Work in progress:
Starless Starkiller Firing
I haven’t tackled the Finalizer removal yet, but it should be easier than the previous shot, which took days.
Username: A slightly ironic misspelling of Nerevar (+ the word Great) from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, which was carried over from the Elder Scrolls forums. Not super applicable here, but it serves.
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Also self-promotion, of course. 😃
They also made Boba Fett cool again. No small feat. 😉
“I have a package for Mr. Feet…
…Mr. Bob A. Feet?”
Yarael Poof
Yeah, that’s the guy. That really does look sh*t.
Robot Chicken had their fun with Poof. 😉
https://youtu.be/2emv5A7OlVM
Robot Chicken turned Yarael from nothing background character into my favorite Jedi.
In my version, I intentionally shifted things to the orange side to keep with the late afternoon feel.
DrDre said:
Practically nobody is interested in a special special edition.Based on Reddit, more people are interested in this than the OUT. Every time I see the subject of the different cuts come up anywhere other than here, someone inevitably says some variation of “the unaltered versions would be nice, but I’d rather they just get rid of the bad changes and update the CGI for the rest so that it will match the new movies”, and then everyone else upvotes it.
This is why I can’t stand the Star Wars reddit. It’s full of PT and SE worshippers who won’t stop posting about their tattoos and stick figure families. I see tons of people on there saying “most of the changes were great, just get rid of Greedo shooting and it will be perfect.”
I can understand their sentiment. After all, with Mike Verta’s project completed the original Star Wars has been well restored, and the original elements to the other two are in far better shape. The OOT will eventually be released, if not by Disney then by obsessive fans. If Disney wants to completely update the SE for a new generation, that would be par for the course with what we’ve gotten previously and continue the tradition of trying to keep these films relevant to the masses. It’s actually a fascinating experiment which has been going on since '77, and a part of me is saddened that Disney won’t continue that. I suspect that if there weren’t constant revisions, The OT would be increasingly be seen as a cultural artifact today, rather than a part of an ongoing story. The only reason I’m against the SE is that the OOT isn’t officially available.
Despite my rather lengthy cutlist and my vendetta against the name ‘Snoke’, this edit doesn’t really remove things from what I consider to be a movie already cut to the bone. The main focus is on adding or expanding on character moments, in order to more fully flesh out the world. So many of these suggestions would be rather incompatible with the purpose of the edit.
Also, I’m planning on keeping almost all of the Rathtar footage in the movie, just not in the places you’d expect 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QamKKdblpw
An interesting idea, albeit padded.
Yarael Poof
Yeah, that’s the guy. That really does look sh*t.
Them’s fightin’ words.
Best video I have ever seen when it comes to the dissection of the new disney films.
By his standard Ripley and Sarah Connor are passive protagonists
Both of those protagonists’ first films were on the horror side of Sci-fi, which is all about having things happen to them until they take action to defeat the threat.
It’s notable that their second films (Terminator 2 and Aliens) are much more conventional action films, allowing the protagonists to be very active.
Come on, that’s just special pleading. There are countless movies where things happen to the protagonist that they have no control over. All that matters is whether it’s well done or not. I mean think mow many origin stories involve something happening to the protagonist that serves as an inspiration for later action. Heck, Luke Skywalker was pretty damn passive until his parents got incinerated.
I don’t think the guy was trying to hate on anything, but some of his points were just silly.
Luke is passive for much of the runtime of Star Wars, but he’s still an active protagonist. There are really only 2 major actions that he takes without coercion: rescuing the princess and joining the Rebellion. However, these two actions drive the last half of the film, and that’s the point. There are often limited opportunities for the protagonist to take action, so those few actions must be consequential, and in Star Wars, they are.
In Alien, Ripley is in command throughout the second half of the film and continually drives the plot through her decisions (learning about the Company’s plans, confronting Ash, deciding to abandon ship, and most importantly overcoming her fear and using ingenuity to defeat the alien at the end). And it’s not special pleading to say that this is a horror film, since almost all horror films are designed so that the antagonist has the upper hand with the hero on the defensive for most of the runtime. The same can be said for Terminator.
