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After being a fan of previous fanedit’s, though not completely satisfied (not that I will ever be), I thought I would throw my hat into the ring, and begin constructing my own Phantom Menace fanedit.
I always thought there was an interesting story, in all the prequels, but too many moments that pulled you out of the film, for one reason or another.
One of my main goals, with the Phantom Menace, was to completely restructure the opening 20 minutes. When I first saw the film, I wanted so hard to like it, but the first 20 minutes, just put me in a bad mood. Jar Jar, underground city, wooden acting.<span> </span> So I decided to just concentrate on the invasion of Naboo, the capture of the queen, the rescue of the queen. The Jedi don’t appear till they rescue Amidala. <span> </span>The rest of the film will be edited similarly to other fanedits, the usual cuts. Jar Jar excess, Anakin Yelps, and other moments that pull you out of the film. But, I will probably be a little more lenient with Anakin and Jar Jar, than other editors.
I have the first 15 minutes of a “rough” cut below. The audio needs some more tweaking, and I don’t know what happened with the color when I uploaded it to youtube, but you will get the idea of what I did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umsnbSm3xCY
Oh and ignore the French Titles, apparently when I ripped the data from the disc, I took the French Language one… who knew?
My “New” Titles are below.
Star Wars
An Old Foe
“Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic.
Incensed, at the taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems, the Trade Federation has seized the peaceful planet of Naboo with a blockade of deadly warships.
While the Republic Senate endlessly debates the legalities of the blockade, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, to settle the conflict…”
<span>Comments and Opinions are greatly appreciated.</span>