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Hi, this looks really good! Is it possible to get a PM with a DL for it?

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It appears that the Mega links encoded in the DLC file for Episode 4 are all gone.

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Maybe smudger9 erased them because of the sound issue (and the little spelling mistake in the crawl).

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I’ve been having some trouble with JDownloader. I get to the Mega 5GB limit and go through the waiting period, but at that point I’m unable to resume the download. So I tried switching to something called MegaDownloader which is supposed to bypass the waiting period, but it doesn’t decrypt DLC files by itself so I have to do it manually. I put those links in and it starts to download, but every some odd file refuses to download and instead I’m hit with an error.

https://i.gyazo.com/bd197d2b97dc4fbd421dd2de5d8a4b48.png

Has anyone else had this problem?

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Not sure about the error.

But as far as the resuming goes, you could always only queue up what will fit within the limit, so that you don’t end up redownloading anything. Alternatively, I’ve found that Mega’s own windows app does resume just fine. So you could use that when you’re close to your limit.

Not great solutions, but the main thing is that mega has become ridiculously less convenient. Oh well, it was a bit too good to be true for a while anyway. Gotta pay Kim Dotcom’s astronomical legal bills, presumably.

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I’ve been following your work smudger9 and I have to say it’s really good.

Since the Ep IV is down on the .info, may I get a PM with a link (or .dl)?

Thank you for making this saga viewable!

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I think these movie versions of TCW are indeed a very enjoyable addition to the SW canon. Henceforth, I’ve used smudger9’s very accurate description of his cuts (found on fanedit.org) to synchonize french subtitles to his first entry of his planned 9 movies series. I leave the link here for french people around who would be interested (the template can easily be used to make english/anything else subs as well, but I won’t do it):

[edit: v1.1 - small corrections] https://mega.nz/#!FpkSRbpT!N6W7zx-BDabI9ASaPZfYzWBWfy91l7E4MLCqHPfYVZE

They are of the same quality as those I’ve made for Hal9000’s SW fanedits (which means many errors of the bluray files have also been corrected). I’ll try to make french subs as well for the other installments (I hope it won’t be as hard, it was even harder than Hal’s Episode 3…).

Now, having rewatched very closely “Army of the Republic”, I found a few issues, among them 2 major plot points, that should be fixed in a v2. What you’ve achieved is very good and convincing but I believe that small changes can really improve the plot. Besides I’ve watched it with someone who doesn’t know the tv series and there was lots of confusion in 2 segments about what’s going on, because in its current form I’m afraid the plot is a little too complex and confused, so I’m merely making suggestions if you are someday willing to revisit your first entry.

So here are a few recommendations in order to smoother the overall subplot (and other small details as well). In chronological order (with the timing as precise as I can).

You probably should move forward this dialogue between Dooku and Grievous, after the kidnapping:

00:39:25s
But of course, the destruction of Kamino will stop the production of clones for good.

The reason is that the Kamino plot is still unclear at this point and it gets away the focused from the Chrysopsis battle which is still going on.

Then, the « clone spy » subplot that you’ve removed still has a few remaining bits that make unclear that Ventress is implied to be the spy in your cut:

00:43:49
Who would betray us for the separatists ?
00:43:52
Excellent question, commandant.

And finally:

One more thing
You can count on us, Sir.
the spy could be anyone.

(and the subsequent shots talking about an inner spy and the mission to be kept secret are also to be removed)

So you should edit the scene that way:

You think someone infiltrated our defenses ?
Possible. It would have to be someone cunning enough and [etc]. It’s time we pay a visit behind enemy lines. We’ll find our answers there.
Understood [generals].

And Obi-Wan and Anakin leave the room. That’s way you get rid of every confusing bit about an inner spy and the remaining dialogues can clearly imply they are talking about Ventress they later confront.

Finally, the Ventress line here after the duel is also problematic regarding the removal of the spy subplot.

00:49:53
So hard to know whom to trust these days.

So I believe you should remove these bits of dialogues that bring confusion for someone not familiar to the tvseries (and even to someone who is). It’s only a few shots and lines to remove I guess but the improvement would be great.

Unrelated, at 00:45:47 I would suggest to trim Grievous ridiculous laugh.

During the surface battle, for greater effect, I would advise you to cut the shot of Anakin under the metal box looking at the droid army (around 01:04:17). It’s a childish element that emphasizes something the audience can easily guess.

Not sure if it’s necessary to use that Yoda’s line here, especially with Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka who don’t seem to react to the news:

01:12:25
Kidnapped, Master Koth has been.

