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#1523893
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Smudger9's Andor Movie Series [COMPLETE] [4K; 5.1 Audio]
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I hope someone with more technical expertise than me can offer some tips.

I am having issues playing the 4k file on my Hisense TV. The file plays perfectly on my phone using VLC player on a Galaxy S20+.

On my TV, through a flash drive, I tried various media players on the Google/Android TV including VLC, MX, kodi, and a few others. I played around with the codec setting on each. I even tried using the TV’s USB player directly.

For each method used, either the audio kept cutting out and/or the framerate was very shaky. I suspect my TV is not compatible, and would have to stick the 1080 MP4 file that is also a bit larger, but still a reasonable size.

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#1523631
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Andor EP2: The Reckoning 4K [RELEASED]
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I am not 100% sure what exactly you would be looking for, but I believe there are some images in the links below that occur during the prison break and after. I hope there is something here that is helpful.

I apologize in advance if there is an excess of links below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/1054l90/andor_concept_arts/

https://www.starwars.com/andor-concept-art-gallery?

https://collider.com/andor-concept-art-diego-luna/

https://www.reddit.com/r/deepdream/comments/vw7jsx/cassian_andor_concept_art_midjourney/

https://conceptartworld.tumblr.com/post/700130742302294016/star-wars-andor-e-poster-by-illustrator-hugh

https://thefutureoftheforce.com/2022/11/16/the-star-wars-andor-concept-artwork-reveals-a-fresh-look-at-the-rebellion/

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#1523238
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Community Focus Thread 1: The Phantom Menace
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StarkillerAG: That opening crawl is very good. I think you could also try to incorporate a very brief reference to Sidious using or manipulating the Trade Federation for his own secretive plans.

In some shape or form, this movie needs to address the motivation by Sidious and what he was trying to accomplish with the forced treaty. I always wonder if that could be accomplished without the heavy use of subtitles modifying the dialogue.

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#1522648
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Deepfake Ideas - Index and Discussion
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NeverarGreat said:

I just stumbled upon this and was blown away. It uses this AI to create remarkably clear dialogue, and based on the spot-on pronunciation of the made-up words in that sample as well as some words which were clearly misread, this example was made by speaking the words to the AI and having the AI tune the voice to a specific character. If this is true, then it is a vast improvement over the FakeYou AI which failed to make the cut in my edit.

So what do you think? I’m thinking about a few choice discussions in the OT and how they could be transformed with a few edits from this AI.

I saw the demo they had on YouTube with Leonardo Dicaprio with the voices of various other famous people. It seemed okay, but someone needs to test this out instead of relying upon their very limited samples they provide.

In general, mimicking a human voice will be far more difficult than deepfaking an appearance considering the uniqueness of every voice. I am skeptical, but I hope this shows promise [and will only be used ethically].

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#1522584
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Star Wars: Kenobi | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit [WIP]
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As someone who truly enjoyed your Way of Mandalore edits, I am looking forward to this when it is eventually released.

There have already been numerous discussions and edits over how to resolve the issues with the show. What is the feasibility of the 2 meetings between Vader and Kenobi being done in the format of a dream and/or force vision? That could be a possible way to “explain” the problems with their interactions without twisting yourself into a pretzel and avoid the VFX work that creates new additional problems to resolve. I personally would not know how to fit that in without looking out of place.

In terms of your story having consistency with legends - yes please! I loved the notion of Kenobi as a hermit. That was my initial expectation for the show, but instead we saw him bouncing around the galaxy in a very sloppy manner. I would be very curious how to reconcile the semi-reclusive Obi-Wan with what we have in the show. This is something I wish was done from the very beginning. Is it possible to expand on this with the footage currently available?

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#1519176
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Revenge Of The Sith: Alternate Intro
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I saw your alternative introduction to the movie, and I really liked it.

One of the biggest issues I had with this movie is that we are constantly told, but not really shown the scale of the clone wars. The audience would have no idea about the extent of the clone wars without watching the animated series. The movie should be able to stand on its own without the need to incorporate a television show.

