TheAlaskanSandman

CMMAP said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DYXClJjB2VzkdhqqPwdpsv47BMceznCD/view

Lots to do but a look at some updates. Diplomatic tv, de-aged Dooku at council and pyre, added saber flicker to all sabers, Sidious and the younglings, and changed saber clash look. Still experimenting with color grading on various scenes, like ATOC arena (trying to get a more natural look, but also trying to bring out the darker tones other than just upping the black levels.). I also added a glow to sith eyes and experimenting with a build up of energy in Old Seev before he fires his lightening. Also greyed his skin some and sharpened his wrinkles some. Not really working on the other two right now, just scenes that appear in the trailer for conceptual purposes.

First of all, nice concepts that you got for these specific scenes.
De-Aged Dooku looks good, palps sith eyes very nice (a bit to bright in my opinion), awesome space shot of Naboo with the city lights (but what is the greenish glow?).
The explosions at 1:31 are inadequate, meaning it doesn’t fit to the rest of the scene it feels very c-edited. But I assume you’ll be working on that.
Personally I don’t like the approach with the „building up energy in his face and eyes when shooting“, stands out to much.

I’m looking forward to your project:)

Thank you.
Sith eyes will be reduced some, and then i wanted to make the energy build up much more subtle too. If it still isn’t getting traction with folks then ill probably cut it, just an idea i wanted to try.
The green glow on Naboo in the opening shot (Only time its there in the film) is the aurora/ northern lights. I tried to make it look like video from the space station. Though i still want to tweak the planet, especially its edges and glow to look more Star Wars like.
The whole attack on Theed and rescuing of the queen is still being worked on, both the explosions, smoke speeds and looks, fire/ruble damage, color grading, etc. Theres still new scenes that will be included hopefully too with dog fighting in the sky with fighter jets.
Theres masking or tracking done in the movie too that will be redone, as ive learned better techniques.
Still need to get the flare plug in to redo a lot of the flares. I just recently added in the saber flicker and have been tweaking the sabers masking/glow gradually too.

I try to update ideas and things im trying in the trailers to get feed back on the look of things. So expect lots more tweaking, and feel free to give input.

idir_hh said:

This is looking Fabulous.
I was wondering if you could do a version that doesn’t cut anything from the films, plot and story wise. That way you’re Edits could be used as a base for others.

There will be a purist cut but that will lack some scenes that appear in the Revised edit

thebluefrog said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

thebluefrog said:

Awesome work on the trailer! Having the political debate on the screens is a brilliant idea.

Thankyou! I still wanna smooth out some stuff and find appropriate alien text for the screens (Other than or along with english script saying Corusant 9 News). I want to get more creative and extensive with it in the next two movies as the war ramps up. I think its a good way to make use of the deleted scene from ATOC where Padame addresses the senate over the assassination attempt. I want to figure out some more propaganda based ones too.

That’s a great idea too.

Mind if I use it for some sequel edits too? The concept of using screens for exposition is a good one.

Absolutely! I got the idea cause there’s little flying cameras circling them as they talk, so seemed like a good way to break up the stiff council scenes while showing a little more of the world the the impact of things. That’s why id like the videos to become more propaganda like as it builds to Ep III. I’ve even considered trying to film or get some one to film them selves in make up maybe doing news reports talking about food lines, military crack downs in the city, curfews, etc.

Ed Slushie said:

Here’s a link to the alien text that they use in the movies:

https://lingojam.com/AurebeshTranslator

Oh sweet! Doesn’t allow you to copy and paste it but that at least lets me know what font to look up and easily translates for me. Thank you!

Edit- just got them and put them in my font folder, so good to go!

thebluefrog said:

Awesome work on the trailer! Having the political debate on the screens is a brilliant idea.

Thankyou! I still wanna smooth out some stuff and find appropriate alien text for the screens (Other than or along with english script saying Corusant 9 News). I want to get more creative and extensive with it in the next two movies as the war ramps up. I think its a good way to make use of the deleted scene from ATOC where Padame addresses the senate over the assassination attempt. I want to figure out some more propaganda based ones too.

