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FanEdit.org user CommanderBen sent me another mockup of the Vader scene using the Japanese dub. I figure it’s worth another go-round to assess everyone’s opinion. I could see it working, so please leave a comment if you have any opinion about this one way or the other. It has to be superior to the alternative of leaving the scene alone in order to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmYPR9871A&feature=youtu.be

Well, that’s a minor win, at least.

I logged in to see whether I am still alive.

Interesting that in this ROTJ-era version of the prequels, the twins are hidden from both Vader and the Emperor, if Ben knew Anakin survived the duel. Hiding Leia on Alderaan and Luke with his brother's family makes sense bset they  nothing to do with Anakin. Hiding Luke with Anakin's step-brother only makes sense if they take Anakin for dead. It still doesn't explain who thought it was a good idea to leave his last name.

I'm glad you posted that list, because I wrongly assumed the standalone IMAX theater near us would be playing the dual-70mm version. If it isn't, I may as well just see it in bullcrap AMC IMAX.

That being said, I'm seeing it in conventional 2D the first time.

I agree. This won't look like it was actually made during the time of the original trilogy, but will be a continuation of the story with a different style. This trailer quelled some of my apprehension, while reminding me that it won't have artificial limitations placed on it of only using models on strings. It'll be modern, just as the originals were modern, but it will still be Star Wars. 

Let's keep a little optimism, huh?

PG-13

http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2015/10/breaking-force-awakens-confirmed-to.html

Obi-Wan said he trained Vader in ANH, not Luke's father.

I got my tickets on Fandango about an hour and a half before the trailer aired, since I happened to check. 7PM December 17th!

Just that I wondr if it will comment on it. I saw a panel months ago with Ben finding a lost child Luke and telling him he knew his father.

As coy as the power that be have been so far, I'm gambling that the trailer won't really spoil anything for me. 
Rumor has it there will be mass screenings at 7PM the night before. I'm gonna have the two main theaters near me loaded and ready in case one has that.

And a third thought: the poster strikes me as very photoshopy. I wonder if perhaps they painted the elements and composited them digitally. I'm not a graphic artist by any means, so I'm just wondering. I have been avoiding spoilers, but I am very curious why Luke is missing from it!

TFA trailer #3 to air tomorrow, Monday night during halftime of the NFL game. Presumably it will be posted online at the same time. Also, advance tickets will go on sale afterward. Very exciting.

I have been saving Shattered Empire for after I watch ROTJ in November as part of our "journey to TFA," but I'm very curious if Owen and Beru are depicted as being aware that Anakin survived and became Darth Vader. I believe the Legends consensus was that our heroes at the end of Episode III took Anakin for dead, explaining why they didn't do a very thorough job hiding Luke. Obi-Wan didn't find out that Vader lived on until he saw it on the news one day at the bar, and I presume he just told Owen and Beru that Anakin died in the purge. (He may or may not have mentioned Vader since, again, he believed he was dead.)

Even if all this is the case, it still would be possible for Ben to tell them the truth later at some point. But to me, Owen and Beru's conversation in ANH makes much more sense if I suppose they believe Anakin died along with the bulk of the Jedi. 

Sounds awesome. Thanks for the update. Can you refer me to any information about the DTS audio? Is it 5.1, or greater?

The second track merely removed the added music over the pod race, for those that prefer it without.

Yeah, evidently having the file fit on a BD25 doesn't mean it'll necessarily fit when muxed to the right format. However, we found that omitting the alternate audio track allowed it to fit.

Yeah, for sure. I'd like to do an encode with Emanswfan's source someday, but it'll still be V4 as you have it.

I used the 'plot to overthrow the Chancellor' scene in v3, so yes. It lets us see that Obi-Wan is in the know and involved with this stuff, giving a little more weight to his later dialogue about the Chancellor being evil and getting defensive about the idea of taking over the Republic as Anakin sees it. 

The other scene you mention needs some FX wizardry, and would require careful editing of later scenes between Palpaying and Anakin, so I never really thought about using it. Upon reviewing it, it seems very unfinished and "on-set," with poor line deliveries. I think they did well to cut it and spread its pieces across other scenes. 

Thanks for the question!

There should be all three... I'll look into it later today.

Extract the archive in your file system, not inside JDownloader.

I just got word: COD's listing has been updated for V4 at FanEdit.info. 

EDIT: Remember, if JDownloader prompts you for a password, extract the archives in your filesystem rather than inside JDownloader.

I haven't got AOTC's deleted scenes yet, but I plan to upload a torrent of them before this is over. I'd use a proxy rip of them in the meantime.

COD has not yet been updated by the admin of .info, so those links will not work because I had to delete v3 to make room for v4 on Mega. Check back later and look at the date next to the listing. I'm not sure why the torrents would give you trouble, other than perhaps not being well seeded.

Onepack Nun said:

The prequels are quite good, actually.

 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8YzSHIYxdRs

The admin hasn't yet updated the listing for V4, but FanEdit.info is the place. FE.org does not host download links for the edits they list, but the .info is an unaffiliated site where many of them are available.

Also, Myspleen is a private bittorrent tracker where some of these odd things can be found.

Do you know exactly what the file size cutoff is for taking an MKV and authoring a BD25 disc? Looks like COD was a bit big, but I'd like to keep 2 and 3 under since there's no alternate audio to exclude! I would not do this if they didn't already happen to be so close to 25GB at max bit rate anyway; it's worth it to lower the bit rate insignificantly if they'll fit into the disk. If it were closer to 30GB, I'd just encode at max settings.