I’m wondering, if you cut out episode four entirely, how will you work around how the Empire was able to track down Obi-Wan and Leia? The tracking device was in Leia’s droid, plus the little droid was responsible for shutting the door; if you excise episode four, would it not create an inconsistency / continuity error?
I second your call for a ‘deepfake’ of Anakin! I was surprised to see the current-day Hayden in that scene as opposed to an AOTC-era Hayden; it would have looked great if there was a ‘de-ageing’ process applied!
Another thought (for a different fan edit): could the flashback of Obi-Wan & Anakin be easily incorporated into an AOTC fan edit? It would need the ‘deepfake’ treatment, but I think it would look great if it could be used elsewhere. Also, the ROTS Jedi Temple flashback at the start of episode one would look great in an ROTS fan edit. But, these are thoughts for other fan edits haha!
Part IV has to be cut. Episode 5 was decent enough. Gotta trim stuff for sure. A lot of things looked like a B movie, and there were some deliveries that were off.
The flashback with Anakin will probably be included when he’s in the Bacta Tank. I’ll also have to take a look at deepfaking his face. Or perhaps someone on YouTube will do it for me/for us.
This was episode 5, and the narrative overall has been very underwhelming thus far. Although the episode on its own was okay, the pay-off for FOUR episodes of literally two plot lines is just… pathetic?