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I think it could pass as part of the original.

I feel like the crocodile would have been cooler if they hadn’t already fought the Kryt Dragon in 2x01, which felt more earned and epic. For this reason, I think cutting the croc wouldn’t be much of a loss.

Even shorter: “My mother doesn’t see your darkness. I do.”

Congratulations! I know that I haven’t given feedback for a few months, but I want to join in to affirm your excellent work and major accomplishment.

Regarding future efforts, I’d still really like to see an attempt at making 1x01 a better introduction to our new characters, even if it takes the focus off Anakin and ObiWan slightly. I think there’s a lot of potential with those young Ahsoka scenes from the new short, but also potential by blending in the Assassin episode with Ulani and Ventress as something that happens on the way to the planet, or even by using the Jedi investigating Grievous’ fortress in season 2 as an intro to his character in 1x01 or 1x02, leading into the Malevolence story.

I like having Yavin in the shot, so long as that makes sense to everyone. It helps make the explosion shot unique and not simply “another big explosion in space.”

Could JarJar even mention Dooku as another party who offered to help negotiate peace?

“Galactic REPUBLIC” - it’d be a good opportunity to get that official setting term in there.

I like it.

Any thoughts about making other changes based on that community brainstorming thread, especially regarding the movie start and climax?

I don’t think so. Most of seem to recenter the shown on Mando and Grogu though, having them more of less open and close the series/movie.

How about this (a few slight revisions from Eddie’s text):

The galaxy is in crisis.
Luke Skywalker, the hero who restored the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.

Emboldened by his absence,
the evil FIRST ORDER, an
extremist remnant of the
fallen Empire, have
declared that anyone
in league with the Jedi
will be destroyed.

Fearing the influence of
a resurgent Sith, some
New Republic Senators have organized a covert
RESISTANCE, and have sent
their most daring pilot to
meet with a member of a
Jedi cult, seeking any
clue to Luke’s whereabouts
amongst the darkening stars…

Very exciting!

Is a further update of Prisoner next?

I just wanted to drop back into this thread to let you know that I used this edit over the past few months to introduce Tolkien to my 6 year old daughter. We would listen to a chapter of Bluefax’s amazing audiobook and then watch the corresponding part of the movie. It all went over very well, and we wrapped up just this past weekend. The slightly reduced action quotient and fewer departures from the text made this ideal for us. Thank you!

bobafatt1 said:

I RECENTLY POSTED A LINK TO MY EDIT OF SEASON 1 OF THE MANDALORIAN ON TWITTER COULD REPOST IF YOU WANT TWITTER HANDLE IS @IamBobaFatt1

Welcome to these forums. If you look around though, you will see that there are at least four Boba Fett edits, each with their own topic thread and initial post that provides a full details of the goals behind the edit and lists the major changes made.

People then post a comment or message the editor if they are interested in seeing the edit.

If you want to share your work here, I strongly suggest you follow that pattern. You’ll get likely get better responses.

I did my own sub-edit that combined elements of several versions last year, but I’m intrigued by your goal of a gruffer more brutal Boba Fett. I’d like to check it out. Thanks.

PM sent

(Nobody is responding here, but I’m going to keep posting updates on what I’ve used/explored, as it might help others in the future.)

I got the Cloneralliance UHD Pro for Christmas and have been trying it out in place of standard screen recording for my streaming-only content. So far, the resulting footage has been comparable, which is both acceptable and disappointing.

The good = Consistent volume, bitrate, etc. Also no stuttering so far in any tests that has to be corrected by manually trimming a few seconds out or re-recording those parts. Good resolution.

The meh = I still get color banding and compression artifacts, especially in dark scenes. The color also seems slightly more washed out than in the footage I used to get via screen recording.

The best = Using this type of recorder has placed me back outside the rat race of streaming copy protection software vs screen recording software. No more battle with the black screens for hopefully a long while. I can also use the device to more easily record from my DVDs and Blu Rays, so hooray for a consistent process and result.

My attention has now shifted into trying to reduce those color bands in the simplest way possible. For now I am fiddling with settings in Handbrake, but I suspect my best option is going to be a newer computer running Davinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro with their respective effects.

Very intrigued.

If you have a Mac, the free built-in iMovie is no slouch, but most Mac editors seem to use Final Cut Pro.

Again, all of that is for the editing itself. You do have to figure out a way to get your content into a useable file format.

