Hi Spence and all,
I’ve been checking out bits and pieces of these edits and have some feedback.
I watched the end of TPM and there was still a little too much Jar Jar and Anakin childish silliness for my taste. That’s the only criticism I have so far.
For AOTC and ROTS I still kinda miss Yoda fighting. I remember being so excited about seeing that in the theater. It seems most editors have removed that which leaves a bit of a hole IMO. If you were really against Yoda using a lightsaber and flipping around so much I wonder if there was a way to have Yoda have a “force battle” with Dooku and Sidious only. Ie… After Yoda and Dooku start throwing things around Dooku realizes he can’t win and instead of saying “Now we’ll test our skills with a lightsaber” or whatever it would be him dropping the thing on Obi-Wan and Anakin and dipping out. It would be tough but I wonder if there’s a way to have Yoda and Palpatine flinging stuff at each other including the senate pods without the lightsabers. That one might be nearly impossible.
Order 66 looks great! I always wanted to see more of what was going on in the jedi temple and fortunately got some material to show that.
What I’ve loved the most so far… OMG your Anakin vs Obi-Wan duel is phenomenal. You cut out the silliness like the bad CGI kick, the flipping sabers around behind their back, and some of the dialogue. I always hated “Only a Sith deals with absolutes” and “I have the high ground”. Those are cringe for me. Especially the only a Sith line". Are there any other edits that have similar cuts of that duel? I’ll go check Hal’s next I suppose.
I’ll check out other parts of your PT edits.