I did research it back when I had the idea and it did seem plausible but I can’t remember the exactly details. I’ll have to check wookieepedia etc.
Good call. What if it’s Beskar?
Something that bugs the hell out of me, and I’d love to see removed in a fanedit, is the ring of little spikes that pop up on Rey’s yellow lightsaber at the very end of the movie. I was watching this scene earlier and it occurred to me how incredibly easy it would be to remove them, by taking a small rectangle of footage directly above them and duplicating it over them (I made a mockup from a still frame, but I’m not sure how to upload it in here).
Is it only me that hates those little spikes? To me, they turn a perfectly fine lightsaber design into something from 2012 DeviantArt. Hell, if it doesn’t bother anyone else nearly as much as it bothers me, and if someone can send me the bit of footage and tell me what to do with my export settings (Premiere Pro CS6 for Mac), I’ll even do it myself.
Are you talking about the triangular vent/flap things on top? They don’t bother me from a visuals/design standpoint, I’m more confused by how they seem to be entering the beam of the saber without being destroyed.
I’m with you on this. So, the Saber beam pushes them open and closes them again? Seems a little far-fetched.
Thanks. I’m so amazed at everyone’s contributions to this project. The idea came from this and it will only turn red once Palpatine takes the energy from Ben & Rey. I’m working on the wide shot of the lightning going up into the sky and hitting the ships. It starts off blue but then turns red. I just felt Exagol needed more colour and this would show that Palp has reached “ULTIMATE POWER”. It does take a frame-by-frame colouration much like the crackling Saber so it’s gonna take a while to finish.
I’m Celebrating my 1 year youtube anniversary today so I thought I’d make a video walking through of a bunch of new VFX scenes and ideas for this cut. A massive thank you to everyone who’s helped so far, especially to @poppasketti, @Dominiccobb @kewlfish, @snooker, @skenera, @bobafett89, @jxeditor, @luka, @21 peasant
I much appreciate the layman’s terms as all this export stuff is completely new to me. Way too many encoders and options but I always render in ProRes with .mov files but nothing I’ve rendered this year plays back in real-time anymore and neither Premiere pro nor After effects allow me to playback without glitching. It’s killing my workflow. 😦
Weirdly the old Fortress is playing fine in VLC but the new one doesn’t. AHHHHHHHHH!!!
I’m wondering if its my Adobe media encoder 2020 update. I can’t open the program in applications but CC and AF still use it.
I export all short clips in ProRes and AF files are .mov
For some reason my rendering times have gone through the roof. I used to do quick renders in 480p as it only took a few hours but now they’re up to 8-14 hours to render the whole movie. I’ve literally ran out of ideas.
I think the answer is no, but at any point in the ST, does Ben ever say “Grandfather” while unmasked?
Try hitting up whomever made this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZZlYYC24LY
I’m sure they’ll have him say “Grandfather” in the ROTJ video in maybe 2 months time…
I don’t think so but maybe the audio could be cleaned up? I swear at one point when Kylo first meets Palp his voice is modified despite not wearing the helmet.
I think we all have a baseline of crazy for even attempting to do what we do. 🤣
Here’s my clip of Vader’s Castle with dimmed lights
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yqc05kidwmuzfkk/Fortress.aviAnyone here with Premiere having issues trying to use this? Not sure if it’s the avi wrapper or whatever codec was used.
Same goes for Luka Frik’s lightsaber clips. Wonder if Premiere just doesn’t play well with .avi? Anyone know?
DUDE! Don’t even get me started. Something has happened this year and I can’t play anything back IRT using VLC, Premiere, or AF. I have to either convert the file or upload it to youtube to see them play properly. I’m losing my S***.
I thought I’d make this quick clip to break those shots up.
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1408525/action/topic#1408525
I really like the effect! But one thing feels off to me: The Falcon is going from right to left, then Poe is looking left to right, and then the Falcon exits hyperspace right to left. I feel like it throws off the screen direction of the sequence - we know the Falcon is facing left, but Poe is looking in the opposite direction. Consequentially, it feels like Poe is sitting backwards in the Falcon, like he’s facing the rear.
