Managed to watch around half way. Some interesting choices of edit. I feel like you’ve gone a little heavy in place I.e. Zorii just popping up. Also seems to be a lot of cringe moments left in for an anti cringe cut. Most from Finn and 3PO saying “my friends”
You’ve made me think about Lando and the dagger a little more though, so thanks.
Some useful references for those interested in changing the colour of Exogol.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilSzostak/status/1259591570489085952
https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilSzostak/status/1260471814989496320
https://i.imgur.com/LwUZdSc_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
https://i.imgur.com/f8x6Krg_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
This hurts knowing what we could’ve had. Killing me!
Gave you a mention in my video today. Cheers for the heads up on continuity error.
I’ve heard y’all had a dagger-problem. I toyed around with this sequence a bit, this is a really rough proof of concept. What do you think?
https://vimeo.com/419573354
faneditAs you may notice, I’m also experimenting with color correction, because…damn this movie is fugly sometimes. 😄
That’s interesting. I cut and replace “A feeling” so many times. Are you trying to remove the dagger all together or just that scene?
I felt there were 3 choices, 1) Remove the scene completely 2) Change the dialog in that scene to cover Kylo missing Rey holding the dagger the whole time or 3) Add a digger in the last few seconds of that scene to fix the contuniety error.
I still haven’t decided which one is best but I’ve fixed the dialog so far…
Thanks to Movies Remastered, I got a Blu-Ray version of Vader’s Castle, and here is my first draft for color correction. I personally think it’s a little too pink, but I’ll let y’all decide. If it’s good then I’ll throw it into the drive, but if it needs another pass I can get back into DaVinci and take another crack at it.
https://vimeo.com/419430591
password - AscendantEdit: I left the clip longer so that an editor can cut the parts they don’t like, the bulge at the beginning is the ship and that’s the only super noticeable part of where the ship used to be.
Just looked on the big screen and there seems to be a weird ghost shape on the ridge half way through. I’m guessing thats the autofill struggling with the clouds?
f_cking luke hair hahah fixed
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AvvP6H-MP065thKbBST0tIrpBrWkFpE9
Your obsession pa8d off. Good work. Haha!
Thanks to Movies Remastered, I got a Blu-Ray version of Vader’s Castle,
https://vimeo.com/419430591
password - AscendantEdit: I left the clip longer so that an editor can cut the parts they don’t like, the bulge at the beginning is the ship and that’s the only super noticeable part of where the ship used to be.
I’ve just shut my computers down but it looks amazing on my phone. I’m just off to bed but I’ll check it in the morning.
Forgot to ask if you could leave more on the front clip but you did it anyway so it’s hopefully perfect.
Thanks for a fast turn around. You’re welcome.
Leia says come home
https://vimeo.com/419416620
fanedit
I looked everywhere for Leia to say that but couldn’t find it. It still sounds a cut off but the over all sound effect is really nice.
Leia does distract him. She’s not the one who redeems him, it’s Rey. Kylo starts second guessing his dark path after Rey “kills” him and then revives him. The “hallucination” of Han is a personification of Ben’s internal struggle. He’s reliving a memory of his darkest moment and realizing it could’ve gone differently.
I’ve cut Leia and given Han full retribution. It’s such an awesome payoff and flows much better without Leia at this point.
I think there’s about 6 seconds from the original footage that’s usable (before it there’s a fade from black and after there’s titles on screen). The clip I posted is 5 seconds. So I may be able to make an alt where I add the 6th second, and have the ties come in 2 seconds later, so you have 2 seconds clean and 4 seconds of ties. Would that work?
Your version looks really good. The framing and colour seems much better.
Anything would be great. It is right on the nose as it stands now so a few seconds would make all the difference.
Do you mean this documentary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txLoFqFyr08&t=4738s
One thing that I can’t unsee is the road with the few cars on the top left corner of the forest.
Removed the road/cars from the shot. Good call!
https://vimeo.com/419338556
pw: faneditKewlfish, I can send you something later without any color correction so you can match your shots!
Is there any way you could add a few seconds before the tight fighters come into shot? I’m trying to work out transition times. Such a good scene. Thanks
The only problem with the alt shot is that there should not be any rocky mountains in the background, they were removed in post in the rest of the shots.
