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Here’s the mockup, with significantly streamlined subtitles: https://vimeo.com/238169635
Password: finn

Another even more blunt possibility is:
“I hear you’re looking for some labor.”
“Yes, but you need not fear the First Order here.”
“It’s neutral ground.”

Okay, this is something I’ve been working on for a while.

I realized while getting close to finishing the Technicolor ANH project that I wanted an original poster to go with it, and to use as DVD/Blu-ray art (if it was worthy). For these projects I like to give myself plenty of conceptual requirements to make it a creative challenge, and for this the requirement was to feature all of our heroes in a scene which occurred (or could have occurred) during the film.

There is only one scene in ANH that features all the heroes, and this is during the Death of Obi-wan. So I tried to find a way to make a dramatic composition of the scene, but the geography of the set meant that either Obi-wan or the other characters would be too far away to render in detail.

Switching gears and thinking it over, I realized that there was one other scene that could potentially work:

This meant contriving a moment before the destruction of Alderaan where R2 decides to show Chewbacca the Leia hologram. Since Han doesn’t seem to know about Leia on the Death Star, I had him turning away from the hologram, as if he’s just finished target practice and is going to hang around in the cockpit for a while.

This is just a sketch colored with Photoshop, so the details aren’t final. I’m considering making the hallway a more natural warm tone, for example. So, any thoughts on color/composition before final painting?

JEDIT 11-20-17: I’m in the middle of doing the final drawing, which is on full-size 27 by 40 inch Masonite. It’s a bit overwhelming, so in the meantime I’ve gone back and finessed the color and lighting of the sketch:

http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/WLLNNN8X
I tried making a warm-colored hallway but it was too distracting. Blue it is!

JEDIT 12-20-17: The final drawing is complete.

Now I just have to get to the painting!

Yeah, I was torn between making it cryptic so as to underscore the general theme of the castle (it’s a place where everyone finds a way forward) and being specific about its Casablanca-esque feel.

DuracellEnergizer said:

moviefreakedmind said:

darthrush said:

Warbler said:

I have a bad feeling about this.

I’m definitely not looking forward to the porgs myself. I can see everyone raving about the movie and always just adding in "oh and if only you could get rid of the Porgs.

They’re an ugly kind of manufactured cute.

Like E. T.

TV’s Frink said:

OH NO YOU DONT

You are flawed. And imperfect!

And less consequential than the Ewoks.

Humans did it. Humans did it all.

And one computer.

darthrush said:

DominicCobb said:

Adding more Porgs will be the most popular fan-edit request/idea once the Last Jedi is released.

Bet.

Porgs are currently my favorite part of TLJ.

Embrace the aPorgalypse.

Thanks!

Since changing our hero’s decisions is beyond the scope of the edit (and everyone seems to like it), I cordially retract my previous suggestions 😃

Since we remain locked into the Finalizer FX for V2, I’ve been thinking again about the general lack of panic at the castle (yeah, it’s still bothering me after 30 pages). But I think I may have a solution! Perhaps something for V3 anyway…

In the original, there’s very little exposition about Maz’s Castle. In fact, it’s not much different than the Cantina. However, from background sources we know that although Maz is a pirate there’s a strict no-violence policy, and from the film we know that it’s been there for 1000 years. From this information it makes sense that there’s at least an informal agreement among all factions of the galaxy that Maz’s castle is inviolate. It may even be a place of political asylum, more like Casablanca than the Cantina. The problem is that this isn’t communicated in the film.

There are a few shots in the deleted scenes of Finn talking to the aliens who would take him to the outer rim. Combining these with the section in the film, there may be enough to subtitle. Something like:

Finn: 'I heard you’re looking for some labor.'
Alien 1: 'Ah, running from trouble.'
Alien 2: 'Tell him.'
Finn: 'I was told you can get me to the outer rim.'
Alien 1: ‘Yes, but there’s no danger here.’

Or something more cryptic:

Finn: 'I heard you’re looking for some labor.'
Alien 1: 'If there’s anything you seek…'
Alien 2: '…So they say…'
Alien 1: '…Maz provides all you need.'
Finn: ‘I was told you can get me to the outer rim.’

Did Silverwook just post a spoiler for a movie with a soon-to-be released remake?

The first movie I remember seeing in the theater was Aladdin (1992). The next one I remember was Hocus Pocus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z

I was referring to this, actually: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/politics/trump-nfl-jemele-hill.html

"WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to use federal tax law to penalize the National Football League over players who kneel in protest during the national anthem, but the White House later backed off, saying he was only making a point.

Escalating a political fight that has resonated with his conservative base, Mr. Trump said Congress should eliminate a law that allowed the N.F.L. central office to avoid paying taxes as a nonprofit entity. “Why is the NFL getting massive tax breaks while at the same time disrespecting our Anthem, Flag and Country?” he wrote on Twitter. “Change tax law!”"

I don’t think the issue is that a private company changed its rules, so much that the government threatened said private company because it wasn’t behaving patriotically.

Lord Tobias said:

I want to bring this up

Snoke looks like majorie Caton palpatine…right down to the skin color and eyes

Google didn’t help me in divining what you’re talking about.

That got weird.

PKV said:

At least Snoke looks a lot better this time around.

Although he mispronounced fulfill as ‘forfill’, it’s fine.

Also, Riventing avatar you’ve got there.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

How do you feel about the saga continuing after RotJ?

Nunb

WYSHS

Just realized that we’ve got B-wings up in this.

I as well also like it.

I was thinking of posting this very thing. Great analysis.

SilverWook said:

In the end, it didn’t matter that Luke was back. It made no difference who the characters were, the battles they fought, the victories they won. All that mattered were the Porgs. The Porgs saved Star Wars. The Porgs became Star Wars.

In 100 years, when children watch movies, they will be introduced to the movies that started it all, that gave birth to the Porg cinematic universe. Star Wars will live on.

I made a Porgins.

So, thoughts and speculation on the trailer:

I wonder how much of the movie is really being shown here. It feels like even the Rey/Snoke scene could be as early as halfway through the film, if Luke declines to train her and Kylo arrives on the island.

We see nothing of Canto Bight.

Chewie looks, if possible, even stranger than in TFA. This is the one thing that really bugs me about the whole trailer. I’m all about them Porgs however.

There appears to be a big attack on a Republic stronghold, perhaps quite early on. If this is where Kylo decides that he can’t destroy Leia, he would fall out of favor with Snoke and Rey would replace him. I doubt very much that she would, of course, so my guess is she accepts him as her teacher. Side note, it’s irritating that they have an ‘upgraded’ medical frigate. It was annoying that it was a standard ship of the line in ROTJ, and it’s stupid that it’s remained so 30 years later.

This has the sort of action I expect of a climactic final installment of a trilogy, so it may not be too much to expect that the Republic destroys much of the First Order, or vice versa (though I doubt that). It would be refreshing to have the war somewhat settled going into the final chapter, to focus on the characters, but perhaps that’s too much to hope for.