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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread — Page 282

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I’m glad you guys like it!

Here’s a longer preview: (Remember to turn on subtitles!)

https://vimeo.com/266988706

password: tarantino

I’ve color-corrected all of it and I’ve rewritten most of the dialogue for better characterization.

If I actually decide to finish this thing I’ll make it its own thread.

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Is the new dialogue good?

I’ve wanted to portray a sense of playfulness among characters. With Obi-Wan and Anakin caring for each other but still quipping. Does the new dialogue achieve this?

And does the chase joke land?

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Your portrayal of the characters was very nice, and your chase joke actually made me laugh. Unexpected and effective.

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snooker said:

Is the new dialogue good?

I’ve wanted to portray a sense of playfulness among characters. With Obi-Wan and Anakin caring for each other but still quipping. Does the new dialogue achieve this?

And does the chase joke land?

Do you have a preview clip for the chase joke? I think it sounds great. I might even use it myself.

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Anakin Starkiller said:

snooker said:

Is the new dialogue good?

I’ve wanted to portray a sense of playfulness among characters. With Obi-Wan and Anakin caring for each other but still quipping. Does the new dialogue achieve this?

And does the chase joke land?

Do you have a preview clip for the chase joke? I think it sounds great. I might even use it myself.

It’s at the end of the second, longer preview.

JEDIT: Are people not watching past the opening credits?

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I really like it, with the exception of the music choices. I guess I’m not familiar enough with Tarantino’s style (I’ve only seen Django and parts of Pulp Fiction) or maybe it’s just not my thing.

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Radical idea - impossible to pull off in an edit, but I thought I’d share.

So Padme and Queen Amidala are seperate characters. Padme is her double for security reasons - just a fairly similar looking handmaid, who dreams of leaving the planet and wishes she was an important person/hero herself, as oppose to living in the shadow of the queen.

The bad guys invade, and the Queen is killed in an accident. Padme then assumes the identity of the Queen (probably at her request). She escapes with some bodyguards/jedi etc, returns later on, saves the day. At some critical point she probably reveals that she isn’t the queen, or gets discovered, but rallies her people from her own confidence as oppose to the image of the queen.

It would sort of map well to Luke’s journey in ANH.

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I like that idea a lot!

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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Speaking of the Queen, I’ve always preferred Padme not being the Queen to avoid the bizarre concept of an elected monarchy. I just wish I could keep the implication of “The Queen wouldn’t approve”. Is there any way to make that work?

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This is cool! I like the idea of each film starting out with a Star Destroyer in the first scene (not sure how that would fit with TPM). So what exactly would the first scene in this alternate version of the film be?

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I love’in it!

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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RogueLeader said:

This is cool! I like the idea of each film starting out with a Star Destroyer in the first scene (not sure how that would fit with TPM). So what exactly would the first scene in this alternate version of the film be?

The Destroyer would be scanning planets for anything that could be a Separatist base. It eventually, of course, finds a signal on Geonosis. Just as it’s about to send a positive transmission to Coruscant it gets blown up by Separatist mines or something. Obi-Wan would later be sent to investigate, and the rest of the movie happens.

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snooker said:

RogueLeader said:

This is cool! I like the idea of each film starting out with a Star Destroyer in the first scene (not sure how that would fit with TPM). So what exactly would the first scene in this alternate version of the film be?

The Destroyer would be scanning planets for anything that could be a Separatist base. It eventually, of course, finds a signal on Geonosis. Just as it’s about to send a positive transmission to Coruscant it gets blown up by Separatist mines or something. Obi-Wan would later be sent to investigate, and the rest of the movie happens.

I love it even more, Maybe you could mix Dawn of war and your tarantino edit together.

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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😃

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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I did a Rough Mattie of Geonosis.

After

Before

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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snooker said:

Here’s the sequel to the other thing I made.

https://gfycat.com/DefiantGratefulFinwhale

JEDIT: I’ll probably remove the guy on the right. He kind of distracts from the focus of the shot.

Cool.

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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Imagine if Episode II mirrored Episode V, but in a better way? Instead of having forced callbacks (3P0’s head getting dragged around/Boba Fett), we get thematic parallels.

Secretly, the Jedi council have been planning to overthrow the Chancellor. They’ve figured out that he’s the Sith Lord. They know that Anakin and him are close, so they try to distance them. Anakin keeps feeling the call to action, he senses Palpatine, his friend, in danger. Obi-Wan tells him not to go, the feeling will pass in time. Anakin leaves, and sees this:

(Remember to turn on subtitles!)
https://vimeo.com/269785703
password: oopshaha

This also helps things tie into the Original Trilogy. When Luke’s about to leave Dagobah to save his friends, Ben says: “Luke, I don’t want to lose you to the emperor the way I lost Vader.” Implying that the circumstances were very similar.

This shows that Luke has a much stronger will than his father, and that his father is redeemable. Luke’s made the same mistake, only he didn’t join the baddie. This also gives much stronger motivation to Vader’s turn. He feels betrayed by the Jedi, and turns to the only person who’s left. This won’t be the first time Kenobi lies for his benefit.