KumoNin

This is a very good post, Broom Kid. It is the “fan theory” movie. Back in 2016 and 2017, I was cringing at all the Rey Skywalker, Rey Kenobi, and Rey Palpatine takes. Like, what thematic purpose would that have? Rey wants to be somebody, she’s sure her parents cared about her… Even if not, Luke will give her purpose…

TLJ, for all its flaws, is strong thematically. It looks at these things and says “well what if her parents just abandoned her and she’s no one? and what if Luke is in crisis and isn’t at all the saviour Rey had hoped for? What then? Can Rey still believe in herself despite not having some sort of bloodline legacy? Being a nobody is what she fears, but can she face that fear and prevail?”

There’s an amazing reylo video out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-qi4OhCii4
I think, despite star wars suffering from overanalysis, this is a great take on something that was likely intentional on the part of the writer-director. TLJ mostly answers the important TFA questions via thematic exploration. This new one answers them again, but differently and much the way a run-of-the-mill fan theory would… Interestingly, IX is making me appreciate TLJ more and TFA less and less because I now know what JJ’s takes on those setups are

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9/2

(all theatrical/as close as possible to theatrical, although I’m partial to 3 and 8 extended versions)

Explanation for 7/8 above 4: 7 is hype af and I’ve very recently flipped on my opinion about 8 via rewatch - I had a good time with it…

Explanation for 1 above 6/3: I like how it’s the most ‘analog’ of the prequels and is so clearly and unapologetically a kids movie… I like the look and feel of it. I wasn’t around when it premiered so no hurtful memories. I like to watch the dvd version because it’s got one less cg character and looks better.

Explanation for 9 at the bottom: not needed, I would presume 😃 I sat through the credits speechless and depressed, lol. Not below 2 because some things like total-creep-Anakin are just inexcusable

This is exciting news! I’ve been only sort of following this project, but definitely congrats!! Massive project.

No need for him to report until there is something to report

Is it the one TM2YC is doing? Promising indeed, if he gets back to it.

I like the Orville because it’s like classic Trek with some Seth McF humor, which I enjoy. And I’m also loving DIS for vastly different reasons, mostly unrelated to it being ST (like, there’s still morality questions and everything, but in a very different format). I think it’s fantastic the two shows are coming out at the same time, so we have something closely resembling classic Trek, and also all-new Trek, but not in the same package.

SilverWook said:

Not sure thread merging is online yet.

Great hearing from Marcia though!

trimboNZ said:

There were other effects that didn’t make it to the final cut; the blue and red lightsaber glows on Luke’s face were also left out.

See the effect on the Trailer here, at 0:27 and 0:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPtwBQpDl08

Oh no, why is that?

Mega limits are going to be the death of me… Thank you to whoever uploaded it on Myspleen!

Hal 9000 said:

https://vimeo.com/221674605
password: snackbar

I still think Ackbar’s, and I can’t put enough quotes around what follows, “lip sync” works better without reversing that shot.

It kind of bugs me that it’s the same reaction shot of the female pilot that was used in the firing sequence. Also, I think the Poe looking out the side window shot would work better after Ackbar, though it might be too short.

Yeah, that oscillator shot is too short, so I did some trickery with lipsync, but it’s still jarring to have that shot

https://vimeo.com/221635774 (password = radio)

Quick mockup of some of this, what it might look like

I like this actually!

Spleen torrent is among the easiest ways one can get it imo, provided they have access to the site, so I don’t see why not put the mkv there as well. Has he said where it will be available?

I understand it as we wouldn’t actually see what he is watching, it’s all implied. In fact, if done right, the hypothetical viewer has no idea what Anakin’s status is, so it’s kind of like a mystery, like what did Obi-Wan see in the recordings that is so horrific?

Well, really, it’s either Anakin turns to the dark side, or Anakin is killed. Then, in ANH, Obi-Wan says he got killed, and in Empire, the viewer finds out that he lied.

There is a scene in ROTS with Yoda and Obi on the Tantive, which explains this very thing. Yoda, Kenobi, Qui-Gon and Anakin are the only Jedi so far in to come back in ghost form, not all of them.

Editroid said:

Why did Adywan have Obi-Wan take out his lightsaber before Vader?

I had that question as well. I think there is some clever symbolism about who is the first to turn on his lightsaber in a duel, I remember there being a video about it also. I don’t think Ady has said anything about this change though.

Dat_SW_Guy said:

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Wow, what a worthless comment

NFBisms said:

Here is where he talks about it, actually, and the interesting order in which he showed his friend:
https://youtu.be/ijspNzliBWk?t=4m36s

That’s awesome

It, like, adds layers to the story, you know?

(SORT OF SPOILERS FOR SW:BLOODLINE MAYBE)

Having just finished reading Bloodline, I’ve only just realised it was Korrie who Leia sends to her vainful death…

I like Hal’s latest idea for the crawl best, because the first paragraph really can’t get any more middle-groundy, and if you gotta have some little breadcrumb about the superweapon, this is it.

It doesn’t follow any established formula and that bothers me.

The (action) of the (thing)
The (thing) (does something)
The/A (adjective) (noun)

The last one it sort of follows, but it’s star wars specific this time and also ‘Jedi’ has already been in a movie title. It also sounds cliche. At least it’s not dawn or rise of something. And look at that red star wars logo, that means it’s going to be Dark™, didn’t you know Dark™ equals good? Remember Empire? Empire’s the best star wars film and it sure is Dark™!!

I’m sorry, I’m just all sorts of bothered by this. I’m probably wrong and it’s just a title and it’s all going to be good, but this already seems more on the nose than TFA and I loved that film. Sorry bout all this

The night is darkest just before the dawn! 😉

You know, it’s quite amazing, seeing all these updates through the years. I wonder just how much it’s going to explode all over the internet

And, just to add another opinion to the mix, I will say that in my view the idea should be that everyone at that point knows that the FO is there and that they’ve found them, but they’re unsure of what exactly they’re going to do.

Maz decides someone has to take the lightsaber to bring it to Rey, so they go to the basement (and Finn, as someone who knows the FO, wouldn’t be against potentially hiding in there). But the FO sends TIEs to wreck the castle, which Maz wasn’t expecting them to have the audacity to do (hence why they went down there). She is angry and slightly shocked at the FO’s shameless act, cursing them to herself: “Those beasts!”

Strongly disagree with both those things

Looks good, maybe try a longer audio crossfade?