honestabe

Book 5 was a masterpiece much like your other work. It was hard to notice Grogu missing with the VFX work that was done. You clearly had to put forth quite a monumental effort to get that done. Excellent work. You can really feel quite the time lapse going through the various battles with imperials, pirates, and the adventure into Mandalore. This is a must see for everyone.

The heavy restructuring of the saga by and large flowed rather smoothly.

There a few minor issues that may be addressed in a future cleanup, but not really major:

• I thought it was a bit awkward for the New Republic pilots to stop Din for flying next to a commercial ship after he flew back down to Tatooine and back up.

==> It may be best to have the flyover moved over to the moment where he leaves Tatooine. You can jump straight to the pirates while he is testing the ship.

• I liked having the pirate space fight outside Tatooine. However, I thought it was a bit strange that they would be there all the way from Nevarro without any explanation considering that is where it originally took place.

==> Would it be possible to quickly slip in some dialogue such as, “We have been tracking you.” One of the pirates can mention that to briefly explain how they knew Din was on Tatooine.

• As we approach the ending, the volume of the soundtrack noticeably increased to a point where it became very difficult to hear a few words of dialogue between Ahsoka and Luke.

==> A slight decrease in the soundtrack while they talk should get this cleaned up. There is no issue with the soundtrack being louder in of itself.

Hal 9000: “I am officially retiring everyone . . . after I complete this list of 500,000 things that will take the rest of my life.”

😃

Based upon some of the reviews here, it appears this show is becoming what I somewhat expected - disappointing. I was expecting it to come across as boring, and use the characters primarily for nostalgia baiting those who liked Rebels rather than telling a compelling story.

We know the folks of Disney can tell a good story if needed (see Andor). Andor also benefited from the fact that there was no motivation to force nostalgia in your face. Also, thanks to some of the good folks around here, the weak points of Andor were edited out to make it better (with Smudger’s being my favorite, but I believe all the Andor edits are solid). I will only watch an edited Ahsoka, but I was hoping a fanedit would be used more for tweaking a few weak areas rather than having to “fix” it. I would like the show to stand on its own merit.

I am happy for those who enjoy it. It is fine to have different tastes. However, based on the spoilers I read and saw, this is probably not the show for me.

Was that really the “before” color? If so, then your color work is clearly superior.

Are you planning on any other edits to the show such as cutting or rearranging?

As I was looking through some of my old posts, I bumped into this thread.

It appears as though you toned down some of the more “radical” changes. The edit will no longer have scenes rearranged (Dagobah at the beginning) or other major changes such as Boba Fett’s involvement at Endor, and starkiller base.

While I am slightly disappointed, I am speculating that you had a change of heart along with time constraints. Your changes could have taken years potentially to pull off. Keeping the story largely intact obviously simplifies the process so you do not open up a new set of problems with each major change.

I do really like some of your subtle changes involving the plaques and cylinders. I commend that excellent attention to even the minute details.

I am looking forward to this (and your potential Rogue One) edit when released.

RogueLeader said:

I don’t remember if it was someone here or on YouTube, but someone achieved this exact idea before, so it is definitely doable without voice Ai or anything.

EDIT: I did find a version of this idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GvpT_7BMAc

This is a great find. The dialogue of him indicating that he knows the power of the dark side can effectively “justify” his outburst as a display of power - for those who want to keep in the rampage he displays in a future edit.

Were you ever able to receive support for this request?

I wonder if the 3D modeling you are referring to can be learned. The website Humble Bundle is offering a couple of software deals that may be relevant here for $25. One is for several courses to learn 3D modeling and the other for Unreal Engine, which could potentially be used in the scenario you are looking for.

I wonder if somebody else with more knowledge could provide more information. I may learn this on my own if I could open the necessary free time in the future.

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/complete-blender-3d-modeling-online-course-megabundle-software?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_3_c_completeblender3dmodelingonlinecoursemegabundle_softwarebundle

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This edit of ROTS is certainly unique in that there are a few others that are super extended versions, but this one incorporates ideas from others for the purpose of improving the story to give us the Anakin of The Clone Wars series.

I would like a link at your earliest convenience.

I also have a question that is hopefully not a stupid one as I am just learning that you incorporated an edit by Crimson Maul of Vader confronting the temple guards. Did you include exactly what is in the published YouTube video or were any changes made, even if very minor?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=33mF9ddqL3k

Is there supposed to be audio in that training sequence? Otherwise, my device may be defective.

Waiting for Andor’s next season is a good call. Unless I am grossly mistaken, the final season has a timeline of a few years to lead into Rogue One. I just hope it is not significantly delayed by Disney’s current issues and the Hollywood strike drama.

As for Vader’s voice, can anything be done using AI to replicate Jones’s voice from A New Hope? I can see where Hal is coming from wanting to use the actual voice of JEJ. I wish it were possible to use his younger voice.

I was looking forward to this and will PM you in a minute for this.

