Trooperman

Thank you Mark:)  I will definitely keep in touch with you as I move forward in life...

But the real thanks here goes to PaulisDead for volunteering to save and finish the project!  I actually just communicated with Tom from "Reborn," who was the other editor I was holding out for, but he is too busy and burnt out on Star Wars to take on a project like this to finish.

Now, we can't put any pressure on Paul.  He hasn't even seen the movie yet.  There is no guarantee here, and no time limit of course.  Strictly on Paul's schedule, whenever he has time to work on it.

But I would like to publicly thank him from the bottom of my heart for offering to finish the flick.  And I know he will do a great job.  I've seen some of Paul's other work, whether it was the restored versions of "Star Wars" and "Empire", or whether it was the wonderful recut opening sequence from Episode I that I downloaded a long time ago.  

Paul is more than qualified to do the audio mix for this film.

Now it's just up to me to organize the files/recordings on my hard drive in such a way that another person can easily find everything....

Anyway, thank you again.  This is going to be one fun movie.  Thank goodness I didn't have to shelve it.

-TM

Janskeet said:

 is this really that unusual?

Yes.

My favorite Star Wars game of all time is "Tie Fighter," which was last upgraded 13 years ago. 

I can't even run it on my newest computer. 

Darth Chaltab said:

I thought it was decent. Normally I wouldn't say this, but I thought he should have let Obama speak a bit more. Obama's policies are self-evidently wrong headed; O'reilly didn't need to frame the discussion so much.

I agree.  O'Reilly shouldn't have interrupted so much.  He should have just let him talk and make a fool of himself.  That was bad etiquette on O'Reilly's part.

Oh, I think we're going to get a depression within the next 4 years.  I don't think there's any question of that.  But I agree that if McCain knew what to do, if he surrounded himself with people that knew what to do, he could stand a chance to start digging us out of this hole we're in.

But Obama would make the situation much, much worse by putting even more restrictions on American industries.  And raising taxes of course and playing "Robin Hood" with the U.S.

I would have to agree that the recent Disney sequels are by far the worst sequels ever made to classic movies.  Just a quick cash-in.

I'm conservative too.  

However, I think that both John McCain and Obama are completely missing the big issue. The issue nobody's talking about- the real reason why our economy is sinking.  

Watch this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD6MUWi-1gE

Message sent!

ADM is a great editor.  I would love it if he offered to have a look at the project.

By the way, I miss the old forum.  This feels different somehow...like almost everybody left...

Josh said:

DARRRRN............. I just wrote a GIGGANTIC ESSAY, AND MY INTERNET WACKS OUT!!!!!!

 

Sorry, I had alot to say..... but I'll sum it up.

 

Thank you TM, For the labor that you have done through out the years, so many years...lol, But the we are most gratefull! I knew the status of the project.I Can't edit it do, to my lack of skill, alot of skill..... but I know where your vision lies. Maybe Ady could tackle it?

I'm sure all of us would like to see the seeds of your works, unfinished, in any media you desire.

Unfortunately Ady doesn't have time for that last time I asked, and I don't blame him.  When he worked on his version of "Episode IV", he worked on it all day for I don't know how many months.  He had no life.  So I don't want to pressure him to do that.  

I'm sure, though, that he would be happy to do specific, isolated special effects tweaks.  Heck, he's already done several very important FX shots (that allowed me to change the climax in a very good way).  But as far as taking responsibility for the movie, no.

Thanks for the support though:)

Ripplin said:

Trooperman said:

I think this request might need a new thread. What do you think?

Anyway, thanks for such a detailed update. Have fun in college. I didn't know you were that young. Haha.

Yeah, yeah, rub it in!  I'm only 18....

Yes, I'll have a lot of fun at college I'm sure.  I'll give you a hint as to which one I'm going to...they just won a big game tonight.

Hi guys. Here is the story.

I've been around here for a while. I started this edit back when I was 15. And it really excited me at the time. The music I used and the cuts I made were all based on what made me excited when I was that age. It was only 3 or 4 years ago, but I was a different person back then. I think that's part of why this edit is so special and why it needs to be finished.

I’m going to college in less than two weeks. The movie is not done. And everybody I needed to hear back from in order to get it done, whether voice work, SPFX tweaks, and proofing, hasn’t gotten back to me over the past months.

Now I’m not upset at anybody at all. We all have busy lives, and as entertaining as this stuff is, it can’t get in life’s way.

But what it means is that I can’t finish this myself, especially, without having the missing pieces to put together the puzzle.

