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Thought I'd get a thread going on part two of my Reborn PT FanEdit saga.
AOTC required the most editing to put it right. TPM:R had more changes (Well over 300) but alot of those were subtitle or audio changes, AOTC's 279 changes are almost all edits to the actual footage. It's not just that the editing was bad from an acting/dialogue, story and character point of view, it's that the pacing was all over the place and the scenes were badly constructed (Especially the action scenes). This edit clocks in at just over 2 hours, 21 minutes shorter than the theatrical cut, despite re-introducing an extra 4 minutes of deleted material.
As with all three of these edits I've kept 'Improving Character' as my primary goal over other considerations. In the theatrical cut Anakin was an annoying and petulant kid who was constantly arguing with his hated mentor Obi-Wan before turning his dislike towards Padme. They then have a series of bitter rows that somehow culminates in them falling in love. But in this cut Anakin is likeable yet fallable, he has a friendly rivalry with Obi-Wan and his romance with Padme grows naturally accross the length of the picture (Oh and I also implied through editing that they "Get jiggy with it" one night on Naboo). Padme herself is now a powerful and important Senator, so much so, that much of the plot revolves around her and the Army-creation-act she opposes. Also Jar-Jar's role is minimised and rewritten while young Boba is a silent angry kid, much like his father and the man-of-few-words that he will grow up to be. So sit back Popcorn in hand and prepare to actually enjoy AOTC!...as unlikely as that sounds ;-)
(I'll include a seperate changelist below detailing everything)
Here is the cover for the forthcoming BR:
At the minute AOTC:Reborn is finished and available as a 6.5gb .*m2ts file. This will be followed by a 2.5gb-ish .*mkv, a standard DVD and a 25GB-BR.
Here is a taster clip of the last act via Vimeo...
Here is a compilation of all the material I cut, with a funny (I hope) and informative text commentary...
And finally here is a little eater-egg for all you fans like me, that hated Yoda bouncing all over the screen in the final duel...
The sources for this edit are:
- AOTC 2004 DVD
- AOTC 2011 Blu-Ray
- ROTJ GOUT DVD
- ROTJ Soundtrack CD
AOTC required the most editing to put it right. TPM:R had more changes (Well over 300) but alot of those were subtitle or audio changes, AOTC's 279 changes are almost all edits to the actual footage. It's not just that the editing was bad from an acting/dialogue, story and character point of view, it's that the pacing was all over the place and the scenes were badly constructed (Especially the action scenes). This edit clocks in at just over 2 hours, 21 minutes shorter than the theatrical cut, despite re-introducing an extra 4 minutes of deleted material.
As with all three of these edits I've kept 'Improving Character' as my primary goal over other considerations. In the theatrical cut Anakin was an annoying and petulant kid who was constantly arguing with his hated mentor Obi-Wan before turning his dislike towards Padme. They then have a series of bitter rows that somehow culminates in them falling in love. But in this cut Anakin is likeable yet fallable, he has a friendly rivalry with Obi-Wan and his romance with Padme grows naturally accross the length of the picture (Oh and I also implied through editing that they "Get jiggy with it" one night on Naboo). Padme herself is now a powerful and important Senator, so much so, that much of the plot revolves around her and the Army-creation-act she opposes. Also Jar-Jar's role is minimised and rewritten while young Boba is a silent angry kid, much like his father and the man-of-few-words that he will grow up to be. So sit back Popcorn in hand and prepare to actually enjoy AOTC!...as unlikely as that sounds ;-)
(I'll include a seperate changelist below detailing everything)
Here is the cover for the forthcoming BR:
At the minute AOTC:Reborn is finished and available as a 6.5gb .*m2ts file. This will be followed by a 2.5gb-ish .*mkv, a standard DVD and a 25GB-BR.
Here is a taster clip of the last act via Vimeo...
Here is a compilation of all the material I cut, with a funny (I hope) and informative text commentary...
And finally here is a little eater-egg for all you fans like me, that hated Yoda bouncing all over the screen in the final duel...
The sources for this edit are:
- AOTC 2004 DVD
- AOTC 2011 Blu-Ray
- ROTJ GOUT DVD
- ROTJ Soundtrack CD