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Post #1493737

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NotTheDri0ds
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Community Focus Thread 1: The Phantom Menace
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8-Jul-2022, 4:10 AM

I know the current idea is to skip the Negotiations opening, but recently I’ve started my own attempt to streamline it as practice. Not sure if I’ll turn it into an edit on it’s own so dropping here incase anyone finds it interesting.

(Apologies for the upcoming wall of text)

Basically for this rough cut I:

  • Removed the permission to land bit, like a fair few edits
  • Removed the first shot of TC 14 introducing themselves
  • Cut the intro of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon around when Qui-Gon tells Obi-Wan to be mindful of the living force
  • J Cut to TC 14 reporting the Jedi. Quickened a few of the reactions from the Nemoidians by splicing multiple parts of shots together, subtle change but made the other guy say to send the Droids, plural, skipping the Sidious discussion entirely, to make the Federation seem more independent.
  • Cut the scene of TC 14 serving the Jedi Tea a bit sooner, skipping Qui-Gon taking a sip, moving straight to
  • The ship blowing up, skipping the Jedi’s reaction and the shot of the room filling with gas, instead a small group of droids just walk in, see the cloudy room, and then the lightsabers
  • Cut a few lines/reaction shots during the action sequence to make the Nemoidians seem less incompetent
  • Reshuffle events a little, after the Jedi run off the Viceroys are pre occupied by The Queen calling, only cut back to the Jedi in the hanger when the Nemoidians claim there were no ambassadors
  • Cut back after Qui-Gon mentions his plan to land on the planet, snip a few lines in the dialogue and work in the “I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war”, trying to make Amidala appear stronger
  • End the scene on Naboo when the beared guy says the word “Invasion”, as the rest of the scene felt pretty clumsily done

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16YAhcpxM0La0k0mrK9i54WkObBv4qdoi/view