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My internet is fixed and upgraded to ultra highspeed and everything seems to be in order.

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Delpheas said:

My internet is fixed and upgraded to ultra highspeed and everything seems to be in order.

My wife and I will be ordering in and watching tonight!

(The Force Awakens) Heirs of the Force | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

(The Last Jedi) Fate of the Jedi | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

(The Rise of Skywalker) Legacy of the Force | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

(The Bad Batch) Cinematic Version | A More Mature Edit

(The Mandalorian+Boba) The Way of Mandalore | A Compilation Edit

(Kenobi) | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

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I watched this last week but did want to give a quick review on it!

Overall the edit works very well to combine the tones of the 2 source materials. I think the highlight of the film was the eeriness right before the Jedi confront Palpatine. There’s like a solid 3 minutes of pure dread as we see how many characters are sensing something imminent. Incredible!

It all does a great job to wrap up Clone Wars and this was my wife’s first time ever seeing RotS after we watched all of TCW the last few months. She was in tears by the end!

As for things to fix, there’d only be a few, and most of them are directed to the NCC which I know isn’t a completed project so I won’t bother getting into that. For FotR, the only corrections I can think of were I believe there’s a slight audio desync that occurs in TCW scene on Mandalore with Bo-Katan and Ahsoka after capturing Maul. Either that or something about the animation there is throwing me off, maybe just double check. The one main criticism I’d give is I think there’s too many cut to black transitions between the sources. Maybe look into some wipes instead of hard cuts to black.

Thanks for your work on this, it’s a great idea and I think the best way to experience a more consistent story for TCW characters into the movie.

(The Force Awakens) Heirs of the Force | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

(The Last Jedi) Fate of the Jedi | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

(The Rise of Skywalker) Legacy of the Force | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

(The Bad Batch) Cinematic Version | A More Mature Edit

(The Mandalorian+Boba) The Way of Mandalore | A Compilation Edit

(Kenobi) | A Star Wars Legends Re-edit

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Thanks! I appreciate the work review.

I’ll take a look at it and see if I can’t fix the sync issue. And yeah there were a few more fades-to-black than I would have preferred, that I should be able to fix now.

I appreciate your thoughts:)

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Why is Tarkin removed but was credited?

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Because I didn’t touch the credits. And I’m not planning to. Mon Mothma isn’t credited, but appears in this cut, and none of the Clone Wars actors are credited.

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I recommend using this to add more emotional weight to Anakin’s death at the end of the film. Like how Gamora’s death music did to the Destruction of alderaan in Illfaneditore’s Heir of Skywalker. When Anakin turned off Ahsoka’s lightsaber, Anakin is dead. His eyes turned yellow. He is now Darth Vader forever.

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Also it is a neat transition from “Padme’s funeral” to “Lament”. It shows that Anakin would’ve been alive if Qui-Gon survived. Thus Qui-Gon’s death led into Anakin’s death at the end of the film because Qui-Gon’s funeral motif with Imperial march playing at the end adds a lot of sadness into it.

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In the Temple march, I really prefer Sidious’s “Day of the Sith” Voice Over to that than just silent. In my opinion, this speech is perfect during this moment.

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In the Temple march, I really prefer Sidious’s “Day of the Sith” Voice Over to that than just silent. In my opinion, this speech is perfect during this moment.

Damn, this is a really good idea. You should bring it up in the Prequels Radical Redux Thread (which I’m assuming exists).

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If the Darth Vader Scene at the end of TCW was rescored with the funeral theme (Padme’s death and Vader’s NOOO scene, and Padme’s funeral) just like NightWing1015’s rescore adding the wind sfx and lightsaber sfx cause having 2 tracks playing at the same time would be harsh, the music that played in Ahsoka’s last scene transitions to the music that played when Padme dies (Despite that she survived). Before we cut to the credits, we cut from the clone helmet to the star destroyer as Vader meets up with the emporer reporting “Anakin Skywalker was weak. I destroyed him.” and Palp replies “You have done well, Lord vader.”

DYK: Mon Mothma’s only appearance in ROTS is when Palpatine, Obi-Wan, and Anakin arrived at the senate to meet up with the other senators. She only appears as a cameo appearance and that’s why she’s credited in ROTS.