With regards to Jyn and Rey, they are often passive protagonists because the few active character moments they share do not drive the remaining action, at least in the case of Rey. Jyn’s (somewhat confused) decision to get the Death Star plans galvanizes the entire Rebellion into action, which is a very active role but a bit late in the story. She really needed a decision in the 2nd act which was more impactful to the plot, like Luke’s rescue of Leia. In the case of TFA, Finn takes the active role in rescuing Rey and becomes the protagonist for almost the entire Starkiller plot, at least until Rey retrieves the lightsaber. I do not count her mind trick, since although it is an active choice, it doesn’t drive the plot - Finn could have almost as easily rescued her and arrived at the same place.
Best video I have ever seen when it comes to the dissection of the new disney films.
By his standard Ripley and Sarah Connor are passive protagonists
Both of those protagonists’ first films were on the horror side of Sci-fi, which is all about having things happen to them until they take action to defeat the threat.
It’s notable that their second films (Terminator 2 and Aliens) are much more conventional action films, allowing the protagonists to be very active.
It’s just so unbelievable in The Empire a Strikes back when Luke makes the lighsaber come to him in the wampa’s cave. I mean, he didn’t see anyone do that and wasn’t trained on it by Obi Wan. I wonder why they decided to make him so overpowered?
He was already established as being strong in the Force from ANH, and it had been several years since that. It would be stranger if he hadn’t progressed at all on his own.
This was early in the movie, where the filmmakers were re-establishing our leads and giving us an idea about how they had changed. Such a scene is essential character work.
The music and cinematography sold the fact that something impressive and magical was going on.
I kind of like it. It’s got a 30’s Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers vibe to it.
I usually like references to Flash Gordon, such as the Nubian Yacht:
But in this case the gun doesn’t work for me.
What’s she holding, a Noisy Cricket?
I feel like she’s gonna break that thing.http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Model_Q2_hold-out_blaster_pistol
That’s one ugly gun.
I love that.
I’d report this guy too. He’s made thousands off these:
Done and done.
This is a fascinating project. We will follow your progress with great interest.
It’s amazing how many commenters here respond in all seriousness to tongue-in-cheek suggestions.
Those look really good. The green lightsaber looks a little wide and goofy, but it was sort of like that in the original, just now the green draws the eye right to it.
It’s been over a year since the movie came out, so just about everyone’s given their review. All that’s left are the inevitable discursive posts investigating the minutia.
What’s she holding, a Noisy Cricket?
I feel like she’s gonna break that thing.
One issue with this extra scene is that if it is placed right before the Han/Kylo meetup, Leia should be telling them to evacuate the system immediately, since it’s too late for any backup to arrive in time. With that in mind, the official could head her off at the pass:
“This is Chancellor Lanever Villecham…”
“General, are you seeing this?”
“…I’m sorry General, but the Senate has decided to retain the fleet in case evacuations are deemed necessary.”
“Oh my, without the Republic Fleet we’re doomed!”
Any senator would do, but it might be neat to have the Chancellor of the New Republic speak before he’s incinerated.
JEDIT: Or perhaps, since we’re cutting several shots out of the Starkiller firing sequence, we could fill those gaps with the aforementioned receival of the Chancellor’s message. The sounds at the Resistance base could be muted and slowed down, as everyone listens to the last words from the Hosnian system. The speech could then overlap the shots of the system being destroyed, and be something particularly gut wrenching like ‘I have complete faith in your Resistance, and in you, your highness’.
Can’t speak for the reframing, but can’t compression cause changes in brightness? That doesn’t look like the sharpest stream and I’m guessing that’s an issue with the connection rather than the source file.
Compression can average the detail, making small sections of the image look brighter than normal, but there’s definitely extra brightening in the center of the image.
Done.
Why would that matter, if you don’t seem to care one way or another? Just leave it blank.
