To everyone who blithely tells people, "Read through the thread" - it takes forever; that's why people ask.
Anyway, I took notes as I was going along.
A general suggestion I have for your edits would be to view ChefElf's 64 reasons to hate "Attack of the Clones" (http://www.chefelf.com/starwars/ep2.php) if you've not already. You've likely seen it already, but just in case, it does offer a wide range of critiques (many of which you've already addressed). He has similar complaints about the whole saga.
First off, I think the re-editing of the existing material that you have proposed is great. Things that really stand out to me are:
- the "fixing" of the decision on whether or not to go to Geonosis
- the romance adjustments
- the "in that case be extra careful" line
- the George Lucas line inserted
- the funeral
- Yoda's language
Lines/scenes I would like to see taken out (if they aren't already):
- "Jedi Poodoo"
- "stay away from power couplings" and the harmless shock
- the "nest of gundarks" crap and the uncomfortable laugh afterward
- Elan Slezzebaggano and his death sticks
- the Tusken raider "Ort! Orttt!" from ROTS when Palpatine mentions Anakin's mother
- "We don't serve droids?" (why not? you're a droid!)
Lines I would like to stay in (if possible):
- "You'll be the death of me."
- "Shut me down." (3P0 when he sees the factory - I know you've taken out the droid factory nonsense, with good reason, but that line cracks me up and seem very in character for 3PO - it would be great to fit somewhere into your PT)
Things I am concerned about:
- "Also Sprach Zarathustra" to open the Obi/Anakin/Dooku duel?
- German for alien language (a lot of people know German - it's also pretty recognizable, even to people who can't understand it)
- heavy reliance on non-SW films/soundtracks for music
- your voice (sorry - in the end, it is going to be the maker or breaker for this project)
- I know it's awful to say this, but that test clip of Dune shots for the Clone War Battle reminded me of Turkish Star Wars - they looked like two different movies, put together, and I think I would have thought that even if I had not seen Dune. Besides, how do you reconcile the difference in armor between the Clonetroopers shown earlier and the samurai-dervish outfits from Dune? Where are they battle droids? The ships from Dune don't look like any of the vehicles on the map in the war room. I don't know, I just didn't dig it.
Questions:
- Will Owen be Anakin's brother-in-law?
- As far as the Kaminoans, is there any reason you can't have one speaking in an alien language and the other speaking English? You wrote way back that you really like the existing dialogue for one of them.
- Did you take out the Geonosian's "Hyah!" when he whips the animal drawing Anakin and Padme's cart into the arena? My wife and I got a big kick out of that the other day, because of how anti-romantic it is following their "touching" scene, but at the same time, it works as a serious addition because of how brutal it is.
- Why was Padme missing her mid-riff, anyway?
- What percentage complete is this project?
- You say you like MagnoliaFan's Episode I. If you do your own, will you keep the Kaiber Crystal sub-plot in?
- Your early lightsaber work - it looked bad in still frames, but how did it look in motion?
Granted, I have not seen anything near the finished product, so this is all preliminary judgement and not a fair trial of your work. Your choices are daring, so they will be great if they work, but - honestly - they will be awful if they don't. Is there any way you can repost any clips with your voice acting, or the German?
Please don't take any personal offense to my comments. So far, you've encouraged discourse and criticism on your ideas, and I hope you take my ideas as the suggestions/concerns they are, not attacks. A project this big and time-consuming, I would like to see done right. (Was that a Yoda line?)
I know "right" is my opinion, but I think a lot of people share an idea of what is "right," otherwise we wouldn't be wasting time with PT edits. Other than my concerns, I think this project looks and sounds great, and I look forward to seeing the finished product.