Just watched this cut
GOOD
.) like the idea that Dagobah scenes are shown earlier
.)Luke sensing his friends are in danger, execution not perfect but very good idea
.)cutting out Leia delivering Chewie, the alien voice is irritating and repetitive
.)cutting out Boba Fett, I still like him, but his death scene is awful, I didn´t miss him
.)Han & Lando conversation feels more natural now
.)speeder bike music adds to the scene
.)cutting out Wicket meets Leia Organa
.)cutting much Ewok stuff in general
.)C-3PO telling the story, very good editing
.)no Tarzan yell, it´s really cool that you just hear the knocking before they enter th AT-ST, Adywan should keep this cut in mind for his Revisited, not just muting the yell but cutting this shot entirely
.)duel taking place on Star Destroyer
.)adding Death Star to Emperor shots, best addition, looks awesome
.)celebration, idea very good, music is much better than in all editions before, maybe some shots of Ewok celebration would have been nice, but it might be impossible to create a better celebration sequence than you did with the accessable material
.)final shot, PERFECT way to end ROTJ
BAD
.)Rancor scene being cut, it´s classic, and Luke just being "arrested" doesn´t work well - feels too jumpy
.)Jabba sequence is cut too short, I think with the Rancor scene would´ve helped
.)I like Salacious Crumb, I´d have kept one laugh :-)
.)too much Han Solo cut
.)Duel of the Fates: I´d prefer the lightsaber battle without music or something different.
Though it´s undeniably a great piece of film music DUEL OF THE FATES been used way too often.
.)Cutting Luke´s escape with shuttle, it could have worked if you´d show the attack on the SD after Vader´s death, then Luke flying out, then the crashing A Wing & destruction of SD
UGLY
.) transition from Yoda´s death to Jabba Palace establishing shot waaay too abrupt
.)Anakins theme & Vader´s death
this one is really awful and almost disqualifies this cut alltogether.
Reasons:
.)First music´s way too loud in the mix
.)I could accept if you´d let it play for a shorter amount of time, but it DESTROYS the tone of the scene when playing over the ENTIRE sequence
.)OST is TONS better, esopecially the harp playing ´Vader´s theme
.)it reminds me of The Phantom Menace
I love John Williams music but god, this is one "sappy" tune
it´s too kitschy, even for Sci-Fi-Fantasy Space Operas
I´ve listened to your commentary as well and see your point but no, No, NO.
Great effort nevertheless, still prefer the original cut over your´s.
But turning ROTJ into an excellent movie is quite a challenge per se.
Not as much as trying to solve the PT´s problems though. :-p
(Sorry, this is practically impossible even for Adywan, I´m afraid)
