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#1369108
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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adywan said:

Work will resume of the Revisited edits on September 14th. šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜

At the end of this month we will finally start to have a wage coming back into the household. Sadly a lot less than we had before, but at least its enough for us to cover our bills and food. And there are a LOT of people that are suffering a LOT more than we have than still donā€™t have this luxury.

Thank you so much to everyone that helped support me through these difficult times. I really canā€™t thank you enough. Yes, this period has created a hell of a lot of debt for us, but at least, thanks to you guys, we were able to cover some of our bills.

I must apologise for not doing the Q&A video that i originally promised. To be honest i just havenā€™t been in the right frame of mind to do anything like that. But it will be coming shortly after i restart work on the edits.
Things will still remain quite quiet until the start date because iā€™m still severely limiting the time spent on the computer to keep the electric bill low until we can start affording it again.

Iā€™m also going to go back in this thread to try and answer as many of the questions asked that i have missed

Thank you all for being so understanding.

Best to you and your family!

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#1368863
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmCUjvZti0

at 12.23 min ā€œThis Sith lord sent by the Emperor will be our undoingā€

Really wish Adywan would add this line back in. The Sith arenā€™t mentioned till the prequels, so itd be nice to hear of the Sith (and more of the Emperor) in ANH

Edit- Would have loved (21.30 min) Obiwan taking off dudes head in the bar scene instead of his arm. Shows a much greater threat from the Jedi, and we see sooooooo many arms and hands cut off. Also a nice mirror for when Obiwan loses his head later (Spoilers) . Not for everyone probably but i like it

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#1368845
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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ifjg said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=658981094799087

Part of me wishes some of the deleted scenes were cleaned up and worked into the movies. I know the movie would have to be recut due to pacing, but some of the scenes were cool. Like Luke making his green saber.

Thereā€™s a guy in the preservation section currently working on restoring/touching up the Tosche scenes, and he claims to be almost finished. I think itā€™s outside of the scope of Adywanā€™s edit to reintegrate them, but theyā€™d work great as a bridge in an ANH/R1 combo edit and Adywanā€™s edit seems it would be the perfect base for that.

Id def be curious to see that. Im a sucker for extended editions.

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#1368799
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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G&G-Fan said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=658981094799087

Part of me wishes some of the deleted scenes were cleaned up and worked into the movies. I know the movie would have to be recut due to pacing, but some of the scenes were cool. Like Luke making his green saber.

I second this.

Seeing how well done your prequel edits are, have you considered doing your own OT revisited edits?

Na, Ady is doing more than i could do. Han in Carbonite, Hoth hangar models, Dagobah model, etc. Heā€™s filmed people on set for shots on Hoth or Bwing fighters. 3d printing models to spec or gear like helmets. Just to name a few. He still inspires me in many ways and would love to see him take on the prequels to see what he would do.

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#1368149
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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CourtlyHades296 said:

Have you asked HAL about his DVD deleted scene upscales?

I have the scenes Hal did. So far still the best upscales. Some one on here had started some really nice ones but never finished. Hal only did the scenes he wanted tho, so trying to get everything upscaled included scenes Hal didnā€™t use. Plus the 4k deleted scenes seem diff than some of the bluray ones.

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#1368147
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Cinefy said:

StarkillerAG said:

Cinefy said:

Thats such a cool idea, adding Jabbaā€™s Palace to the backround of Jawa scene on Tatooine would be a really nice addition highlighting all these important places in the Skywalker Saga.

Who are you talking to?

Totally misunderstood what Alaskan Sandman said. Lol
Did see someone edit something like that though on Instagram
(Jabbaā€™s palace on Tatooine) Not my idea https://imgur.com/a/RCFe14N

Comments get lost in here quick lol

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#1368070
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Hal 9000 said:

skenera said:

I tried to improve the Naboo shot: https://vimeo.com/445910295

Itā€™s certainly promising. It still feel like it needs a bigger sense of scale by slowing down its movement and the speed of the smoke. I wonder how fast itā€™d have to be moving to have that apparent speed from the planetā€™s surface. I do like it a great deal, though.

