I’m nearing the end of my HD re-assembly of Episode I. I will update everyone when I’ve gotten through the rough cut. In the meantime, here’s some more info on the changes.

Darth Maul has entered the chat

I’ve kept Darth Maul’s intro scene… Mostly. I’ve cut out a few lines. The first line I’ve removed is Palpatine’s “I want that treaty signed!” Next line is Nute Gunray’s cowardly line, “My lord, it’s impossible to locate the ship! It’s out of our range!” And the third line I’ve taken out is sadly a good line. Palpatine’s “Not for a sith.” is a pretty spooky comeback, but having taken the previous two lines out of the conversation, it’s out of place and doesn’t serve a purpose. I’ve also cut this scene shorter. The scene ends with Palpatine’s “he will find your lost ship.” followed by the end of their transmission. So now the Neimoidians “This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them.” and “We should not have made this bargain.” are both gone.

Would a queen thank a droid?

As I’ve mentioned in earlier postings, I took out R2 saving the ship. Since it’s gone from my edit, the scene with Amidala thanking R2-D2 for the repairs is even more useless (Not that it was ever useful to begin with). It’s gone.

Introducing Padme

The scene with Padme cleaning up R2 and meeting Jar Jar Binks is also gone. It’s just Jar Jar recapping everything that’s happened to him (You know, in case no one was paying attention). I don’t see the point in keeping it in. Deleted.

Landing on Tattooine

There isn’t much to delete in the ship’s landing on Tattooine. The only two changes I’ve made are at the end of the sequence when Qui-Gon, Jar Jar, and R2 are walking to the nearest city in Tattooine. Jar Jar’s complaining about how the sun is murdering his skin has been cut. I’ve also taken out Panaka’s second usage of “wait.” The first “wait!” got the point across. There’s no need to repeat the word.