Octorox

Cross-posted from the “Rey nobody” thread, Here’s a rough attempt at removing Rey Palpatine from the hangar scene: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kYcr_q8vZfmUBAkINFcC-tnqR7PMDRIl/view?usp=sharing
Unfortunately a lot of The LEGO Force Awakens lines I wanted to use didn’t work super well because Kylo’s shouting when he says them, whereas his tone in this scene is relatively calm.

Jar Jar Bricks said:

snooker said:

Work in progress shot!

I’m having a lot of trouble with the chroma key on the Star Destroyer (because the free program I use doesn’t have chroma key.) Does anyone have any suggestions for this?

I could render out my background plate (with moving waterfalls and clouds) and have someone else comp in the destroyer?

I could be wrong about this but doesn’t the Star Destroyer need to be a model from the old Empire? Why would it be a First Order type of Star Destroyer?

They are all First Order Destroyers. None of the destroyers in this sequence are part of the Sith fleet, just generic First order Destroyers stationed around various planets.

Here’s a rough attempt at something for the hangar scene: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kYcr_q8vZfmUBAkINFcC-tnqR7PMDRIl/view?usp=sharing
Unfortunately a lot of The LEGO Force Awakens lines I wanted to use didn’t work super well because Kylo’s shouting when he says them, whereas his tone in this scene is relatively calm.

EDIT: Made some slight timing and music edits.

I never liked the idea of turning Ajan Kloss into Naboo because it just seems crazy that they would be hiding out from Palpatine on…Palpatine’s home planet. Rebel/Resistance bases have always been on unpopulated planets and I’d prefer to keep it that way.

Ocrop27 said:

Hey, lurker here!

I was just wondering why do you guys think Ben’s ghost should apear at the end. In my perspective he should have lived, but since he became one with the force I find interesting why they chose not to put him with Luke and Leia. My best guess is that they wanted to leave some doors open, for example, maybe he is part of Rey now? I don’t know… Maybe some dyad thing. Anyway, I personally would prefer him not appearing (actually, I would prefer him alive), but that’s just me.

Going back to my cave now, you guys are amazing!

I mean, this is (as far as we know) the end of the saga. Not really sure why they would need to “leave doors open” in the final film. If they wanted to imply he was part of Rey they should have done more to make that clear imo.

nl0428 said:

Octorox said:

Here’s a shot of a First Order destroyer explosion from Battlefront: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h-7Rwh1w3X8TPY3v-0ZGiVL8HnKvzaW8/view?usp=sharing

I think shrunk down and with some color correction, blu, and grain, it could blend with the shot from Phantom Menace. I attempted it myself but I’m not going to share because I’m new at effects shots and it looks quite bad.

You need to mark it as shareable. We need to request access to it.

Oops, done.

Here’s a shot of a First Order destroyer explosion from Battlefront: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h-7Rwh1w3X8TPY3v-0ZGiVL8HnKvzaW8/view?usp=sharing

I think shrunk down and with some color correction, blu, and grain, it could blend with the shot from Phantom Menace. I attempted it myself but I’m not going to share because I’m new at effects shots and it looks quite bad.

dgraham414 said:

The Naboo shot should linger a bit longer, could we slow down the pan speed?

JEDIT: wait? Is that just a still image with a Ken Burns effect?

It’s just a placeholder for timing.

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

Cinefy said:

Tried to recut the Victory Celebrity to include Bespin, Naboo, Coruscant and Jakku as discussed.

Pacing Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajmm5L_GwEE&feature=youtu.be

Imo the new shots need to linger longer. I would nix Corellia.

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.