I think your most underrated change is actually fixing the shenanigans involving the shield gate. In hindsight, it was a blatant contradiction.

I am not sure what the Vader scene from Kenobi is for, but I will watch this looking out for a surprise.

SmokedSalmonellaSalad said:

honestabe said:

This is neat. Are you doing this with the deleted scenes as well, or just the theatrical movie?

Tbh I tried originally upscaling the deleted scenes using Topaz, but the results were very janky. And even still, there isn’t an HDR release of these deleted scenes to go along with this. It sucks cause I think the deleted scenes especially in ROTS make it 10x better and tie in neatly with Rogue One/Andor.

It is unfortunate that these deleted scenes were left out of the theatrical release. However, for your personal viewing pleasure, I would recommend the Bobson Dugnutt expanded edition that incorporates the upscaled deleted scenes in case you may be interested.

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/revenge-of-the-sith-expanded-edition-v2-now-released/id/73948

Good luck on this project.

Wow. I am little late to the party here, but these look amazing. Take as much time as needed to complete the trilogy DrDre. Thank you so much for giving us possibly the best versions of the extended edition even after I see you worked on the theatrical releases.

I wish it was legal for us to support your work. An excellent enhancement for a truly spectacular trilogy.

This is neat. Are you doing this with the deleted scenes as well, or just the theatrical movie?

Squeaky Water Wheel said:

If the cut is finished I am interested in getting access to it. Is there a way I can do that?

His prequel edits are not out yet. Only his ESB episode 5 edit is complete. I am sure there will be an announcement when ready. Until then, we can all patiently wait for what will be a good one.

Hal9000, are you going to incorporate the new lines yourself after TMWNN completes the revisited version?

kg1977 said:

Luke’s light sabre training:
Extra deleted scene with yoda and Luke as Luke attempts to slice a metal bar into 4 pieces, but only cuts it in half. Also restored and enhanced/rescored music for immediately after when Luke is doing jumps and jogging with yoda on his back.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdFcJCafPLkwig58Xe9wxip1C4MjABBA/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for the work you are putting in. However, the link directs to Luke eating instead of any saber training.

I apologize if I am confusing things here.

I think Vader having his tantrum in the suit in front of Palpatine simply does not work. I agree with g&gfan that Vader is better suited hiding his feelings from the emperor as it fits with OT Vader.

However, if someone could perform VFX work to have Palpatine leave the operating room, then at that point Vader’s rage could be justified as he now can do it privately. I am not so sure if someone would be willing to go through all that effort though.

It could get a little ugly, but your best bet may be to mix and match her different lines. That could also get disjointed based on the tone and inflection of her voice.

Here is a line from S1, Ep. 15:

“Maybe this mission doesn’t make military sense. But Kanan is family. And we’ve all lost enough family to the Empire. So rescuing him makes sense to me. I’m not ordering you, any of you, to come along. But you need to decide now. In or out?”

You could find her mentioning Fulcrum elsewhere and get a line like this: “Fulcrum is ordering you to come along this mission. In or out?”

May I also have a link to this edit at your earliest convenience?

When you have an opportunity, I would like a link to your various Lord of the Rings edits.

For clarification, I see you edited the Hobbit movies and obviously this first season of Rings of Power. Did you also edit the original trilogy of Lord of the Rings as well?

I was impressed going through this thread to see the effort made to make this the best quality it was always supposed to be. Kudos to you.

Is the V2 for this still in the works? V1 of the devastator edition was excellent.

• In terms of personal interest, I will join the apparent unanimous agreement to continue with The Way of Mandalore.

• With regard to other edits, I agree with your premise to wait for the PixelJoker edit of Kenobi. No purpose in having to go through duplicate efforts if you already know in advance you want to incorporate portions of his work.

• Next up I would love updates to the sequel trilogy. A legends compliant version was what I always hoped these would be. I have been wanting to watch your current work prints, but other life matters kept getting in the way.

• For TPM, do you have any specific ideas? My current favorite edit based on what has been released so far was Cloak of Deception. I am aware another editor is going through VFX enhancements. I still believe there were an avalanche of good ideas in that thread that would enhance the movie. I honestly would not know where to begin on that. However, I do know that somehow Dooku needs to be introduced in that movie.

• I see you threw in Ashoka. It is far too early at this juncture to discuss an edit, but I was thinking that perhaps those live action shots (to be determined) could somehow incorporate into Revenge of the Sith. While I think it is unlikely, it would be nice to have a non-animated Ashoka fit into the movie in some form.

g00b said:

https://youtu.be/ETXkYDoNVj4

It’s far from perfect but I’ve been playing with the idea of making my own custom star wars helmet intro for Rebels Recut.

I’m still working on it but I’d love to get some feedback!

I like what you did, but I found it too dark and hard to see them. I think making it but brighter for those with poor vision like me would help.

Can I get a link to your ESB edit when you have an opportunity?