adywan said:
The thing with the prequels is that they really don't have a theme throughout the three films to interconnect them. TPM could easily be deleted and it wouldn't really matter. It does nothing apart from introduce characters. Jar Jars character went nowhere, yet suddenly he is instrumental in voting for the army. We get the clones in ep2 and 3 but nothing to connect them in 1.
So how about a change of plot which will interconnect the three films.? I'm going to give a little snippet of what i have planned.....
Screw the damn trade blockade. It's pointless and boring. It needs some other reason for happening, also with the invasion. So what if the Gungans are actually clones who hold the secret to successful cloning and the trade federation want to get their hands on it (profit/palpatines plans?)? The previous queen made a deal with the trade federation under the guidance of palpatine, to force the gungans to give up the secret. But Padme was made queen and reneged on the deal. