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Hi there,
I’m currently experimenting with my own fan edit of The Phantom Menace, titled “The Cloak of Darkness”. My goal with this edit is to make the film feel closer to the 1930 serials that inspired Lucas, remove some of the scope and vastness (this is chapter 1 after all), tighten the editing and give the dialogue scenes a sense of energy/ urgency, and attempt to foreshadow events of the following films as if they were planned in advance.
This is the new opening, (Password) fanedit
In this clip I have re-written the opening crawl to be more personal similar to that of TFA, while trying to maintain an impression of the politics without them being the focus. They should be the back drop for the adventure, not the other way around.
*The crawl is a first draft. It still needs some work. Constructive criticism welcome.
Naboo is not a democracy until Episode II.
Queen Amidala is obviously a child.
Her parents are both dead, which I think helps tie her and Anakin together more convincingly.
*I’m sure many of the cuts/changes have been made by other fan editors.
A few of my intended changes require effects that are well beyond my very limited skill set.
“Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.” -Elmore Leonard
“Never use the passive where you can use the active.” -George Orwell
