Rogue One changes (Hal9000)

This is Version 5 of this project. This version reinstates a great deal of material excised from prior versions, and makes a few more, in order to fit nicely within the ‘Andor’ series.

I love Rogue One. It’s honestly the most visceral fun I’ve had in the theater in the past few years. It was the first Star Wars film not to have me feel apprehensive, being the first spinoff film. It was ‘extra credit,’ and so I felt free to enjoy the good and not be bothered by parts that didn’t work as well. This edit is in recognition that a few tweaks would help the film, though.

After the release of the Andor series, this fan edit has shifted to essentially a quality-of-life update. It is “half-assed” in that it plays out with some fan-derived improvements and sits more comfortably alongside the subsequent series.

5.1 DTS audio (thanks to ChainsawAsh)
5.1 640kbps AC3 audio
English, Spanish, and French subtitles (Spanish provided by Burbin)
Chapter stops

(No title crawl has been contrived, location labels have been left alone, and no feathered wipe transitions have been employed.)

Used opening logos and title cards from The Last Jedi, replacing zoomed out versions used originally.
Used deepfake work of pioneering YouTubers to enhance the visual FX for Grand Moff Tarkin and Princess Leia’s apperances (OriginalTrilogy.com user Burbin has stitched together workable source material for this, drawing from the work of YouTube deepfake ‘practitioner’ Shamook.)
Borrowed a shot TM2YC modified to offset a shot that centered on a glass of blue milk.
Removed Mon Mothma’s line about bringing in Galen Erso for testimony in the Senate.
Removed a line from Cassian en route to Jedha that felt out of place (thanks to DigModification for audio)
Muted a line from K2 to let silence make for better humor.
Removed the cringe-inducing cameo from Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba.
Removed a cutaway to Jyn and Cassian to show Baze mowing down troopers in one unbroken shot.
Removed Cassian’s line that implies he has never been imprisoned before.
As Krennic prepares to execute the scientists, removed line, “Fire!”
Removed a potentially confusing line from Cassian about being “in this fight since I was six years old.”
Used Ryan Golden’s redubbed voice for Darth Vader, as seen in the Star Wars Story YouTube channel and implemented in 5.1 by Broom Kid. (An alternate audio track is included that retains the original James Earl Jones performance.)
Trimmed Bohdi’s hesitation in assigning the new makeshift crew a callsign when pulling away from the Rebel base.
Removed a redundant line as Jyn notes they are trapped on the surface of Scarif.
Modified R2-D2’s red/blue light to match its style of appearance in ANH (FX by Burbin)