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Darth Sadifous said:

Words cannot express how much I love this edit. I have watched countless edits of TLJ over the years and while I liked a lot of the ideas, the sum of all the parts ultimately were always lacking to me. This is now my definitive edit of TLJ; so much so that I erased all previous edits I have downloaded over the years off my computer. You absolutely crushed it.

The teases of Palaptine, the new music that swells, Luke’s green lightsaber and holy hell…Holdo is not only a likeable hero now, but an integral part of the resistance. So glad the Holdo/Poe subplot has been jettison, Canto Bight (Rose/ Finn’s Love Angle) is no more and Phasma dies in the ruins of Starkiller Base; especially since most of these plots are not touched upon again TROS. You won me over with the caretakers and the third lesson too as they have never been my favorite. My only minor nitpick is Luke’s green saber/ Luke’s blue saber hilt switch back and fourth during his fight with Kylo. Not a huge deal, but it took me a little bit out of the moment as it happens a couple times. Overall in terms of fan edits, 4.5 out of 5. I adore this edit! Thank you and may the force be with you…always!

Thank you for your kind words. Seems that both of us had the same problems with the original movie 😃
I’m afraid that I will not be able to fix the problem with the Lightsaber. ImmersionVFX did only rework the scenes in which the Lightsaber is lit, so I had to use the original material before and after the battle. But I think/hope most viewers wont recognize it. I watched my edit with about 5-6 persons and no one noticed it. You are the first one here, so I hope it wont disturb too much.

Darth Sadifous said:

What cues to Palpatine’s arrival in TROS did you insert into this edit? So far FallenKnight’s edit has been my favorite version of TLJ, but seems a little too short for my taste. I am really looking forward to this. Thanks!

It’s some scenes taken from Poppaskettis edit. For example at the end of the movie Kylo Ren hears a whisper coming from the radio. In another scene when Rey looks into the mirror, you can see his outline for a very very small amount of time. These are very subtile scenes but Poppasketti did a great work so I used them in my edit.

PMs sent!

hansolox73 said:

Watched this last night and loved it! Wasn’t sure if I was going to like all the cuts, but it works great!

Both your Last Jedi edit and this cut of Crystal Skull will be in my rotation when viewing these series again. Great job and thanks for all your work on these!

I’m glad you liked it 😃

hansolox73 said:

Watched your Last Jedi cut, loved it. Would like to get a link to this one as well - Thanks for all the great work!

Thank you for your kind words, PM sent

Movies Remastered said:

MMP said:

nl0428 said:

Hey everyone. Just letting you all know that fanedit.org has opened its poll to vote for Favorite Edit of the Month for November 2020. It would be fantastic if this edit won due to all the hard work that we’ve all put into helping Hal fix Episode IX and incredible VFX work put into it.

Hmm. I wanted to vote for Hals Episode IX, but it seems to be deleted. Anyone else having this problem on fanedit.org?

The link doesn’t seem to have a page to link to.

Yes. And I can’t find the edit via search function. Seems that it has been removed 😕

nl0428 said:

Hey everyone. Just letting you all know that fanedit.org has opened its poll to vote for Favorite Edit of the Month for November 2020. It would be fantastic if this edit won due to all the hard work that we’ve all put into helping Hal fix Episode IX and incredible VFX work put into it.

Hmm. I wanted to vote for Hals Episode IX, but it seems to be deleted. Anyone else having this problem on fanedit.org?

1-3: L8WRTR & Hal9000, both are awesome.
4-6: depends…If you like original versions then Harmys version. They have an awesome image quality, but sound quality is 70s/80s Stereo. I prefer watching Hal9000s’ Special Editions.
7: Hal9000
8: Mine XD
9: Hal9000

evilash1 said:

Hi,
After seeing this edit again, I think it is a nearly perfect version for my taste and a great improvement over the original.
If you ever use your magic in your own version of TRoS, I’ll be looking forward to seeing it!

