- Post
- #1538973
- Topic
- Spence's PT Edits Round 3 (V1 Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1538973/action/topic#1538973
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Here’s a rough draft of including Yoda at the end.
Disclaimer: I personally really dislike the scene. It’s an old man standing in front of a green screen talking to a cartoon and waving his hands around, and it feels like it. There’s very little effort put into making the scene interesting or exciting, and it doesn’t add anything to the movie beyond “oh cool, Yoda with a lightsaber” which is silly and I don’t want to keep anyway.
That being said, I’m open to giving it a try. The sound and effects on this are placeholders, but I tried to at least give the scene a little bit of activity.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JCc2Y7hMfoeg-tVP9Usn9gNYaCjEpJii/view?usp=share_link
What I think would be a mild improvement: Since you already have the shot of Dooku scrambling into his ship, lightsaber ignited - I think you should cut to the shot of Yoda reaching out to catch the column from immediately after his lightsaber is deactivated. Just so there’s that visual context before cutting to the reaction shot.
As for solving the Dooku lightsaber continuity, an idea you could try: Add the lightsaber ignition sound after Yoda says “Much to learn, you still have” and then cut to Dooku’s “This is only the beginning” shot.
Dooku’s clearly in a fighting pose, and it could imply that he’s ready to fight Yoda if he chooses to follow him rather than save Anakin and Obi-Wan. I think the way the line is delivered and a few quick cuts would also hasten the moment. Add a little urgency to what’s happening rather than Dooku just calmly raising his arms again followed by a straining Yoda.
Though this could end up being time intensive for something you may not want to keep at all.