So I'm re-ripping the video into another video format and have to re-edit it...which isn't TOO bad because I can do that pretty easily... I have a temp video I'm going to upload to give you all an idea of where I'm going and what I've changed and what I'm going to change further.
You can view it here:
The Fight
Here are a list of the changes I made (I will also note the changes I'm going to make further)
The video picks up right as they begin fighting (this is because I made this simply to see how the flow was...I had no intention on this being what I show you all but it'll have to do until latter.
1) I cut out the last few moments of the beginning the fight, and jump to Yoda and Sidious who are still fighting. I leave this sequence alone until sidious is yelling.
I cut out the last portion just because it slows down the fight and makes it really hard to cut to anything, so instead I cut mid fight to something else mid fight... it helps keep the tension.
2) I cut to Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting through the halls and into the man room.
3) I cut to them fighting in the middle of the room. This goes on until they fling eachother across the room and Anakin jumps at Obi-Wan.
You'll notice that I removed a few segments such as them on the table. I couldn't understand how they got into that room and how they'd get out lol... just doesn't make sense to me... hence why I simply combine the part from before the room scene to the fight of them in the middle of the main hall just to move things along faster.
4) I replace the shot of them destroying the console with a duplicate (alternate angle) shot of them destroying the console from the sequence of when they first enter the main hall. The next few shots are the same as the original sequence would have them.
5) I cut early from Anakin and Obi-Wan to Yoda and Sidious... instead of leaving some open time as in the original, I cut from right after Anakin hits obi-wan in the face to the yoda fight. This removes Obi-Wan walking around in pain and Anakin walking up to him and moves the music along perfectly as well. When I did the complete score for episode III,this is one of the segments that was extended past what it normally is and I think it's because the original edit may have been this way too.
6) The Yoda-Sidious sequence is the same up until Sidious throws one of the pods straight at yoda. I cut out sidious laughing, and layer this with my music from my score edit rip, re-syncing it to fit slightly better. It fades back to how it is in the film when Sidious sees the pod coming at him.
7) I cut early from Sidious looking around for Yoda to Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting/balancing on one of the pylons. I use a rip of the clean audio from the mashups on Starwars.com and replace the music with more music from the Episode III version of DOTF. I stay with this until Obi-Wan jumps down.
8) Cut back to Yoda jumping up at Sidious. The two fight and are blown from each-other by the shock wave
---Here I am thinking about reinserting Yoda slipping. As you watch, look for where I put it... The problem becomes there are only a few moments where you can cut to yoda and sidious and the problem is that where I have Yoda calling for Organa edited here, which was just a test to see if it would work, doesn't work... it breaks the emotion. I'll explain where I think it should go. I think I should show Yoda fall here seeing the coat come down.
9) Cut back to Obi-Wan and Anakin Fighting. The opening of this is from when they are walking down one of the pylons that would then break off from a magma explosion. Instead, I cut to them as they fight and "Heroes Collide."
Again I use the clean audio from the mashps and replace the music here with "Heroes Collide."
10) I then cut here to Yoda falling. I cut most of this to shorten it. The coat falls, Yoda looks up. (In this version, I'd moved the video of Yoda looking up too soon. It was meant to be, yoda falls, the coat drops, then Yoda Looks up.
---- This I'm thinking of moving back to #8 and instead, cutting to Palpatine in his pod with the troopers announcing Yoda is missing. Then it would cut to yoda in the shaft saying "Hurry! Careful Timing we will need!" then to Organa saying "Activate blah blah" I would then cut to Yoda climbing into the area where he opens the hatch, activates the beacon, and then jumps into Organa's ship... as they sail away it would then cut to --
11) We cut back to the part of them fighting on the pylon, but both lightsabers are down on the ground. They turn to see the lava explode and then run for cover.
12) This cuts directly to the final fighting segment, as they float along the river of Lava.
-- I'd like to cut the shot of Obi-Wan watching the thing go over the cliff and just instead cut to Anakin running down the shaft and then jumping onto the droid.
--I'd also cut out half, if not the entire shot of the droid looking around confused.
13) I cut a portion of them standing around looking at each-other and cut almost directly to Obi-Wan's dialogue "I have failed you."
14) I cut part of Anakins line "In my point of view The Jedi are Evil" because it's like DUR...of course it's your point of view...and Lucas was really beating that idea home too much. So instead the conversation is "I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over." "Anakin, the Chancelor is Evil!" "The Jedi are Evil!"
15) This then has a minor mess up but should cut almost directly to Anakin's line "This is the end for you my Master."
--I might tighten some of the edits of Anakin jumping and Obi-Wan cutting him and the slide so it moves a bit faster.
16) After Obi-Wan picks up the lightsaber, I remove Anakin saying "I hate you" and instead I cut to him looking at Anakin and saying "You were my brother Anakin. I loved you."
17) This cuts to Anakin saying 'I hate you"
18) This cuts back to Obi-Wan looking on sadly as the rest of this sequence plays out.
19) In this edit, I attempted to move the Yoda portions to after the battle as not to slow it down but it breaks the emotional flow of the film, and if it were after they leave mustafar then I couldn't cut to Yoda at Polis Mossa so I couldn't place it there, so I'm moving it back earlier in the edit.
Here I cut most of Yoda in the tube to simply him saying "Hurry!" Which then cuts to Senator Organa saying his lines. Then to Palpatine in his pod. I'm going to switch Palpatine to be first in this though, I also have removed his line about Vader, but still have a slight glance over his shoulder at the end.
20) This then cuts back to Mustafar as Obi-Wan gets on board. I cut Padme's lines. He touches her on the shoulder, she moans, he moves his hand to her face, then she passes out again and he leaves to the cockpit.
This ends my edit. Part 3 would be after this... For those of you familiar with how I edited it before, it cuts from this to the establishing shot of Polis Mossa, then shows Yoda meditating. I use that as a vehicle for showing Padme's demise, Qui-Gon's message to Yoda, and then also show a brief shot of Anakin crawling only to be interrupted by Senator Organa. It's a cool sequence.
Let me know what you all think of the changes I made and have mentioned I will make.