Your approximately 30 second intro immediately gives the audience at least some indication that we are in the midst of an all out galactic war.

As you said, I hope more edits incoroporate this or some variation of it.

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#1518354
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The <strong>Original Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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losthead said:

I’m working on an adaptation of the scene from the Vader comics where Vader finds out that Luke is his son. I’ve hired a voice actor so far, and am working on compiling footage that can realistically fit into ESB. My idea is that it’ll play out at the start of ESB, but end on Boba leaving Vader in silence. Then, either the end of ESB or the beginning of RotJ will show the scene with the flashbacks, cementing the previous reveal.

This is an excellent idea - having the comic book adaptation inserted into the movie. It makes it more clear later when Vader is talking to Sidious later on that he is deceiving him. Boba is also with an expanded role and screen time for a character that would in later movies and shows have his role expanded.

I would be hesitant using flashbacks. Flashbacks were not used thorough out the OT nor PT. Personally, I like the use of flashbacks, but it would stand out in a Star Wars movie. However, perhaps you could incorporate it in a way where it does not feel out of place. I am looking forward to what you accomplish with this.

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#1518028
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Restoration of Darth Vader Deleted Scene from Return of the Jedi
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Thank you for the work restoring deleted scenes.

Do you have any plans restoring the ones from A New Hope? Those ones would be the most challenging because the quality is extremely poor. In particular, I liked the deleted scene where Luke looks up with binoculars to see the space battle. I think that gives us a much better introduction to his character.

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#1517629
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Star Wars Episode III: Labyrinth Of Evil (Released)
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Hal, I want to apologize on behalf of the poster above who should be instantly banned and have his post removed.

You put in several years of hard work and care into your edits and provide numerous resources to assist others with their edits. You always come across as helpful and polite in your online interactions that I witnessed.

One thing I liked since joining this forum is the largely civil discourse when there are disagreements. I find nothing worse than posters who make threats while remaining anonymous. It is both unacceptable and cowardly.

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#1517373
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Star Wars: A New Hope DEVASTATOR EDITION (V.2 a WIP)
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I just want to say I would like a link to when this is eventually completed.

I saw in a prior post that this project was temporarily abandoned, but I am really glad that you continued with this.

On another matter, since coming across fan editing a few months ago, the biggest shock is how much memory and storage required to do this work. I read articles explaining why, and it shows you cannot get away with a cheap laptop.

I want to thank editors for volunteering their time and money for the fans.

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#1517030
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The Clone Wars: Refocused [COMPLETE] + bonus Quinlan Vos episode by g00b!
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I have some brief comments about S04E10 - THE COSMIC FORCE.

I really liked most of the episode, but some portions of it I thought could be trimmed or modified.

  1. The Anakin execution of Dooku with the two lightsabers resembles what we see in ROTS. I feel it effectively functions as a spoiler if someone never watched these before.

  2. I felt the scenario of Anakin helping Yoda escape from his medical “prison” came off as far too childish. Yoda is considered the wisest of the Jedi, nearly 900 years old, but is treated like an irresponsible child that is not allowed to control his own life.

He also behaves childishly asking Anakin to help him escape because of his history of disobedience. Perhaps this can be modified in a way to appear that Yoda leaves of his own will without resistance along with Anakin’s assistance.

Moving to S04E02 - THE LIVING FORCE, I liked 99% of how you structured the episode. My absolute favorite cut was the Vader shenanigans. I thought that was far too aggressive with the foreshadowing.

The foreshadowing issue is also where I feel problems arise. Shortly before Father dies, he informs Anakin that he could bring balance to the galaxy, but also provides him with some caution as well. While his prophecy was not completely definitive, I still feel it is a little much with blatant foreshadowing. I do not feel as strongly as this one, but I have always been hostile to the Anakin Chosen One prophecy as it makes it too obvious what happens in the end.