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Deepfake Temeura Morrison over the mirror scene from Multiplicity and use this to depict after hours for the clone troopers.

Just wanted to say that as I’ve been watching the Bad Batch, I always feel slight disappointment not to hear your excellent musical opening after the helmet logo intro.

Would anyone with access to software to adjust speed of footage in a way that looks good be willing to try adjusting the speed at which the opening STAR WARS logo for ANH recedes from the camera in the 19SE version? I was able to contrive something when working from the 2011 version but it’d be better to use the 19SE. I can provide the footage and reference.

Hate to admit it, but it’d make a lot of sense for a Special Edition version that is revised to accommodate subsequent development of the story to trim the line, “I don’t seem to remember ever owning a droid.”

I wouldn’t want to take more than a cautious step or two down that slippery slope. But what would you all think about such a change?

(While thinking about people not recognizing R2, I’ll just say that in my headcanon Obi-Wan must recognize them but Yoda doesn’t. And that R2 and Yoda had never met, adjusting anything in TCW to fit that idea.)

Mmm, I suppose so.

^ Just sent you a PM.

We remember the good old stuff because the bad old stuff wasn’t worth remembering. But we see the good and bad new stuff both as it’s happening.

So old stuff is automatically better but only because the bad stuff got throwed away already.

His is a very familiar username and I too am saddened to hear the news. Sorry for your loss, and thank you for coming to let us know.

Here’s my ideas, only a few of which would be truly important:

Jake Lloyd saying he was repairing or fixing 3PO

3PO’s lines in 2 and 3 about flying

Maybe use it to truly make Padme sound like herself when in her queen persona (too much content in diverse soundscapes to work)

Maybe Obi-Wan addressing R2 in vague ways like “droid”

Anakin being referred to as “General” and stuff like that ala NFBisms’ ROTS project

Battle droids (and surfer dude Neimoidian) in first part of ROTS

Anakin expressing something about his son or kid having his lightsaber

Obi-Wan expressing hope that Anakin still can be saved, to Yoda, Padme, and to Anakin himself

Something to beef up the little conversation between Bail, Yoda, and Obi-Wan. Maybe Bail says something about taking Padme and Leia home with him and his wife, so the scene can be re-extended basically to its original length.

Don’t know where it’d fit, but some tiny nod from Old Ben to R2 that he recognizes him or knows what’s up.

Try getting a different performance for Boba Fett in ESB. I don’t know if cloning Wingreen’s performance would work, might just make him speak slowly rather than getting a vocal gravel like you’d want.

Probably don’t need a voice synthesizer for this, but give the tortured gonk droid a more robotic voice.

Han shouts to Jabba at the pit or Carkoon, calling him a son of a bitch.

Vader saying, “Your mother once thought as you do.” (Might be too humorous, as though Vader in his suit had an argument with his wife and just hit the road one day.)

Unmasked Vader/Anakin made to sound like Hayden.

Snoke could maybe say something at some point to foreshadow the retcon about him being a Palpatine proxy.

Something about the Hosnian system.

Poe calling Hux by name rather than “Hugs.”

Also replace Poe’s “big ass door” with something else that fits his mouth movements. Hate that line.

Give someone in TLJ a proper “bad feeling about this.”

Something from Kylo or Palpatine establishing that he’s a clone or in a clone body.

Something to establish that the Final Order is a modified imperial stockpile, maybe from Poe. Instead of being “the largest fleet the galaxy has ever known.”

Kylo’s “you were right.” And his “become a dyad” line. Or anything else to their effect if the tool gives us more freedom.

3PO’s memory wipe “oh my what is going on because you see I don’t know who you people are” dialogue replacements.

Anything with Leia in TROS.

Luke saying whatever is useful in TROS. I’m sure we’d think of something.

Anything with the Jedi voices to Rey.

I think that’d be fine, or perhaps in a future ‘month’ when we’re ready to dedicate time to it.

I’d probably be able to put together a wish list of things I’d forgotten because it wouldn’t have been possible before. Specific things for specific reasons.

Exactly; it’d need to be efficient and targeted. Too bad it’s subscription based rather than a one-time purchase. Sounds uber-fun to play with.

Perhaps at some point we could workshop a specific queue of dialogue we would like for specific reasons from various characters, and queue up reference material. Then, chip in for a $200 month of access to Respeecher, and appoint someone with sufficient free time during that month to do the work.

I’ve long wondered what it would take to be able to wear someone else’s voice and do things like, for instance, ‘clone’ Jason Wingreen’s performance in ESB using Temeura Morrison’s voice.

I hope Boba’s final words on the show are, “Yep.”

PMed you.

Here’s what things sound like with some help from danieldubb, who gave each clip some treatment to hopefully sound more like they came from the same source. The same weaknesses are still here, but the question is whether this seems worthwhile overall to use in place of the 2004 dub.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iV60orkCYg5kuk_6WQIioz3syAhTh1Oi?usp=sharing

With time, you will eventually see a piece of media depicting Grogu being trained by Rey Skywalker.

Wonderful!

Replace Fett’s ESB theme with the full, dramatic TBOBF theme music.

He steps out to accompany Vader after cornering them in Cloud City.
[HYEH DE DE DE…]

So Luke unequivocally knows now that R2 was his parents’. Must’ve been a mindfuck.

In flipping back through the episode to marvel at Shamook’s handiwork, I noticed that they transitioned from a shot of the casino/cantina burning to an establishing shot of Luke’s temple. (I don’t think it’s the same building that we see destroyed in TLJ, but still.)

And Mando’s new ship’s interior pulsing sound is similar to Grogu’s theme that plays when he’s with Luke.

When Han flicks his blaster’s switch under the table, he’s setting it to “obliterate.”

How many cameos will there be? Perhaps three, perhaps four?

I predict: Luke, Owen, Yoda, Qui-Gon, Anakin, Vader, Ashoka, Grogu, Boba Fett, Commander Cody, Captain Rex, Leia, Bail, Mon Mothma, General Dodana, R2-D2, C-3PO, Figrin Dan and/or the Modal Nodes, no fewer than four other Cantina characters, Jabba the Hutt, the Tusken tribe from TBOBF, Bib Fortuna, Duchess Satine, Palpatine and his son.

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The hat wasn’t big enough.

I half-sarcastically said, “It’s a character!”

I was cheering, “Shamook!”

It’s like Mark Hamill is still with us today.