So you’re talking use my edit of AOTC up to the kiss, which you want to be as in the theatrical, and then the theatrical AOTC for the remainder of the movie except to still remove Anakin’s confession?
Exactly.
I would like their kiss to be set during sunset (as in your edit) and I would like both of them not to say anything (as in your edit), but I would like to keep the moment when Padmé interrupts the kiss. In addition, I would like to keep their discussion in front of the fireplace, but making the dialogue smoother. Something like this:
Anakin: From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven’t thought of you. [Anakin looks at her for a few seconds, in silence]
Padmé: I can’t… We can’t… It’s not possible.
Anakin: Anything is possible, Padmé. Listen to me…
Padmé: No, you listen! We live in a real world; come back to it. You’re studying to become a Jedi, I’m… I’m a senator. If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, they will take us to a place we cannot go, regardless of the way we feel about each other.
Anakin: You’re asking me to be rational. That is something that I know I cannot do. Believe me, I wish that I could just wish away my feelings, but I can’t.
Padmé: I will not give into this.
Anakin: Well, you know, it… it wouldn’t have to be that way. We could keep it a secret.
Padmé: We’d be living a lie, one that we couldn’t keep, even if we wanted to. I couldn’t do that. Could you, Anakin? Could you live like that?
Anakin: No. You’re right. It would destroy us all.
In addition to Anakin’s confession, I would also like to cut the duel between Dooku and Yoda. I have nothing against the CGI used in that duel, but I think it would be more epic if the first time we see Yoda using his lightsaber is in Revenge of the Sith against Sidious. So this duel needs to be cut. Oh, and I’d also like the original scene with Mace, Yoda and Obi-Wan in the Temple to retake the place you assigned to the Mace and Obi-Wan scene on the platform.
I could throw that together for you in whatever file format and approximate size you’d prefer, though I won’t hold onto it after passing it along to you.
I want the file to be in MP4 format and have the highest definition you can give it. As for the size, I don’t know, so I’ll let you decide. The important thing is that the quality of the file is not lost due to the size. If to maintain the video and audio quality the file has to be heavy, then so be it, but if you can make sure that the file maintains its highest quality even without making it too heavy, then for me it’s okay all the same. I’ll let you decide.
I must say it’s a weird request, like the first half of the movie is fan edited and the second half more or less isn’t.
I know it’s a weird request, but this is the way I think Attack of the Clones should have been originally edited. That’s what I want to see. By the way, it’s not even necessary to change the title of the film, you can leave it as “The Approaching Storm”, since I love this title for the film. And you can also leave the opening crawl as it is in your original edit.