This is great news that this project is revived along with your reinvigorated passion for Star Wars. In light of this edit meant to be as a prequel bridge, will there be any changes in that regard?
I have some suggestions that may or may not assist.
Some minor ideas:
- Remove the Kenobi line about not owning a droid.
- Remove the word “ancient” in the line to Vader about him practicing an “ancient” religion.
- Remove the hints of incest romance between Luke and Leia:
.Remove Luke referring to Leia as beautiful when he sees her hologram.
. Possibly remove her kiss on his cheek in the Death Star.
. Remove Luke asking Han about what he thinks of Leia.
Other ideas:
- Some edits remove 3P0’s reference to a “princess” when stating there is no escape.
- For better pacing, remove the cheesy situation where 3P0 and R2 magically dodge the blasters.
- Remove the cheesy shot of Chewbacca growling at the mouse droid. This also helps with pacing.
Vader:
To boost Vader’s character in the movie, I liked an idea G&Gfan will be incorporating into his own edit. He plans to remove any suggestion of Vader’s inferiority to Tarkin. I believe the first moment is when Tarkin orders Vader to stop the force choke. The next instance would be Leia’s insult when she says Tarkin is holding Vader’s leash.
The editor G&GFan plans to add a new scene with Vader and Sidious discussing the death of Kenobi, but as of now I do not know how that looks like or if it really fits into the movie.
One way or another, I appreciate the hard work you and other editors put into this. Great work is being done here.