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Post #573852

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Trooperman
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Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
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Date created
11-Apr-2012, 5:22 PM

I hope not.  I'll admit that Shroud of the Dark Side seems very daunting to get to the point where it is complete in any kind of professional way. And beyond the die-hard fan I don't even know who would want to see  this.

I will say that I had started working on a different Star Wars prequel edit, which involved a black and white noir-style edit- all 3 prequels in one movie (mostly Episodes II and III). 

It would have Anakin narrating and would start with Anakin burning in Geonosis, reflecting on what he had done, and then it would be a giant flashback.  Unlike the prequels, this movie would tell the story of how Anakin was SEDUCED and TEMPTED by the dark side, and not the story as we had it:

Episode 1: Innocent boy

Episode 2: Whiny kid

Episode 3: Child-murdering psychopath

 

The most exciting part was that in black and white full-screen, I could use all kinds of different sources and not have to worry about it too much.  I wanted to do a kind of Pinnochio story, where Anakin is good and upstanding, and etc. Then he basically goes to Las Vegas (call it Coruscant) where he falls in with the wrong crowd, goes to nightclubs and meets women, mafia-type guys, and etc.  No, wait- actually Coruscant was going to be "Had Abbadon" and it was going to be one half city, one half lava planet.  The entire movie was going to take place on Had Abbadon.

I was a little discouraged when I read that someone had already done the 3 prequels in one idea, though.    But if I edit again, this would probably be my next project.