G&G-Fan said:

Absolutely epic, can’t wait, mostly for ROTS.

Lol same. revenge of the Sith, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are my two favs but i am looking forward to making Phantom Menace diff as its probably getting the most changes.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DYXClJjB2VzkdhqqPwdpsv47BMceznCD/view

Lots to do but a look at some updates. Diplomatic tv, de-aged Dooku at council and pyre, added saber flicker to all sabers, Sidious and the younglings, and changed saber clash look. Still experimenting with color grading on various scenes, like ATOC arena (trying to get a more natural look, but also trying to bring out the darker tones other than just upping the black levels.). I also added a glow to sith eyes and experimenting with a build up of energy in Old Seev before he fires his lightening. Also greyed his skin some and sharpened his wrinkles some. Not really working on the other two right now, just scenes that appear in the trailer for conceptual purposes.

Im doing a lot of research and learning for the 3d modeling so in the mean time im doing other things that i can in After Effects. Some things im doing is re-doing some mask. Did a more detailed rotobrush on Dooku scenes during pyre and council, and also on Sidious and his hand when he visits younglings. This allows me to get a better pull on finer detail like hair and such along with detail on ships and other things. It doesn’t like dark areas so much but a combination of Rotobrushing, masking, and Mocha Ae is allowing for some crisper pulls.

Thank you for everyones interest, patience, input, ideas, and critique.

CMMAP said:

About which idea from aydwan regarding Anakin you talking about?
I am always between keep anakin, his last shot - vader mask coming down and breath - and removing him completely as I like the thought of someone who doesn’t know who Vader is to get the surprise at the same time as Luke in the movie.
But then wonderful and chilling scenes like Ashoka vs Vader in rebels would be obsolete.

Basically that. In the version Ady planned on doing, you wouldn’t see Anakin become Vader.

CMMAP said:

Very interesting project and I quite like your synopsis.
What is your idea to remove Anakin as Vader?
Regarding cut out Yoda,I don’t think it works. Maybe the puppet is not ideal, but good enough I think. Your point „he is too old to fight“ in the comics or in Clone wars animated I think, there is a explanation: he is using the force to have the ability to fight, making his body more resilient.

Love your visual improvements!

THank you! I still need to change the list but i was convinced to keep Yoda. Anakins transformation will be there too except for one Alt cut im doing later. (Meant to follow Adywan’s revisited plans for Prequels).

SparkySywer said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

SparkySywer said:

Movies Remastered said:

Wasn’t that virtually Ivans edit without the “it belongs to you now” VO?

Not at all. I wouldn’t consider Ivan’s edit remotely conservative.

Even if it was, though, Ivan’s enough of a shitty person that I wouldn’t keep his fanedit around on principle. Profiting off his fanedit is an asshole thing to do and dangerous to fanediting communities like this one.

Who and what edit? Thats messed up to charge people

He wasn’t charging people. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. But he was putting ads on his videos and using patreon to profit off the fanedit, which is still pretty deep into unethical territory and still jeopardizes fanediting communities.

Ahh ok. Yea i couldn’t even bring my self to start a gofundme for materials or software/hardware haha

SparkySywer said:

Movies Remastered said:

Wasn’t that virtually Ivans edit without the “it belongs to you now” VO?

Not at all. I wouldn’t consider Ivan’s edit remotely conservative.

Even if it was, though, Ivan’s enough of a shitty person that I wouldn’t keep his fanedit around on principle. Profiting off his fanedit is an asshole thing to do and dangerous to fanediting communities like this one.

Who and what edit? Thats messed up to charge people

kewlfish said:

Hello all, been away from my computer for the weekend so haven’t got to work on saber stuff, but I have been popping in and out to keep up.

As for the broadcast I found this video: https://youtu.be/Fmu08wCZJr0

It’s the closest I’ve found with no music. I’m neither here nor there about the idea but if it leads to be a better scene in the movie then maybe this could help.

Could just play the audio at the start of the movie right before/as it fades into “A long time ago, in a Galaxy far far away.” Have it cut out as those words fade out, then Boom. Star Wars crawl begins.

EddieDean said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

EddieDean said:

It definitely wouldn’t look out of place in the movie!

