Can I have links for these edita?
I’m doing new versions of my prequel trilogy and I kinda already deleted my old ones unfortunately, so you’ll kinda have to wait till then. Sorry.
I am looking forward to these edits. The concept of Australian JarJar is great. It sounds like your edit is the only one that completely removes this “character” and we get a brand new one.
I also like the changes you have for ROTS. I agree with you entirely that the other edits were a bit aggressive.
The one issue I am torn about is the youngling murders. It really demonstrates the evil depravity of Vader like we see in a New Hope where he has no issue taking out an entire planet. On the other hand, I agree with your logic that his turn needs to be more gradual and removing the youngling murders makes Padme seem more reasonable trying to bring Anakin before he really goes off the rails.
I hope to see these soon. One thing I would suggest to take a look at is adding clips from the other Star Wars shows. I really disliked the Kenobi series, but I did enjoy the flashback scene of Kenobi and Anakin having a practice duel. It could be nice to incorporate.
I know other edits have these excessively long cuts of ROTS adding from other shows, but I am not comfortable mixing in cartoons. I do think some brief snippets could enhance the movies however.