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I guess the time has come for me to make this thread. This is the first in a series of three edits where I will be editing the Star Wars prequels in line with my vision for the trilogy. These edits are primarily for myself, but if you don’t like something please tell me, I’d love to hear from you.
So, the first edit in this series will be The Phantom Strikes. For the sake of clarity I will update the lists below as I go.
Edits:
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A lot of silly and unnecessary dialogue will be trimmed throughout (eg "There’s the blockade!" - Oh, really, do you think that might be a blockade?)
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A new Sound Mix, complete with the redubs, and new sound effects.
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Appearances of the Neimodians cut down to keep them shadowy and mysterious.
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Scenes where Neimodians do appear may be redubbed, perhaps even in an “alien” language.
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Qui-Gon Jinn’s lightsabre will be yellow.
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Scenes with Jar Jar will be toned down, to keep his antics to a minimum.
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Jar Jar may be redubbed, and his character changed to be more like Threepio.
A Basic Synopsis (with comments about the cuts):
Alternate Opening Crawl - Based off of this.
Negotiations - There are no shots of the Neimodians, you just see all of the Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan parts.
Cut straight to the invasion force on Naboo - Meeting Jar Jar cut to a minimum.
No Otoh Gungah, no planet core.
Dramatic rescue of the Naboo - A few small cuts here and there throughout, making this punchier and faster.
Running the Blockade - Again, trimmed throughout.
Landing on Tattoine - See above.
Visiting Watto’s Junkyard - Anakin’s lines cut to a minimum, as well as Jar Jar’s hijinks.
No fight with Sebulba.
Sheltering At the Skywalker Home - Small cuts, Threepio is built by Anakin but less dialogue by Anakin, conversation about slavery altered slightly, a lot of sections toned down to make Anakin a quiet, contemplative child.
The Podrace Sequence - Faster, punchier, more action and less shots of the actual racers. Just super-fast pods ripping around the track with explosions all around.
Anakin Beats Up Greedo - To show his dark side. Subtle use of Imperial March as foreshadowing.
This is as far as I have gone in the edit so far, and I’ll probably start over again when I have my better computer back and I can use my higher quality rips and better software.
Thanks to Bingowings, and everyone over in the Prequel Radical Redux Thread, along with your ideas, being able to post my ideas in the thread has helped me figure out my edit.
That’s all for now, but please respond to my ideas, I’d like to hear from you.