That works too. One idea I liked was to ditch the Bothan spies and have Boba Fett deliver the Death Star stuff to the rebels himself, though I suppose accomplishing it would be just as difficult as the new Bothans scene.
I tried doing that, but I'm not too good at sound editing yet.
EV9D9 could be used to deliver exposition if we went with the subplot where Jabba is the last Separatist leader and they're going there to get the old ships to help with the attack.
I like Luke just making grand entrances all the time as part of his character. The implication that he's going to leave to go "think" is enough for me.
I've never had a problem with starting on Tatooine, so for simplicity's sake I think that would be fine.
muddyknees2000 said:
adywan said:
I need to wipe the drive and reinstall everything soon, but i'm trying to put it off until i've finished ESB:R
I use a program called DeepFreeze to avoid having to do frequent reinstallations. Locks up your computer so that nothing can be saved or altered unless you do a lengthy unlocking process which requies a restart. You get everything set the way you want it, then you lock DeepFreeze, and you can go for years.....you could even intentionally download the nastiest viruses, but as soon as you reboot everything is back to the way it was when you locked DeepFreeze.
This is true. I did some work installing it on a bunch of college dorm computers.
Who here does a good Luke Skywalker impression? :V
Minor nitpicks with the crawl:
It seems a little repetitive - the rebel alliance is already doomed, but the death star will spell certain doom, and two words are in all caps (Death Star and Sullust, which doesn't seem as important)
Coruscant is there to bring everything full circle. If we're counting on the prequels being there or heck even the Thrawn books, then Coruscant is where large things happen. It wouldn't be to stop the riots, it would be a show of force that would cleanly remove a large amount of the galaxy's population, which would just make things simpler for the Empire. The "riots" might also be just full-on rebel control of the planet.
The DSII is so massive that all the Imperial aristocracy could live there and just screw everyone else. Blowing up Coruscant is the next step up from blowing up Alderaan, just as the DSII is the next step up from the DS. The original drafts of this movie had things taking place on Coruscant, or Had Abaddon as it was known at the time. It also had Luke using Yoda's spirit as a literal shield, so take it as you will.
I don't have any personal stake in the Coruscant idea either way, but I wanted to explain it to people like Aalenfae who might work on it.
I really like that idea. It makes sense, too. Vader's samurai mask is a tool of intimidation. It's only when he's severely damaged that he needs the practical applications of the suit, which can be put with any old space helmet.
I think the idea with Coruscant was to have Endor be a moon of Coruscant where it was built in secret, with the DSII prepping to blow up Coruscant as retaliation for the riots. That way everything is close by, and Luke can still look out the window and see the fighting.
I actually like the music there. It's one of my favorite parts in the soundtrack.
edit: nevermind, I meant the part where they're crashing :V
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Not necessarily. What about after "time to abandon ship?"
I really like it.
One possible idea you could take from the apparently-sinking ship of the Kcutter's edit:
The glass to the bridge breaks in an explosion from one of the cannons hitting the ship, knocking Grievous out. Gives him a chance to do something cool and establish that he's Jedi-like with his grappling hook.
Much to my chagrin.
It's situational comedy. It's funny because of what they are, there's not really any reason to play it up.
The Fox Copyright brigade gobbled up the last half of them. :(
Or maybe play up that he's going there to execute him and he doesn't want witnesses? Either way works.
I really like the idea of him being the only one there, but it makes more sense for him to bring help. You could establish somehow that this is the best way, but I'm not sure of what way to do that.
I'm pretty excited for it. Seciors did a good job with Ep I.
I had no idea why Sifo Dyas wasn't Qui Gon. "He was killed almost 10 years ago." Hmmm, following the storytelling rule of show, don't tell, who did we see get killed ten years ago? Then Dooku says he's Qui Gon's master, that Qui Gon would have joined him - why is it some no-name Jedi?
You might be joking, but on the SomethingAwful forums there are loads of people who genuinely believe that was the intention of naming him that all along.
It sounds silly, but it's difficult to move or use footage from one PT movie to another because Obi Wan and Anakin both change their hair a lot.
Is there a way to digitally remove it? Any movies with Ewan McGregor in them where someone tells him to get a haircut?
Changing R2's "laughing" to a whimper would go a long way.
Probably not, but that might be a good reason for him to start on Tatooine.
It's a fictional universe. There is absolutely nothing that says that you can't do it that way, and it makes sense to enact these changes in the interest of improving the story.
3PO and R2 being there doesn't mean they're getting the spotlight or anything, but they should have a reason to be there. They're not that funny, so they can't serve their intended purpose of comic relief.
On the other hand, if it's symbolic and kind of sad, it fits with the tone of the end of the PT and mirrors the main events of the story.
An interesting way of doing it would be to make 3PO into his original conception, a car salesman kind of guy. He'd have his own small character arc where he learns to not be such a jerk, and then in the interest of protecting secrets, he agrees to have his memory wiped.