Is there a changelog for Episode 3?
Honestly, not really. Again, I’m very bad at keeping track of that because I just sort of “noodle around” within scenes. Here’s the best I can do:
- Tons of micro-cuts throughout for pacing. They will not all be noted here.
- Added classic Fox fanfare and Lucasiflm logo.
- Cut a lot of dialogue in the space battle and removed the buzz droids sequence.
- Kept the shot of Obi-Wan leaping out of his cruiser. Never got why people cut that. It’s very cool.
- Cut shot of Anakin in the cockpit removing his seatbelt.
- Added some score over the hanger scene.
- Cut most of the business with them reaching Palpatine, keeping just the destroyer droids/droids on the elevator.
- Cut Dooku leaping over the railing.
- Cut some dialogue throughout this sequence.
- Cut a few of Palpatine’s silly reaction shots.
- Obi-Wan no longer has a giant scaffold dropped on top of him.
- Cut Anakin’s hesitation in killing Dooku.
- Cut Palpatine’s line about the sand people.
- Cut Obi-Wan being retrieved.
- Cut some dialogue when the ships are firing their batteries at each other.
- I used HAL’s editing as a blueprint for them getting captured in the elevator shaft, removing the ray shields sequence.
- Cut Anakin’s “I thought you’d be taller”
- Added music over the battle on the bridge.
- Cut some little bits of dialogue as they pilot the ship down to Coruscant.
- Trimmed up Anakin and Obi-Wan’s banter when they arrive to meet Mace.
- Added the “plot to destroy the Jedi” deleted scene after Grievous contacts Palpatine.
- Cut the balcony scene with Anakin and Padme.
- Cut Anakin saying “I’m honored”
- Trimmed Anakin’s reaction to not becoming a master so it’s less whiny, but still angry.
- Added the first Senate deleted scene after Obi-Wan and Anakin speak at the temple.
- Anakin does not tell Padme she’s “starting to sound like a Separatist”
- Cut mention of Midichlorians.
- Added second Senate scene after the Opera
- Added third Senate scene after Obi-Wan arrives on Utapau
- Cut Obi-Wan getting the lizard-horse, go straight to Grievous addressing the Separatists.
- Cut Grievous’ “You fool! I’m trained in the blah blah blah”
- Trimmed up the fight sequence for pacing.
- Trimmed Anakin realizing Palpatine is the Sith lord so he catches on a bit quicker.
- Trimmed the second Grievous fight for pacing.
- Trimmed Anakin and Mace discussing Palpatine so Anakin doesn’t sound so much like he is trying to save Palpatine.
- Removed 3PO from a shot where Padme is staring out the window.
- Darkened Palpatine’s office slightly when he’s confronted.
- Trimmed the scene where Palpatine attacks so it’s a little more violent and sudden.
- Cut some of the sillier shots of their fight.
- Used Hal’s version of the Palpatine reveal and Mace’s death.
- Removed a large chunk of the dialogue in the naming scene. Added a slight camera shake to Anakin’s shots to make him feel more unbalanced.
- Order 66 has been completely reworked. Yoda’s scene is now the cap on the sequence, and footage from Book of Boba Fett and Mandalorian are included to open the scene up. Anakin no longer personally kills the Younglings.
- Cut some of the Padawan’s acrobatics when Bail goes to the temple.
- Combined two of Obi-Wan’s scenes when he swims up and escapes.
- Changed the music when Obi-Wan arrives at Bail’s ship to feel less triumphant.
- Cut Anakin’s yellow eyes and some of his acrobatics when he kills the Separatist leaders.
- Cut Yoda deciding to fight Palpatine.
- Obi-Wan doesn’t say he saw Anakin “Killing Younglings”
- Obi-Wan does not verbally respond to “You’re going to kill him?”
- Cut the shot of Obi-Wan hiding in the toilet, we just see him get onboard the ship in the wide shot.
- Trimmed Anakin and Padme’s dialogue on Mustafar for pacing.
- A few Obi-Wan lines are cut when he speaks to Anakin, so it’s more of Anakin going on an unhinged rant.
- Yoda vs. Palpatine is cut, we stay with the Battle of the Heroes the whole time.
- All dialogue is cut after they start fighting until Anakin is beaten.
- Medical droid dialogue replaced (by me, it’s my voice)
- Cut everything with Vader after the helmet closes.
- Cut discussion of Qui-Gon and training for Obi-Wan.
- Changed the transition from 3PO to Padme’s funeral so it’s not that silly looking circle-in on his face.