Octorox

I wouldn’t want to lose Jakku. A.) because it’s Rey’s home planet and B.) because it’s where this trilogy started and C.) Because there’s sort of poetry to the destroyers of this war becoming relics on Jakku, just like the war before. I’d also very much prefer Naboo to Corellia because I think anyone who didn’t watch Solo (which is a lot of people judging by its box office performance) would be lost.

I’d say no to Tatooine, one because it’s visually similar to Jakku, and two because we actually see it like ten minutes later in the movie.

I’d pick somewhere populated. Naboo, Canto Bight or Kijimi come to mind.

If we want to go outside the movies, there’s Lothal (from Rebels), Onderon (from the EU and then Clone Wars), Corellia (from EU and then Solo), Jedha (from Rogue One) and Batuu (from the Galaxy’s Edge theme park)

Personally I’d probably go with Naboo, even if it means two prequel planets. If we look at the movie as a whole, the OT has three planets represented: Endor, Bespin and Tatooine.

I’ve been thumbing through the latest workprint, and I’m loving most of the changes. The only thing I’m not so keen on is how the Knights of Ren on Passana is moved up to break up the underground sequence. I wonder if it would be better to just move the little Leia/Rose/Snap scene there instead? I think it would be fine to cut straight from the quicksand to to everyone falling through on the bottom, since I don’t think there’s any doubt that our heroes are going to survive, and they’re still in a relative state of peril, so I don’t think it would take away from the Leia scene either.

I still like the idea of Rey representing a “vergence in the Force” like Anakin was. It gives Kylo something impactful to say in the hangar scene (although you’d need to create new dialogue wholecloth) and keeps her from being actually related to anybody.

Something like this:

Rey: Why did the Emperor come for me? Why did he want to kill a child? Tell me.
Ren: Because he saw what you would become. You don’t just have power. You’re a vergence in the Force Rey. The most powerful nexus of Force energy since my grandfather. I didn’t want to accept it, but it’s the truth.

For years, I’ve been chasing his power, and all this time it’s been right in front of me. In you. Palpatine fears your power, Rey. We’ll kill him, together, and take the throne.

EDIT: I spent a few hours re-sorting the LEGO Star Wars voiceover lines by character instead of level. This should make relevant lines easier to find: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x9jVm0p8GydqtH1Vvl0SHtfbuIfkUzJV?usp=sharing

Minor thought, but I feel like it might make sense to add Luke’s line from TLJ “You went straight to the dark” somewhere in Rey’s vision. I think anything that plays up Rey’s struggle with the dark side/her power will help sell the removal of Rey Palpatine.

Yeah, I like the version with just the new TIE shot. I feel like it adds a needed buffer between the two shots and looks seamless.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Could you just cut to the chase and tell us what the lines are?

From Dom’s thread

Octorox said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1g_udRtF1Y
“I can feel it in you, I can feel the darkness”
“Embrace the darkness”
“Surrender to it”
“Feel it course through your veins”
“You could command armies”
“You could vanquish your enemies”
“You could bring planets to their knees with your merest whim”
Unfortunately it’s all “unmasked Kylo” so it would need to be processed with a filter.

Thought I’d share this here (also posted in Dom’s thread). I managed to rip all of the audio files from The LEGO Force Awakens video game. There’s some interesting Kylo dialogue in particular that could be useful in a Rey nobody edit.

All the audio from the game can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IwXaXgiJsnwf31h34hp5VQDTPU2UnJ59?usp=sharing

There’s a lot to sift through, but the Kylo lines I mentioned in particular are in AUDIO > VO > DX > INGAME > LEVEL16. There are clips in a bunch of different languages but they’re all labeled in the filename.

RogueLeader said:

Thanks for sharing all of that! Do you know if there are any lines for Leia as well?

I believe so, although I’m not sure if they will be useful.

And here’s all the audio from the game:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IwXaXgiJsnwf31h34hp5VQDTPU2UnJ59?usp=sharing

There’s a lot to sift through, but the Kylo lines I mentioned in particular are in AUDIO > VO > DX > INGAME > LEVEL16. There are clips in a bunch of different languages but they’re all labeled in the filename.

I recently extracted all the audio from The LEGO Star Wars Force Awakens video game, looking for Kylo stuff that could be useful in a “Rey nobody” edit. Unfortunately it seems like either the extraction went wrong or all the files are just mislabeled, because stuff labeled Kylo Ren is clearly not. However, if I can find them, there are some cool lines here that could be useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1g_udRtF1Y
“I can feel it in you, I can feel the darkness”
“Embrace the darkness”
“Surrender to it”
“Feel it course through your veins”
“You could command armies”
“You could bring planets to their knees with your merest whim”
Unfortunately it’s all “unmasked Kylo” so it would need to be processed with a filter.