Ship movement vs smoke movement doesnt match. Specially when comparing it to the falling ship seen after it. Smoke should maybe be rotated 15 or 20 degrees clockwise, and maybe enlarged vs the sip. The ship should be falling more vertically and less horizontally.

Edit- For Tatoine, https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/databank_jabbathehuttspalace_01_169_f7f5feb6.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1560%2C780 could use Jabbas palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/5196dd82e4b0ef02d1bb4fef/1450156472000-7VM6GWI7GTZXRZSW7DEJ/image-asset.jpeg?format=1500w&content-type=image%2Fjpeg (could remove droids using other frames where they move positions to stitch a new plate)

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#1368044
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohf_K3TE0uA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euXT2v1ZhH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEI0URVxzgA

Should check out what this guy is doing. There are a few others that do some really incredible work. I agree tho, it would be epic to see some of them collaborate.

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#1368035
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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Not a lot new to show just yet, a lot of small changes not worth showing just yet. I got VC Optical flares so ive been replacing all the generic lens flares with more distinct and differing flares, on top of adding in saber flicker into remaining shots. Redoing some clash effects with the sabers etc. Boring stuff for now.

Else wise though, aside from getting Element 3d, and VC optical flares. Ive also gotten VC Twitch, Red Giants Vfx suite and some other plugins that will help create better VFX, Improve tracking, and other things. Will also be getting the particle plug in to simulate water and such. These will all be used to help create new scenes for the movies. I am also working on getting the 3d models used in Battle front II for other shots. Hoping that the 3d models of people will be good enough to use for wide shots, the clone troopers for battle shots, etc. Along with all the vehicle models. I also plan on getting the Unreal engine. So hopefully many new improvements.

Aside from that, i got the deleted scenes from the 4k blurays (They have different scenes than previously released, and some not there that were previously released, so sourcing both). They look better but still need work. Ive been looking at upscaling programs and hoping to get the deleted scenes looking better. I got Topaz but i think i need a better Graphics card for that, so I may have to do some searching for a good deal and acquire that if needs be. Ill keep looking at other software though and if anyone has a better suggestion let me know.

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#1367858
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0-XipP7Ex1ypZZI0QAKQj-d7T-2Mt3F/view

This is a rough draft from my machete cut the other year (I donā€™t have the final, i deleted everything, just happened to find this). Lots of the scenes were smoothed out and the dinner scene was re-inserted (Was mad chopping scenes to get down near a 2 hour cut and cut over zealous haha) but should give a rough idea of Qui-gon and themā€™s time with Anakin on the planet and how i was roughly planning it.

Anakins dialogue is meant to be less cheesy, and the biggest change is the cutting of the podrace and the reason/how of Quigon freeing Anakin. Quigon now is intrigued first by Anakins story at dinner about racing pods and then by his mothers story. He then test his blood, sends Anakin to bed, and gets a knowing look from Anakins mother. The next day, he frees Anakin by selling Anakins pod that Wato didnā€™t know about, and uses jedi trickery to win the dice roll. Adding to a darker side of the jedi, as they are already plucking kids from their mothers, and Anakin is deemed to old to train. Plus Anakins mom senses Quigons interest in her kid that night before, and gives him that look. So when Quigon tells them they are free, the look from Anakins mom is a, ā€œah ha, i knew you were planning thisā€ in a sad way. To which she (as the one good person in his life who actually gives him a clear choice) allows him to choose his path. The jedi and Sidious just want him to do what they want and to use him. Adding to Anakins mistrust in Ep III, the sadness of leaving his mother and her eventual death, and focuses the story more closely to his journey and less the spectacle of his podrace. Which i would now like to use in the Revised Version as a way to introduce him before Quigon and gang meet him. Which would also help establish who he is before meeting them to back up lines like, ā€œIm a pilot, and some day, im going to fly away from hereā€. As now well have seen him podracing already, living a dingy slave life, fighting greedo, gunblast and death screams in the background, dingy dark living quarters, etc.

