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Post #1489352

Author
Hal 9000
Parent topic
Star Wars Episode III: Labyrinth Of Evil (Released)
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Date created
19-Jun-2022, 3:19 PM

For a super canon-friendly, maximalist edit of ROTS, here’s a new change list. Not a replacement for LOE, but a new edit. Here’s what do undo.

Use Sir Ridley’s crawl, but use original ROTS title.

Put back line “this is where the fun begins.”

Attempt removing “my powers have doubled since we last met” line.

Use the following order of scenes for the second act of the movie:

  • Anakin and Padme reunite; pregnancy revealed
  • Grievous arrives on Utapau
  • Balcony scene (“love has blinded you”)
  • Nightmare (ends as Anakin walks off, Padme remains asleep)
  • “I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi” deleted scene
  • Obi-Wan telling Anakin that Palpatine requests his presence
  • Opera of Squid Lake
  • Yoda’s counseling session
  • Palpatine appoints Anakin to Council
  • Council unhappy about this
  • Bail’s apartment deleted scene
  • Obi-Wan asking Anakin to spy on Palpatine
  • Jedi traffic scene
  • Padme and Anakin “you’re sounding like a Separatist”
  • Kashyyyk battle
  • 3PO serving drinks political deleted scene
  • Anakin and Obi-Wan farewell, Obi-Wan heads to Utapau
  • Second nightmare with Obi—Wan, “I feel lost” (cuts out before mention of Anakin’s nightmares)
  • Petition of Two Thousand deleted scene
  • Obi-Wan arrives on Utapau

During the opera scene, put back reference to midichlorians.

Put back “I’ve been trained… by Count Dooku.”

Put back Palpatine’s voiceover as Anakin waits in the Council room, talking about Padme.

Reinstate youngling slaughter… maaaybe blend the Sith and normal saber ignition sounds like TFA does (see when Finn lights up on Maz’s planet)

Put back Obi-Wan and Yoda fighting to reenter the Temple.

Put back Kenobi and Yoda planning to destroy the Sith.

Keep trims to Obi-Wan and Padme, but add back in “killing younglings.”

Redo Anakin’s and Padme’s conversation on Mustafar based on what makes sense now.

Reinstate Yoda duel, minding saber ignition sounds for consistency, and referring to L8wrtr’s version.

Put back dialogue about the ‘high ground’ at the end of the duel. (Put back some of this, possibly removing just that line.)

Film ends similarly to the theatrical, of course. Vader can still have his Russian yell, but Padme dies and we see her funeral, etc.

Try to keep the new shots that remove the droids from the twins’ birth. Oh well if it’s not possible. Can’t remember what all shots there are.

Add Jar Jar accompanying Kenobi to deliver Luke to the Lars homestead, and have him get farted on by the eopie while Kenobi turns back to leave.