to my own, and the simple idea of moving Hosnian Prime’s destruction to after Han’s death seemed to be a linchpin for a lot (though certainly not all) of my issues with the movie. (Well, I guess it’s fair to say that it handles most of the problems that bother me even after I have settled into accepting the movie for what it is going for.)
As I’ve said before, V1 was lackluster, and I’ve been thrilled with the turnout of V2 due to some incredible peers who swept in. I am very glad others are enjoying it. Prequel edits are one thing, and it’s impossible to find one that hits the spot for any given viewer, but TFA:R V2(.1) is the outworking of a single (or maybe like 3) elegant idea(s).
Good change list! Really looking forward to what you produce.
Very glad you enjoyed the project! I can’t speak much to the special effects, and I’m just as awed as you are by what Sir Ridley and NeverarGreat did.
Off the top of my head, the only special effect I did was recoloring the star sucking up after Hux’s speech, and that was just a color correction tweak.
I’m not sure about the changes proposed here, or why they would be necessary. Part of this particular project’s stated goal is to stick close to the theatrical except for the few areas targeted for alteration.
Thanks for the feedback and welcome!
