If you can’t tell us what makes your version different from HAL’s, or Q2’s, or l8writer’s, or MagnoliaFan’s, or Seciors’, or the TONS of other SW fanedits out there, why should I care about yours if I’ve found the ones I’m happy with already? A cutlist is the best way to do this, especially if you don’t want to watch everyone else’s edits and explain to us how your approach differs.
Something like this is best I can do… I did it as I watched the movie. If you’ve been so desensitized by the films though don’t bother watching…
The Phantom Menace
after CRAWL…
- trimmed scenes of droids and jedi battle, various trims (too much action and jedi babble too soon, loses the mystery
and mystique), added the music from new hope when they take off their hoods. trimmed as much of Sidous referring to the senate as I could… - trimmed palace scene before invasion
- changed jar jar to hindi (he’s now NOt an idiot or annoying) and added proper english subs. I also altered some of his dilaogue to refer to his actual backstory
- trimmed jars jars return
- changed nass to hindi and altered dialogue, trimmed scene
- altered some dialogue in sub, changed to hindi, removed 2nd fish scene, various trims
- changed some dialogue, added them walking up palace steps (always hated how they just came outta nowhere), various trims
- trims in fight and hanger, alt jar jar dialogue (if anyone has anything better than 'Wow, these guys are powerful" pls tell me)
- various trims in hangar, cut as much of portman padme that I could so it wasn’t so obvious shes the queen
- cut droids and jar jar scenes, various trims in ship scene
- trimmed sidous and vice roy scene a bit
- anyone got any better dialogue than 'I hate all this sand."? Pls tell me.
- removed jar jar and droid in watto shop, various trims, trimmed jar jar leaving (they made him SO dumb he can’t even exit a door properly!)
- altered dialogue on city streets, trimmed sebulba confrontation
- trimmed in the skywalker house (cut naked part)
- re-edited the lunch scene (if you don’t like ani by the end of THIS scene there’s no hope. Jake lloyd is great here), various trims
- originally when they go back to wattos shop after lunch I changed the sky color but in the end I put that off till later. I changed the sky to purple
when Shmi is talking to qui-gon. Also trimmed that scene and made it darker to show night coming - trimmed qui-gon & ani in wattos shop
- trimmed ani/qui-gon night scene a bit
- re-arranged the scene in the hanger right before the race - and trimmed it as well (cut out sebulba)
- extended the race to it’s full length Every racer is introduced and has some moment in the race (big or small). Gave the 2nd commentator
subtitles since he says some good stuff. I could still trim more in the race intro but I kept most of it for length. I was aiming to have all
them between 2-2hrs 5mins. Cut Sebulba messing with anis racer - it’s irrelavent. - Unfortunately the quality dips in the pod race squence for a bit cuz I’m using the del footage. Jabba’s dialogue I did actually lift from someone’s
youtube video. I have no idea who that was - much like the scene of qui gon in jedi - shouto uts tob oth those people who i forget who they are lol I stoel two lines and 5 secs of footage lol 😉 - trimmed qui gon going back, added greedo scene, trimmed inside the house a little bit, added 3pos POV in three shots.
SIDE NOTE - I HATE the way Qui Gon says “you’re no longer a slave.” He looks so stupid, like he should have added ‘dude or buddy’ after. So bad.
Like surfer-dude Quigon. But I couldn’t edit it out like I couldn’t stop the suns from setting… It’s like the only thing I couldn’t cut that I wanted to lol
- Trimmed ani and shmi, added the del scene with the old lady and the probe droid. This scene NEEDS to be in. It just makes the appearance of
Maul less jarring(?). I hate these wipes, I’m sorry about those guys - they’re so stiff. - cut the scene with jar jar aboard the ship. Awful stuff. Cut her recieving the message (again don’t need to blungeom us with the fact she’s the queen).
At least shse’s not ani’s sister! Trimmed ani and padmes dialogue. - trimmed the platform scene and re-arranged it slightly. whatever, it ‘works’ lol (we work with what we have)
I STOLE the edit from the city to the palpatine/queen speech from the phantom edit I believe lol I admit that ONE. - trimmed the jedi council scene a bit, I HATE the scene where ani goes to see padme (he so much older lol) but I needed the transition…
- trimmed/re-arranged the senate scene
- might have trimmed ani council scene - not sure lol
- changed dialogue to hindi for padme/jarjarscene. Padme was super smart and bad ass…as queen she MIGHT know Gungan. I liked her speaking his
language so deal with it lol 😉 - trimmed qui gon and ani platform scene, cut the part with obi wan. He’s a total PRICK to obi wan here - so I cut it. I much prefer their talk by the lake
that foreshadows obis own talk with anakin in III. I like the midichlorian stuff. Everyone wondered howd it be possible. they gave a reason and everyone
shat on it. It’s the same force as the original trilogy force - yoda and obi just dumb it down for luke. Why go into such detail now…it works for me anyways. - trimmed the meeting with gungans
- trimmed battle plan meeting scene, cut jarjar and boss nass nonsense
- edited battle scene to remove any jar jar hi jinks except for when he pulls down the back of the cart and the balls fall out. Gave him the
old “I have a bad feeling about this” line. - trimmed inside the hangar, moslty ani’s dum dialogue and actions. “Where’s the trigger?” As he pushes the ignition. Come on, how dumb is he?
- trimmed all the rest of the battle scenes. That really has to bee seen as I can’t describe every cut lol
- edited the maul lightsaber fight a bit here and there, cut them ascending - GOD WHAT A DUMB SCENE, added maul saying ‘and they call you master’
- edited the throne room scene a bit, they don’t get the guns out of the throne, they already had them on them (2 small guns no big deal. they laid down their
big guns already). - end is pretty much as is from maul getting sliced except for removing obi telling ani he will train him at the funeral (WE know this already lol)
- removed the vader breathing after credits - to part III
so that’s most of it for TPM. LOTS of little cuts here and there and probably full scenes I didn’t mention cuz I forgot I cut them lol
If this helps any let me know I’ll do it for the rest too but this is as in-depth as I’m getting. Thanks, Sorry for spelling errors I’m doing this as I watched the movie. I will REFINE this…just wan to know if this is what you want more or less.
Thanks.