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Hey, could you send me a link for this? Sounds like an interesting approach

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This is a great edit, really enjoyed this. The difference in style was a little jarring at first, but well worth it for the quality Clone Wars content. Using NFBisms edit for ROTS is an excellent choice, better matching the tone of the Clone Wars. Your interweaving of the two plots is well considered, not simply smashing the two films together but taking care to bring the narrative arcs into one.

I was interested to see whether this approach could help spice up the dull sequence of dialogue scenes on Coruscant, in what I take to be Act II of the film. As much as I enjoy the deleted scenes typically added in edits, their addition makes this part of the film even more dreary; for me your edit succeeded in this way, as the addition of the Siege of Mandalore as a B plot really helped balance out this part of ROTS.

It feels like your edit is feature complete at this point, still I made some more specific notes, so take or leave them as you like:

  • I wonder if some trims could be made to the Clone Wars content, for example in the tunnels under Sundari and with Maul’s carnage on the ship.
  • Would you consider a restructuring of Padme’s ‘Seeds of Rebellion’ deleted scenes, moving the first scene to the last position in the sequence, so that the formation of the rebellion becomes the conclusion of this subplot?
  • It’s more a problem with the CW/ROTS canon, but this edit made the contradiction obvious to me; should the plot point about Anakin being on the council but not granted the rank of master be cut, since in the CW he is master to Ahsoka? Though I’m unsure whether such a cut would disrupt or clarify the overall plot here.
  • I miss the classic style of the planetary landing to open the film, and wonder if the holo-call between Grievous and Sidious could be moved and used for this purpose?
  • The intended significance of the ‘ruminations’ scene at 1:59:40 was lost on me in this edit, though bookending it with Ahsoka’s scene works well. Maybe consider adding some voiceover here as an internal monologue for Anakin, to make explicit that his fear of losing Padme stems from having lost both Shmi and Ahsoka?
  • Are you still looking to add footage from Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars? I would be keen to see your approach to integrating this content as well.
  • Would you consider any footage from the first episode of Bad Batch? Not sure where we’re at with spoliers for this, but there’s only one scene I can think of that could be useful.
  • 3:30 makes for a long movie, a simple intermission title card may help with this. Maybe after Maul is captured at 1:38:40, one intermission should be enough in my view.

I wish the dialogue about Ahsoka from the unfinished Utapau arc could somehow be used in an edit like this. Having Obi-Wan and Anakin discuss Ahsoka’s absence from the A plot would really cinch things for me. Cinematic Captures did an admirable job remastering the scene, but for a ROTS+CW edit maybe the animation style of Forces of Destiny, with the Temple Dojo setting from S1E11 ‘Teach You, I Will’ would fit well. Probably not a feasible addition, and certainly well beyond my abilities, but people wonder about the best use for that unfinished scene, and for me a ROTS+CW edit is the ideal place for it.

All up, this is an excellent edit; a fine and unique addition to the ever expanding canon of ROTS edits.

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Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it.

I did put a lot of thought into the sequencing of the story, so I’m glad that it paid off.

Regarding your suggestions.

I like the idea of moving the first “seeds of rebellion” scene to later, I’ll toy with it and see if it works.

As for trimming some of the Sewer stuff, it’s possible, I’m just loath to do so since I think the Clone Wars finale was essentially a masterpiece and enjoy pretty much every moment. I may try around though, see if it helps pacing.

Their isn’t really a contradiction regarding Anakin’s position on the council. Amongst the Prequel Jedi, there are four 4 rankings any Jedi can achieve: Youngling, Padawan, Knight, and Master.
After graduating from Padawan, one is a Knight, many Jedi probably stay at this rank, but those who successfully train a padawan all the way to knighthood are granted the rank of Master. And only Masters can sit on the council. Since Ahsoka left before she was Knighted, Anakin technically didn’t finish her training. Which only adds to his bitterness about being given a council seat, but not a new title. Cus it was the council’s own BS that caused Ahsoka to leave.

Regarding the 03 Clone Wars footage and the convo from crystal crisis, neither are going to make an appearance in this edit. Both are going to be used in EddieDean’s The Clone Wars: Restructured in some fashion however, so check that out if you’re interested. I’m kinda considering this the movie version of the TCW:R finale.

