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#1262554
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<strong>THE JEDI'S APPRENTICE: AOTC Edit Video-Breakdowns</strong> (Edit Released)
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DuracellEnergizer said:

I think the violet-tinged lightsaber is quite in keeping with the concept of a grayer non-Sith Dooku, so I’m not keen on the decision to switch over to a standard blue. You must do what you feel is right, of course.

I did this because although he is morally grey, his motivation in my edit is selfless. Similar to how the Jedi Order’s inaction towards the injustice within in the Republic was morally grey, but they remained to the Jedi Code, not acting out of hate, etc.
Remember that in The Republic, The Trade Federation is legally allowed to starve a planet even before they became associated with The Separatists. Dooku believes that the selfless path is to save the galaxy from the course it has been on for a while now, towards fascism and the dark side. Dooku wants to prevent this before it comes to pass. When said like that, it doesn’t sound very “sith” he is still a villain because of the methods he uses, but ultimately acts selflessly.

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But where’s the art in that? Where’s the soul of the film? Not that AOTC has much soul to begin with.

I think the art of most camera work is not to be noticed. I noticed it, I didn’t like it, literally could make it go away by pressing one button. Does it make the film better? Eh, not really it’s not really a worthwhile change.
Would I have done it if I was editing the original for its cinematic debut? Yes. Without a doubt. That’s why I did it. I hope that explains my point of view!

Thank you for your compliments!

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Anakin Starkiller said:

Please just make on thread for all of your stuff. This isn’t Reddit. Trust me, I did the same thing when I first joined.

This is it. I added all my previous stuff in the description. The title is about my edit, not my individual videos. I even tried to get the threads merged but the mod hasn’t got back to me yet.

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The Jedi's Apprentice - My AOTC Fan edit - trailer on youtube
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RogueLeader said:

EDIT: To give you some notes on your dream idea. I honestly would suggest trying to cut the initial shot of Anakin in bed, and just keep the final shot of him waking up, and see how that works.

I like that! But the scene transition would be bothersome. I need something to go from Yoda to Anakin’s dream sequence, it’s too unclear to go straight from Yoda to dream sequence. but I don’t know what to transition to. Do you have any suggestions? I thought maybe an establishing shot at night time of the building he is sleeping in, but would that be any better than how it is currently? What would that achieve?

I agree with the others that Vader, the Emperor and the Vader line need to be a lot more hidden and subtle, like as fans we will notice it, but I think there still be some ambiguity rather than just being totally obvious, especially if this was for someone hypothetically watching these movies for the first time in chronological order.

Agreed. I’ve got something in mind to make it more ambiguous.

I would also suggest adding a vague/blurry shot or two of actual Tusken raiders, and maybe one of their distorted roars, and maybe those images/sounds could transform into a nightmarish Vader and his breathing. I feel like since this vision is about his mother, it definitely should be more focused on what has happened to her, but with some small hints towards Vader.

I will try it out!

Also, while it doesn’t necessarily have to be the same, instead of just having the vignette around the edges, you could also try to replicate the dream effect from ROTS. Maybe if you can find some kind of smoky overlay effects, and then add a blur effect outside a circle of focus that is centerpunched on the screen. There also seems to be some sort of halo effect that distorts the colors, but I’m not sure what the best approach is to achieve that effect.

Yeah, I’ve got an idea for that. I don’t think I will try and mimic ROTS but I’m going to take inspiration.
Thank-you so much!

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A thread dedicated to my edit of Attack of the Clones and my video breakdowns!

(after a brief time of silliness, everything will be posted here from now on)

Trailer thread:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Jedis-Apprentice-fan-edit-TRAILER-on-youtube/id/63105

Attack of the Clones Re-Edit: Making Anakin Cool Part 1
https://youtu.be/hsC7ZRe2DBE

Attack of the Clones Re-Edit: Making Anakin Cool Part 2
https://youtu.be/lDrJLAaUEJo

Attack of the Clones Re-Edit: “SAVING SHMI” Making Anakin Cool Part 3
https://youtu.be/nefY0Acsd-U

Making JAR JAR COOL? Attack of the Clones Re-Edit
https://youtu.be/RM0GO4Bgm_o

Episode II re-edit “FIXING DEX” Star Wars ATTACK OF THE CLONES
https://youtu.be/GDJwO6BvUWc

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The Jedi's Apprentice - My AOTC Fan edit - trailer on youtube
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Johannus said:

The idea of the blade changing briefly to red reminds me of a discussion on this site ages ago where people were debating whether to have Luke’s eyes turn red briefly as he is defeating Vader in RotJ. The thought was that it would show how close he was to the dark side before stopping himself and his eyes would return to normal.

Some people thought this was a good idea but some people thought the visual would be overkill as the scene shows what’s happening perfectly without this.

Personally I feel it is similar to the idea of “show, don’t tell” - but in this case it would be “don’t lay it on TOO thick”. Where the scene already portrays something I’d say let the visuals enhance it, but the problem with the prequels is many scenes don’t convey things in a particularly elegant way, so some visual assistance could be good, but could also be somewhat overpowering and cause the film to feel dumbed down.

Just some food for thought. I did like the trailer though and am looking forward to seeing more of your work.

I removed the scene where he talks about killing sand people. The deaths of the sand people are never mentioned again, he doesn’t talk about the way killing them makes him feel at all. So, hopefully, it won’t be laid on too thick. 😃

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The Jedi's Apprentice - My AOTC Fan edit - trailer on youtube
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RogueLeader said:

Hey Cathy, really enjoyed your edit video you previously posted where we got to hear you talk about the changes you made to a particular Anakin/Padme scene too.

Also, I would suggest instead of making a new thread for each update or request for assistance, you should just have a single thread where you can post about your edit. That way you can just make new posts in that thread, and it will be easy for other people to keep track of all of your updates as well.

I was just thinking that. Is there a way I can merge the two threads or ask any moderators to do it for me?