SomethingStarWarsRelated

His impersonation is so good!

Mocata said:

Episode I - Low cost version
https://youtu.be/kPTO2rbt7C0

I love this.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

NeverarGreat said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

NeverarGreat said:

Lucas should have given Obi-wan a robot leg in the ANH Special Edition in 1997 so that people would have speculated endlessly over the next 8 years about when during the prequels he lost it, then never have him sustain this injury, making it clear that it just happened sometime later and had no bearing on the plot.

And he could have made it C-3PO’s missing gold right leg.

Well see now that’s almost interesting, so it would have never happened.

Do we have any sort of official statement from anyone at Lucasfilm as to WHY this ronto was added to this specific shot? It really does not make sense. The shot was populated enough as it was, right George? Did he not like the white R2 unit? Why not recolor it instead? I just don’t get it. sigh

Sifo Dyas said:

SomethingStarWarsRelated said:

Watching this “your mother” scene several times lately and noticed something that hadn’t dawned on me before:

Vader: conduct your search and bring his companions to me

Then no search is ever shown. It doesn’t affect the plot. Just a throw away line that doesn’t matter. Shame.

There is no need to show the search, we know it’s happening, and it would just slow down the movie.
And it is not a throw away line. It gives the audience information that Vader is not effected by Luke’s presence, he is still cold and calculating, and we need to see Luke reaction as he realizes that.

I certainly agree with you about it showing Vader is still cold and calculating. I’m not suggesting the line be cut.

But I DO think it could’ve been worked into the plot to build some tension somehow. The empire now knows there are possibly more rebels on the forest moon. So Han and company could’ve been hiding from some troopers on their way to the shield generator. At the very least, it could’ve added a nice little beat in between scenes. If done well, it wouldn’t really slow the movie down at all…it would add some tension that is lacking at this point in the movie. It would show that the rebels don’t have it made nearly as easy the movie implies (ex: Ewok steals speeder, “It’s over commander”, etc)

😄 this is the one with Dr. Spock, right? 😜

Hmmm…what’s this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qn_spdM5Zg

My two cents: flashbacks me no like-y.

Plus, BB8 would not have witnessed all of what would be considered a flashback, right?

I think what’s slightly jarring is that the camera movement as it is now is not “flowing” with the shot before…if that makes sense. BB8 is moving from left to right, but the next shot has more movement (mostly from 3PO) on the far left (not too mention a large wookie) so your eyes don’t quite know where to look.

Something that might help with that shot is to zoom in slightly (can you center the 3 dudes or add more of Liea?)…and possibly position the frame closer to the bottom, and then have it slowly rise up…maybe even pulling back out a bit…as if it could’ve been an alternate angle filmed with Poe kneeling with and BB8. Am I making sense? 😄

I forgot to comment on your video, paja. Love the idea…but yeah another source for Lukes hand would be ideal. I was going to mention using Qui-Gons hand moving the dice in TPM…but he’s not wearing gloves…oh wait, Lukes not wearing gloves in this scene, is he?

JEDIT: All of this talk of ROTJ made me think of some of my older videos…I still have a few. I re-uploaded a some here for you guys:

https://youtu.be/EqH-nrq4mvo

https://youtu.be/03f9SuojVUA

https://youtu.be/uV-bGeGJrI8

https://youtu.be/lPYONj_mPB8

I’ve got a couple more…but those will have to wait for now 😉

OK, I was waiting for one to finish uploading…added it above!

Just think of it like Spielbergs cameo in The Lost World 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uhHLLEeXmc

Ditto. This looks and sounds great!

Thanks, RogueLeader!

RogueLeader said:

Yes! This is so much better. I honestly think the original dialogue makes little sense anyway.

Ani: I care for you too, but I…

Padmé: You miss your mother.

What? You can’t care for one person and miss another person at the same time? It’s just a confusing thing to say.

Ha yes! That’s another reason I cut it. Although that idea of Anakin missing his mother might be helpful. I know it’s also mentioned in the Jedi Council scene as well…but if one wanted to have that moment here in this scene it could go:

Padme: …a little too warm for my taste.
-Anakin looks down
Padme: You miss your mother
-Anakin looks back up at Padme
-wider shot of Anakin giving Padme the trinket

It might be too jarring visually…going from wide shots to close ups back to wide shots…

Are there any edits of TPM where this scene has been rearranged?:

https://youtu.be/6M2vikp4nK0

Specifically putting Padme’s lines “I’m not sure what’ll happen” at the end? As I was trying this out, it seemed like a no-brainer to end it here instead of with the kind of odd “You miss your mother”.

Not exactly radical, but I feel it helps move things along.

😎 you already have with the first two parts!

Ah…that makes sense…it won’t take terribly long to go through those changes. I look forward to that as well…some of those shots I’ve never seen. Is the alternate shot of Anakins robot hand available? Hell, what about Maul NOT being sliced in half? I’ve only ever seen a single image of that one…if it was even real…

I’m curious, what’s part four going to be about?

Damn this makes a big difference. Well done!

Whats’ funny is, watching this second version, I didn’t really question the “voices” in Reys head this time. There is a line of logic to it-…actually, OK, you know what? I now see where you’re coming from.

The whole point of this is she is giving into anger over Hans murder.

It took me a while but I finally got there, folks! Sorry to those who had no problems seeing the connection!

The only thing you might want to look at is adding a bit of an EQ boost to Han and Kylos lines…just brighten them up a bit to have them stand out a bit more.

Again, well done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=170&v=ww12cx10T4c

I love the idea behind this. Rey tapping into the dark side. I honestly wonder if this was something they played with in the editing of the theatrical. Because they had the footage right in front of them to do this. Very interesting…

I’ll go ahead and throw some of my technical thoughts out there:

• The audio of the clashing of lightsabers (followed by “You need a teacher” line) could use a bigger punch (imo)
• The “I can show you the ways of the force” line sounds a bit funny…does this have to do with trying to remove the original music underneath?
• Any way to bump up the audio of Reys “The force?” line? It’s a bit quiet. It’s certainly not terrible the way it is.
• I had to listen multiple times to realize Kylos voice was mixed in “…the father you never had…he would’ve disappointed you”
• Personally, I don’t care for Finn’s “Reeeyyyy!!!” but I’ll admit that has more to do with his delivery
• I actually thought I heard a Tusken Raider scream…it wasn’t until read RogueLeaders comment that I realized it was Chewy roaring.

These observations got me to thinking: what was the logic behind these particular audio clips you chose? I’m not saying they were wrong…because I’ll admit sometimes this sort of stuff can go over my head…but depending on your goal, there could potentially be better- or more suitable clips. Or I could be entirely wrong! 😛

By-the-way, this is great stuff! Hopefully my comments will only help make it better…or maybe just solidify your original choices! 😄

…and then we continue on as normal, as the silver droid leaves the waiting room, and the two Jedi finally reveal themselves, as Obi-Wan says “I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS”, followed by Qui-Gon saying “I DON’T SENSE ANYTHING”, followed by Obi-Wan saying “IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MISSION MASTER, IT’S SOMETHING…ELSEWHERE, ELUSIVE” -

…and then we CUT* to the hologram of Palpatine telling Nute Gunray “WE MUST ACCELERATE OUR PLANS” -

I love that cut.

I second that.

Nicely done! I can’t say it’s a necessary change that should be implemented…although…hmmm…I do think more fan edits should do things like this…even if a scene plays out pretty much the same way, I feel like you’re watching it more intently thinking “wait, what’s different?”. It kind of makes one sit up and pay attention, ya know?

Thanks snooker!