Revenge of the Sith by DominicCobb:

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The opening sets an entirely new tone altogether, back in line with the original trilogy. I got chills as the crash landing came to a close, the ROTJ music fit so perfectly. I enjoyed the film grain as well. Many of the edits are in line with other fan edits, sometimes fixing problems I don't really think are problems, like Palpatine's "do it" scene, or the "You have lost!" lightning stuff, which without it his sudden change of appearance is odd. But, the rest of the lightsaber duel between Palpatine and Windu, especially the beginning of it, is improved. I like the subtle changes to Anakin's turn to the dark side, it overall feels more believable, especially with the removal of the younglings. I think the deleted scenes are essential to Padme's arc and internal conflict, and with the conflict between the Senators and Palpatine. I'm stunned at what was originally removed from both II and III, and I'm glad to see most faneditors putting these scenes back in while excising others. Although I should say a couple of the deleted scenes seemed as though they were difficult to fit in and very rushed, but I don't know that it could be solved with the limited material to work with and I still think their inclusion was beneficial. I really got emotional watching it this go around, which I don't think I really have before, not to the degree to which I was, and that's a credit to the flow and the focus on Anakin and Padme's stories. There are a few awkward cuts, the one that stands out is during the Opera House scene. But, it's to be expected when rearranging the narrative elements and having limited extra footage to work with, so didn't really dampen the experience. I generally like the Yoda/Emperor duel, visually showing the destruction of the Senate and the Republic, however, it really does work better without it and with the Anakin/Obi-Wan duel playing through without any cutaways. Especially hearing the Battle of the Heroes play all the way through. It was seamlessly done. And of course, no high ground line, works much better without it. Padme's death is important to the story regardless of Leia's line in Jedi, and I was glad to see it still there. Overall, I found this to be my favorite of the ROTS fan edits I've seen (admittedly only a handful), and I would love for Episode 2 to be given the same music treatment. ROTS necessarily gets bogged down in tragedy, but I think AOTC could be pulled off as a straight up adventure movie from start to finish, along the lines of the OT with the use of the old scores and some additional cutting from what is the norm for fanedits of that film. Great work! Thanks for sharing!

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