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Correct. I would love to make it pan down so as to fit with the other movies, but can't at this time because I can't redo the crawl myself.
I've already cut it! I've actually made quite a few other cuts to this, and I've also slowed down the longest shot of Corde's face (dead) so as to end the scene with her face (and a wipe to the following scene). Gives it a much darker tone.
Long gone! That line always irritated me.
-Also, Padme just comes out and says "I think Count Dooku was behind it." Um...why would she think that? She offers NO motive. Of course this is to set up Count Dooku's character in the absense of the Lost 20 scene (which hopefully Lucas will restore in a future release), so I'm not sure what can be done with this.
That is not as easy. I'd really love to cut that, but I don't see another way to introduce Dooku's character (aside from the opening scroll). Maybe he doesn't need to be introduced. I don't know, so I'm still kind of puzzling over that one.
I think the the Senate scene at the begining should have been kept in. You can always edit it back in and make a few cuts to the Chancelor's office scene that follows it immediately chronologically.
This might wind up in the final cut (not sure right now) but is not reinstated now for the following reasons:
1. Contains tracked music from scene directly afterwards
2. More exposition, which makes later scenes less interesting. Gets political.
As I said, I'm still thinking about it, and I might actually put in an edited version.
I edit the deleted scenes as well as the original ones. A good example of this is the scene with Padme's family. I've cut various corny lines (like "It's obvious he has feelings for you") in that one as well. Remember, one of my goals is to make the films feel older.
I should also add that I've gotten to the chase on Coruscant on my rough cut of this edit (with inferior image quality). I'm just doing it for reference and pacing, before I start on the full quality version.
So there is some progress taking place; I just have a busy and erratic schedule.
Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side
“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition