New YouTube Series about recutting George's STAR WARS SAGA. — Page 11

Bingowings said:

One aspect of the Naboo battle I never understood is why remove the other capital ships? The way the battle is designed they are heading for the droid control ship and it’s heavily defended so the droid fighters would come from there. So why not have the rest of the blockade visible not engaging the fighters out of hubris. Once droid control ship is down we could see some droid fighters go dead in space explaining why the other capital ships didn’t launch more. All the droids were coordinated from the same ship, including the fighters.

Hmmm. . . I have to say The Trade Federation’s tactics in the Naboo Battle make complete sense to me. The warships are in a Blockade posture, so by design they shouldn’t move or they’ll break the blockade, and the Queen might escape. . . again. . . The Federation doesn’t know what the Naboo plan is, so they would probably assume that an attack by fighters incapable of penetrating their shields is a feint to break up their formation. Along those lines it would be foolish for the other warships to launch their fighter compliments to defend the command ship when it is in no serious peril, because that would leave them open to other fighter attacks that could be forthcoming.

The way the sequence is framed, the Trade Federation Control Ship launches its fighters well before the N-1s reach it, which means the Federation was monitoring the attack and preparing to counter with what it assumed would be a sufficient number of fighters. . . They just didn’t figure on a 10-year-old, Force Mad Podracer firing a couple lucky torpedoes from inside the hangar bay. . .

As far as how the droids are controlled, it doesn’t really matter which specific droids are controlled from which ship in terms of Padme’s plan. If the Naboo pilots take out the control ship running the droids on the plains and the palace, then that buys her more time to capture the Viceroy, because once she captures the Viceroy, it’s game over. She can force him to order his armies to stand down at gun point.

That’s the logic I used to recut and clarify the sequence. I’m sure there are other ways you could frame it.

Here’s a sneak peak at some of the digital magic we’ll be doing in the next proper episode: https://youtu.be/PQmai0fNtmM

New RECUT is up. It’s one of my favorites: https://youtu.be/v3a0Oq8HNZg

Both clips look fantastic! 😃

Phase3 said:

Both clips look fantastic! 😃

Cheers bro! Thanks for restoring those N-1 Elements!

Bingowings said:

The Droid control ship has a unique design. From an attack perspective it’s the equivalent of the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star. I would have kept the other capital ships visible in the battle. The Federation would be so convinced of its victory that the fighters launched from the control ship would have been enough. Visually you don’t have the threat suddenly reduced. Once the control ship is down they can’t launch anymore fighters as they were controlled from the control ship. You might have them try to escape like in the Battle of Scarif only to have Republic ships turn up and stop some (once Palpatine has seen the tide turn). The battle doesn’t currently feel right. Which a problem with the original film and not your edit.

I think get what you’re saying. Honestly, I think the reason that the Droid Control ship is shown mostly by itself comes down to visually clarity. If there were multiple identical ships in view at all times, it could create confusion for the viewer as to how far away any given fighter is from the main control ship. This is the exact problem that plagues the ROTS Space Battle. The disorientation created greatly lowers the stakes.