Alright, the time has come to finally put this bad boy to rest. Version 3, my final version, is done.
Here’s a rundown of what to expect:
- I added a fanedit disclaimer at the beginning.
- Reinstated Leia ripping on her cousin.
- The Leia kidnapping now has none of the chase.
- There is now only one scene of Leia aboard the kidnappers ship.
- The digging up the lightsabers scene has been reinstated. I moved the Reva reveal to before it, then rescored the scene to feel like an appropriately big moment. Kenobi leaving on the transport ship has been removed, as the sabers scene now acts has his “answering the call” moment.
- The beggar clone trooper has been reinstated.
- Removed Reva’s line “Who’s in the gutter now?” as the earlier reference to it has been cut.
- Kenobi no longer sets off an explosion in the spice lab, he just slips by everyone.
- Cropped a weirdly framed shot of the inquisitors when they confront Reva about kidnapping Leia.
- Cut second half of Kenobi’s “you remind me of someone”, ending after “She was stubborn too” “I’m not stubborn!”
- When Kenobi, Leia and Tala arrive at the safehouse, it now appears to be dusk, so the passage of time is a little less wonky.
- Removed the imperial march cue when Vader arrives and reinstated the original music. I used it again later, and I didn’t want to overdo it.
- The conversation with Roken is reinstated, but I removed his speech about his wife.
- Cut one of the Reva/Leia scene, and combined two of them into one scene.
- Added The Force theme in the hallway sequence at the fortress, to emphasize that this is the moment Kenobi got his groove back.
- Cut some Inquisitor bickering when Vader force chokes Reva.
- Cleaned up some audio transitions during the Jabim siege.
- Removed a few silly looking shots from the Reva/Vader fight, where possible.
- Completely reworked the pursuit from Jabim scene for better flow.
- Removed Vader saying he was going to face Kenobi alone. He now just heads straight down there in his shuttle.
- Added subtle Battle of the Heroes motif right before the duel begins.
- Reworked some of the duel editing for better flow and more natural movement into the rocky area.
- Added the Imperial March after Kenobi leaves Vader defeated. Transition to Alderaan is now more natural.
- Added a little bit of Kenobi packing up his house.
- Runtime is 2 hours 25 minutes.
This is going to be the final edit of this. However, if there’s some really cool effects shots that are created down the road that I feel would fit in well and improve the experience, I will reissue the edit with those added in.
Thanks to everyone here who checked it out and provided feedback. I think this turned out really great, and this community had a big hand in making it so.