Here is another unnecessary dialogue (Grievous is the leader of the droid army, he should know the whereabouts of all his ships):

01:17:50
Republicans or Separatists ?
01:17:56
Republicans.

Then, the sequence of Kenoki contacting Grievous is weird because Grievous goes from calling him “Jedi” to “Kenobi”. You should leave “Kenobi” instead of “Jedi” then.

01:18:31
General.
Jedi ! [replace with the original line, “Kenobi”]

So here the subplot would be to target Kenobi, which is not directly related to the Kamino plot anyway. That’s why I also would suggest to remove the dialogue between him and Dooku:

01:28:48 to 01:28:56
General.
Have you made your escape ?
Yes, Master.
Good.
Everything is going as planned.

Well, I thought they were trying to kill Kenobi and Anakin, not to get their ships destroyed and their hostage released (no wonder they lost the war if they are always planning to lose!)…

After that, in order to get a narrative flow that takes quite a time to let the main plot breath, you probably should leave Anakin mentioning that Grievous has disappeared for weeks by reinserting the line you’ve removed:

01:34:05
Since he disappeared [a few weeks ago]

Besides Cody and Rex are now conducting inspection, which means time has passed. It makes more sense to confirm that a few weeks happened since the last Grievous encounter. Especially if Ventress was finding a way to sneak around Kamino in the meantime.

It’s a small detail, but I would cut the “sir, yes sir” which is a little military over the top here:

01:44:10
Understood ?
Sir yes sir !

There is an audio glitch at 01:49:14 (left front channel).

Maybe you should leave « Assassin » when Grievous talks to Ventress at 01:58:26 (there is a noticeable audio cut otherwise).

I would finally suggest to move the Dooku/Sidious sequence at the very end, after Echo and Fives are being promoted Arc Troopers. Not sure about that but maybe it could end the movie with the coming threat of your second movie edit.

What do you think ?

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I’m about halfway done with Episode IV, and so far I’ve encountered no major problems. I do have some minor complaints, though;

Obi-Wan’s reaction at 23:58 seems out of character and unreasonable

The shot at 1:13:20 was already used at 1:08:25

I’ll be sure to update if I come across any more.

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Jeebus said:

I’m about halfway done with Episode IV, and so far I’ve encountered no major problems. I do have some minor complaints, though;

Obi-Wan’s reaction at 23:58 seems out of character and unreasonable

The shot at 1:13:20 was already used at 1:08:25

I’ll be sure to update if I come across any more.

I agree about Obi-Wan’s reaction, but that is how it was done in the actual series and it really needs to be in there to show how strong his feelings for Satine are.

Great catch on the reused shot! Not sure how I missed that one!

Current Project:- Ahsoka EP1: Heir to the Empire https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Smudger9s-Ahsoka-Movie-Series-EP1-Heir-to-the-Empire-WIP/id/107396#1551872

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smudger9 said:

All sounds very reasonable. I’ll take a look at it when I get the chance. Thanks for your input.

You’re very much welcome ! Since I’m going to make subs for “A New Threat”, I’ll probably make suggestions of the same kind if necessary (but I don’t remember plot issues in TCW Episode II, just a few little things here and there… I’ll let you know in a few weeks !).

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Another repeating scene;

1:33:45 and 1:03:29

I’m not sure if this was supposed to be intentional or not. They were edited differently so it’s possible you meant for them to be different but similar scenes. Either way, it took me out of it.

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vtjapes said:

HelloFidelio said:

all of these edits are offline on fanedit.info. Can I possibly get a link to 2 & 3?

edit: never mind, I found them.

Could you PM me. I’ve only managed to find ep. III from Vemeo

Where did you find them on Vimeo? I haven’t signed up with fanedit (yet) and was only able to find the trailers (which were well done so I wanted to check out the first movie/edit).

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Hey smudger, glad to see you’re continuing the project. I grabbed the 1080p link on fanedit but jdownloader says everything is offline.
Is there another link I’m unaware of?

“This cannot be! Is… Is it an omen?”

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Yes, Episode IV is offline, oddly enough, though it was uploaded only a month ago. The other three are still available. I sent a message to Smudger at fanedit.org but no response yet.

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Jeebus said:

Another repeating scene;

1:33:45 and 1:03:29

I’m not sure if this was supposed to be intentional or not. They were edited differently so it’s possible you meant for them to be different but similar scenes. Either way, it took me out of it.

That was very intentional. Essentially one scene cut in half and used seperately. It was required in order to better link Mandalore and Geonosis. Not perfect, but it was the best I could do with the material.

