Three different versions of this revised trilogy? đ§
Yea. The Purist Cut has minimal changes compared to my full edit, so not too hard to push out that version. The most work will be the Trilogy of my edit. Since im mostly content in a 3-1 edit, doing the full trilogy is the extra work. Which, of the 3, Atoc will be the hardest with the most work probably. Idk though, we shall see.
A lot of the main changes and ideas for TPM and ROTS have been shown in some extent. Though some ideas have been held back. Atoc on the other hand, I havnât played with much.
As a 3-1 edit, its easy to focus the narrative on Anakin and clip much of Obiwanâs journey or extra stuff. Doing the full movies each is different. (You could also focus it on Obiwan if you wanted instead, to follow into the Obiwan show. Though Ani has the more interesting story imo)
TPM I have ideas for on restructuring the order of events to improve the narrative, on top of new VFX to tell this story. Like the assault on Naboo, or Escape from Naboo. These ideas though donât really alter the narrative that much though and really just help accentuate what was meant to be. A threat against our heroes. I donât plan on cutting most of Tpm like most people do. I only plan on cutting it down to the length of ANH and reorder some scenes so you are introduced to Anakin before Quigon and them meet him. The Podrace is kept but moved and the reason Quigon gets Anakin is changed and simplified. This also has an effect on Anakin first meeting Padame and shooting her his line âIm a pilotâ. As you have already been introduced to Anakin winning the race, he comes across much smoother in trying to hit on Padame. Much of Anakinâs bad dialogue is fixed or removed so he in general is less annoying and more the cocksure kid he should be.
Atoc on the other hand is a total mess of a movie. Even cutting the length down to something more like Empire Strikes Back, theres still a lot that would need fixing. Of all 3 movies, ATOC has the most cgi, and horrible cgi at that.
I have no experience in Blender, so while I plan on learning some to help with some scenes. I wont oversell myself and say that Ill be redoing all the bad cgi. In TPM, some of the worst scenes can just be cut all together honestly. Atoc has sooooo many, that if you cut them all, you wouldnât have a movie. (This also effects the extant the Purist Cut can be fixed too. CGI.)
One thing is to fix and improve the narrative between Anakin and Padame in ATOC. Including adding in a sex scene (non graphic, its shown in the trailer briefly.) This is to help show their connection and how far theyâve already gone, leading up to her being pregnant in ROTS seeming more natural as weâve now actually seen them hooking up.
Dooku will pop up in TPM so his arrival in ATOC will make more sense and connect him across all 3 films. Though its a minor appearance.
Likely, ATOC will be a less action packed story than TPM and ROTS. Accentuating the human connections seems the most important goal in ATOC, to set up the fall in ROTS.
We shall see though. A lot of VFX work to do already, so I have time to tinker.