So, now that the ROTS DVD will be out soon, I’ll be able to complete my pet project.
What I’ve done is take the lightsaber duels from the official DVDs and cut them in such a way that we’re always watching the duel action. For example, in TPM I cut the shot in the final duel where little Anakin says “Artoo, we’ve got to help them!”. Essentially, I’ve cut them the way I’d want to watch the fights.
In the prequel trilogy, I cut out most of the inner-duel talking/whining. However, I left most of the talking in the original trilogy because those are just as much emotional battles as they are sword fights.
I’ve already cut episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6 from the official DVDs and and all that’s left is ROTS. I’ve also already made my menus, so it all should be good to go in a couple weeks.
I know this sounds sorta like Segaflip’s Lightsaber Montage, so I don’t know how much interest there would be for this. I’ve shown a “beta” version of this to some of my friends and they like it. I mainly made this for me (years ago, I even did this with two VCRs and the VHS SE tapes), but if there is any interest, I’ll be happy to provide copies and/or have someone post it on the net. Also, if there is interest, would somebody please make cover and disc art? I’m awful at that sort of thing.
Thanks.