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I've almost completed my Star Wars fanedit prequel trilogy.
L8wrtr's Shadow of the Sith is (almost) perfect for my Episode I. Aside from one small tweak (the final few seconds of the film) which if he doesn't fix I might have a go at changing myself, the film is about the best that the Phantom Menace is ever gonna be in my opinion.
Jumping forward to Episode III, Stancpac's "special edition" of Revenge of the Sith is a damn fine film that I can find no major problems with. However, I've also heard Kerr's edit is many people's definative version, so I will be watching that shortly. Either way I'm happy.
But that leaves somewhat of a gaping hole in my trilogy. I used to think Attack of the Phantom was a good enough Episode II (aside from the opening crawl) but upon a recent rewatch I've realised that it leaves far too much untouched. I've viewed a couple of other edits recently, but none have reached my standards. I'm looking for an edit that:
Makes Anakin a likable character (simply cutting out his whining would suffice)
Alters the opening Corruscant chase to be as realistic as possible (no 80ft CGI free-falling please!)
Keeps the romance subplot minimal and realistic
Keeps the Obi Wan subplot simple
Edits the Jango fight and cuts the asteroid chase
Keeps Anakin's mothers death but maybe cuts down his psychotic rant afterwards
Removes C3PO from the final battle
Removes R2's jetpack and as much of the droid factory scene as possible
Edits down the Jedi and Clones battle to keep it interesting (it has no characters we know in it, yet goes on for about 20 minutes)
No Yoda lightsaber!
These are my main requests and I think they're pretty much the most universal complaints about the film. But to date I haven't found a single edit that covers all these bases, meaning there is no version which doesn't contain at least one scene I think is terrible. The closest I've found so far is the Spence edit, but I dislike how the romance is handled in that. The other edits i've seen recently are...
Magnoliafan: almost no changes from theatrical cut.
l8wrtr: I adore Shadow of the Sith but disagree with a lot of changes he's made in episodes II and III; clearly we enjoy very different things in the prequels.
I tried downloading the HAL9000, ADM, and Sithlord fanedits, but none of the downloads have been working for me.
So, have you got a definative prequel trilogy, and what does it consist of? And do you have a "perfect" episode 2?
L8wrtr's Shadow of the Sith is (almost) perfect for my Episode I. Aside from one small tweak (the final few seconds of the film) which if he doesn't fix I might have a go at changing myself, the film is about the best that the Phantom Menace is ever gonna be in my opinion.
Jumping forward to Episode III, Stancpac's "special edition" of Revenge of the Sith is a damn fine film that I can find no major problems with. However, I've also heard Kerr's edit is many people's definative version, so I will be watching that shortly. Either way I'm happy.
But that leaves somewhat of a gaping hole in my trilogy. I used to think Attack of the Phantom was a good enough Episode II (aside from the opening crawl) but upon a recent rewatch I've realised that it leaves far too much untouched. I've viewed a couple of other edits recently, but none have reached my standards. I'm looking for an edit that:
Makes Anakin a likable character (simply cutting out his whining would suffice)
Alters the opening Corruscant chase to be as realistic as possible (no 80ft CGI free-falling please!)
Keeps the romance subplot minimal and realistic
Keeps the Obi Wan subplot simple
Edits the Jango fight and cuts the asteroid chase
Keeps Anakin's mothers death but maybe cuts down his psychotic rant afterwards
Removes C3PO from the final battle
Removes R2's jetpack and as much of the droid factory scene as possible
Edits down the Jedi and Clones battle to keep it interesting (it has no characters we know in it, yet goes on for about 20 minutes)
No Yoda lightsaber!
These are my main requests and I think they're pretty much the most universal complaints about the film. But to date I haven't found a single edit that covers all these bases, meaning there is no version which doesn't contain at least one scene I think is terrible. The closest I've found so far is the Spence edit, but I dislike how the romance is handled in that. The other edits i've seen recently are...
Magnoliafan: almost no changes from theatrical cut.
l8wrtr: I adore Shadow of the Sith but disagree with a lot of changes he's made in episodes II and III; clearly we enjoy very different things in the prequels.
I tried downloading the HAL9000, ADM, and Sithlord fanedits, but none of the downloads have been working for me.
So, have you got a definative prequel trilogy, and what does it consist of? And do you have a "perfect" episode 2?