Thanks for the kind words 😃
But I don’t think I will recut TRoS.
I think Hal9000 has done an incredible job with almost every SW-fan-edit he made.
I loved his versions of 1-7. But I didnt like TLJ. There was still too much Rian-Johnson-nonsense in it. Thats why I made my own version of TLJ.
When it comes to TRoS Ascendant, I think he did it right in almost every part. There is not much I would change. First I was concerned if there would be problems or plot holes between my version of TLJ and TRoS Ascendant, but it works almost flawless. So for me, there is no need to change anything.
I found my favorite versions of Star Wars 1-9, Rogue one and Solo (both from Digmodification) and I don’t think I will edit any SW-Content soon.
I will continue recutting movies I don’t liked in cinema.
Atm I’m working on a recut of The Lone Ranger. But I’m not sure if I will upload it, cause I don’t think there is much audience who want to see it 😉

Files back online, PM sent 😃

Thank you very much for your kind words. I love Hals Episode 7 & 9. But never found a Version of 8 that I liked. Thats why I made my edit.

Thank you for your kind words. I will send you a PM. But it will take a while cause my Cloud storage got deleted.

Mega changed their free cloud storage from 50 to 15gb. So I will have to change file size from 21gb to ~15. It’s not 100% blu-ray-quality anymore but I think it’s still very good.

PMs sent! Have fun with the edit!

OK, thanks for information. I hope someone will be able to upscale these scenes. It’s the only thing that I would like to change in your prequel edits.

I read somewhere in the forum, that someone tried to upscale the deleted scenes to match the rest of the movie. Some scenes looked very promising, but I can’t find the forum post anymore.
Was there any progress on this or are the deleted scenes still in lower quality? I don’t know exactly which Version of Episode 1-3 I have.

I saw the Workprint today and it was perfect! Love this cut. And fortunately it fits perfect with my edit of TLJ so I don’t need to change or edit anything.
Nice Job!

I’ve been waiting for this edit for a long time. So glad your new (old) Macbook works!!

poppasketti said:

I think if it’s required that she’s related to someone we know, Palpatine was the best choice. It’s supported by what we’d already seen, and her dark side connection at least gives her an internal struggle and retains the message of choosing your identity. I’m glad it didn’t end up being someone like Obi-Wan, because I think that would have landed with a big “So what?”

Otherwise, I think the Rey Nobody idea introduced in TLJ was a great twist, and makes force using more about worthiness and character than about bloodline. It also has that ratatouille thing of, “Not everyone can become a great cook, but a great cook can come from anywhere.” Ratatouille? anyone?

Wise you are! There is a great deal of truth in your words! thumbsup

sade1212 said:

MMP said:

I can’t understand why so many of you have a problem with Rey being a Palpatine. For me, it’s the only possible explanation why she is so powerful. I like the character of Rey, but in Part 7 & 8 it always bothered me, that she was too strong and powerful. But when it became known that she’s a Palpatine, everything made sense to me.

But why is Palpatine so powerful? If it’s genetic, there’s no reason Rey couldn’t have been born with the same random innate power as young Sheev. If it’s from years of intense Sith training, then Rey wouldn’t have inherited it.

Why is Luke so powerful? Because his father was. Why Leia and her son? I think it is genetic. It does make sense to me. It doesn’t have to make sense for everyone else. But when I saw the movie the first time, my reaction was “OK, that explains why she is so powerful and why she went straight to the dark side in TLJ”. The whole trilogy would have been much more implausible for me when she would have been a nobody. But thats just my opinion.

Papa’s_rod said:

Is this the final workprint? “Rey Nobody” version has any progress? i’m waiting for that version.

All the work put on this edit is incredible and i appreciate all the effort, but i really can’t enjoy the movie with that twist, that “twist” cheapens the whole trilogy for me and makes the whole Rian vs JJ tug war situation more glaring.

I can’t understand why so many of you have a problem with Rey being a Palpatine. For me, it’s the only possible explanation why she is so powerful. I like the character of Rey, but in Part 7 & 8 it always bothered me, that she was too strong and powerful. But when it became known that she’s a Palpatine, everything made sense to me.