Took a shot at removing the mountains for the alt-take “Rey Skywalker” shot (at 20 seconds in).
https://vimeo.com/418315742
pw: fanedit
Oh, You found the footage. Nice! The thing I’ve noticed about that whole scene is the constant changing of background colours. It’s a really nice scene you’ve made there.
I’ve read the interviews, but I feel they may be singing different tunes if their careers don’t have quite the upward trajectory they are hoping for. I think Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver are going to continue to go on and be involved with bigger projects and be potential leading men. I don’t know if Daisy or John are going to be able to carry a movie by themselves, but time will tell.
John seems to be burning Disney bridges on Twitter and I personally don’t think Daisy is a strong enough actor to carry her own movie. We shall see…
That’s my theory. Disney has always had deleted scenes, and Lucasfilm too, it’s definitely a cash grab for the eventual extended directors cut
If they drop it after I finish my edit I’m gonna go mad! TROS has been the hardest edit I’ve done and I’ve almost given up a few times. It’s looking amazing now though.
TRoS had a cut subplot of Rey building her lightsaber throughout the movie:
https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilSzostak/status/1261714380837711872?s=19https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilSzostak/status/1261695656457977857
Definitely a missed opportunity. I wouldn’t mind in the future for Daisy and John to reprise their roles in a Disney Plus show or mini series with Rey reforming the Jedi Order and Finn being her first student.
Both Daisy and John have said “You ain’t gonna Disney+ me!”
Any official reason why they refuse to release those scenes?
Nothing official but I feel Disney was going to do a cashgrab and release an extrended version blu-ray at some point. They did delelted scene for every other movie but TROS. So frustrating!
Yeah, I just threw my copy in and it’s starts at about 1:12:55. Thanks, I appreciate this!
Randomly, that’s exactly where I stopped watching last time. All sorted. PM me where you want it sent…
Do you have a timestamp by chance?
TRoS had a cut subplot of Rey building her lightsaber throughout the movie:
If I can ever raise the funds this is the first scene I’m shooting.
Release the deleted scenes, already!!!
I am currently waiting for a new external blu-ray drive so this was made from a clip from youtube which I think explains why it kind of looks grainy, but this is what the clip looks like with all of the crazy encoding that youtube does.
https://vimeo.com/419366330
password - AscendantAlso I agree with DZ-330, @poppasketti is a VFX god!
Do you want me to see if I have a higher res version of the movie and crop the clip for you?
It looks awesome on my phone screen but I’ll check it when I’m home. Great work as always.
Yeah I can try to recolor that one. Also, I love your channel and content. You were the editor that inspired me to use the Nat Geo footage in the first place!
NO WAY!!?? That has made me SO happy! Your work is amazing! I finished my rough cut a few days ago but I’m literally re-editing scenes just to try and add your segments now. This forum is awesome!!
Here’s the source: https://youtu.be/cwP9LB_i8P8
I wasn’t sure yet where tie fighters should go in Kewlfish’s 2nd shot, but I really like the first shot Chase Adams found in the clip above.
Here’s a possible option for a tie flyover:
https://vimeo.com/419338556
pw: fanedit
You and Kewlfish are killing these scenes. SO GOOD!
https://vimeo.com/419340235
password - Ascendant
Did you do a version of the first castle establishing shot you did?
These are amazing!!
Like this? (0:31) https://youtu.be/dFG0YgxEN2M
That Leia & BB8 scene ❤
I agree that the helmet scene works better in the opening, if only for continuity reasons.
I’m just not a fan of that piece of music over the helmet scene at that point of the movie. I’ll probably try something more dramatic but there’s too much soundtrack coming from the centre channel. I’ll play around when I get more time.
I thought some of your changes were excellent, they even inspired some of my edits.
Wow! That’s pretty encouraging to hear. Thank You!
How close are you to finishing your edit?
At the moment I’m working out the structure of the plot. I’m really still in the brainstorming phase, figuring out the right structure for the first act, which really is the trickiest part of the film. I’m experimenting with different ideas
though.
I’ve decided to completely redesign an opening scene between Leia & Luke to slow the pacing down. Here’s a small list of what I’ve done so far.