Now, maybe it’s just because I’ve seen the rough version all the way through, but I think that the pacing, the ideas, and just the pure excitement in this cut is way too good to throw away. If I could only mix the voices correctly, this cut is worlds above AOTC in every way. This has way too much potential to simply be dropped. I would hate to think that I spent the last few years working on this in vain. I would hate to think that the work of all of the people who worked so hard on voice dubs and special effects would go to waste. It can’t.

But I’m going to college, and at this point I can’t be working on this anymore. That’s not to say I can’t cut some video and do some editing over the summers, like doing a rough cut of Ep. III or something like that. That would be fun. But I can’t complete a project like this in college. There’s just no way.

This thing has stagnated. 2 or 3 years ago when I was working on it in full swing and putting all my creativity into it, I was really passionate and excited about doing it. Now, it feels like a dry technical exercise to finish it. And again, there are some critical pieces I am missing which only makes the process slower.

This movie needs a new person.

I think with a new editor working on it fresh, they’d be able to finish it very quickly. 3 or 4 months. But that’s what it would take…a new editor.

If anyone is considering this, please let me know and think about it over the next couple of weeks. If you decide you want to give it a try, I will have my new address at that point, and if you send me an external HD, I will load all of my project files onto it and then send it back to you to do with it what you please.

If you are an editor and you want to see this movie, please seriously consider this. The community (and I) wouldn’t be able to thank you enough.

I think this request might need a new thread. What do you think?

And thanks for putting those clip on Youtube, Josh. That made my day:)

-TM

P.S. Actually, I was considering having one of my friends doing ADR (like Sluggo) upload the entire rough cut onto Youtube or something like that, so that you would all have something to watch until somebody comes along to finish it. Yes, I know, it would ruin the suprise. I don't care about that anymore- you guys need to see this soon in one form or another.

Good idea?

The scream will be removed or dialed down.  It was supposed to be Zam surprised by Anakin jumping on the ship, but it is too jarring.  Glad you liked the clip:)

Here is another shorter one: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ONUGGX85

OK, here's a clip.  I think it has some new material.  If it doesn't I'm sorry; I don't remember.

There are some missing sound FX.

With this sequence, as with the whole movie, what I was trying to do was inject some fun into the movie by cutting the film to more exciting music.  I was trying to bring the Star Wars feel back and do it in the 70s/80s style.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9UH1T97K

Thanks for watching:)

-TM

Hi all,

I'm really sorry to not have this out yet.  I'm still here, though.  Between a variety of things (construction on our house, a missing dub for Jar-Jar, and no person like Adywan to help out on the mix), things have just not been going well at all on my end. 

I have sent it to TJdavis, editor on the cancelled "Reborn" project, so I might be hearing from him soon. 

To be honest, I am so disappointed that this isn't done yet that I'm about to just give up and send everybody rough cuts.  At least you know what I had planned.  But the rough cut is bad- my dubbing is bad on that version.  Jar-Jar also doesn't mesh very well. 

But one way or another, you will see this in some form or another.  And if this is not completely finished by mid-September, I would be happy to pass it to someone else to finish it.  I have an entire 150 GB external hard drive filled with material from this movie.  If anyone is interested in finishing it, just let me know and you can send me your external hard drive, and I'll load everything onto it.  I use Windows and the project is in Vegas 5.0. 

Again, this movie feels so close to completion.  Everything is there (again, besides a possible new Jar-Jar dub and a couple lines in one of the deleted scenes).  It's just a handful of visual tweaks (like blurring out lightsabers in the background of a couple shots in the arena, like the "Phantom Editor" did, only in higher-res). 

And the audio must be completely finished.  I am having trouble mixing my voice correctly.  This has always been an issue.  Looking over it more objectively now, it's possible that perhaps it's not working because I'm trying to force my own voice upon the Hayden Christiansen character.  Maybe it would be better served with a different voice, another voice actor?  Maybe then things would go more quickly, and the quality would improve? 

Either way, I haven't given up; I'm just very frustrated and I also don't have all of the elements yet that I need to work with.  I would like to thank the guy that did the spanish subtitles for me.  I really appreciate that and I know that I'll be able to use them.

Anyway, thanks for following this project, for anybody that still is.  The movie still excites me; I can watch it and look past the dubbing flaws with my own voice, and when I just watch the rest of it for what it is, it comes across as absolutely thrilling and gripping.  I almost can't believe such a formerly bad movie could become so interesting.  It's the sound.  It's the voices I'm struggling with. 

Are you all still interesting in seeing a new clip?

-Trooperman

A lot of work I'm sure, but I'm greatly looking forward to it:)

This is too bad.  But I completely understand.  Please check your PMs.

TM