Current Project:- Ahsoka EP1: Heir to the Empire https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Smudger9s-Ahsoka-Movie-Series-EP1-Heir-to-the-Empire-WIP/id/107396#1551872

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smudger9 said:

Jeebus said:

Another repeating scene;

1:33:45 and 1:03:29

I’m not sure if this was supposed to be intentional or not. They were edited differently so it’s possible you meant for them to be different but similar scenes. Either way, it took me out of it.

That was very intentional. Essentially one scene cut in half and used seperately. It was required in order to better link Mandalore and Geonosis. Not perfect, but it was the best I could do with the material.

Understood. I tried messing around in After Effects, to see if I could change the time of day of the first scene, but I wasn’t able to get anything that looked good.

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Ok, I’ve finished my “breakdown” of your second edit, A new threat, which is quite a ride to watch (I think it’s better than the first one, fun and action packed with great editing ideas). Like I remembered there are no real plot issues that need to be corrected, but here are however a few suggestions that could improve some parts (I’m in nitpicking mode, don’t worry 😃).

I would change the title and take a similar title of one episode you’ve used for your edit, like “Shadows of the Malevolence”, because “A new threat” sounds like a slasher movie.

The crawl could be improved to be clearer (in its current state I don’t really understand the link between paragraphs). Suggestion:

In a bold move, the Clone Army has won a striking victory on the planet Rhodia, by capturing the vice-Roy of the TRADE FEDERATION, Nute Gunray.

In order to stop the REPUBLIC forces to advance further, the SEPARATIST ALLIANCE has built a new weapon, the MALEVOLENCE, a warship with the ability to annihilate entire fleets.

When the senate captain betrays everyone, the late clone reaction is weird. Maybe removing it could make the scene work better?

0:18:49
what are you doing?

The first Malevolent appearance (around 0:24:00) should be moved before Anakin and Mace are told to help to seek it (around 0:23:00), and not after. That’s way it’s more logical there is a “slight change of plan”, and also you’ll get a full sequence of them leaving the Dug homeworld and arriving on board of the ship where cadets are (it’s easier to follow). Or just remove Palpatine’s “slight change of plan” ?
About that, during the Dug homeworld action sequence, I would also remove the dugs attacking the droids, because the point of joining the Republic is to let the republican army to do the work.

At 00:33:50, there is a desynchronization between Anakin’s lips movements and the dialogue: “navigation wasn’t the target”.

About Nute Gunray: you should remove a little bit more than that you’ve already removed, such as:

00:34:55 to 00:35:05
I know they are close [etc] they’ll never let me go. Do something, kill them !

Maybe the droids could shoot at the Jedi directly when they spot them?

When the Slave I arrives, I would suggest to remove a few shot of the cadets talking about it. The following dialogue isn’t helpful nor necessary I think:

0:48:34
It’s too early

Then, a few seconds later:

00:50:07 to 00:50:09
that guy [you defended] left us for dead

In your edit the scenes of friendship between Boba/Lucky and the other clone cadet aren’t there anymore, so this line (“you defended”) seems to come out of nowhere. It’s a very very) small issue, I just try to be exhaustive 😄

I’m not sure about the Grievous over-the-top laugh at 01:08:56 (I assume you’ve used it to produce a better audio transition?). Overall I would suggest to remove/trim as much “Grievous laughing” as possible 😄

At 01:13:13, when Mace and Anakin are in the Jedi Temple sick bay (sort of), Anakin’s happy reaction face at “we have received a transmission from our fleet along the Hydian Way” is inconsistent with the change you’ve made. You could try to cut a few frames before he smiles at Mace and let the rest of the dialogue during the close up on Mace Windu.

During the Jedi Council meeting (01:14:00), I would remove “Prepare my ship” and only keep “I will go. We shall leave immediately”. Because I don’t understand why he would say “prepare my ship” to the other Jedi members. It’s more something he would say to a clone commandant.

Over-the-top Master Plo’s dialogues to make him a super good guy towards the clones are very awkward, especially at 01:18:47 (“I value your life more than finding the weapon”: it’s stupid since finding the weapon means less clones killed…) and at 01:27:54 (“Not for me”).

The meeting with the Chancellor. After the wide opening shot of Coruscant I would suggest to directly cut to Obi-Wan delivering the info to Palpy when asked, and so to remove Yoda and Mace dialogues (which are repetitive at this point of the movie: we already know the secret weapon is an issue for the republic).

