Asteroid-Man said:
By long transition did you mean the long amount of time between the cuts? Originally I was gonna have it be shorter but I had been talking to ID about it and he said that things could get a little confusing and hard to follow if it was too fast. You raise a valuable point with the "Wait what time is it now? What happened last?" Someone had mentioned earlier that they thought a sepia transition would be needed to make things a little more clear. I'm going to go with the Sepia transition so it'll hopefully make things eaiser to follow.
Yes, I meant long amount of time. I like the pacing of the parts before the Death Star battle. Not too long, not too short. The sepia could help. Should be interesting.
I thought the cantina scene was a necessary parallel to draw. This whole edit is mostly for the sake of parallels than to just show everything at once.
Oh, I got the point of it. It just felt a bit like the AOTC cantina stuff came out of nowhere, even though the parallel was obvious.
the fact that the planet is destroyed in a split second makes it harder to grasp in my opinion.
Even with Obi-Wan's line afterwards?
The new music during the remote sequence was meant to show how the Force is a mystical thing and something that isn't fun and games. The dark music as the end was meant to transition into the scene that follows it. Maybe I can rework that part, I'll look into it.
Oh, ok. Thanks for explaining that. I figured it was intentional, but wasn't positive. :)
What did you think about the flashbacks to ROTS during the scene of Ben in the hut?
It works, and it's understated, which is nice. A good tie-in.
What did you think of the Round Table sequence transitioning to the Jedi Council sequence and the new music in both scenes?
The music is understated and ominous during the Imperial briefing, which is good. It's gets a tad loud when Vader starts saying "don't be too proud...", though. It's just that particular note, actually. It just happens to be high-pitched when the low-pitched guy starts talking. Haha. Not a big deal, really, just thought it came at a funny time. The music during the Jedi meeting transitions well into the next scene. Somewhat hopeful into somewhat gloomy.
What did you think of the music transition from Obi-Wan's duel to the slow-mo sequence? Also, I feel the start of the music from Luke and Leia talking needs to be delayed as their speech comes in first.
The transition in the Ben's duel/death was well-timed. As for the Luke and Leia talk, I have an idea. As it is, the transition from the end of the Dooku battle to the Luke/Leia talk is a [seemingly] long section of nothing but black. How 'bout waiting a second, then having Luke start saying "I can't believe he's gone" while it's still black? When he's almost done saying that sentence, the picture could be fading in to normal. The transition would be less...empty, for lack of a better word. The music doesn't need to be changed there.
P.S. The other changes you mentioned sound good, too. I especially appreciate that the droid factory goofiness will be removed, or at least toned down. I hope that applies to the battle droid with 3PO's head in the arena, too. ;)
P.S.2. As a general thought for any editors out there: as you know, I hate the noises the creatures in the arena make. It's that warbling nonsense I keep going on about... ;) Well, I have an old sound effects cassette, and you know what creature could make amazing sounds for some of them? Elephants! I couldn't believe some of the fearsome noises they make! :D Actually, as I think about it now, some of the roaring the Rancor does sounds just like some of those elephant noises.