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL REVITALIZED

Introduction:

This is my second fan-edit. After having been (surprisingly) very happy with my first fan-edit (The Last Jedi Reforged) and having got some very positive feedback from it’s viewers (Thank you guys!!!), I took the decision to make a second fan edit. And again it’s a movie which left me very disappointed when I watched it for the first time: 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The very positive thing about this movie was without any doubt Harrison Ford. Although he was over 60 years old, he was for the most part still able to represent a tough, funny and likable Indiana Jones.
Shia LaBeouf’s Mutt had it’s flaws, but in the end, I liked him too. The same applies to Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood.
The majority of the cast did a very good job. Steven Spielberg, the director, did (like always) a good job as well, but in the end, George Lucas’ very poor story about aliens & their UFO, some very stupid ideas (Indy survives an atomic explosion in a fridge), and many other things ruined the movie for me.
So I tried to make a version of the movie that I could watch without throwing my remote control out of the window.
In the end, I’m quite happy with my version of the film. It still has some flaws, but overall I think it’s watchable (it’s still no comparison to the first three movies, so don’t expect too much).

Important notes:

Special thanks go to 15MaF, for the permission to use two scenes from his Indy 4 fan edit. Please take a look at his version of the film, it can be found here in the forums!

Prior Changes:

• There are no aliens in this cut. Yes, there are NO aliens. Not even dead ones. There are still the crystal skulls and skeletons and it’s obvious that they are from another world, but I think the aliens shown in the theatrical cut were exaggerated and ridiculous (and had very bad CGI).
• No Aliens means no UFO as well.
• There is no atomic explosion.
• No atomic explosion means no Indy surviving an atomic explosion in a fridge as well!
• There is no sword-fight between Mutt and Irina. I liked some of the scenes, but overall it was exaggerated and didn’t work for me.
• Except one very short scene, there are no “Mutt swinging like Tarzan through the jungle” scenes.

Detailed changes:

Hot Rod scene:

• there are no prairie dogs!  The dirt mound is run over by the Hot Rod, that’s it. This scene has been done by 15MaF, so all praise for this scene belongs to him!

Warehouse:

• I removed the alien unwrapping. I did this for two reasons: I think there is much more suspense when you don’t know exactly what’s in the wooden box. And as I stated above I don’t want any aliens in this fan-edit!
• I removed the “i like ike” Joke.
• The LED countdown digits have been replaced with Nixie tube digits. This scene has been done by 15MaF, so all praise for this scene belongs to him!

Rocket Sled run:

• I removed the prairie dogs

Atomic explosion:

• This entire scene has been removed. After the rocket sled run, Indy walks away and reaches a town. In the theatrical cut this town is nuked a few moments later. In my version it’s supposed to be a military base.

Interrogation scene:

• I removed the first half of Indy’s interrogation.
• I removed any reference to the fridge and the atomic explosion.

I didn’t change any scenes at the university and train station because they worked for me.

Restaurant/Diner:

• I removed a part of Mutt talking about his mother.
• I removed Mutt yelling “shut up!”. I wanted to make Mutt more likable. I think this helps the viewer to accept him as Indy’s son later.

Town Chase scene:

• The Marcus-Statue is not beheaded. Poor Marcus didn’t deserve this!

Indy’s House:

• I removed Mutt’s phrase “you’re 80”. As I stated above, I wanted to make Mutt more likable.

I didn’t change any scenes at Cusco market, the asylum and the cemetery because they worked for me.

Jungle Camp:

• I removed the scene in which Irina shows Indy the alien (have I already told you that I don’t like aliens in my cut?).

Dry sand scene:

• I removed the scene where Mutt tells Indy to call the snake a rope. Overall I liked the snake scene, but this was childish.

Jungle Chase scene:

• I removed a part of the flirts between Indy and Marion. Love needs some time to develop!
• I removed Mutt’s and Irina’s sword fight.
• I removed every “Tarzan” scene. Mutt gets stuck in the ropes. A few scenes later he sees the cars chasing each other and swings from the tree into Irina’s car. You can hear some apes in the trees but you don’t see them.

I didn’t change the exaggerated waterfall scenes. First I wanted our heroes to fall only one time, but after watching the scene, it didn’t work for me. It always seemed as if something was missing. Even though it still seems to be a little too much, I did not change this scene.

• but again, I had to remove some “babe” and “honey” flirts between Indy and Marion. Their love still needs some time to develop!