This clip like i said tho was just a rough cut for the machete version. So i know some of the scenes should have been longer, and i did fix them and re-insert the dinner scene. Then i deleted them all so i could redo with new vfx in 1080p instead of 720. So just an idea of the rough narrative i was planning for Tatooine. This again was for the machete cut, where unlike the other machete cuts i had scene, i didnā€™t want to sacrifice TPM and its story and just keep the end fight. I kept a lot of TPM and just stream lined it focusing on the meat of the story. This way though, you got a proper introduction to Obiwan and Quigon before the end battle with Quigon dying, and you get Anakins journey and how he comes to be with the jedi. I donā€™t like just coming in on AOTC. I cut TPM down to around 45 min for the Machete cuts 3-1 movie, with the rest of the movie being ATOC and ROTSā€™s narrative surrounding Anakin. This was meant to be watched after Ep V and before VI, to answer Vader story to Luke about being his father. Which also sets up the Emperors story going into Ep VI. With the Machete Cut being just 1 movie, the parallels between Luke and Anakin are closer in context, such as the Emperor using lightening and Anakin having to make a choice. Or the much more obvious dark imagery of Luke going into Ep VI, along with using the force choke like his father.

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#1367692
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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stickydixon said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

Those are after he meets the gang tho. We donā€™t see anything of Anakin before meeting the gang. With Luke, you know his story before meeting Obiwan.

In ANH we see the world up until that point through the eyes of R2 and 3PO. We learn who Luke is through them.

In TPM we see the world up until the Tattooine arc exclusively through the eyes of Qui-Gon and co.

The only difference is the amount of time it takes for us to meet Anakin - perhaps thatā€™s what youā€™re pointing out. If Obi-Wan were the POV in the first act of ANH, then maybe it would be comparable. If Anakin were the most interesting character in the film with a more prominent role, then having him show up so late would be an issue.

All my opinion, obviously.

Obiwan and gang are used to introduce Anakin much the same way R2 and 3po are used to introduce Luke into the story, true. Difference is though in the pacing and timing. This works with Luke cause there is little action else wise, especially when you consider the original cut where Luke is seen with his friends, and spotting the space fight from his binoculars. This original cut didnā€™t work because aside from the opening battle, there is little other action till they get off the planet. So by cutting his early scenes, they push the pacing quicker.
TPM has much more action on the other hand, to the point that when Anakin comes in, it slows the story quite a bit (so does Corasunt). ANH we get one space fight, then droids are captured by Jawas, then they meet Luke. TPM on the other hand, you get a battle on the donut station, then they save Jar Jar, an Invasion of Theed, Attacked underwater by sea creatures, rescuing the Queen and men, then the pilots, then a space fight as they escape- Then they finally meet Anakin, to which there is a podrace, Quigon vs Maul, then Climax. Its all front loaded pacing wise, where as ANH built more like the first Matrix movie. Slowly building to the climax.

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#1367602
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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Ed Slushie said:

thebluefrog said:

Always found it weird Lucas did NOT do anything like that with Anakin when introducing him. Having the most mythological important characterā€™s first visual appearance walking around a shop seems so mundane.

Lukeā€™s first appearance was pretty mundane too. I think it was intentional in both cases, to show that greatness comes from humble origins.

Agreed, but at least with Luke we were told about him before he went off on his journey. His feelings of being trapped, not being able to escape, wanting to join his friends, wanting to join the rebellion, etc. With Anakin, we donā€™t really get anything. Not any idea that he longs to be a jedi, or leave where hes at, or that he lives a horrible slave life that differs from Lukes safe life with his uncle.

Anakin needs a broom boy moment staring at a duel sunset as ships are leaving the planet i think, before he meets Quigon and gang. Would help when he calls out Quigon as being a Jedi.

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#1367346
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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TK42-WAN said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

TK42-WAN said:

Awesome.

