Movies Remastered

Oops! I did say my sarcasm gets me in trouble. My apologies guys.

I just felt things were bubbling up between some of you so I thought I’d address it with some banter. I guess it gets lost in text but I’m glad people felt the same. The word “arguing my point” really doesn’t have to be til the death. If I’ve learned one thing from editing star wars, it’s that people can have completely different opinions and still get on. Happy to see it’s got us back on track though.

Here’s where I’m at:

I’ve remasked the T-Minus 5 windows as they had a slight round edge that I wasn’t happy with. They are now square to match the Falcon shape and is finished.

Crackling Saber is on hold as I’m becoming way too picky about the effect and it seriously changes under a different light. Sometimes the particles animate perfectly, while in other shots they seem to have an energy flow. No idea why, They all have the same settings but I’ll figure it out once I get more time.

Not sure if you’re going with the Sith Red Lightning? but those scenes are looking incredible but again, my perfectionist ways are picking holes in everything I do.

@sherlockpotter Lightsabers fizzling out near the end of the Death Star battle, and after Palpatine’s defeat (In development, I think? I remember seeing a test clip, possibly done by MR?) Is finished. My next video will be on this scene so I’ll upload some test shots once I release that tutorial.

@Burbin I forgot to bring it up a way back, but didn’t MR’s shot of Vader’s Fortress in the background still have the ‘lights’ on? I couldn’t even tell but if it does I’m sure it’ll be an easy fix for this cut. I’m personally leaving them on to show the Mustafarians still using it. Didn’t it use to be a monastery or something?

@NeverarGreat Eventually I hope to do the timecode removal of the Klyo scene and several others from TFA, but the time and effort required are quite daunting. If you ever do this please let me know. I was going to attempt it when I revisit the other movies so that would be a load off if you manage it. Thanks! EDIT: DUDE, Those other clips that look awesome. Nice work

@sherlockpotter Potentially recoloring Ahch-To to go from nighttime to sunrise? (Discussion – I don’t think we decided one way or the other. I personally like the idea though. Plus, if the sky becomes purple at sunrise, it would symbolize Leia’s new lightsaber color.) This is a beautiful idea. I’d love to see this happen.

Oh cool, I didn’t get a notification for these replies. Honestly, The amount of money this edit has cost me already $300 would be worth it just for that perfect pay off.

Or maybe just come up with some ideas that you can execute yourself to actually help lighten the load on others?

Absolutely! I was talking with another editor a few days ago about adding some young Ben flashbacks to TLJ somewhere. I’d love to see the deleted scenes for TROS. Especially the Oracle scene on Mustafar.

I just found out about the comic strip of Chewie playing with Ben when he was a kid and him having flashback while having a clear headshot in TFA. He then switched to a hip shot because of their connection. I thought that was pretty cool.

sherlockpotter said:

Heck, Kylo talks to Palps in a hallway, then leaves through a door; and the next time we see him, he re-enters what looks like an identical hallway. What was he doing in that other room, I wonder…?

Don’t know if you noticed but there is no door in that hallway. They just add the sound to help the transition. It’s so stupid haha! That’s a great idea btw. Let me know if you manage to finish it…

Hal 9000 said:

You’re right, it’s like any hobby that requires working together as a group. We build camaraderie and work toward our common goal.

That said, I can’t wait to see what you’ll cook up.

I absolutely agree! There are definitely some characters in this forum. I’ve been really enjoying the huge dopamine highs when great ideas start snowballing and becoming physical scenes. This forum has really pushed my skills and ideas to places I wouldn’t have dreamt of a year ago.

RogueLeader said:

poppasketti said:

Shaddy Zaphod said:

I think “fanboys who can’t let go” is the opposite of this. The fact that this is all in-service of a community effort to turn something they didn’t like into something they do (or, well, tolerate) purely for the sake of their own personal enjoyment is inspiring.

Agreed. I think RL and I were just having a little fun. If we didn’t agree with you, none of us would be here! Although it is becoming clearer that many of us our losing our minds. Maybe one day when I can stop wiping down bags of potato chips with lysol, things will be in better perspective.

No, I was serious…

Haha, not really, but after all of these years sometimes I do ask myself what the point is in all of this effort. But it is just like any other hobby, really. We do it because we enjoy it. And it is nice to hear the positive perspectives!

Anyway, I think I’ll get started on the puppets this weekend. Whenever I get to filming, I think I’ll film the puppets separately, which will make it easier for editors to place and time them however they please.

