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idir_hh said:

Also, are you planning on making the Sith Acolytes chant duel of the fates when Palpatine prepares for the sacrifice? Would be a great nod to TPM.

If this is possible, that would be absolutely incredible

Chase Adams said:

As bizarre as this seems, I can confirm that the two things in the sky on Coruscant in the ROTJ SE are intended to be moons. 😬

This is oddly specific and sounds like there’s something interesting behind it

…how can you confirm that

Hal 9000 said:

https://vimeo.com/429093575

Oh, yeah. And here’s another test, this time with all the voices. So, I believe everyone has been included, even though clearly not everyone is audible. I wish everyone could be!

Hmm. Did you lower the music? Compare that clip with this last one I shared:

https://vimeo.com/428168141

In that mix, I didn’t mess with the film audio at all, I just put the stems on top. The loud music really helps sell the impact of the scene.

poppasketti said:

Here’s an alt for the end celebration including Coruscant in place of Endor!

Coruscant End Celebration
pw: fanedit

The incredible backplate was made by jonh, and I comped in the ships and added a bit of texture.

That is gorgeous. I love this so much.

Knight of Kalee said:

Hal 9000 said:

Thanks to axlanian, here’s the intended-as-final version of the arrival of the civilian fleet. Awesome to have so many of you contribute, and it makes for a wonderful fan editing moment.

https://vimeo.com/428986564

I think the version posted right before this one sounded better in the sense the more prominent lines blended better with the background ones and the sound environment, but still is a wonderful addition to the movie.

Also poppasketti’s rainbow look neat! The subtlety makes it blend very well

Did you mean my previous link? If so, that’s ultimate due to me trying to create a 5.1 mix without anything to listen on besides stereo speakers. Hal’s link is my L/C/R stems mixed back down to stereo. It was quite tricky to do. Honestly if it’s not sounding as good, we might try just putting my last stereo mix into the L and R channels.

Hal 9000 said:

What do you mean by tick scenes, though?

Movies Remastered said:

I meant the missing scenes you haven’t ticked yet. I thought all those scenes were finished? They look great imo.

As an American married to a Brit, I think the confusion here is that Hal doesn’t know that a “tick” is a checkmark outside of the US

Hal 9000 said:

Subtitled alien closeup during the early Resistance meeting scene? Oolab Puba saying “The rumored lost fleet…”?

This is a fantastic idea!! Subtitles on aliens could solve a lot of problems.

kewlfish said:

Any feedback or glaring issues that y’all see would be helpful 😄

This isn’t very helpful, but my only feedback is “That looks incredible and I love all of it”

jonh said:

latest and final version! corrected yoda height, luke’s hair in the last shot improved, and two more details improved … this is the final! hahahha, thank you very much!
BLUE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KZju5TYhqExWXN13T6Krqs-ZS9UL1cL9/view?usp=sharing
PURPLE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSe7mW6WXpG4uTlyqsND-k2CBh6M4_NI/view?usp=sharing

there will be no more changes! I’m sorry, friends! 😉

I’m so glad you’ve put such love and care into this shot. You’ve fixed the disappointing climactic moment of my favorite series, and I’m sure countless others will feel that way when they watch the final cut of this fanedit (not to mention those of us here who have been lucky enough to watch your progress).

Thank you, Jon.

jordan_winter said:

axlanian said:

Hal 9000 said:

Okay, finally was able to listen with earphones. I agree, it’s awfully noisy. I truly hate not to include a clip from everyone who submitted something, but maybe it’d be better to actually hear what people are saying… That initial mockup had some chatter and calling in, with some boosted to be audible and others less so, but there wasn’t as much sheer content then. Maybe going back to having fewer clips, selecting those that sound the best and making sure to include the ones from people who have contributed to this project the most regardless.

I think I prefer option A overall, but maybe it’s just because it’s closer to the clip I listened to a bunch to do my initial mockup. I do think that the wookiee roar should be a little earlier, unless intended to represent Chewie himself, since it happens as the Falcon swoops into frame.

I do appreciate you tackling the mixing for this, and hope this isn’t a big setback!

Okay, new test

EDIT: https://vimeo.com/428168141

Moved the wookiee cry forward so it seems more like it’s coming from Chewie, centered the Mon Calimari fleet, lowered the background chatter, and tried to make the “For Skywalker” bit clearer without being shockingly louder than Poe’s dialogue right before it. Let me know what’s still not working, or if anyone has any ideas to improve the mix.

This is fantastic! It sounds so seamless. My only little nitpick, and this is totally a personal thing, is that I’d love to be able to hear Kaz, Yeager, and Jacen and that Zay was a little louder.

I get that. But since we’re trying to improve TRoS, it felt weird to have impressions of specific characters that don’t quite sound like them. If this were an animation or something, I’d bump them all up, but since this is an actual SW film, it feels wrong to have impressions front-and-center. Does that make sense? If we had raw audio of the actual characters, I’d be more than happy to feature those, but since we’re filling this in with fans, I felt this was the right balance.