I think the idea of having large ships hovering above Mos Espa could be interesting and further differentiate it from Mos Eisley. Also, adding things to the soundscape like the distant sounds of laser fire etc.

Keep up the good work, Iā€™m loving each update on this project!

Thank you! The laser blast i could do with someones death scream (Maybe a good wilhelm scream) in the back ground. Not sure what you mean by ships in the sky tho. I donā€™t wanā€™t to imply imperial control or anything. Lawlessness i like, but id need more context for the ships. I was thinking about sneaking a mandalorian in somewhere. Not the main guy but one of the other ones maybe if i can

I was thinking more like freighters/ cargo ships. I like the visual of Anakinā€™s dream being just out of reach. Similar to the planes flying over Rickā€™s cafe in Casablanca.

Ahhh ok. I have a scene in mind i want to try to create (binary sunset moment for Ani) that i think it would go good in. Plus i can try to add more traffic possibly to the sky in other shots.

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#1367338
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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TK42-WAN said:

Awesome.

I think the idea of having large ships hovering above Mos Espa could be interesting and further differentiate it from Mos Eisley. Also, adding things to the soundscape like the distant sounds of laser fire etc.

Keep up the good work, Iā€™m loving each update on this project!

Thank you! The laser blast i could do with someones death scream (Maybe a good wilhelm scream) in the back ground. Not sure what you mean by ships in the sky tho. I donā€™t wanā€™t to imply imperial control or anything. Lawlessness i like, but id need more context for the ships. I was thinking about sneaking a mandalorian in somewhere. Not the main guy but one of the other ones maybe if i can

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#1367334
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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TK42-WAN said:

Something I would like to see is a dirtier/ smokier Mos Espa, closer to the concept art. The same with slave hovels, I feel they should be dimly lit, not warm and inviting. During the sand storm, the lights should flicker. The Phantom Menace makes slavery look far too pleasant. We should be rooting for Anakin to escape this environment and feel his pain at leaving his mother there.

I could try for something like that

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#1367333
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Cinefy said:

Hal 9000 said:

And just so everyone knows, in case you did notā€¦ Snooker sent me an updated version of the Naboo shot after seeing workprint #4. Just so everyone is on the same page, here is the most recent clip I have from her, in context:

https://vimeo.com/445085207

Would be cool if Naboo starfighter passed by.

I can get Battlefront II model if Snooker wants it.

Id be interested in any models, if you donā€™t mind

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#1367056
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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Knight of Kalee said:

Wow thatā€™s amazing! It says a lot that youā€™ve got people hyped for the prequels šŸ˜„

I adhere to idirā€™s idea of releasing a more conservative edition that retains the visual or stylistic changes (sabers, explosions, Senate broadcasts, etc).

Thank you haha i think the sequel trilogy helped show the proā€™s of the prequel haha the prequels really do have a good story. I just think the digital fx werenā€™t ready yet and Lucas should have help directing. Just too much for one man to focus on and i think the films suffered from his split attention. (vfx, sound, music, writing, directing, art direction, etc)

So far there are the 3 planned cuts, but ill likely put the scenes up individually for people to do with as they please. The sabers ill just include as a separate overlay file so the movie can be color graded as they want while not interfering with the sabers. (The sabers on a black screen that you set as a screen in compositing.)

The purist cut wonā€™t have deleted scenes for example, and some people may still want those scenes. As one of the deleted scenes from ATOC will likely be a news broadcast. So the differences between the two version will be substantial enough to make it a pain providing all the scenes any other way.

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#1367054
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The Prequel Trilogy Revised - concept trailers released (WIP)
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CourtlyHades296 said:

Do you plan to do a custom special edition for Machete viewing?

There will be a Purist Cut, Machete Cut, and Revised Edition. I personally like the Machete Order as it keeps Luke the center of the story, but the Purist cut and Revised Editions will be all 3 as individual films. One paced and cut my way, the other the way the Original films play out for purist who just want the original scenes touched up. Thats the plan so far.