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Well, I tried once something similar. Not with that software, but with simple masking of OT Yoda’s eyes over PT Yoda’s face.
A single image looks pretty good. The problem is of course movement.

DominicCobb said:

I guess I mean my edit idea is to remove his ghost from ROTJ, which means you don’t have to do the much harder job of adding him to movies he’s not in (I have no idea how to do that).

I see your point.

Personally. Ok.
But I just asked if someone thinks it is possible to have a believable Anakin Force ghost.

Does anyone think it would be possible to add his Force ghost behind Rey while she’s fighting Palpatine?
Not necessarily his actual ghost at the end of ROTJ, but any of his PT shots masked and edited to look like a ghost.

Lol, that’s really honest.
Thank you, I’ll reconsider those scenes.

I wasn’t actually sure about adding them. But this is different from fan films, because these are scenes that we are supposed to have watched before ROTJ.
And no, I didn’t like that effect in TROS 😉

Flashback test.

https://vimeo.com/380891351
password: fanedit

The purpose of my edits is to make a feel of one cohesive saga, as much as possible.
So I added flashbacks from prequel movies, and tracks from Episode III and Rogue One.
Also, enhanced Force ghost effect and changed background color (less blue, more green).
Still needs some work, but please tell me what you think of it as a concept.

Ryan-SWI said:

In all seriousness:

• Palpatine is back and it’s not explained how.

• Kylo goes to find him and it’s not explained why he was looking for him, or how he knows he’s alive.

• Snoke was a clone made by Palpatine. Not explained how or why, or anything more said on the matter.

• Palpatine somehow has a whole fleet of Star Destroyers with Death Star guns on them. Not explained how.

• Rey is a Palpatine, her Dad was Palpatine’s son (not explained how), so Rey is his granddaughter.

• Rey and Kylo can both save people from death and bring them back to life. Not explained how.

• Luke retconned from being a sad old suicidal man to “secretly” keeping tabs on Palpatine.

• Luke and Leia retconned to “know” Rey was a Palpatine the entire time.

• Leia dies, horrifically forced and poorly handled.

• Han is in it as a “memory” (???). Makes no sense whatsoever, but then neither does anything in this stupid movie.

• Palpatine shoots lightning at Rey, who deflects it back to Palpatine (Palpatine apparently decides that simply not shooting lightning anymore makes too much sense), then dies.

• Ben almost dies. Then he comes back. Then he dies. But wait no not actually. Then he dies (for real this time).

• Rey steals the Skywalker name.

• Force ghost Luke and Leia. Both look horrific and Leia is clearly CGI. Because nothing shouts “respect” like CGI’ing the ghost of a dead actress into your film for cheap nostalgia brownie points.

Those are the main points. I could write an essay on everything that happens in this ridiculous movie but it’s not worth my time.

That’s the word to describe the movie. “Not explained”.
Palpatine is alive? Not explained.
The Chosen One prophecy? not explained.
Palpatine had a son? Not explained, and there’s not a single clue about it in previous movies, novels, comics.
They built the mistery of Snoke… just to throw it into the garbage by saying: “Oh, well, you know, he was a clone”.
The first thing Luke says is something about respect for the lightsaber. I mean, come on!
Palpatine’s plan changes three times in one single movie.
The kiss is just ridiculous.
The movie tries to link to Episode VI and the Rule of Two, but fails miserably, because if you watch Episode VI it is clear that Palpy just wants Luke to fall to the dark side and replace Anakin.

Plus… I don’t get Palpatine’s plan.
First he says he wants Kylo to kill Rey, then he wants Rey to kill him so that he can inhabit her body(?), then he drains Rey and Ben’s life force to rejuvenate. I mean, WTF!?
And so… considering that he killed Plagueis… he IS Plagueis?

The most irritating thing is that I believe everything will be explained in novels and comics. And that’s awful.

Anyway… I just watched it some hours ago. These are my warm thoughts. I’ll have to re-think about it, and rewatch it. My thoughts are probably going to change in time.

Nope. That’s true. We see flashback of Palpatine’s son and his wife on Jakku.

Ok, so… just watched it.
First things first: the leaks were all true.

And I’m really sorry to say that I was sooooo disappointed by this movie.
Being very respectful of other people’s opinions, here are my own.

