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#239651
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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Or how about this idea? Haha...

It would be nice, but I think it would involve way too much work.

That's if it's even possible.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6339/changes04vader34ar.jpg

http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/1097/vaderentrance0ha.jpg


Adywan, maybe this has already been answered, but are you planning to do anything about Vader's red eyes or the moments when we can see through his lenses to David Prowse inside?
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#236592
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236592/action/topic#236592
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Well, they're good enough for me, Coov. I'm regularly amazed at your designs and I think your work offers a breath of fresh air from the typical layouts a lot of others put forth. Additionally, I think your "rush jobs" are far superior to many, many others' best efforts, and I know I'm not the only one who feels that way.

Thanks for all you've shared with us, Coov. Please continue to do so.

--InfoDroid
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#232771
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The legendary &quot;Starkiller Ranch&quot; Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232771/action/topic#232771
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I hope I'm not talking out of turn here by answering this, but...

Paulisdead2221, I admire the outline on the thread you posted for your cut of the film. I assume you're referring to Anakin's horrible "Are you an angel?" line, which was one of my least favorite scenes in Episode I.

Unfortunately, the way the scene was shot and constructed makes it impossible to cut this part out without either cutting the whole scene or dealing with a confusing jump-cut.

So, hypothetically....

Back when I was still involved in this project, the plan was to dub Anakin from a later scene speaking Huttese and have the subtitle read "You have the eyes of an angel." or something to that effect. And because she doesn't understand Huttese, her response would be "What?" And he'd repeat in English, "An angel."

I felt that although it didn't make the scene perfect, it did take away a lot of the stilted feel of the dialogue and made Anakin look a little more charming, 10 years old or not. We then edited and rearranged the rest of the conversation to try to make it sound less halting and more natural. For instance:

Padme: "You're a slave?"

Anakin: "All my life... My mom and I were sold to Gardulla the Hutt, but she lost us betting on the podraces."

Padme: "How long have you been here?"

Anakin: "Since I was three...I think, and someday, I'm gonna fly away from this place."

It's not word-for-word, but it was something along those lines. We also changed the music to a muted and incomplete version of the AOTC love theme (by Musicman), which helped significantly to change the mood of the scene and gave it a bit more of a "this is destiny, this is important" feeling to their first meeting. That's about the best we could do with the material Lucas gave us to work with.

Anyway, the Ranch's plan has probably changed by now, but I just wanted to throw that out there for ya. Something to consider.

--InfoDroid

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#231540
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***The &quot;Darth Editous&quot; Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231540/action/topic#231540
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Originally posted by: Darth Editous
I got my back plate thanks to Sluggo, who pointed me in the right direction. You don't have to look any further than the DVDs...

DE



"You speak in riddles and rhymes... Your strange technology frightens and confuses me..."


I'm guessing it has something to do with the Van Ling menus?
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#231295
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***The &quot;Darth Editous&quot; Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231295/action/topic#231295
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I think the biggest problem has always been with the neck, and the weird way the hood hangs around his head. It never looks like that any of the other times we see him. The side shot looks okay, but that front shot looks like the big turtle guy from the Neverending Story.

If only you had a clean backplate...


But it does look semi-better with the shadowing.
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#230136
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Episode I: PaulisDead2221's Edit (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230136/action/topic#230136
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I think your biggest problem with that shot is the jump in music. There's nothing to prepare the audience. One second they're walking quietly, the next the music is blasting and things are happening.

The problem is, there's no tension as they enter the room. Use music to raise the tension level. Maybe add a simple drumroll or something right before Qui-Gon activates his lightsaber to kind of segue more smoothly into the sudden action.


--InfoDroid