Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith: Premonitions (* unfinished project *)

I using Final Cut Pro 6 on an Intel iMac

MORE CHANGES COMING SOON

I have changed the title, it’s a hint to what might be special about this edit…😃

it would be impossible, but it would be interesting if he turned earlier and was pretending to be good. but thats silly.

to be honest the AD ep III cut was ruined IMHO by the Liam Neeson lines insertion. Ep III, was a bit too busy for my liking, less would definitly be more. the only adition of voices i would support would be if we were to edit anakin skulking in palps office as discussed on the other thread, it could even be like the padmes ruminations scene, just loads of voices putting pressures on him.

- would it be possible to have the jedi conversation about removing palp from office leading to windu doing it, so the jedi almost did a bad thing. ui hate how black/white things are. the jedi should make mistakes, even moral ones.

things id prefer to see in an ep III edit;

anakin with a red saber at the end fight! its on youtube and really looks awesome

removal of vader in the suit. they really butchered it in ep III. id much rather see it gone.

removal of padmes death, and maybe even alot of the twins birth, we could just see her deliver, then maybe cut to the discussion about them, so we never find out what happens to her, would remove her death.

- perhaps if she is insanely whimpering due to her stress we could assume she is relieved of the children because of a nervous breakdown?

grevious - maul hint perhaps? could be in replaced dialogue, but if not, clone wars series could provide alternative dialogue.

the whole obi wans additional training thing, really unnecessary. if it had some form of hint in ep II or earlier in II i wouldnt mind, but as i said, the film is busy enough, and when we are winding down to the end of a film we dont want to be confronted with more titbits.

check out darkhelmets dialogue tweeks, they work much better

darth plageis creating anakin

trim anakin-obi fight, and even find a more tasteful yoda/sidious fight, id even be tempted getting rid of it all together, or at least trimming the lightsaber action. id much rather see a dumbledore vs voldemort style fight.

trim mace vs sidious of the silly jumpy bits. have you seen the reborn version of it? they did an amazing job!

what if order 66 was reworked? i dont know how, but what if it happened before windu goes to the office, and ani turns? it could be a retaliation taken against him.

no death star!

hope my ramblings help!

ben_danger said:

it would be impossible, but it would be interesting if he turned earlier and was pretending to be good. but thats silly.

 

to be honest the AD ep III cut was ruined IMHO by the Liam Neeson lines insertion. Ep III, was a bit too busy for my liking, less would definitly be more. the only adition of voices i would support would be if we were to edit anakin skulking in palps office as discussed on the other thread, it could even be like the padmes ruminations scene, just loads of voices putting pressures on him.

- would it be possible to have the jedi conversation about removing palp from office leading to windu doing it, so the jedi almost did a bad thing. ui hate how black/white things are. the jedi should make mistakes, even moral ones.

 

things id prefer to see in an ep III edit;

anakin with a red saber at the end fight! its on youtube and really looks awesome

removal of vader in the suit. they really butchered it in ep III. id much rather see it gone.

removal of padmes death, and maybe even alot of the twins birth, we could just see her deliver, then maybe cut to the discussion about them, so we never find out what happens to her, would remove her death.

- perhaps if she is insanely whimpering due to her stress we could assume she is relieved of the children because of a nervous breakdown?

grevious - maul hint perhaps? could be in replaced dialogue, but if not, clone wars series could provide alternative dialogue.

the whole obi wans additional training thing, really unnecessary. if it had some form of hint in ep II or earlier in II i wouldnt mind, but as i said, the film is busy enough, and when we are winding down to the end of a film we dont want to be confronted with more titbits.

check out darkhelmets dialogue tweeks, they work much better

darth plageis creating anakin

trim anakin-obi fight, and even find a more tasteful yoda/sidious fight, id even be tempted getting rid of it all together, or at least trimming the lightsaber action. id much rather see a dumbledore vs voldemort style fight.

trim mace vs sidious of the silly jumpy bits. have you seen the reborn version of it? they did an amazing job!

what if order 66 was reworked? i dont know how, but what if it happened before windu goes to the office, and ani turns? it could be a retaliation taken against him.

no death star!

 

hope my ramblings help!

I like the Voldemort/Dumbledore style Idea. I think a way to make Anakin's fall more believable is to distance Anakin's becoming Lord Vader from his later evil deeds. The way it happens he suddenly turns and then decides to kill some kids. There needs to be some distance there.

No to removing the Death star, Vader in the suit or Padme's death. It may work in Ady's edit but I personally wouldn't do it in mine.

One FX change that would be cool though would be to have the Republic adopt a universal gray/black/red color scheme for their ships and troops. The blue and yellow trooper markings would be recolored red or white. This, however, is beyond my capability.

Just had a great idea although It would take a serious SFX Wiz. What if Vader donned the suit before falling into the lava? Anakin wanted to be anonymous and couldn't face killing his former friends without first donning the mask. Vader takes off his mask before fighting Obi however. Just a thought.

Okay, I'm actually editing now :) wish me luck!

good luck! what you doing first?

ben_danger said:

good luck! what you doing first?

I was planning on going through the movie in a linear fashion and just cutting things which Iv'e already started doing but that might not be the best way to go about it.

SO I don't even know if I'll really ever get to this edit (I deleted the original stuff anyway) but I cut a trailer because I was bored and wanted to make a ROTS trailer. Take a look:

http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/octolink_64/?action=view&current=rotstrailer.flv

cool! really nicely cut!

if you were to make an edit, are there any changes you would make beyond just the usual tinkering?

hmmm.....I won't say anything yet because I don't want to make any promises I can't keep. You may have to wait for summer for real production to start because I have a lot on my agenda right now.

UPDATE: Changed the title, it's a hint to what might be unique about this edit...:)

vaderios said:

fishmanlee said:

how about with the Yoda vs Opaltine could is a more quicker version of Yoda's theme be inserted into there instead of duel of fates? maybe add some of the Empys theme?

 

Yoda's and palps theme is slow pacing. no need

-Angel

Actually, the Yoda theme played during the Cloud City evacuation and the deleted portion from the Carbon freeze duel is fast paste and epic.

fishmanlee said:

its uploaded and processed
(i know some of the battle will be cut)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBoLADwUhQ

Seriously? A SNES game soundtrack in a movie? I won't deny that the music itself is quite nice, but the quality? Really? Also the way it comes in is quite jarring.

Possessed said:

fishmanlee said:

its uploaded and processed
(i know some of the battle will be cut)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBoLADwUhQ

 

Seriously? A SNES game soundtrack in a movie? I won't deny that the music itself is quite nice, but the quality? Really? Also the way it comes in is quite jarring.

Here's a little tip:  Don't think about the music the IS there.  Think about the music that is GOING to be there.

fishmanlee said:

its not the way it comes in thats jarring
its because its a straight cut (it doesnt have the cut from A V. O-W)

...so... it IS the way it comes in...