That would be awesome, dude. Are you gonna film them on greenscreen? Honestly can’t wait to see what you make 😄

I’ve just rewatched the whole Passana scene and I think we could possibly triple the clean plate…

1: Walker vs Luke. (Clean plate)
2: Cut to group of kids
3: Walker falling (Clean plate)
4: Kids laughing close up
5: “Skywalker” win (Clean plate)

Continue scene.

Jar Jar Bricks said:

I ask that because Poppa’s wonderful work was buried in our previous discussion so it was likely whoever was willing to do it didn’t notice it was finished.

Dude, I understand your excitement but chill out! You seem to be dominating this thread lately, no wonder things are getting lost.

Just tagging in here. My cut is basically a Rey Nobody edit up until she says “Rey Skywalker”.

If you need any help with scenes just let me know. All mine are finished. It’s just the crackling Saber, Sith Red lightning and a few other VFX shots that need to be finished now so if there’s any specific scenes you’re struggling with just ask.

RogueLeader said:

My proposed title:

The Rise of Fan-Editors: Underground Artists, or Fanboys Who Can’t Let Go?

Omg!! Can I use that for a video title? Genius 🤣

sherlockpotter said:

Movies Remastered said:

I’ve actually removed all the Rey Palpatine references/storyline. I feel it leaves a bit more mystery than shoe horning the family link to Palps.

Oh that’s brilliant, MR! I was just wondering how the community’s progress on Rey Nobody was coming, since Hal was waiting until a blueprint for it could be conceived. Maybe you could share the techniques you used in the main Rey Nobody thread?

I didn’t realise there was a thread. I thought Hal was just removing the “Rey Skywalker” part. Can you link Me? I’d be interested to see how that last scene plays out. No way she was gonna be a Palpatine in my cut!

I’ve been trying to replace the Lando and Janna final scene with one of Lando by Leia’s bed side. Can anyone think of any usable dialogue to use here? The whole “give Leia my love” and Rey saying “You should tell her yourself” was never paid off but would’ve been such an easy and respectful scene to do.

I’ve actually removed all the Rey Palpatine references/storyline. I feel it leaves a bit more mystery than shoe horning the family link to Palps.

So was the line “we are a dyad” now changed to “we’ve become…”?

Yeah, Poppa sent me first run this morning. It’s epic!

Damn, 4 new pages!! Anyone wanna paraphrase what I’ve missed?

That clip from sherlockpotter sounds great.

Can we still have a “pew pew” though? 😉

Random sleepless thought again: As the Acki Acki festival is every 42 years wouldn’t it be better for the puppet show to depict the OT? Maybe having an AT-AT tripping up from the wires which makes the kids laugh? Or maybe combine the two sequences with TLJ, a few pew pews which Luke deflects the bolts while a ship trips up the walker as a more showreal of “Skywalkers” brilliance.

If that’s the case, I think this could fix my lighting issue I had for my final scene. Nice!

Ok, this is completely off topic and probably insomnia kicking in but…

In both OT and prequels aren’t we seeing the binary sunSET going down left of the homestead? If this is the case why does the sunrise from the same spot at the end of TROS? 🤔

This is the kinda stuff that keeps me up at night. 🤣

I’m not sure. The main issue is the puppet arm and the thing it throws. A Walker could hide some sins.

I’m basically gonna go back to the drawing board, start by content-filling the ball and wire which I’ve just learnt a new trick on how to do, then remask the puppet and try to clone over the fire bucket once the other parts look seemless.

I’m still pretty new to AE but this would be a nightmare cover job even for a pro I think. Basically because there is no symmetry to the backdrop so if you just clone it your eye would see the pattern.

My sarcasm online always gets me in trouble hence why I try to use emoji’s incase it’s missed.

Jar jar, the trouble is material is extremely difficult to do especially with wind movements. The amount of days it’ll take to get right out weighs it’s importance to my work load right now. I will take another run at it when I can but if anyone else what’s to try in the meantime just let me know…

Hal, No.3 😉

jarbear said:

Jar Jar Bricks said:

Just changing the subject - does MR have any status updates on the clean puppet plate? As in, does he think it’s possible to do?

We can all agree that he is not allowed to sleep and work on it non stop. Granted, he may go crazy and lose his mind … but sacrifices must be made.

Right MR?!

That’s pretty much what I’m doing! 🤤💻 I’m currently collaborating with a few people so those scenes are taking president atm.

I think a lot of people are confusing “banter” for bickering. JJ doesn’t really seem to get a grip of friendly banter, especially when one has a gun to his head.