For reference, here are l8wrtr’s takes on the droid factory and garage scenes (I think of the edit’s I’ve seen, his were most successful in editing down these scenes):
droid factory: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L3RMhiG8debz1CUCKgM0gYHrHrN0MUME
garage: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pHLbsJiDweog5gohQGNZTS5ZIuVI4FvXPersonally, I would vote to add the droid factory but keep the garage scene out.
Thanks for sending those, I see what he did with the droid factory scene. Hmmm, works much better than the original cut Lucas had. Not saying it has to be there, but, I admit it works pretty well.
The garage scene was edited well. But, what I appreciate on not having any of it is Anakin in the official movies is just to whiny and cringy. Granted, that moment is understandable since his mother died and all, and his conflicted conscience on his actions … but, the portrayal in Hal’s edits is a bit of a more likable character and not so whiny, cringy, and plain un-likeable. My opinion anyway.