I saw the original movie the year it came out, on my first trans-Atlantic flight. I had never read the books but had heard it was very good. I enjoyed it but didn’t quite see what all the fuss was about. The ending particularly struck me as weak and a bit contrived. I’m sure it didn’t help that I had just gotten into Lord of the Rings; I’m not sure that anything could have been impressive to me at that time.

Let me begin by saying that your edit fixes my core issues with the end. By starting with the death of Harry’s parents and flashing back to it multiple times, then flashing back one last time as Dumbledor explains it, you keep those events in both their heaviness and their mystery in our minds far better than the original did. When Harry is told that his mother’s love protected him, it feels deeper and earned now. Thank you.

I may provide some more detailed feedback later, when I have time to watch more carefully and take notes, but I did have a couple of initial critiques.

• While I really like opening on that flashback, I think it tells too much clearly. It also transitions very suddenly to those owls and letters, before going back and introducing the cupboard, the characters, etc for Dudley’s birthday.

My suggestion would be to cut the initial flashback and instead have the voiceover from Harry’s mom play over the nightmare flashback. It’s more cryptic and confusing, but it will be explained as the movie progresses. When Harry wakes up, then we introduce our characters. Have the first letter arrive after the zoo sequence, then segue into the rest of the letter scenes. I wish there was another more ordinary life scene you could intersperse there to start the letters off more slowly, but I don’t remember one existing.

• I like the Chamber of Secrets music for the Sorcerers Stone vault, but I’m not sure it works for Harry’s vault too. Maybe experiment with a more subtle music blend between those two shots

• Similarly, I really like how you use the Window on the Past music, but it isn’t always blended in and out organically, biggest example being when he’s shopping with Hagrid. I think that there are great opportunities in this movie for it, as a theme for Harry’s parents. Just be careful with it and maybe keep it subtle.

• The last thing that stood out to me on an initial viewing was sadly the large number of pixel compression artifacts in the backgrounds, especially during some dark shots and when candlelit stonework is in the background. I struggle with this too in my edits, and I’m not sure what the best solution is. I just thought I’d mention it, as the effect is distracting.

All in all, thank you. Like I said, you’ve taken a movie that I never really cared about and made it something I enjoy. I’m excited to see it beside your other edits in the series and see how you have chosen to also adjust those.

EDIT

So, as is probably obvious to you at this point, I watched the old version. I have since found your Ultimate release and it’s much improved, some in the specific ways I was hoping for. Thank you for your excellent work. I can’t wait to watch the other Ultimate versions as you release them.

The simplest setup I’m seeing for an external capture system is to use the ClonerAlliance UHD Pro (or similar device), which allegedly can input HDMI and bypass HDCP to either record to USB or stream out via USB-C of HDMI. The units are pricy but seem to be generally well regarded.

Does anyone here use this or a similar device?

I noticed that the file is no longer available. I hope that means you took it down pending a new version and not because you gave up on this project. You had some really excellent changes in your work print and a lot of promising bigger ideas.

I’m always interested in someone new’s interpretation of this content. PM sent.

More radical, what if the hologram was part of the wrap-up for Episode I? What if the end was slightly less triumphant, more of a pyric victory, and the hologram let us know that the whole thing had been noticed negatively by people outside the Episode I story.

And it will still look wildly better than the 480p version available on P+. Don’t worry that it’s not perfect.

I am looking to increase my abilities and the quality of edit that I can produce and am curious about the best options for content sourcing.

Previously, my go-to option has been to use Mac’s default screen-capture software, a looped audio output>input cable, and the Firefox browser to record my own footage from streaming services that I subscribe to. I have found that this generally successful, but I’ve had recurring issues with skipped or stuttering frames (which I have had to re-record or trim), as well as pixel compression in dark scenes.

More problematic, I’ve increasingly found (late 2022) that several of the streaming services (Amazon, Paramount, maybe others) can now enforce the black-screen drm protection through Firefox, which previously got around it.

So I’m looking into other options. I’ve seen talk of buying an hdmi splitter, along with an hdmi capture device like elgato’s, and using those to take footage from a TV-based box like AppleTV or Roku and record it on a computer. Does that work or are there finicky things about that approach too? I’ve heard that some splitters work for this and others don’t?

Does the same splitter/capture method work for external physical media like BlueRay? Is it more reliable with physical or streaming?

Like I said, I’m still kind of a novice. I’ve done a lot of editing, but I’ve yet to use pro-level software or deal much in HD or 5.1 sound etc. I’d like to up my game, but I want to invest in the right tools.

Thank you.