Since you reminded me, I went ahead and replaced the DOTF snippet with the actual OST in higher quality. I put it in place where it was, and extended it backward to the beginning of the track.
What do you guys think? Too heavy?
Looks good to me as well.
I honestly feel that the only change the initial castle shot needs is the lava windows to be dimmed. I say this because the forest could begin further away from the castle.
This is the concept that Cinefy made. Definitely something like this should be the end goal here.
The difference is that one person believes that there still exists humanity in this damaged shell of a man, the other seems to think this is prime boyfriend material.
Yeah I purposely exaggerated the details in that post. Was mostly pointing out that it really depends on how you frame these things.
It’s also worth pointing out that Luke wanted Vader to come back with him, which indicates that he sees him as prime father material now that he has redeemed himself.
The good news is that it is most likely a pretty easy thing to remove if you don’t like it. I have an edit of poppa’s TLJ that removed a bunch of small things I didn’t like about TLJ.
Speaking of making their romance more explicit, it does remind me of a test clip that I found on my laptop that I totally forgot I made. https://streamable.com/pwg1wp
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(would be interesting to see in Rekindled)
TL;DR version of this conversation: Most characters in Star Wars have Stockholm syndrome. Luke and his father. Rey and Kylo. Etc.
“A guy who is part of a space nazi government, has blood on his hands, including killing children, first time seeing his son battles him, chops off his hand, then potentially murders one of his best friends. Tries to prevent him from escaping the planet so he can brainwash him into a nazi as well.
Year or so later son decides that his father is actually a great guy deep inside.”
Sorry, couldn’t help myself haha
I think that Star Wars should be made with the common audience in mind. So, yes, it may have been better if they realized that these romantic signs should be more explicit for the audience. Then again, there is plenty in the sequel trilogy that would have been better had more thought been put into it. But it also doesn’t hurt to make those signs more subtle, leaving you wondering with a “will they or won’t they” situation in the end. IMO there is some big payoff with the kiss at the end.
Regardless, this is Hal’s edit, so he has the final call on this. I’ll cease my chatter on this topic now.
Oh boy, there we go with the sarcasm again. Lol.
In all actuality there are some interesting marriage parallels. We call it, “taking somebody’s hand in marriage” after all.
I don’t know what trilogy you watched then haha. Nearly every scene they have together is very intimate, but of course in the wrong way because Kylo is evil. Thus why Rey says in TROS: “I did want to take your hand. Ben’s hand.”
That is HILARIOUS. I am so disappointed that wasn’t in the original film
Chewies medal is explained because Leia is holding it as she dies in this edit. Therefore, it represents both Leia and Han for him (the medal belonged to Han originally)
As for the Reylo kiss, it makes things come full circle in the saga. Ben really did complete what his grandfather started: saving the one he loved from death. The kiss helps sell the idea that their relationship can be compared to Anakin and Padme’s.
Desktop worthy content right here
That image is so cursed.
Wow, Dawn of the Jedi is actually a cool title for the movie 😀
Especially considering the fact that the movie ends with a binary sunrise.
Both myself and 21 Peasant finished the Vaders castle shots. Are their others? What was the Coruscant shot, didn’t Poppa finish those to?
Oh really? I remember watching a couple of clips of this, but I don’t remember seeing a finished version!
What are we still waiting on for a v2? All I remember is that we’re pretty close.
Don’t see the 1080p version yet. I’m assuming it will be there in a bit but just letting you know.
That stuff legitimately looks like it came from Lucasfilm. Very talented people here.
Still prefer the Kylo crackle tbh
We decided to use a different take of her saying it which imo makes it a lot better and believable.
I agree with you there, but you’d have to delete his line about not caring if the Resistance won, then. There’s no universe in which Hux doesn’t want the First Order to win.
Perhaps his hatred of him for killing his Papa Snoke was enough to want that haha. But you’re right, that’s the only line that is somewhat out of character.
EDIT: Realized it’s up to debate whether Hux thinks Kylo killed Snoke or not, but either way my point is that he hates Kylo.
I did have a thought though - what do people think about not having Hux as a spy? It massively contradicts with his borderline over-the-top Imperialism that we see in the other two movies. Surely, I can’t be the only one who thinks that it’s jarring to go from this guy to “I’M THE SPY!!!”
Regarding Hux - in my opinion it is in line with his character to betray Ren’s First Order if you simply delete Snoke assaulting him in TLJ (which I did in my personal version of Poppa’s Rekindled). It creates the impression that Snoke stoked his ego and treated him fairly, which contrasted significantly with Kylo choking him, flinging him around with the Force, and not even considering his opinions. With this one change, to me it makes sense that he would want to see Kylo’s Empire go up in flames so he can take control of it.
Hal, you aren’t planning to hide any subtle hints of Palpatine in TFA are you?
He already added Palpatine’s voice to the force vision. Not sure if he did anything else though.