One thing I’ll recommend/request, given that you’re going the CG route, is that you base as much of your CG elements like glows, monitor graphics, etc, on OT and ST sources, because the PT deviates a little far from the established aesthetic. I’m not talking anything radical about ship design or anything, but I feel like these movies should feel ‘Star Wars’ standard as opposed to ‘modern scifi’ standard.

IF you could give me some more detail that would help. I think the Ot and St look quite different imo. I think Rogue One and Mandalorian are much closer in aesthetic and tone. The ST, imo brought them much more into the modern scifi standard.

I was planning to make what ever edits i did with the cg ships, look like the ones they filmed for the PT. Anything else would require redesigning the ships, and replacing original shots. Best i was going to do was to make the ships in ROS look more like the originals in coloring, as those ships resemble them in design.

This shot and test is just about getting the Cg ships to look like the model ones they filmed though.

Yeah, to be fair, my comment wasn’t very helpful. I think I’m mainly reacting to the fact that your ship looks GREAT, and all the colouring is fantastic, but to my eye the moon and the thrusters on the ship look maybe a little ‘too sharp’? Too good? It’s hard to put my finger on, sorry.

Well the thruster def need to be toned down or something in the completely new scene. The moon was meant to be better than the moon they used in TPM originally, as on a big screen, it looks like bad video game cgi. Ill try to get the planets looking more like the Original movies aesthetics if i can though.

Movies Remastered said:

I’ve seen so many fan edits now I barely remember the theatrical versions.

Ive barely watched the theatrical versions, so that’s not gonna be hard lol I think im most familiar with Rogue One. I would love to see Gareth and Favreau work together. Between Mandalorian and Rogue One, those two had the best stories, aesthetics, and use of tech imo. Gareth using old school lenses from the originals mounted to modern cameras, while Favreau has his wrap around tv screen that maps the parallax of the image from the camera’s pov. Great stuff for great looks.

The thing i loved best about the sequel Trilogy was the use of Force FX lightsabers on set instead of metal poles, allowing for saber light on the actors being picked up in camera. TFA and its Forest battle is visually beautiful.

Movies Remastered said:

idir_hh said:

No. That could potentially endanger the survival of this site. The last thing we need is to bring more attention to ourselves. I think people should find their way here instead of the vice-versa. Its a niche corner in the galaxy, I’m sure most of us would like it to stay that way.

Totally agree! I found this place after getting sick of Reddit abuse. I wouldn’t want this forum filled with scum and villainy, so I specifically don’t mention it by name in my videos or social media. Protection is key!

I honestly have no idea how i got here lol i think i stumbled upon it looking for the best 3-1 edit of The Hobbit. Thought it was Adywan for a sec, but he has his Starwars wordpress site he promotes on his fb page.

Ed Slushie said:

If you’re capable of this, I’d love to see what you could do with the battle of Exegol. It was visually crowded and way too short, so any extra shots would be beneficial.

Still working at getting comfortable with the 3d stuff and compositing but if i can get a couple new shots done for my edit that have the forums approval, then i would be down to try and get some scenes done. I was recently asked in message about a scene to do with Exegol, and would love to be able to do something that holds up. Just need to get an idea of what shots are wanted, whether by story board or just written description. I also need to find good models of which ever ships would be needed. Im not yet at the point where im building my own models yet, thats the next hump to get over. Once i get over building my own models, then i can get way more complex with any scenes.

EddieDean said:

It definitely wouldn’t look out of place in the movie!

One thing I’ll recommend/request, given that you’re going the CG route, is that you base as much of your CG elements like glows, monitor graphics, etc, on OT and ST sources, because the PT deviates a little far from the established aesthetic. I’m not talking anything radical about ship design or anything, but I feel like these movies should feel ‘Star Wars’ standard as opposed to ‘modern scifi’ standard.

IF you could give me some more detail that would help. I think the Ot and St look quite different imo. I think Rogue One and Mandalorian are much closer in aesthetic and tone. The ST, imo brought them much more into the modern scifi standard.

