The vauge comments are probably due to the fact that we have no idea beyond short snippets of what you’ve done with these. I don’t think many are going to be willing to invest 20 hours into something we have no clue about…though I suppose some people did stick around for he entire extended Hobbit series…:p
Yeah, a general cut list and list of sources would be cool.
I can’t even BEGIN to tell you what I cut I’m sorry. I GUTTED them of everything I hated, then reviewed all the deleted footage and put back what I could stand or what was needed for the overall story, etc etc. I created footage. added ,usic and dialogue and scene from the other films… It’s impossible to list. I edited pretty much EVERY scene in the entire saga. I actually LOST all my work a year ago and had to do evverything again by MEMORY. There’s added bonus at the end of the films here and there (moved vader’s breath from 1 to 3, added yub nub to jedi, put more star wars-ishmusic on rogues credits I think or FA - one has like a SONG at the end. Yuck!) and I added opening crawls to Clone Wars and Rogue One…
Just get the links, sit back and be blown away (hopefully).
It’s the STORY that I’ve concentrated on. The prequels should be ANAKIN’S story not co story with the emperor and padme and obi wan and the rise of the empire. etc etc… They all have parts and events HAPPEN but the focus is completely lost in the prequels. The originals are LUKE’S story so the preqs should be Ani’s. Both pre-sequels were hurt by the reaction of the one before. Phantom Menace bored the shit out of everyone so lucas removed the love story out of 2 and the entire saga falls apart there. If you don’t even believe for a SECOND that these two could fall in love (it’s hard even in mine but it works at least. The theatricals they fall in love in 2 seconds…) then you don’t CARE. If Anakin is a totally annoying kid in 1 - you don’t CARE. If he’s an annoying DICK in part 2, you don’t CARE. So when 3 rolls around, you DON’T CARE… Hopefully that’s what I brought back. He’s doing everything for his wife and child, he’s totally DUPED by the emperor (which hopefully you see that in my cut) and the biggest sin of ALL - I removed his killing younglings. I’ve said this many many times - all sympathy for him is LOST when he’s burning on the beach…cuz he’s just a filthy child murderer. How Lucus went from kiddie nonsense in TPM to child killing in ROTS is beyond me… the one who gets shot in front of Jimmy Smitts is enough. They show and/or mention it like 6 times!!! Ugh… That sh*t is all gone. Like who cares how he redeems himself at the end of Jedi - he;s a filthy child murderer… Anyways, there’s too much stuff to mention like I said before…
You should LOVE the prequels (cuz they’re EDIT: just as good as the originals and a better trilogy, when done right), they’re were DIAMONDS buried in the COAL we received. Lucas is a genius and shot everything he needed - it’s all there, just lost under gluttony and excess. The originals are shot the exact same way the prequels were - just thank god there was no cgi in 76 or we’d have never even gotten EMPIRE. 😉