It is long, and I may consider an intermission card.

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Their isn’t really a contradiction regarding Anakin’s position on the council. Amongst the Prequel Jedi, there are four 4 rankings any Jedi can achieve: Youngling, Padawan, Knight, and Master.
After graduating from Padawan, one is a Knight, many Jedi probably stay at this rank, but those who successfully train a padawan all the way to knighthood are granted the rank of Master. And only Masters can sit on the council. Since Ahsoka left before she was Knighted, Anakin technically didn’t finish her training. Which only adds to his bitterness about being given a council seat, but not a new title. Cus it was the council’s own BS that caused Ahsoka to leave.

Just a thought on this to help clarify. The formal rankings are Youngling, Padawan, Knight and Master. However, when a Knight trains a Padawan, the Padawan would still refer to the person training them as ‘master’. So there are ‘masters’ in the training sense, and ‘Masters’ the formal rank.

Anakin was Ahsoka’s master, but he was never a Jedi Master.

Regarding the 03 Clone Wars footage and the convo from crystal crisis, neither are going to make an appearance in this edit. Both are going to be used in EddieDean’s The Clone Wars: Restructured in some fashion however, so check that out if you’re interested. I’m kinda considering this the movie version of the TCW:R finale.

Wow, I just popped in to check on progress here, I wasn’t expecting to hear that! ❤️

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This project is at a mostly complete stage, except for some tweaks I’ll make, based on feedback.

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SandMTV said:

I recommend using this to add more emotional weight to Anakin’s death at the end of the film. Like how Gamora’s death music did to the Destruction of alderaan in Illfaneditore’s Heir of Skywalker. When Anakin turned off Ahsoka’s lightsaber, Anakin is dead. His eyes turned yellow. He is now Darth Vader forever.

I just noticed that video starts as Vader is looking at Morai and plays the end of the track that plays during Padme’s death which is the part where the Tantive III arrives on Naboo. Before this, add the same track to when Vader’s shuttle is landing so we can get the transition from “Burying the dead” track at the end of the BInary sunset to Padme’s Death track at thte beginning of Darth Vader CLone Wars ending scene to make it more somber and bittersweet. Using the wind SFX to recreate the wind SFX and the Lightsaber SFX recreating thte Lightsaber SFX when turned on. So we can have where NightWing1015’s CW rescore continues from.

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I’m considering making an alternate extended version that includes the '03 Clone Wars Attack on Coruscant as a cold open, and incorporates some material from Bad Batch Episode 1.

For Bad Batch, that would probably be the Order 66 sequence, their viewing of Palpatine’s Empire Day speech, and a sequence that could be incorporated into the epilogue. Any suggestions on that front would be accepted.

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After toying around with some stuff, I have decided that I’m gonna move the Grevious arrives on Utapau scene to the beginning of the film. The dialog will be altered a bit, and it will give the film an opening scene on the planet, get the ball rolling on Sidious’ plotting right away, and it will still serve the same purpose of showing where Grevious is, while also making it clearer that Palps was just waiting for the right moment to give him up.

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Your reluctance on cutting into the Siege of Mandalore arc is fair, since it was so excellent in the first place. I was still a little unsure of Maul’s return until Season 7, but it was such a great finale that I’m now convinced.

I appreciate you both chiming in on my confusion with the rank of master. I suppose this helps explain why Obi-Wan still defers to Mace and Yoda, since they helped mentor him, even though they’re all now at the rank of master. Still, I wonder how well the relevant scene in ROTS would run with this cut, or if that would make it too truncated. I feel that this plot point over Anakin being denied the rank of master is essential for his tragic arc, but I wonder if this is really the case, or if I’m just used to it being there.

I’m definitely keen to see what EddieDean has in store for us with the crystal crisis chat. TCW:R is a great project for sure.

Glad to hear you’re considering an extended edition for including Bad Batch/Clone Wars 03 footage, a cold open sounds like a good approach to this. For the Order 66 addition, I came across this edit: ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCwhe9Bjnw’. It’s a bit rough but maybe gives an idea of how it could work. Not that the comics accurate thing is important here, though if Depa Billaba’s saber colour is to be changed then it should be something more interesting, like orange or purple.