01:26:03 to 01:26:11
We must destroy [etc.] Dooku [blablabla]

Then the scene could flow as follow:

Palpatine: “Tell me, have we received any word from Master Plo Koon or his fleet ?”
Obi-Wan: “I’ve just received word that Anakin has found the remains of [etc]”

There are audio glitches at 01:32:32 and 01:38:20.

There also may be a few other lines to trim but nothing that really harm your edit. Maybe you should cut half the inner ion cannon shooting (you use the exact same shot at least 5 times).

Here is a french subtitle file synchonized to
SW TCW Episode II-ANT: https://mega.nz/#!s8sChbgQ!Vk8zkNILFCCQDDZqv-VcGkSMD5oNXPHbpRcxtyeQ88w

and here the refreshed one for SW TCW Episode I-AOTR: https://mega.nz/#!YxNQFYoZ!ttoywXccOSs3AVgEATFbAZS_9VcsT9Y1oNseHAO0PAg

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Another idea: since the main plot of A new threat deals with the Malevolence, I believe the Malevolence first scene should be placed right after the opening crawl (which would then need to be changed), à la A New Hope opening (action scene instead of a talkative one).

  1. Opening crawl

First paragraph, the same

In a bold move, the Clone Army has won a striking victory on the planet Rhodia, by capturing the Viceroy of the TRADE FEDERATION, Nute Gunray.

Chancelor Palpatine has dispatched Jedi Master Luminara and Padawan Ahsoka (etc.)

Little does the REPUBLIC know that to stop its forces to advance further, the SEPARATIST ALLIANCE has built a new weapon, the MALEVOLENCE, a warship with the ability to annihilate entire fleets, which is reaching nearly completion under the lead of General Grievous and Comt Dooku….

  1. First Malevolence attack
  2. Ahsoka, Gunray, Luminara
  3. Dug homeworld scene
  4. Back to Gunray
  5. Back to Dug homeworld: Palpatine sends Windu and Anakin on a mission to find the weapon
  6. Maybe another Malevolent attack if there is enough material; or else you can directly show the two Jedi arriving to the Cruiser.

What do you think?

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Could you PM me a way to get this? Online or downloaded

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“breakdown” of your third edit, Children of the Force. Very fun to rewatch, I didn’t like it at first because I don’t like Bane’s plots but in this context with a few silly things removed and a fast-paced narrative it really works very well.

Here are a few suggestions (not that much since you’ve improved with each new installment of your Clone Wars movies series) that could, IMHO, improve some parts:

Crawl:
Missing “…” at the end of the text.

Audio glitches (4):

  • around 0:15:12
  • around 0:57:30 (“the separatist brought tanks to exterminate us”)
  • around 1:12:01 (“more freedom than I should have”)
  • around 2:14:13

Useless/repetitive dialogues (3):

  • at 0:43:34, the droid lines are repetitive:
    “Sergent, the attack is coming. Prepare for the final attack.”
    Maybe you should correct it as simply: “Sergent, prepare for the final attack.” ?

  • at 02:00:08, Admiral Yularen who doesn’t react quickly to Anakin’s urgent order is something I would suggest to remove: “What happened since the last time we spoke”

  • at 2:14:50: “I’m afraid this installation is lost.” (it’s repetitive with the other dialogues)

Plot issues (2):

  • at 01:11:32, during the Ahsoka library assignement scene, there is a line that betrays the scene was taken from another story arc:
    “is the description of the incident by Obi-Wan accurate ?”. I think you can remove it and the scene would still be understandable. Or just remove the fact Obi-Wan has described an accident he wasn’t even there to witness, like: “Is the description of the accident accurate ?” to imply that Anakin is the one who told how it happened.

  • the Anakin saving the day scene at the senate should be move a little bit forward, after Bane has begun his entrance into the Temple. That’s way it’s more clear for the audience that the senate crisis is a decoy, a deception. Otherwise we don’t quite see the point of such an operation.

Other suggestions:

  • at 1:18:00, unecessary violence when the senate guard is killed (“help me !”)

Anyway, here is a french subtitles file synchonized to your cut: https://mega.nz/#!wx0gRAQK!CRHJ7BNceK1PdBbOnNqdaZaJ9KnkytvbDJyU6tF75Gw

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Would anyone have “fresh” dlc links for the bluray versions of TCW episodes 1-2-3 ? The ones I have are corrupted. Thanks !

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MalàStrana said:

Would anyone have “fresh” dlc links for the bluray versions of TCW episodes 1-2-3 ? The ones I have are corrupted. Thanks !

So no one I guess 😄