1. This is the saga whose main character, or at least the character around whom the plot rotates, is Anakin. He sacrificed himself to kill Palpatine and bring balance. Six whole movies to make this story. When they announed Palpy’s return, I was kinda happy because I was sure that Anakin would have returned aswell, at least as Force Ghost. But nothing, niente, nada. Just a voice. A voice! So the whole of Episode VI is nothing. Anakin died as a fool he didn’t bring balance to anything, and he didn’t do anything to re-kill Palpatine. The Chosen One prophecy is bs.
2. At the very least I was sure that they would have explained how Palpatine survived. When we enter DSII we see dead Stormtroopers. How did Palpatine manage to survive? Who brought him away? Nothing is explained. Nothing. He is just attached to the life machine… he moves, he speaks, so he IS alive. HOW in the hell did he do that?
3. Force Dyad… not explained. At least, I didn’t understand it. Two Force-sensitive beings together become stronger? That’s it?
4. The final kiss… like a pink comedy. Rogue One had a WONDERFUL ending, with Jyn and Cassian clearly being infatuated. But they just hugged each other and waited for death. Perfection.
5. The title… the most boring and obvious meaning. Rey who takes the name Skywalker. That’s all. Nothing from Luke, Leia or Anakin.
6. Palpatine’s death is just ridiculous. First, in Episode III he didn’t die because of Force lightning being re-directed at him. Why does he die now? Plus, the whole “I’m all the Sith!!!” VS “I’m all the Jedi!!!” is… is… you choose the words.
7. New characters are not-existing. At the very least the so-much-hated Rose had some background in TLJ (her sister). In this one… Charlie from Lost is a plant. Jannah is totally useless, the new droid is forgettable.
8. They all said for months that this would have been the ending for the whole saga. But there is NOTHING from the prequels… and I didn’t even hear anything in the soundtrack (not Duel of the Fates, nor Battle of Heroes, nothing).
9. The Skywalker family has become a joke. Anakin didn’t do anything. Luke didn’t do anything. Leia didn’t do anything. It was a Palpatine who brought balance.
10. So… Palpatine had a son. When? With whom? And why? It sounds like the whole Cursed Child storyline. Both Voldemort and Palpatine are characters who are not supposed to have any offspring, because they both tried to achieve immortality.

The Last Jedi was coherent, wether people liked it or not. This one was two hours and half of them saying “TLJ didn’t happen. here, look at palpy and be happy”.
There are of course things I liked. Lando is so cool. Babu Frik is funny. Williams score has a couple of very good moments. And the whole fleet arrival is just great.
But except for these aspects, I was disappointed.

Last thing: I’m not classified as a prequel hater, sequel hater or original worshipper. I just judge the single movies. My favourite in the saga is Episode V, followed by Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope at second place. Then there’s The Last Jedi.

EDIT: the writer is the same guy who wrote Batman V Superman. I mean… he also wrote Argo, but I found this movie more similar to the first one than to the second.
EDIT2: I will edit this movie as soon as possible. The title will be “The rise of Palpatine”. It fits way better IMO. Before watching you are supposed to be afraid, because it means Palpatine is returning. After watching it, you are happier, because the Palpatine who rises is Rey. Even though she takes the Skywalker name, she is a Palpatine.

Excuse me, can I talk about the movie freely here? Just watched it…

I actually thought that was the case, but I wasn’t sure. 😉

Yeah, basically it enhances lightsabers, all lasers, the Falcon engine, DSII explosion…
I probably could have done that myself (lasers… not so sure about lightsabers), but this saves me bunch of time, and it looks really cool.

xxtelecine 7xx said:

If you really liked my return of the Jedi edit, your going to face-palm yourself once you see my Beta Version of SW IV, I digitally erased all of the original laser blasts and re-did them all for a clean look…😃

I actually used Possessed ANH edit for all these shots.
Was it you who remade all SFX?

Small update: I will use xxtelecine7xx’s ROTJ edit for many visual effects.
This will save me A LOT of time, even though I’ll change something in each scene (mostly CC).
I want to thank him again, and I’ll be sure to credit him for basically all lightsaber and laser bolts’ shots.

I’m totally in love with this.
So sad this will not become a full edit, but hey, these projects must be funny to realize for editors in the first place.

That’s unfortunate…

Thanks, man!

Don’t mind the first starfield and the Death Star edges.

Wow!

I’d really really like to see some screenshots or clips.

That looks pretty good.
I’ll try it.