^Thank you! I’ll work on those. I’m really glad you actually gave feedback!
Of course! I actually had the notes saved for a day or two; I just wasn’t sure if I wanted to post them, since they were mostly technical complaints.
For the miswire jokes thing, I remember the mindset I was in when cutting that, and I think it’s because I didn’t want Anakin and Obi Wan to have any hint of animosity in the opening. I wasn’t sure if someone was going to read that scene as Anakin being serious or sarcastic - I didn’t want anyone to think Anakin took something like that so personally. And I also don’t know if there’s enough in the film that characterizes Anakin’s humor as doing bits. It’s a little more innocuous and traditionally friendly for Anakin just to go straight to being defensive of R2, rather than snark on the offensive. I might put it back after thinking about it more.
Regarding the “no loose wires” scene, I personally never interpreted it as hostile. I hadn’t even considered that it could possibly be interpreted as hostile. It always seemed, to me, lighthearted banter. I can definitely see where you’re coming from with not wanting any room for animosity, but I just thought it was too funny to pass up.
In the opera, I think cutting straight to “is it possible to learn this power” is too abrupt, and makes the Darth Plagueis story much less of a story. It’s weird to have Palpatine build up this tragedy and then it end up just being “There was a guy who could save people from death. The end.” And if you just meant to switch out “he could actually…?” with it, you get rid of “Not from a Jedi”, which is the beat I feel like the scene should end on. Besides, it’s not a huge thing to have Anakin ask as if to make sure he heard something right.
I think I agree with you about the Opera scene. I just kinda threw something out there because I prefer the scene trimmed a bit, but that’s really a matter of personal taste.
Unrelated: do you know what resolution the source video you’re editing is?