I watched the scene again tonight and the line "Kamino" is indeed there. Of course, not expecting it, I didn't hear it right the first time...I thought it said "computer." But whatever, it doesn't really matter, as L8 described above.
At any rate, I finally finished this 3 hour beast. Ugh, what a waste of time. Benja was right, the second half is really brutal. Things just kind of happen, with no real explanation of what is going on. And honestly, I was a little surprised to discover that the last hour or so is actually kind of boring, given that most of the action is gone. I don't expect wall-to-wall action, but something other than one crappy lightsaber battle between Windu and Palps (especially given that it is the finale in this movie) would have been nice.
Random observation: when Anakin is on Tatooine, racing to save his mother, we get a few flashes of Anakin and his mother from Ep1. I can buy this, except the last flash is of Qui-Gon dying in Obi-Wan's arms. What? How does this relate in any way to Anakin going to find his mother? And why would Anakin have a memory of this? It's just...baffling.
The end is truly horrible as others have noted. We are meant to wonder if Dooku becomes Vader. But whatever you think of that idea, the movie just stops, rather than ends. As someone else said, it's like Antimatter ran out of ideas and just threw in a few scenes of Vader at the end. And instead of Sidious and Anakin being left to take over the galaxy, we get Sidious, Anakin, and Dooku in the room at the same time. So...what happened next? Um, apparently something off-camera again. I guess we are supposed to use our imagination to decide if Dooku killed Anakin, or Anakin killed Dooku, or...honestly, what's the point?
Incidentally, I found this "defense" of the ending by VFlix on their website:
AM would be the first person to acknowledge that his ending for the Prologue is a legitimate point of contention. In fact, he was the first person. [see http://digital-fanedits.com/index.php/Star-Wars-Prologue/Star-Wars-Prologue-Wrap.html] He wanted the ending to be a radical departure from expectation, and it is. He wanted people to feel shocked or confused before continuing with Episode IV, and they are. There isn't any argument about the ending that I'm aware of. I've never read or heard anyone say that they "enjoyed" or "loved" the end of the movie. I usually hear things like "disappointing" or "confusing" or "interesting." AM might well be the only person on the planet who truly understands and enjoys his ending, but that doesn't mean the rest of us can't enjoy the other 2 hours and 50 minutes of his work.
That link takes you to an article by Antimatter that includes this:
The title for this section was inspired by the comments of Benja, one of four people at Digital Fanedits asked to review an early test cut of the movie. He likened the experience to a pleasant ride that ends in a sudden, horrific crash. Well, it goes without saying that I enjoy my new Star Wars prequel film, but I am biased and have the luxury of full insight. I know precisely what was changed and why, and I know how to interpret the movie for my own enjoyment. Star Wars Prologue is a very different kind of edit, and it will not appeal to many fans—particularly fans who want or expect the type of closure afforded in Episode III. Viewers are more likely to enjoy my movie if they can get past their familiarity with the original prequel films. Thus, I would not recommend this edit to someone who has already embraced the prequels.
The Prologue is my replacement for Episodes I, II and III partly because it delivers the kind of ending that I favor going into the original trilogy. The all important Episode V reveal is again cool and meaningful because the Prologue never identifies Darth Vader. In fact, the movie leaves good reason to suppose that Anakin may have been betrayed or deceived by Palpatine in the final moments, in full congruence with Episode IV.
These defenses of the ending don't strike me as particularly effective.
Final rating? 4 gaping plot holes out of 10. And that's giving 2 holes for the rotoscoping and 2 for the video quality. If I had to rate it on the spambot-established four ball scale, I would only be able to give it one ball - I round down for edits made by delusional egomaniacs.
I called 1-800-Lemming to express my dissatisfaction with the edit, as suggested in the last end credit. Unfortunately, the very nice person on the other end of the line was also banned from their website because he only gave it a 9 out of 10.
