What exactly is a “respecialized” version?
HD Reconstruction of the 1997 special edition. And afaik Harmy only did ANH but I believe there are reconstructions of the other two out there.
Haha, that is Hal’s actual voice! Unless we want to make an AI voice or Hal to use for edits forever.
To be fair, I think ifjg is referring to the “Padme dies” version, which uses the original audio, not Hal’s redub.
Any chance you would put Yoda’s exile into Dagobah into the Padme Dies version? Revenge of the Sith: Rebalanced found a nice spot for it with interrupting the flow of the ending.
This looks great! I would recommend adding a film grain filter as well to really capture the look.
All this AI dialogue stuff sounds really promising. I definitely think we could generate some stuff specifically for the Rey Nobody version as well.
Just gave V1.1 a watch. Bravo! I think this has supplanted Restructured as my go-to Force Awakens edit at this point.
I wonder if just speeding it up slightly and mixing it with the original delivery would work.
To be fair, I was dragged reluctantly (mostly by my own self, but still) into fan editing TROS, which is an inherently optimistic endeavor. I still feel like all TLJ needs is an epilogue to feel like a good ending.
Hmmm…this makes me wonder if you could create a good epilogue to TLJ using footage from TROS. I’m not sure what you would even include.
NeverarGreat said:
I pulled that sound effect from TROS because in my world TROS doesn’t exist 😉 But of course if it bugs people, I can remove it. I feel like Rey should have some reaction to Chewie’s apparent death though.
Are you planning to make Starlight a duology? I’d be interested in a version of The Last Jedi that conclusively works as an ending.
This is really intriguing! Do you have any preview clips?
Resistance is ripe for this kind of edit, but unlike the other two I feel like it has very little imprint on Star Wars canon overall (at least so far). The ties to the sequel trilogy don’t really do much to recontextualize those movies.
Nobody’s given me any feedback yet. I think you’ll just have check it out yourself or wait until more people have watched it.
I’ll be that guy. Because, in many ways, I AM that guy.
But first, I apologize if I took the thread the wrong way. I’m here to answer the question as presented. If this was just a matter of venting frustration, just skip my response, because it’s really not going to help.
I agree with you, and this is why, as much as I like the 4K projects, Ohteedee’s D+ versions are my go-to for actually watching the movies until Despecialized 3.0 eventually happens. They aren’t fully accurate, but the image quality is a lot better.
I know you’ve probably gotten this question plenty of times before, but have you given any thought to a Rebels: Refocused? Rebels is probably going to become much more relevant with the Ahsoka series on the horizon. Unfortunately, I think Rebels is harder to reshape because the progression is significantly more linear, but I’ve had friends that have complained that the first season in particular is hard to get through.
This edit has been revived and completed as Sonic the Hedgehog DX:
https://forums.fanedit.org/threads/sonic-the-hedgehog-dx.27080/
Just a heads up that I’ve added the LaserDisc audio courtesy of Greg Z to my PAL DVD-sourced upscaled 1080p release. You now have the option to select the uncompressed Laserdisc digital audio or the 5.1 AC3 audio from the NTSC DVD. The release is available in the same place.
It could allow us to try the “3PO never gets his memory back” idea.
For the Rey Nobody version, I think “you won’t just have power, you’ll have his power. You will kill Palpatine” could potentially be improved by AI.
If we could synthesize a decent Rey voice, I also think “He killed [his] father. I’m going to find [Kylo Ren] and destroy him.” Is something we potentially talked about for Rey nobody and couldn’t make work.
I think the first one sounds better personally, and more like Adam Driver. The second one is so similar to what’s already there that I don’t even know if it would be worth making the change.
I’ve always thought an interesting way to do the prequels could be a miniseries, since the characters age up between movies, and Anakin even changes actors, it could be reminiscent of something like HBO’s House of the Dragon.
I really like your prologue and epilogue idea though.
It looks a little oversaturated for my preference; the sky in particular is bright blue which doesn’t seem right for a desolate desert planet. There’s also a sense that everything is “perfectly” colored at all times from shot to shot and scene to scene regardless of lighting conditions, which looks a little bit artificial to me.
That said, if that’s the look you’re going for, it looks very consistent. You did an excellent job blending the two sources and matching the colors.
Photo from the same area in Tunisia;
Looks pretty “perfectly colored” to me
I stand corrected.
It looks a little oversaturated for my preference; the sky in particular is bright blue which doesn’t seem right for a desolate desert planet. There’s also a sense that everything is “perfectly” colored at all times from shot to shot and scene to scene regardless of lighting conditions, which looks a little bit artificial to me.
That said, if that’s the look you’re going for, it looks very consistent. You did an excellent job blending the two sources and matching the colors.
Remembered this thread and decided to have a go at adding fitting score to the scene (taken mostly from Episode II).
https://mega.nz/file/jTgkHL5Q#LiDOYzyXr5QEkewTANFaVtUboP3zazsAkgrBw9pMjFA
The sound effects are unfinished, the biggest thing I need to do (other than stabilizing some of the handheld shots) is extend the final shot so that a wipe can work. I’m mostly happy with how the music sounds, but some of the transitions could use some tweaking I think. Plus Anakin’s theme at the beginning could be replaced with more ‘scene transition-y’ music.
Wow, I think this score works pretty well. Hopefully it sparks more interest in this idea.
I personally like Anakin’s theme at the beginning because I think it serves as a bridge to the previous movie and telegraphs to the audience that this young man is the same boy we met in that movie. I just wish Palpatine said something like “Master Kenobi and his padawan”, since it would transition us nicely into the next shot.
The Oscillator confrontation was my first attempt at that sort of Force power. The Poe interrogation was done after that scene and I feel it was a lot more successful because it was better integrated into the surround mix, but for V1 I never went back and adjusted the Oscillator scene. For V2 I will definitely be making it more subtle and well-integrated. I don’t want to remove it completely, because although it feels obvious that Kylo is using some sort of power to interrogate Han based on the Poe and Rey interrogations in the edit, it wasn’t obvious in the original film at all (at least to me) and came off as psychopathic rather than conflicted.
I will also take another look at Jakku 😃
Okay, that makes sense! Looking forward to it.
Is there any chance you would reconsider the voiceover before Kylo Ren kills Han? I understand what you were trying to do, but it felt a bit on-the-nose for me. I thought the implications of the scene were clear without it.
Do you also plan to revisit the color grading on Jakku at all? I found it a bit inconsistent.