(Frankly, this is pretty sloppy in the J.J. Cut too; but it’s lessened a bit by the next shot being with Finn. So the feeling is less “J.J. goofed up the edit,” and more “Wow, there’s a lot of commotion right now. Which way do I look?”)
I wonder if it might work better if the Poe clip is mirrored? Given how quickly the clip passes, I don’t think it would be super noticeable. Heck, Doctor Who did that very thing with Big Ben. And that was freaking Big Ben.
I agree. I did try that but it then makes Poes face look weird and he’s then sitting in the wrong chair, I then switched the Falcon scene but then the satellite is on the wrong side. I’m putting this down to another JJ booboo and not mine 😉
In the mean time, please try to go to sleep
Seconded!
Hopefully his radio silence means he’s getting rest.
But if you’re awake, MR, what do you think of this new Star Wars clip?
https://youtu.be/Udj-o2m39NA
haha! Sneaky Sandman Poppa 😉 38 hours is my new personal best. I’ll try for 42 next time HAHA!
Yeah agreed, Your idea of the start is very similar to what I’ve done. I’ve changed the beginning completely and delayed Palps entrance.
My version opens up with Kylos (an edited version of Doms) flashback so from the start we know he’s split. Then goes into Luke & Leia’s conversation where Luke asks Leia to “Finish her journey”. Cut to Rey and Leia/training and then Rey introduces the wayfinder so we get an explanation of what it is before any reveal. Then our protagonists go on a journey and cut to Kylo meeting " hunting for the scavenger" then he finds the Wayfinder and hears Palp whisper “Find me!”. I cut the line “every voice inside your head” as I felt in undermines both Vader and Snoke’s characters and made TROS more about Palp returning now without the silly “I’ve been around from the start” “we had a plan all along” crap.
I’m paraphrasing but that delay needed to happen in my opinion just so it feels like the protagonist and antagonist are hunting for the Wayfinder at the same time and that there’s something at stake at least, without just a massive reveal at the beginning.
Another great idea! I like it
If you can link me to the scene and supply which ship you want I can give it a try. If it’s possible it shouldn’t take long to motion track etc.
No, I’ve given her death a grander meaning and a much more respectful send off.
Maybe Barbershop would suit the movie a little better? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLAx3VDX7g
Could end up sounding like this at 1:24:24 - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3lH_EMahMQM
NAILED IT!
Yeah, That’s what I usually do but I stumbled on a really easy pan option at the time I wasn’t doing sound. Can’t find it at all now. Would have been perfect for this part.
HAHA! That’s honestly not far off how I feel right now 😄
I’m definitely down with this idea. Looks like another voice call to fan editors for contributions, WIN!
Ooooh, that new shot for coming out of hyperspace at the start is awesome! Hope you can get some rest, though.
And to answer an earlier question, I shifted the pitch of a long sample of Kylo’s saber and basically move this sound around to match the saber’s movement and presence onscreen. It’s more subtle than Kylo’s sounds to match the more subtle visual effect. It relies on the original audio for swishes and swooshes.
Glad you liked it.
That’s cool. Are you using the pan feature for the sound? I can’t seem to find the pan option I used before. Is there a hotkey or menu I’m missing in premiere?
I’m so desperate to get this movie done so I can move on. It’s been over a year and I still have 5 major scenes to “Complete!”. 2 of my main VFX guys have Covid so it’s all down to me now. Being in the zone is close to sleeping, right? *insane laughter
No, I totally get it… I think it plays backwards when they exit and we usually see them going in. I hadn’t noticed that before but I just checked. The exit hole is definitely in alinement with Poes eyeline. I just learnt something 😃
That would be awesome but I’m not sure we’ve actually got any other recognizable Sith voices that would make sense or stand out unless you use voices from Clone Wars and Rebels?
I’ve added a scene where Palpatine is making Sith clones to suggest all the Monk type characters are “ALL THE SITH” and added ‘Duel of the fate’ choir chant over the introduction of the arena onlookers.
