Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (by catferoze)

[catferoze]

Next on my completed edits list are the Star Wars prequels. It's a lighter edit than most I've seen, removing only the worst of Jar Jar's antics and Annie's acting. I never thought I'd be confident enough to attempt editing a Star War, but I finally did it. As I found my appreciation for the prequels growing over the years, I realized I didn't really want to remove as much as most of the edits I'd seen. Ebumms prequel edits almost hit the spot for me, but I wanted just a few more moments trimmed out.

Cutlist:
-Neimoidian:"Are you brain dead?"
-Jar Jar:"oh muy muy I love you","my forgotten, da bosses...goin back dare",mute jar jar dive yell,"yousa follow me now okeyday?"
-trim Otah Gunga ("big doodoo...how wude","count me outta dis...wutta mesa sayin?")
-trim planet core ("dis is nutsin" replaced with later shot "the force will guide us")
-second planet core sequence
-trim Qui-Gon with the battle droid ("where are you taking them? to coruscant")
-Jar Jar with droids ("how wude")
-queen thanking R2-D2 by name ("what is it's number...your highness")
-Jar Jar stepping in poop ("disen berry bad...icky goo")
-trim Jar Jar in Watto's shop (tongue at Qui-Gon, messing with droids...Ani:"hit the nose",juggling junk)
-trim Jar Jar/Sebulba confrontation (Ani:"your buddy...orange goo","mesa haten crunchen...last ting mesa want")
-trim dinner scene (start scene at padme:"i can't believe there's still slavery")
-Ani's friends gather round podracer..."gonna be bug squash"
-jar jar's numb tongue ("if your hand gets caught...I'm stuck","my mouth...tongue is fat","thank you...go")
-trim race intro (sebulba blowing kisses...ody mandrell)
-animal farting in Jar Jar's face & Shmi "be safe" scene
-trim podrace starup sequence (most of the secondary podracer shots)
-“mesa no watchin”,"come on Ani"
-kid yelling "yay yipee"
-vendor in crowd
-Ani's pods coming uncoupled,annoucer:"spinning outta control",keep jar jar gasp reaction and crowd cheer,skip to sebulba pod coming up the gorge
-announcer:"I don't care...that's gotta hurt"
-"amazing! a quick control...did he crashid?"
-announcer:"crowd going nuts" & little dance
-trim Ani reaction to being free "you mean I get to come with..."
-mute Ani:"yipee"
-after Qui-Gon:"situation much more complicated" wipe to arial shot of taxi arrival
-Jar Jar antics during battle (sling attempt, droid stuck to foot, "dis is nutsin","uh oh big boomers")
-Ani:"it's on autopilot","try to override it", mute:"that's where auto pilot taking us","R2 get us off autopilot...let's go left","oops"

runtime: 127 minutes
time cut: 9 minutes