IlFanEditore

Ciao Michele!
Good luck on your project 😉

Ed Slushie said:

I don’t remember how long ago it was but I finally got around to color-correcting Endor to look more alien:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRG7Uqifp2o&feature=youtu.be

Wow, it gave me Felucia vibes from ROTS…

Can’t wait to watch this. Good luck with your final steps

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Anakin Starkiller said:

It’s pretty obvious from the misaligned table that you moved Tarkin.

Yeah, but it’s something that you notice only if you watch carefully. The shots lasts for something like 2 seconds.

Yep, the Imperial March is added the first time we see Vader in the Tantive IV.
About the Sith word dropping somewhere… I don’t remember if the deleted scene with Tagge naming the Sith has a good enough audio to make it usable. Otherwise… we would have to take lines from the Prequels, but I don’t know how or where it could fit.

Anakin Starkiller said:

The Galen Erso wanted hologram is too fanservicey, though.

In V1 there was a kind of Imperial propaganda video. Maybe I’ll go back to that…
Thank you 😄

EDIT: Eventually I think I’ll do what you asked some time ago. Keep the movie as it is and change things only visually.

Some comparisons. I know that some people won’t probably like some colors, but… well, I do, lol.

TOP: original
BOTTOM: edited

G&G-Fan said:

What differences are there going to be between V1 (what’s listed on the front post) and V2? And do you have an ETA for V2?

Hi! As soon as I’ll restart work on this I’ll update the changelist.
I don’t know about the chest lights, mostly because I’ll have to see if I’ll use that edit or which parts of it 😉

Looong have I waited…

New crawl.

Some opinions about this?
Does it sound correct, at least? 😄

"Nineteen years have passed since
the death of Anakin Skywalker and the birth
of the evil Galactic Empire. Fear
rules the galaxy.

After unsuccessful attempts
for a democratic opposition
in the Senate, the Rebel
Alliance has managed to
steal the plans for the
Empire’s ultimate weapon,
the DEATH STAR, during
the Battle of Scarif.

Now, Princess Leia of
Alderaan, daughter of
Senator Bail ORgana and
custodian of the stolen
plans, travels aboard her
starship, hoping to hand
them over to the
Rebellion…

I could make Italian subtitles.

EDIT: And Latin ones too. But I believe nobody would be that interested, lol

Hey man.
Of course the edit is still on work. I just had to postpone it because I’m following an online course about business accounting (hoping to find a freakkin job later) which is pretty time-consuming, so…
About chest lights, I’m not sure I’m capable of doing that with the software I’m using. I’d have to mask the small positions and add some effect. I’ll have to see if there’s some quicker way to do that.
Luke’s jumpcuts can be fixed when he ignites the lightsaber (by making the appearance of the blade smoother). I’ll try to do that in other scenes (doors closing, etc) but I won’t guarantee a great result, lol.
At first I wanted to make the red plans, but considering that I loved Rogue One and how it made outdated effects look intentional, I think I’ll keep them white. I’ll enhance them a little bit, but they’ll still be white.

Of course I try and try again every small change, but Sony Vegas is not the greatest (nor is my editing ability, haha).

MMP said:

Papa’s_rod said:

Is this the final workprint? “Rey Nobody” version has any progress? i’m waiting for that version.

All the work put on this edit is incredible and i appreciate all the effort, but i really can’t enjoy the movie with that twist, that “twist” cheapens the whole trilogy for me and makes the whole Rian vs JJ tug war situation more glaring.

I can’t understand why so many of you have a problem with Rey being a Palpatine. For me, it’s the only possible explanation why she is so powerful. I like the character of Rey, but in Part 7 & 8 it always bothered me, that she was too strong and powerful. But when it became known that she’s a Palpatine, everything made sense to me.

Why was Yoda so powerful?
Why was Palpatine so powerful?
The point is that a part of the audience wanted an explanation, another did not. I liked Rey Nobody because this is one of the few fictional universes where I don’t need an explanation to justify a character’s strength.

Watched the last workprint.
You guys are making me enjoy this movie, and that’s more than I could have hoped.
Thank you.

Buzz Lightyear said:

Different strokes, I guess. I’ve always thought of the “It’s too late for me” exchange as being one of the most powerful in the entire saga, so I can’t wrap my head around the idea of thinking it’s useless. The whole point of Anakin’s tragedy and redemption is that he thought the dark side could not be rejected and could no longer see any good in himself. When Luke rejects the dark side and sees the good in Anakin, it inspires Anakin to finally break free of the dark side.

The PT shows us that Anakin was once a good man, but it doesn’t show us much of anything about Anakin’s mindset about himself after he becomes Vader. And while ESB establishes that Vader is reluctant to kill Luke, it doesn’t establish any deeper meaning behind it other than “he’s my son”. It’s the relationship they have in RotJ that develops it further, with Luke getting through to Anakin by choosing to see the good in him, refusing to kill him, and rejecting the dark side.

Interesting, but as I said I personally don’t need any phrases in that scene. Vader’s gestures, posture and silences look way more descriptive and effective (to me, at least). In my edit there is still a clear conflict, but it’s more subtle.
In my head, when I heard “It’s too late for me son”, I said “Oh, ok, so it’s definitely not too late. Otherwise he wouldn’t have said that”. I think it’s all about the first experience we had with this movie.

Buzz Lightyear said:

So I’m kind of curious why you decided to removed Vader’s conversation with Luke that showed his conflict. Are there actually people who didn’t like that scene? Without it Vader’s redemption comes a lot more out of nowhere, don’t you think? Unless I’m misunderstanding that part of your edit.

The main reasons behind this are two:

1. As I repeat, these edits are meant to be watched in Episodic order (I to VI). So we already know at this point that Anakin became Vader out of “love” and fear of loss, and not really because “uhuhuhuhu, I want to become evil”.
2. The first time I watched Return of the Jedi, when Vader looks conflicted, the FIRST thing I said to myself was “Oh, ok, he’s definitely going to turn back to the light”. And this made me lose a liiiiiiittle bit of interest, because I knew that, if Luke were in danger, Vader would have helped him. Definitely.

So… no, IMHO it doesn’t come out of nowhere, because we’ve already established in Empire that Vader doesn’t really want to kill Luke. Plus, we don’t need words. In the hallway scene, at the end when Luke is taken away by the stormtroopers, the camera remains with Vader a little bit more. That’s totally enough to show his conflict without useless words.

SandMTV said:

I just noticed something. The ROTS music that was playing during the pyre was similar to the Clone Wars music playing at the beginning of the episode “Victory and Death”! Both songs have the same motif!

I never noticed! I’ll have to check both.
After all I discovered just a few months ago that the parade music at the end of Episode I is basically Palpatine’s theme.

Omni said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

For Endor, you tried to bring out the greens, you really did, but the result is a nightmare. It’s giving me Harry Potter color correction PTSD.

What the fuck is wrong with you? The CC on Endor received an overwhelmingly good response, so perhaps instead of being a dumbass and just spewing shit you could try and be a nice guy and criticize it politely and constructively? I’ve seen you do this time and time again, but I’ve never seen you trying to help anyone or even do anything. All you do is shit on others. Learn some respect, idiot.

Sorry for cluttering the thread, IlFanEditore.

Thank you.
I don’t mind others’ opinions or criticism. Still, I’m quite satisfied with the result, so it will remain the way it is. As I said, De gustibus… 😉 😃

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De gustibus.
I kinda like it.

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This is really interesting. I’m looking forward to it 😉

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