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#1416454
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Yeah that’s I recommended only having the lightsaber fully shut down (masked out) in that brief shot of Kylo attacking her.

As for the malfunction effect, sparks around the handle could definitely help. Feel free to go crazy with whatever effects the actual blade does, though. I would personally do a half ignite with an ever crazier crackle effect.

It would only have to malfunction in that one portion as an indicator that the entire thing is about to collapse.

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#1416449
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Alright, here’s what I’m thinking. Rey’s lightsaber should begin to flicker out at this point right here:

Makes sense because she is staring at it like something is wrong with it.
Then, all somebody would have to do is have it completely turn off in the following brief shot:

Thus why she screams when Kylo is about to strike her down, she knows she is defenseless.

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#1416376
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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DZ-330 said:

I still think a little of the coloring looks off. It’s really dark at the beginning, then the sky has a green hue in the right corner behind Rey, then goes back to being dark. The shot of the burning TIE has it almost looking pitch black around it but Rey and the Porgs are lit up. I love the idea and the hard work but I don’t think it 100% there just yet.

I also feel like there are some strange visuals around Luke specifically at this point below:

Some of it appears when he is laying on the log as well.

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#1416198
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

I’ll come up with something that you like someday, Hal. lol

LesPaul32 said:

I just find the notion of selling your kid into endless slavery as a means of protection to be a really problematic concept to take seriously, especially when it’s so quickly brushed over with just a single line and a rushed flashback.

I don’t believe that was ever meant to be a permanent arrangement. Pretty sure their intentions were to leave her there for a year to a couple years until this Sith assassin stops chasing them down so aggressively. At that point they would have come back for her, but of course they got murdered.

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#1416189
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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DZ-330 said:

It would be nice to have Luke say that as Rey looks at the X-Wing. Could work as a little foreshadowing.

Exactly what I thought!

He would basically be saying that him and Leia will always be with her as she leaves for Exegol. It’s a much better final line for him to say to her than “You have everything you need”, and makes Rey’s calling out make even more sense later on.

https://youtu.be/edvFgaEydtc

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#1416155
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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I do have a couple ideas left, Sherlock.

First, have you seen the following audio work Hal? https://youtu.be/B3tP9gaUmnQ
I know we put a couple custom lines in for this (namely Leia), but these audio lines are SIGNIFICANTLY clearer thanks to whatever this guy did.

Second, Luke says “We’ll always be with you” very clearly in the following trailer: https://youtu.be/4VuAMFJeeJQ?t=84
The line never appears in the film as far as I’m aware. If anybody has any ideas where it could appear, feel free to share.

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#1416109
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
Time

I think it’s a nice scene overall, but as I stated a couple pages ago, it would suck to have yet another anti-climactic moment in a movie that is already full to the brim with them. And that scene in particular had a huge buildup which comes to a crashing halt in the name of a joke.

There is also the problem of missing visual effects that appear when Rey is running. This makes me wonder if it would be possible to remove that portion of the scene. That way, there aren’t missing visual effects and it doesn’t build up suspense for as long. I would personally be more interested in the scene then.

Regardless, this is probably best reserved for a TLJ thread.

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#1416066
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Looks like I missed quite a bit here!

I’m fine with not using the line we created. At least we were able to test out what it would sound like if it were inserted.

I’m glad Hal is sticking with fear keeping him there. My understanding of it is that he was afraid of talking to his sister after what he did to her son. He was also afraid that the galaxy’s expectations of him were too great and that he would end up failing again. Both are definitely fear based.

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#1415941
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Hal 9000 said:

It’s hard to imagine getting it to sound like it should. I’m not sure how to describe what I mean. It sounds like he’s reading from a list. “Lesson two, lesson three, lesson four…”

Funny, that’s actually what I was going for Hal lol.

He is supposed to be ripping off what his thing in TLJ was all about, while still tying it to what he’s trying to teach her.

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#1415904
Topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Neerb said:

I think “It was fear that kept me here” is better where it is than replacing it with “lesson three.” Fear did keep Luke there, after all. Fear that the Jedi have done more damage than good and need to die out (at the height of their power the Jedi created Darth Vader), fear of facing those he had failed (admitted as shame in the Ben flashbacks), fear of his own creations (it didn’t scare him enough then, it does now). His belief that his self-exile is a penance and a self-sacrifice means it’s not exactly “cowardice,” but it all still comes from a dark place of fear, from a certain point of view.

This.

Anyways, the line itself definitely sounds movie quality now. The trouble is fitting it comfortably into a place in the scene. I would like to see it done as a replacement of him saying “Rey”, but it would also be interesting to push his dialogue forward so it has room to breath in its current placement.