AxiaEuxine said:
I just wish someone who actually LIKED the prequels would do an edit. I would if I had the time, talent, resources, patience blah blah blah

I hate to be the one to ask this, but someone has to: What would be the point? If you like them as they are, why make a fan edit?

And now to sort of contradict my above sentence, I suppose that anyone who actually takes the time and effort to make a fanedit, obviously likes the film well enough. Any edits I have done have always been of films I absolutely loved, but felt could benefit from an addition of a deleted scene here, and the removal of a poorly delivered line there. I tried to make my own PT edits, but after much wasted time, I gave up because I realized my heart wasn't in it, I simply didn't give a damn about the PT. No amount of editing would make me dislike it any less.

As someone who has done some editing in the past, I can say that for JasonN to have taken all the time and effort to do what he is doing, he clearly really loves these films, and wants them to work. I suppose it is kind of like a child, you love them, and you really want them to succeed in life, and when they do stupid things to screw themselves up, it breaks your heart and you want to do everything in your power to set them on the right path.

Realistically, the PT is a colossal mess, it contradicts itself and never takes itself seriously enough for anyone watching it to take it seriously. It has some great moments, but it pisses on those with poorly planned and abandoned and reworked plot points. If you don't think about it too much, the movies are good enough, but when you really start paying attention to the story, and the things the characters are saying, it is all nuts! I killed them all, even the women and the children. That is okay Anakin, you are only human. Anakin was... killing younglings. No, he'd never do anything like that. Sigh. Nothing meshes, nothing fits together. The PT doesn't even work as a trilogy on its own, let alone a six movie saga with the OT.

Good luck to anyone like JasonN who tries to straighten out such a mess. He is clearly a bigger PT fan than most of those who claim to love them uncondictionally. I am not one to care for PT edits, but I will be looking after this one with great interest.

JasonN, sorry for temporarily hijacking your thread. Now back to our regularly scheduled topic...