I argued that they wouldn't show Anakin as Vader or the birth of the twins.
I figured that since it was meant to be a mystery until Episode V when Luke and Vader realize their relation...and then again until VI when Luke realizes Leia is his sister.... To me it seemed like the proper way to go. To not show the birth of the twins, and to not show anakin's 'birth' into vader.
I wasn't entirely sure how they were going to pull it off. I had heard from friends that Anakin died from Lava so I pretty much said what is seen here...
As far as the birth of the twins I wasn't sure what to think. I like how you don't show they are born and instead cut to her funeral.
What I don't like, and perhaps is something that you simply cannot change, is how quick this edit moves though the last portion of the film. It moves far too fast for me and it' feels like someone hitting the fast forward button every few moments and then letting it play for a few moments and then doing it again and so fourth.
I understand the limitations thought because you only have what is in the film to work with... so I'm unsure of how to resolve this.
I would say that the end of the film is too quick and has too little dialogue. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to include at least the portion of Yoda speaking to Obi-Wan about Qui-Gon... and maybe the cleaning of the memory of 3PO... just to give it a little bit more time.
Also, I think there should be something else at the end however what, I'm unsure of.
As far as my comment about some of the clips seeming weird, most of the video up until the arrival at mustafar is this way.
The opening shot of Padme leaving looks very fake... the whole sequence.
Palpatine in the Senate Chambers looks fake (the openning of the fight).
Then the entrance to mustafar looks fake again.
I think it's a frame rate thing because in the film it doesn't look that way...
As far as the music, I'm hope that my set can help you. If you need any adivce or help editing the music, let me know. I'm pretty good at editing music to video (as you may or may not have seen on youtube heh).
Can't wait to see the enxt edit.
EDIT:
Also, I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to change one of your edits.
When Palpatine tells Anakin to shut down the droid armies of the sepratists, instead of showing ANakin saying "Very good Master," why don't you show his hologram (the shot from earlier) and simply layer his line over it.
Then, play the shot of the hologram comming into focus backwards for the video of it going out... instead of showing where he is at all. Becuase it seems almost random to show it for 2 seconds you know? The whole reason why it's shown at all is for the camera to be able to jump from one location to the other. And with no need to do that, then there's no need to show that location until latter when Anakin is standing on the ledge.
just an idea.