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Oh, sorry, when I said that I thought this was in the fan edits section.

Sending!

I’ll add my recognition of your interesting and well-written take, kyberangel. Refreshing to hear that perspective.

For me, it’s feasible for a fan edit to serve as an effective replacement for the films, and so some of the lows can be augmented or smoothed out.

That being said, TFA is indeed a fun romp that sets things up for more fun to come, almost acting as a trailer. I still don’t care for SKB, and I’d have little to complain about without it. If I could make one change, it’d be to depict the FO as a palpably small but fierce fringe group of terrorists that manage to get a fluke strike in that destroys the symbol of the New Republic. Maybe the new Senate building or something.
Or even if they have to blow up the whole planet, imply that it’s the full extent of their power and done outside of brute strength of resources. Bonus points if the factions don’t look and smell just like their OT predecessors.

TLJ, I agree, has the only real substance or message. It’s the one that actually has a little bit to say other than having a Spielberg-ian adventure. It felt a little self-important at points, and honestly did take some adjusting to given my own expectations. It’s got some meaning to it, and I appreciate it for that.

TROS knows it sucks and tries to BS it’s way through its presentation so it can just go sit back down. I feel TLJ set the stage for a wonderful Episode 9 that never got made. It dared the next one to do better, but they cowered in fear. They backed down from the challenge and talked passive-aggressive shit about it instead. It sucks that it sort of retroactively ruins what came before it, and feels especially poor when postured as the conclusion to Star Wars proper.

Star Wars Episode 9 (in particular) was never an art project, and the value was never in making something good. It desperately needed to be pushed back a year or two, but business couldn’t tolerate that. And I don’t think I should factor that in as a mitigating factor. After all, I don’t benefit from business decisions. If they sacrifice quality for business value, they get a win in the business department and lose my positive opinion. I don’t expect them to care, but it doesn’t mean I ought to extend the reverse to them. Even if it “had” to happen, deferring the release date it what should have happened for the movie’s own good as a work of art. “They had to do it that way, that’s just how things go.” Okay, well cool, I am glad those who benefit tangibly from that are pleased but I don’t see why I should be.

NOTHING WILL STOP THE RETURN OF THE SITH (coming 2028)

IMDB suggests an intended ratio of 1.85:1, despite a 1.78:1 frame. That’d be intriguing to see. If the full frame is released in high quality I’d crop it that way and see how it plays. Joy!

Interesting… how will it be presented for this project? Full image with rounded corners?

Are you suggesting it was something like an open matte? I am picturing the flashing lights on the periphery of the image during the start of “On the Edge,” and the left and right sides are further away.

EDIT: I’m not sure I understand what you mean when you say it’s taller and wider than 1.33:1. Unless it’s because of the rounded corners, assuming it’d be projected with those just cropped out.

Dude, the kids and I are gonna have a repeat movie night in the near future. Never thought I’d see this movie in its OAR.

WOW! This is wonderful to hear, and I will look forward to the finished product. I’d love a peek at what’s here now, too.
One of my first questions was whether this is finally OAR. It must be since it’s a film print, but it looks super close to 1.33, perhaps it’s 1.67.

Thank you for bringing this to us. Stoked!

Dunno if you’re looking for fan edits, but I was so partial to Kerr’s edits (that he still never released) that I made extended versions.

If you’re willing to take a chance with minimal description, they’re what I watch.

yes!

PM sent

Those ProRes output files might be calling your name.

I don’t plan to, no. I don’t think there was anything that compelled me to the level of doing so. I feel a personal sense of inertia about my prequel edits as well as a need to let them rest now. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to move on after a total span of about fifteen years of them.

All Sith have yellow eyes at all times, and all Jedi have green.

Replace Ascendant’s Sith whispers with this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=siLxauyKzhM

Add some real-world relatable music.

When Finn tells Rey, “We go together,” the song by that title from Grease plays on a diegetic boombox. In Huttese.

When Palpatine first speaks to Kylo Ren, “At Last” plays similarly.

StarkillerAG said:

theprequelsrule said:

This was a great comedy show. I loved Boba Fett starring as Darth Scrotum.

Hey, don’t make fun of people’s looks, okay? There are a ton of valid complaints about the show, but “Temuera Morrison is ugly” isn’t one of them.

I think he was referring to his heavy makeup during the flashback sequences to depict Sarlacc damage.

Okay.

I thought I was out of Jell-O, but I wasn’t.

There was a packet of lemon flavor, and I brewed tea into the hot water while making it. It… it was pretty good.

Sending.

I’m giving all my SW edits an upgrade for the TinyEncode versions. These have been sub-1GB each, and I’m encoding replacements that will be around 2.5-3.5GB. I’m using a slow encoding setting as well, and they will be a huge improvement.

I won’t post about them again, but they’ll all get uploaded as I finish them. No content changes, just a better encode.

Reminds me of Frink’s subtitles for. Jabba promising free Dominos pizza if Sebulba wins.

This thread is where people should post things like, “Every time Luke asks a question, mess with the pitch to make it whinier.”

The ‘Worst Ideas Thread’ is for stuff you could almost imagine someone out there would really do, like, “Dub Hayden Christensen speaking to Finn when he prepared to ram the battering ram cannon.”

The Republic is failing. As
the Galactic Senate becomes complacent,
Queen Amidala of the planet Naboo stands as a vocal champion
against corruption.

As the newly crowned Queen relies on diplomacy, the greedy Trade
Federation has blockaded her home system in an attempt to force her compliance.

The Republic Chancellor has dispatched two Jedi Knights, mystical wielders of
The Force, to
negotiate for peace…

Also, do we have any promising usable audio sources for tweaking to pitch of Amidala’s voice? I can’t do so without also changing the pitch of the whole audio channel, and it sours the music.

I feel the crawl currently being considered has way too much exposition, and would benefit from being more focused.

Also, here’s a few thoughts on reordering the climax:

• Kerr gave me feedback when I was working on V1 of my TPM edit, that being that you’ve gotta show Jar Jar each time you cut back to the Gungan battle thread, since he’s the only one the audience has any connection to. You certainly could do that and keep the structure you’re going for.
• It feels weird to cut to the Gungans being rounded up by the droids so long after the last time we saw them.
• There are at least three instances of cutting to Padme and Panaka for only several seconds, making her thread feel choppy. If two of these could be combined that may help, or reinstating the “make sure everybody has zimas” sequence (and giving up on the idea that Anakin saved the day).

They haven’t been updated in over a year, but I’ll send you the current links.