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Revenge of the Sith: Refocused - a Clone Wars: Refocused Companion Edit (v3.03 Available now) — Page 5

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When I watched fall of the republic NCC/SOM V2.1 I like how you made the siege of Mandalore/a battle of coruscant intercut with each other besides on how things are in such things. For me I was convinced based on Maul get up in season 7 when it was a true final.

  • improvement to be noted of
  • when doing the new version 2.2 I suggest to pan down on stars after crawl text
  • fix transition of Ashoka and Rex that have escaped the tribunal

Something you can try out if you have time:
You can add some flash back on
Battle of coruscant bad batch
Grievous arriving on Utapau

Overall this is great to see.

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So it’s not June, but I finished writing my grad thesis and I’m feeling very fandom invigorated atm, so I’m gonna talk about v3 briefly.

First off, my SSD with my editing stuff on it is not working fully and I need to take it to get the data recovered. So all this will be a ways off.

First, I’m planning on releasing both a normal movie version and a version with opening and closing modeled after The Clone Wars: Refocused. Either way this is a version of Episode III that only works if you’ve watched Clone Wars. It’s just about presenting different watching options.

Onto the content:

I’m gonna be going in for more changes to the RotS NCC material.

1: Changing the focus of the Padme/Anakin reunion from her sharing the pregnancy to Pasne being worried he was dead and Anakin not wanting to hide the relationship. He sharing the pregnancy will be moved to the Bad Batch arc of TCW.

Here’s a rough cut of the Clone Wars scene:

https://vimeo.com/704760381
Pass: AniI’mPregnant

2: Changing Anakin’s dreams from Padme dying in childbirth, to premonitions of Padme, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan all in danger. This will also involve changing some of Anakin and Sidious’s dialogue. I think this is necessary because of how TCW emphasizes these relationships. Anakin has extreme response to these three in danger, that I think that the fear of losing all three would push him over the edge.

3: Adding back in Anakin talking to Yoda about his dream. I think him not getting any help from the council, who has repeatedly failed him when it comes to Obi-wan and Ahsoka, is a necessary push for his willingness to go to Sidious.

4: I also want to try replacing Anakin killing younglings with Anakin killing Shaak-ti. I think it’s possible to fix up that deleted scene and his anger is at the council and I think at this point in the story that’s where we should see it directed.

5: A few other minor nips and tucks to make it flow better and make it a more enjoyable experience. (I do really like having the 31/2hr movie so probably won’t change that,but other things…)

Anyway, hope you enjoy the tease. I’ll update my original OP soon.

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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This edit sounds insanely cool. I have too many versions of ROTS and I’m a sucker for TCW content so I definitely am interested in checking this out.

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TCW:R is such a cool project, and this is a movie that really only work with TCW, so why not intentionally pair it with the best version of TCW?

My Edits:
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The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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Link? This sounds like it’s got “my favourite movie” written all over it.

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I’m putting together v3 right now, but I can PM you a link to V2 if you like. 😃

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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Just dropping in to voice my continued support for your project! My wife watched your V2 as her first experience of Revenge of the Sith after we watched all of TCW together and she still talks about it to this day! One day we’ll have to do a rewatch with TCW: Refocused and this v3!

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Thanks Acbagel, I really appreciate the kind words.

I hope V3 is as satisfying, and that my adjustments serve the narrative and enjoyment.

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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Delpheas said:

I’m putting together v3 right now, but I can PM you a link to V2 if you like. 😃

I would love to get my hands on v2

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TeethRocket said:

I would love to get my hands on v2

PM sent!

Also, I’m toying with two releases of the main version of v3. A 3 1/2hr film with the crawl, and a two part finale for TCW:R.

For the two part finale version, I’m thinking of some different titles:

Part 1: The Phantom Apprentice
Part 2: Revenge of the Sith or Fall of the Republic

Other suggestions welcome.

