Hi Jeten San Hett; welcome to the forum.

When is the release date?

I don't know. I'm a busy guy! With any luck, though, it will come out late this year.

Is it going to be available to the general public? Will we have to pay for it?

I think what I'm going to do is mail a copy to Rikter (with no return address), and then let him distribute it as he pleases. I don't want to be selfish with this, but I also know that this is of questionable legality, and I don't want any personal information attached to it. I'll also probably include a message that says that the user must own the official AOTC DVD, for extra cover. But this whole thread is kind of neat, because you're influencing me as I'm creating this. At the end, there may be specific changes that can specifically be credited to one person or another, which I'd imagine would be fun to watch.

Also I watched the film a couple of times and noticed the bit on Kamino, where Lama Su is talking to Obi Wan, and it just slowed the entire film down.

I actually liked that part. However, I have muted one or two lines of Lama-Su's dialogue.

Oh, and another thing which I don't like is on Geonosis, there are a couple of shots of the Geonosians looking at Obi Wan. I watched the film and tried skipping through those shots. It worked a lot better without them.

Maybe you should think about putting some shots of the Anakin from Ep3 (if you can)? But I guess this wouldn't be loyal to the OT.

Please explain; not specific enough for me to figure out.

Are you going to keep the entire scene where Dooku is interrogating Obi Wan?

I haven't cut any of it yet; is there a specific part you'd like cut? Please suggest.

Lust leave Dokuu's duels as they are but cut out the lighting and Yoda's Aerobatics.

The whole duel is still a work-in-progress, so I'll let you know when I figure out exactly what I'm going to do.

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Another change I have just integrated: I always hated how Padme bossed Anakin around inside the ship on Tatooine (before they left for Geonosis). Especially cringeworthy was the line, "If you want to protect me...you'll just have to come along." And Anakin, who's supposed to be so cocky and strong-willed, smiles passively and gives in a few seconds after having argued the other side very strongly. I couldn't stomach the scene. But- here's where completely re-dubbing Anakin comes in really handy.

Anakin: But you heard Master Windu. He gave me strict orders to stay here. (very serious).

I've spliced in a shot of Padme's hand pushing a button- only I've cropped it so that her white sleeve does not show, making it Anakin's hand. And during this shot,

Anakin: Therefore, we're leaving immediately. Cut to shot of Padme staring at Anakin disbelievingly. Cut to the shot of Anakin smiling (which has different meaning now) and they take off.

A bit of humour, and also establishes that Anakin made believe he would follow Windu's orders, only to turn around 3 seconds later and break them. Padme also contributes; she just no longer completely bosses Anakin around.

Thanks for the input!