Crystal Skull Temple:
I did many cuts and changes here, so I will only write down important ones:

• The crystal skeleton doesn’t move it’s fingers when it’s head is put on it’s corpse.
• I removed every UFO-scene. The place is still turning, but there is no futuristic roof.
• As I had to remove the futuristic UFO roof, I didn’t have any movie scenes in which the russian soldiers die. So I had to insert some death screams, to make the impression that they were all dying.
• I removed every alien, there are only crystal skulls and they don’t change their appearance.
• I removed the original music and added a modified version of John Williams’ “Temple Ruins and the Secret Revealed” to coordinate all the changes and cuts.
• In the scenes in which Irina is killed, I had to heavily zoom into the picture to remove the alien next to her. There is some reduced quality which is notable. But these scenes only last a few seconds, so I hope they don’t stand out too much.

Outside the Temple:

• I removed the whole UFO flying away. Instead, the whole area is being flooded and the temple is destroyed.
• I removed the original music and added a modified version of John Williams’ “The Departure”.

There are for sure many more little changes, but these were the significant ones!

Final Version & Format:

The final runtime for the movie is 111 minutes (105 min without end credits).

1080p High Quality MKV (21,0gb)
Video: H.264 at 25-30mbps VBR
Audio: 5.1 DTS, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Stereo
Extra: Chapter markers

As german is my mother tongue I have made a german audio track in addition to the english version. It’s not included in the MKV but it can be downloaded as a separate AC3 file.

Feel free to tell me about any mistakes, I will take a look and try to improve.

Blu-Ray-Cover:

The arrangement of this cover and the text is based on a cover created by Darren Harrison on Pinterest. It is available for free. I changed the whole front-side and added some information on the back-side.

If you OWN the original movie in at least HD-Quality, PM me for a link!

Important Announcement:
Because links to my films were shared again, I decided to take the films offline. Sorry guys

MMP (ManiacMovieProductions)

YellowYoda said:

So that was…woah.

As usual with TLJ edits, Canto bight is not missed at all which leaves a lot of Kelly Tran on the cutting room floor. But this particular edit incorporates the use of Rose’s & Paige’s medallion that they wear ( I can’t remember if it’s name is referenced in the original besides that its made of a particular gold ). And even if it’s not explicitly said that they’re related (Since most edits cut this out), you get a sense that they are and what sacrifice Rose is willing to make in that final battle.

Rey’s training, using that score and the cut work in this edit is phenomenal, Luke is still a bit uptight and down in the dumps, he’s still scared of Rey’s potential, but he does train her, in this edit it just feels so smooth. I could’ve cut the whole ‘Rey actually reaches out and Luke smacks her’, but maybe thats just me. and sad to see the X-Wing didn’t appear in this edit as far as I could tell. (Also this seems like the best not throwing away the lightsaber edit I’ve seen)

Holdo is still Holdo, there’s not a lot you can do with her if you want the whole Poe vs Holdo gone, I enjoyed what you did. She’s regarded as an Admiral that wins battles, and she sacrifices herself to win this battle. (I was watching with a friend, and he said that since you kept Leia and Ackbar alive the whole movie, this could have been an edit where Ackbar does the self-sacrifice, there’s several good edits of it floating around. I found this amusing)

Re-scoring Luke vs Kylo, and keeping the saber green was just great. It fits in really well, and doesn’t get the audience too confused as to why his lightsaber is suddenly blue, while in the flashback(s) it was green.

Overall this is a stellar edit, everything that isn’t needed from the film is just left out. We don’t need Canto Bight, Poe vs Holdo, Lukes routine, Rose’s poor choice of words (Sorry Kelly Train). And everything we want is right there for us to enjoy. This is as close to loving TLJ as i’ll get, thank you.

Thank you very much for your review!

Hal 9000 said:

Finally got the new computer all set up. That SSD just needed to be mounted externally to be set up. But right now it’s migrating my old drive’s stuff onto the new one. Thanks again to everyone for helping get here.

YESSS!!!

That’s what I thought. I wish there was more deleted scenes of Holdo. If you want to make an edit in which she is not arrogant and a terrible leader, you don’t have much to work with.