I’m also playing around with the content of the crawl(s) for the TCW:R version.

So far I have this… mess:

The Clone Wars drags on, and the Siege of the Outer Rim doesn’t let up.

The two factions resort to more and more desperate tactics.

After the death of Admiral Trench, Count Dooku and General
Grievous are the sole seperatist military leaders.

Ahsoka Tano and Bo-Katan have followed a trail through the underworld to Maul’s location on Mandalore where they plan to put an end to his rule.

Desperate to return home to his pregnant wife, Anakin Skywalker
hopes to single handedly put an end to the siege of Yerbana.

He leads Obi-wan Kenobi and Commander Rex into an unconventional standoff with the droid army.

From the shadows, Darth Sidious plans his final moves to bring about the Revenge of the Sith.

I want to highlight our major players, but Yoda, Padme, and Windu can’t get mentioned in there without overstuffing it.

I also need to have one for part 1 and one for part 2, which I just realised.

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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This isn’t particularly relevant to the edit itself, but I saw you updated the edit’s poster quite recently and wanted to share this version of a RotS/TSoM mural-art-based poster you might be interested in taking from.

Jason Palmer (the mural artist) has drawn Bo-Katan and Padme before, which makes those pieces particularly suitable for editing. The Ahsoka stands out a bit more as fan-edited, but I think the slightly aged up face and lekku/montrals with the Siege outfit and sabers look more than good enough.

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Yeah, I might borrow from the Siege outfit and Montrals, as it helps her look more in line with her appearance in the film. Thanks for sharing this.

Not a fan of the Bo-Katan though.

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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Wow, this sounds insanely cool, is there any chance you could send me a link to V2?

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Will send V2 link!

Also, gonna toy with adding the OK Order 66 scene as well and will upload a few more previews soon, including what I’m trying with Order 66 and Obi-Wan rewiring the coded retreat signal.

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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@Delpheas are you going to use the new Lego skywalker saga vocals for anakin from revenge of the sith portion of the game?

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G&G-Fan said:

Why isn’t his nightmare about Padme dying anymore?

There’s an explanation in the original post: one of the main goals of this edit is to change Anakin’s motivation from specifically saving Padme to saving everyone he loves in general. This should make it more believable that Anakin would take such drastic measures to prevent his nightmares from coming true, and make it even more tragic when everyone he was trying to save ends up turning against him.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
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StarkillerAG said:

G&G-Fan said:

Why isn’t his nightmare about Padme dying anymore?

There’s an explanation in the original post: one of the main goals of this edit is to change Anakin’s motivation from specifically saving Padme to saving everyone he loves in general. This should make it more believable that Anakin would take such drastic measures to prevent his nightmares from coming true, and make it even more tragic when everyone he was trying to save ends up turning against him.

Cool 😃

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Everyone… including himself. As we see in Obi-Wan Kenobi and Rebels he develops this idea that as Vader he killed Anakin Skywalker. So I’m incorporating a bit of fear at his own death as well.

My Edits:
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The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)

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Update: I’m working on some final inclusions and edits for tightness of pacing.

Things that will be new for v3:
I will have both a film version and a two episode Refocused-style version.
The story will start similar to the way that Refocused’s first Siege of Mandalore episode does, by including the “Bad Bad” Anakin-Padme hologram scene. TBD if Padme will reveal her pregnancy here or on coruscant.
Padme will die. Watching Kenobi finally convinced me that’s it is fine.
Ahsoka at Padme’s funeral and her conversation with Bail are included in the epilogue.

I’m also searching for some way to include stuff from this version of the first Vader/Obi-Wan fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p1aw9HN1A4&ab_channel=AnakinSkinwalker

I think that by switching out some of the live-action sequences for animated equivalents will help with the blending of the very different cinematic styling.

My Edits:
Revenge of the Sith: Refocused Available

The Clone Wars Refocused: The Chosen One (Mortis Episode)