CC/ID -- regarding cg Yoda, I remember that we thought we could get our ideas together for a release next May. Now, that's a short window, but it would be nice. I think a SE edition in 2007 will be a natural because we'll see better ways to accomplish our ideas and fixes for things that don't come off as well as we plan. I think the idea of making these PT movies match the style of the OT movies will be something that gets better and better with several passes.

But if we're to get an Episode I out by May, we need to get our ideas up and running now, so we need decisions:

What's at issue right now?

Dubbing Jar Jar or subtitles; Dubbing Nemoidians or subtitles; Adding Dukoo or not; many other things, I'm sure.

I vote for the sake of speed that we go the BOTF route with the aliens. I actually prefer reading Jar Jar to hearing him talk, no matter what accent he has because his performance is SOOO cartoony that the subtitles take the edge off. I have a lot of specific ideas for improving his presence through different edits -- using the Full Screen transfer as often as possible to create shots where he gets marginalized or even cut off more. Part of the problem with him is that he is always "featured;" he's always framed a little too well and not treated as part of the scenery enough (even though they tried). I find the alien voice he has in BOTF makes him more interesting -- he understands English, he requires the viewer to read, he gets to say whatever we want regardless of his lip flap (which will get annoying if we make him speak English versions of the AdMan dialogue).

I also LOVE LOVE LOVE the "Passion" dialogue for the Nemoidians.

I love the ideas for putting Dukoo into Ep I, but I don't see how to accomplish it seamlessly yet. I have to review the material unless someone else comes up with the perfect plan.

I have a 10 page document of hte other EP I stuff we discussed over in the SOTD thread. I'll try to edit it down and post it soon so we can have a kind of master list to work from.

Then we need to see who's going to do the actual editing (InfoDroid and...?) and get to work.

Then, I suppose, we should start a thread for just Episode I and leave this thread alive as the "all episode" bible.

I'll be glad when Trooperman gets back to the boards more often too because he's a good voice to hear in these discussions.

But are you two ready to start nailing things down, CC and ID?