Hal 9000

Would you please export a version of the dialogue track without the tweak to Leia’s line?

Here’s how the scene looks once it’s fully baked into the rest of my timeline. I recreated the wipes to and from the ships flying by because I slightly retimed the fade of the music to match, and so I could use the original sound effects of the ships which would be jarring to lose. I think NeverarGreat’s recoloring of the deleted scene itself blends more smoothly into the rest of the film, so I’ve used that.
I am certain these are issues with the source material itself, but Leia’s line about taking action against the First Order sounds as if it were cobbled together. And it sounds like she is doing a Rick belch as she says the word “insane.” I don’t remember noticing these before, though I probably haven’t done such a close examination. Not big deals.

https://vimeo.com/244291868
password: belch

I will take a look and see what to do with these. I will be occupied today, going around eating pie and such, but should be able to give some attention to it tomorrow.
I believe all I would need after this is the opening crawl and the Star Destroyer over Maz’s Castle sequence. 😄

I can roll that clip into yours when I compile it in my timeline, if that’s easier.

Stunning and flawless work! Very, very good. 😃

I don’t want to hurt my eyes, but can someone confirm that [outtake footage of] Hayden as Force ghost has his facial scar?

I think the most recent revision to the crawl is what I’d like it to be, so that’s fine.
The wait will be worth it for what you are bringing to the table, so we will just see whether it happens to be in time for TLJ. Not a problem either way.

Just checking in on this. If we are to release this in advance of TLJ, I’ll need the finished clips soon. I understand if it’s not possible; it’ll get finished and be just as good either way.

Good to hear; I stay away from this thread for the most part only because I am looking forward to seeing it mostly fresh.

Please tell me that in Anakin’s first scene in the Jedi Council room, when he says, “What?” to Sam Jackson, he responds with, “SAY WHAT AGAIN.”

EDIT: Then Anakin simply says, “What?” again, then Sam Jackson delivers his grimace from the original scene.

^Fair enough. But at least you understand it before disliking it.
My ‘you people’ was rhetorical, I know the community at large here doesn’t need my lecture.

What do you people want, dead ghosts that lie motionless on the ground?

Anakin appears as himself as he should have been by that point in his life. His redemption carries through to the Force-afterlife. When he was redeemed and lay dying in Luke’s arms, he was Anakin again, and Vader was no more. To paste Hayden onto Anakin’s ghost is to truly divorce yourself from the story you told in 1983. That’s the whole point of Anakin’s story in ROTJ: he did NOT die when Vader arose in the pre-ANH era, he is alive and he came through at the end. Anakin’s ghost therefore appears, as do Obi-Wan’s and Yoda’s, at the age he died.
It’s amazing to me how people struggle with the redemption plot of ROTJ, which is my favorite aspect to any of the films. (Though ROTJ isn’t my favorite overall.)

I agree in regards to this particular project that these things ought to be left alone, but do sincerely look forward to checking out NeverarGreat’s edit too.
I know all this FX work must be a gob and a half, but once I’ve got the crawl, Maz’s castle, and Leia deleted scene we can hopefully have this thing up ahead of TLJ’s release.
(Oooooh, that’s right, the new trailer should be later today!)

Wow, I remember being a cringey youngster around here, and now there’s people younger than TPM making intelligent points!

EDIT: I joined as a 13-year-old in 2003.

Won’t be an issue in V2. 😉

It’s weird from a continuity perspective, which JJ notes in the commentary track.
For my part, it’s a “Deliberate Creative Decision” which doesn’t interact with the goals of this edit.

He’ll probably burn the cameras Trevorrow had ready to go.

DominicCobb said:

His neck is just too distracting. Besides, he’s nowhere to be found in Episodes II and III.

Team Even Piell all the way.

What do you think?

You shut your filthy mouth.

FWIW, I look forward to hearing as much as you care to share about your editing choices. And you have whatever permissions you feel you need from me to do anything you’d like.

Well, even though the title isn’t going to be changed, if I were to do the other four saga films so far with EU-lifted titles, we’d have:

Rebel Dawn
Shadows of the Empire
Heir to the Jedi
The Force Unleashed

But, I think ‘The Force Awakens: Starkiller Edition’ works well for what this is. I don’t consider it an extension of the Hal9000 prequel edits, just manifesting an elegant idea from multiple places on the internet after the movie came out.

I know he doesn’t have any plans to, as I’d also like to see that.

chyron8472 said:

Go Home and Rethink Your Life Edition

Ouch. Too real, man.

The Killing Ball?

Planet Death

Giant Hurt Ball

The Deathticle

It’s not a Hobbit edit, though I would have loved to see Kerr tackle it. (A 3-in-1, I mean.) I’m very happy with the Maple Films version, as things stand.
Kerr will unveil things as he sees fit, but it’s a LOTR project, not recreating something from the past but completing the project, though both of us have evolved our views substantially in the past decade. MY role has been merely one of consultation, and my actual ‘editing’ work has been mostly tweaking it so as to simultaneously publish a companion set.

Enough said about this for the time being. I am screening it for friends in my home, so unless you live in Kansas City you’ll find out in due time. Meanwhile the momentum increases toward The Last Jedi, with V2 of TFA:R hopefully being finished ahead of it.

I agree; sounds good. I apologize for my terse interactions in this thread lately. I’ve been working on something LOTR-related in conjunction with Kerr that I’m pretty excited about, with TFA:R V2 being in the “waiting on” phase.