Master Lawdog

Hal 9000 said:

Yeah. FCP7 is already well past it’s lifespan and I’m not in a hurry to learn all over again using something else. I’ll always have FCPX for personal or simple things, but I’m happy with having good 1080p Star Wars and LOTR stuff. That’s 95% of all I’ve edited anyway. This was always a short set of projects rather than a hobby. It’s just that those projects went on and on.

And it’ll take a handful of miracles to have the time required to eventually complete a TROS project.

Understandable, I was just curious if this has ever been a fun hobby to you as it has been for me and other fan editors. There are so many movies out there to cut your teeth into to fix up or do something special with that it keeps the future of fan editing thriving.

Do you still plan on retiring from fan editing once you’ve done your edit of The Rise of Skywalker?

I’m guessing that in the following years, there will most likely be an up-storm of edits of the Sequel Trilogy like there were for the Prequel Trilogy.

If anyone here is looking for these edits, don’t worry. I have Mega links to all three of them. Just PM me if you’d like them.

DZ-330 said:

Hal 9000 said:

Eh, it doesn’t really add anything IMHO.

I would argue that it helps make Kylo’s decision to kill his father more clouded. As he appears to be having memories of his father before he is tasked with taking him out.

I agree.

Have you thought about reinstating the deleted scene of Kylo Ren on the Falcon? DigModiFication did a really good job adding it back in.

Hal 9000 said:

I’d think it’d be a lot easier to remove Rey Palpatine and Rey’s Virtuous Parents in one fell swoop.

I really don’t know. Forgive me if I let this thread out of my mind for a while until we’re a little closer to being able to actually do much with it.

And like I said, I anticipate being a glorified figurehead for this, aiming to produce a “well, here you go” version anyone else can run with themselves. My point is: I doubt it’s gonna be me that comes up with any of the good ideas, not the least reason being a super busy home and work like to juggle.

That’s very understandable. I think a lot of others will do the same. Let’s hope that we will get a lot of deleted scenes come the film’s home release. Maybe even deleted scenes from the others in The Skywalker Saga 4K box set, considering that there’s about 27 discs included.

Switchitup said:
https://youtu.be/XHxOg6zNg9Q

I just played this cover over their duel on the Death Star, and it worked incredibly well! I really think you should try giving this a shot, Hal.

Switchitup said:

I think this score would fit perfectly into the rey and kylo Ren fight on the second death star. I hated how there was no big score it was just the waves crashing by. It needed its own Orginal score but this is a good compromise.

https://youtu.be/XHxOg6zNg9Q

Wow! That’s an incredible mix up!

gbechz said:

Honestly I didn’t know that fan edits existed until today! I’m very interested in watching all three of your films if you would be kind enough to send a PM with the links. Thanks so much

You’ll be very pleasantly surprised with Hal’s edits then.

Hal 9000 said:

I wish that angle was never put to film, but I’m not sure I want to go that route. We’ll see but I expect that won’t change.

I understand. I too am also someone who prefers sticking true to route. It’s even more difficult to do that with the Sequels now that they’re following the Original Trilogy. It was much easier for the Prequels because they preceded the Original Trilogy and were made afterwards. So it’s much easier for us to make changes to strengthen the continuity with the original three films.

Continuity can be fixed with the Sequels, but something tells me that J.J. Abrams changed Rey’s origin for this film, knowing how much backlash was given from her being a nobody in The Last Jedi, so he changed his original plan to satisfy the fans. I also don’t believe his word that Palpatine was always planned from the start of the trilogy, but that’s a discussion for another thread.

Just a suggestion, but do you think you’ll remove the reveal of Rey being Palpatine’s granddaughter at this point? I know that there are moments in the film that play towards this narrative, but they (like Palpatine offering her the rank as Empress) can still be kept in with an altering viewpoint and motivation.

He could offer her the throne knowing how powerful in the Force she is and ordered for her and her parents to be killed knowing her raw power that could potentially be a threat to him.

Her being his granddaughter does raise so many unanswered questions, especially who and when did Palpatine married to have a son. I’ve always liked the aspect of Rey being a nobody and rising (no pun intended) to become somebody worth of recognition. Even the ending of her doning the name Skywalker would make things even stronger without her being related to the Emperor.

Have you thought about adding Ben next to Luke and Leia at the end? It’s possible to do something like what George Lucas did to add Hayden at the end of Return of the Jedi. Take footage of Adam Driver and paste his head onto a double in front of a green screen wearing Jedi robes. Just a suggestion, but it may not work out.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Never trust Saltier Than Crait. Remember, they’re trying to push a certain narrative.

My bad. Sorry.

darkshadowspike said:

I don’t know if I should mention this or not, but have you seen the list of scenes cut that we may get come the Blu-ray release. This post should be taken with a HUGE grain of salt, though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/eisnd8/heres_what_ive_been_told_from_a_source_that/

https://twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/1213522476656775169

I wasn’t too sure about the legitimacy of this post. That’s why I said to take it with a huge grain of salt.

I don’t know if I should mention this or not, but have you seen the list of scenes cut that we may get come the Blu-ray release. This post should be taken with a HUGE grain of salt, though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/eisnd8/heres_what_ive_been_told_from_a_source_that/

Does anyone know what was cut out of The Rise of Skywalker, or will we have to wait for more details in the future. I know that there was more details on how Palpatine survived and who Matt Smith was playing.

Hal 9000 said:

I was thinking Rey would be most appropriate.

Yeah, now thinking about it along with the film’s title, you’re probably right.

Considering that the cover art for your edits of VII and VIII had Kylo Ren and Luke, will Palpatine be on the cover of this edit?

Hal 9000 said:

What is that, part of that new ride?

I won’t, but I could easily retitle this edit “Revenge of the Sith” or “The Phantom Menace.”

Yeah, and we all know that that may not work out well.

Hal 9000 said:

• Attempt to reinstate Han’s no-look shot with an added “huh” afterward.

If you’re planning on doing that, you can use a voice clip from the Lego game of The Force Awakens, as Harrison Ford actually voiced Han in the game. Here’s the link to the sound bytes ripped from the game.

https://www.sounds-resource.com/pc_computer/legostarwarstheforceawakens/

I didn’t know that Rey also healed his scar until someone pointed it out.

Have you ever thought about trimming up the sequence where Ben and Rey reunite after defeating Palpatine to remove the implication that Rey died. To me, there are many things in this movie where we explore what the Force can do, but resurrecting someone from the dead is kind of pushing it a little too far. It also wouldn’t be the power to cheat death as Palpatine told Anakin, since the person would have to be alive for them to be protected from dying.

snooker said:

I’m really scared that, if the reworks were as extensive as we fear, we’ll get a repeat of the Rogue One home release when it comes to deleted footage.

True, but Solo had even worse behind the scenes drama, and that got its deleted scenes released. We’ll be fine for The Rise of Skywalker.

Are you interested in branching in different story directions for the characters, or would rather keep as to what happens in the story. An example would be Ben’s death, and having him live in your edit (even though it would be almost impossible unless an alternate ending was shot and released to the public). I know you had Padmé survive your edit of Episode III, but that did make sense to tie more fittingly with Leia’s description of her in Return of the Jedi. Plus, those were prequels to the Original Trilogy, and these are sequels.