I was planning to make what ever edits i did with the cg ships, look like the ones they filmed for the PT. Anything else would require redesigning the ships, and replacing original shots. Best i was going to do was to make the ships in ROS look more like the originals in coloring, as those ships resemble them in design.

This shot and test is just about getting the Cg ships to look like the model ones they filmed though.

Hoop28 said:

The fact that he built and filmed new sets, miniatures, actors, and props like Han frozen in carbonite still blows me away. Plus it was all to keep some of the Special Edition improvements, while getting rid of the over the top new stuff, then including his own new stuff to better improve what Lucas gave us. Def can’t wait for ROTJ. Don’t believe hes going with Yub Nub either sadly. Which is a fav of mine too

I have MAJOR respect for Adywan on what he did (his videos lead me here), but his revisited films go a little overboard for my tastes. His new Alderaan explosion doesn’t hold up all that great, and trying to make the Ben Kenobi - Vader Duel “more epic” just doesn’t work all that well for me. Hal9000’s edits for A New Hope & Empire Strikes Back are great, and really accomplish the task I’m looking for. I think for Return of the Jedi I’ll stick with 4K83 or Harmy’s Despecialized ROTJ, as my main issues with the OT’s VFX lie in Hope and Empire, not so much Jedi (apart from the Jabba Goons on the Sail Barge and the Emperor’s Slugs, but they can be overlooked). That’s the beauty of fan-edits, isn’t it? You can pick and chose which to watch!

Yea im hoping he tones back some things on his ANH:HD edit but really love his Empire one. So i can def see where you are coming from. And yes agree on the fan edits too, i know a lot of people with differing views on what they like and or would change, if anything. Couple of my friends are purist and not at alllll into any edits haha even Lucas edits lol

Episode I - Original

Episode I Revised- Replaced Moon. Original ships

Episode I Revised - Completely new scene. 3d model ship composite test. (Aside from the ship design being off, and ship color needing to be a more orange yellow and more saturated. Along with R2 droids blue needing to be lighter. Most of the composting, levels, exposure etc i think look good.)

Movies Remastered said:

Adywan’s attention to detail was one of the main reason I got into fan editing. I strongly recommend his work. Phenomenal stuff!

The fact that he built and filmed new sets, miniatures, actors, and props like Han frozen in carbonite still blows me away. Plus it was all to keep some of the Special Edition improvements, while getting rid of the over the top new stuff, then including his own new stuff to better improve what Lucas gave us. Def can’t wait for ROTJ. Don’t believe hes going with Yub Nub either sadly. Which is a fav of mine too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPtwBQpDl08

Adywan’s revisited series is a popular one

Ahh ok, yea i think id like to keep it Christopher Lee for consistency
Interviews are a good idea to look at too

snooker said:

I’ve updated the Naboo clip for the victory sequence:

https://streamable.com/gctay5

I’ll adjust it based on feedback and send a final version over to Hal ASAP

Looks really good, did you do the Jedi Temple too? Both were nicely done

Ed Slushie said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

Ed Slushie said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

Is there any good lines of dialogue from Dooku or Maul in any of the games? Especially Maul. Would even love to add grunts, growls, and hard breathing to maul and his fight with the Jedi to help to show his intensity. I like the idea of the contrast, especially with him pacing in front of the Jedi behind the shield, it fits him i think.

In Battlefront 2, Dooku has the line “The Count of Serreno, at your service.” which I think would be good to add somewhere so that “Count” doesn’t just seem like a meaningless title.

Ill have to try and find that

I’ll make it easier:
https://youtu.be/tc5CxPyzJnw?t=129

Oh sweet, thank you. Thats not Christopher Lee though is it?

Ed Slushie said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

Is there any good lines of dialogue from Dooku or Maul in any of the games? Especially Maul. Would even love to add grunts, growls, and hard breathing to maul and his fight with the Jedi to help to show his intensity. I like the idea of the contrast, especially with him pacing in front of the Jedi behind the shield, it fits him i think.

In Battlefront 2, Dooku has the line “The Count of Serreno, at your service.” which I think would be good to add somewhere so that “Count” doesn’t just seem like a meaningless title.

Ill have to try and find that