That being said, this isn’t my project, so if Hal disagrees, I’m happy to change it.

Hal 9000 said:

Okay, finally was able to listen with earphones. I agree, it’s awfully noisy. I truly hate not to include a clip from everyone who submitted something, but maybe it’d be better to actually hear what people are saying… That initial mockup had some chatter and calling in, with some boosted to be audible and others less so, but there wasn’t as much sheer content then. Maybe going back to having fewer clips, selecting those that sound the best and making sure to include the ones from people who have contributed to this project the most regardless.

I think I prefer option A overall, but maybe it’s just because it’s closer to the clip I listened to a bunch to do my initial mockup. I do think that the wookiee roar should be a little earlier, unless intended to represent Chewie himself, since it happens as the Falcon swoops into frame.

I do appreciate you tackling the mixing for this, and hope this isn’t a big setback!

Okay, new test

EDIT: https://vimeo.com/428168141

Moved the wookiee cry forward so it seems more like it’s coming from Chewie, centered the Mon Calimari fleet, lowered the background chatter, and tried to make the “For Skywalker” bit clearer without being shockingly louder than Poe’s dialogue right before it. Let me know what’s still not working, or if anyone has any ideas to improve the mix.

Cinefy said:

Lol someone put a really weird filter on my voice during Lando’s arrival.

There are filters/FX on EVERY submitted voice so they sound like they’re coming from comms systems of various qualities (I figured some would be scratchier than others since they’re just random ships)

I like the idea about Dark Side noises you put together, though I don’t know if Qui-Gon saying “Anakin” specifically works. What else could go there?

Cinefy said:

I only think it should be the one shot after stating ‘memory’

This sounds like the best approach to me

Movies Remastered said:

Either way it’s pretty awesome. I just thought the “for skywalker” part could be in surround as they’re everywhere. As is really works too.

That’s a good call, I could put one separate shout in each channel for that bit

It’s only stereo right now. We had planned not to put any voices in the back surround channels because the ships are all in front of the viewer, so I’m going to break them into L, R, and C channels. That being said, I definitely need this to work in Stereo first since not everyone will be watching this edit in 5.1.

Hal, the Wookiee was meant to be Chewie, hence the placement. Does that work?

I can lower the volume of the background chatter and upload new clips in a bit.

oviniboy said:

that’s amazing, looks like there’s real people behind those ships.
but I think the “For Skywalker” lines could stand more a little bit, it’s kind of hard to hear the way it is now and it’s super important line to understand why those guys are there.

Cool, I’ll tweak that in the next mix. Last time I had people saying it was too loud haha so I probably overcorrected.

Okay, party people. A LOT of you sent in voices for the Fleet, so I’m trying to find a balance between making sure everyone’s got a line in there while still making some lines stand out and not muddying the whole thing up. This is what I’ve got right now, let me know what does and doesn’t work:

Version A: https://vimeo.com/427444580

Version B (moved lines of encouragement to Poe to a different shot, not sure if it works): https://vimeo.com/427446625

Passwords are fanedit

idir_hh said:

Maybe the galaxy thinks he is dead but I think the ideal would be to have him in self exile. A batman like figure that appears and disappears out of nowhere, helping out around the galaxy as a form of penance. A symbol.

As cheesy as it sounds, this is kind of what I would have wanted. Rey and Ben wouldn’t be hooking up in secret or anything, he’d just become a wandering fighter for justice, trying to right some of his wrongs. Potentially with his mother’s lightsaber.

Obviously there’s no way to make that happen in an edit, but it’s what seems like a feasible story decision to me. He DEFINITELY could not join up with the Resistance and be like “It’s cool, I’m a good guy now!”

I think Ben needs to survive. He feels really out of place as a force ghost, and the movie makes it clear that Leia only stopped training because her son would die if she continued.

Except he still died, so what was the point of her not being a Jedi?!?

Ben dying makes Leia’s storyline even worse in TRoS. Cut his death.

We’re actually getting a few people together to do new takes/lines for the KoR, I’ll post updates in this thread and then will drop them here when they’re finalized.

Hal 9000 said:
it is slightly risky to add that effect only to dialogue that wasn’t there originally, as you’d be doing about the opposite of what would normally be desirable.

I can’t quite figure out what this means

RogueLeader said:

Wow, those work better than I expected!

It would be cool if we added some voice effect to the line, “We will be one” as if we’re hearing voices of the past Sith collectively speaking through him. Same for when he says, “as all the Sith live in me.” And maybe that could continue once he drains their energy and reforms.

✋ I’d be happy to volunteer for experimenting with this idea

Can I get this one too?

I honestly kind of love Klaud

He’s so bizarre looking

omnimuffin said:

Is it bad that I like the ‘Goonies’ moment? Sure, it’s contrived and cheesy, but it feels very classical adventure movie, very pulp.

Definitely not bad if you liked it! I wish I had enjoyed it, but when the dagger lined up perfectly with the Death Star wreckage from right where Rey happened to be standing, my eyes rolled so hard I saw my brain