Synopsis:
Star Wars, the prodigal son of The Hidden Fortress, comes home to Papa. Through the music of John Williams and numerous subtitle changes, The Hidden Fortress is transformed into a Star Wars experience.
Intentions:
- To rescore The Hidden Fortress with music from Star Wars - To rename major characters and places with starwarsian names: Princess Reia, General Kenobi, Atu, Situri, and more - To make the edit family-friendly by removing a questionable scene and all curse words, and by rewriting dialogue for certain scenes - To repurpose select dialogue from Star Wars - And to improve the story’s pacing.
Change List:
Added: - music from Star Wars Episodes I, IV, V, VI, VII - 44 new subtitles, generally to add Star Wars flavor - custom title screen and end credits Changed: - 217 subtitles, generally to add Star Wars flavor but also to make the edit more family-friendly - full names presented surname first Removed: - several scenes of climbing and descending hills - bickering in the ditch - bits of overacting - parts of the spear fight - discussion of violating the princess - any singing beyond the fire festival - serial horseback arrivals to the overlook.
Additional Notes:
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Other Sources:
Various Star Wars original motion picture soundtracks The Empire Strikes Back—Imperial Audiophile Edition by ABC Distant Heavy Waterfall sound effect from freesfx.co.uk
Special Thanks:
To ThrowgnCpr for invaluable feedback on sound editing and for a magnificent cover; to Junko for tending to my Japanese script; to Vultural for feedback on the trailer; to ABC for creating the IAE and to darthrush for pointing the way; to Vili Maunula (akirakurosawa.info) for spreading the word; to blueyoda, Gatos, Neglify, and njvc for inspiration; and to reave for being reave. Thanks also to addiesin, thecuddlyninja, dangermouse, DigModiFicaTion, DominicCobb, Dwight Fry, Flixcapacitor, JJE-187, Kal-El, Slart, Spaced Ranger, TMBTM, TM2YC, TV’s Frink, Ugetsu, Vultural, yo_yojimbo. And to Kurosawa Akira, George Lucas, and John Williams for all the amazing movies and music.