Luka Frik said:

Octorox said:

Does this work? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B374STNUafUTx0V8qjZTDouqOYf08dvv/view?usp=sharing

That’s great ! How did you manage to extend the sound ?

I slowed it down also and checked “mantain audio pitch” in Premiere.

Hal 9000 said:
And I don’t have the ability to smooth out slowed footage. Can anyone stretch that shot, though? It’d be seamless if smoothed.

Does this work? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B374STNUafUTx0V8qjZTDouqOYf08dvv/view?usp=sharing

Hal 9000 said:

Here’s an intended-as-final Mustafar sequence.

https://vimeo.com/433244859

I like it, but I still feel like the color grading and foliage in the Battlefront shots don’t quite match up (along with the in-atmosphere Star Destroyer being a bit weird). These are definitely nitpicks though so I’d be okay with this being the final version.

dgraham414 said:

This is definitely a nit-pick but in the transporter shot you can see the star destroyer in the sky and you don’t see it in any other shots in the atmosphere.

I wonder if it would be possible to add the shadow of the star destroyer over the landscape in the TIE shot.

Also I’m not totally sure how I feel about the new clip. I think the cut from the troopers to Kylo is too abrupt.

Id probably need to listen to them a bunch of times but off the top of my head

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Watching it again, I noticed that the foliage in the Battlefront shots is quite different, with big ferns and other things we don’t see in the original film footage. I’m not sure if that could be addressed. Otherwise it might be best to play it safe and just use the flyover.

EDIT: It’s really just the one shot of the transports landing, and in hindsight maybe it’s not that bad.

StarkillerAG said:

I disagree. I think the Battlefront trailer footage and the lava river are too obviously computer animated<

Compared to pretty much every shot of the clones in Attack of the Clones I think it looks far better. I mean, it does look like CGI, but many shots in these films are mostly or entirely CGI. I just don’t think it looks noticeably worse than other effects shots in the film. Maybe if they were actually shooting it for the film they would have used actors in suits but unfortunately we don’t live in that universe.

StarkillerAG said:

I don’t know if it works. Right now, it seems too “unofficial” to be usable. Maybe Poppa’s TIE fighter shot could work on its own, but I think everything else should go.

On the contrary, I think the Battlefront trailer stuff looks great and blends seamlessly, as does the shot of the volcano behind trees. I could take or leave the overhead lava shot though.

Hal 9000 said:

Also, here’s a test of Mustafar. Visuals come from poppasketti and LILLIAN. Audio by LILLIAN, modded and scored by me. Not sure about the choice of music, but here’s where we are:

https://vimeo.com/432620165

I almost feel it would be better if the troop transports (AALs) were seen flying over the forest instead of the TIES. It’s a little disjointed to see The three TIES flying to the Star Destroyer, (presumably) the same three TIES flying over the planet and then troop transports landing from somewhere.

I also think the color correction could be matched a bit better.

StarkillerAG said:

I wouldn’t want Exegol to be Korriban. The planet was already shown in Clone Wars season 6, so a lot of the mystery surrounding Palpatine’s lair would be lost.

That’s what I was thinking. Exogol can’t be Korriban because for plot reasons it needs to be hard to locate.

AbramPT said:

Okay, so this is most likely excessive, but hear me out.

If we’re talking canon here, Rey’s father is less of an actual son of Palpatine, and more of a “son” in that he is a clone originally created to eventually house Palpatine’s consciousness. Since this edit is already emphasizing the cloning aspect of Palpatine on Exegol, it would be a real “chef’s kiss” moment if Rey’s father was deepfaked to have Ian McDiarmid’s facial features. It would also help remedy the fact that, because of how the theatrical movie plays out, we have all imagined old and disfigured Palps having sex with Rey’s grandmother and those thoughts are best kept in the recesses of our subconscious.

This would be cool but I doubt it could be done 100% convincingly. Deepfakes can be uncanny but you can usually see the seams.

Ooh…this is promising.

Edit: There is a “feature length” documentary on the making of Episode III (Within a Minute). Do you plan to integrate that material as well or does this sort of stand alongside it?

Hal 9000 said:

As long as this doesn’t feel to abrupt, I think we got it: https://vimeo.com/432014515

In any of the other movies I’d think better of it, but in TROS it’s probably okay.

I think it works.

Hal 9000 said:

Awesome! Makes me feel like I’m publishing a 70’s grindhouse flick. 😃

Here’s poppasketti’s visual and my audio for Ochi’s ship leaving. Be honest, does this feel legit?
https://vimeo.com/431955828

Imo it still needs another pass. The flight path is a little too straight and Kylo looks a little bit copy/pasted into the shot, not sure why.