MrInsaneA said:
Jair Crawford said:
DarthBo said:
Haven't visited these boards in over a year now, but with TPM in theaters again, I finally got round to (trying to) edit the space battle at the end of TPM.
I always liked the design of TPM (not that there was anything else to like), especially the Naboo starfighters (visually and audibly) and the "Death Saturn" (as I like to call it).
By all logic, that space battle should have been awesome, but I have only seen it once or twice as I really just can't stand the way it plays out.
This was an attempt (more a proof of concept) to see if the battle itself could be made a bit more enjoyable (aka make Anakin a bit less useless/annoying)
Biggest changes:
- Anakin flying a starfighter is now part of the plan
- Anakin no longer arrives late to the battle
- Anakin knows how to fly
- Anakin _decides_ to take out the generator (instead of doing it all by accident)
Don't pay too much attention to the audio; it's a rough cut, and I'm not an editor, so I do mean ROUGH...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWNFfFLnESMLove it. Although there are a few things I would do slightly differently.
- Anakin flying a starfighter is NOT part of the plan, but he decides he wants to do it, and proves himself to be an exceptional pilot in the end. After all, he is the best starpilot in the galaxy.
- I'd take out the "This is tense!" and the "Aaaaaaaaah!" lines.
Actually, Anakin being part of the plan is genius. Shows how much faith Qui-Gon has in the kid, and makes his actions less suicidal.
Nah, man. I think it should be Anakin's decision. It makes more sense and makes the scene more intense. Cause you don't know what's gonna happen, what that kid has gotten himself into. If it's already pre-seen and predicted by Qui-Gon then the tension is lost cause we know for a fact that that old dude knows what's up.
That's what I think, anyways.
But either way, this is an awesome edit. A serious improvement over the original!
Kudos!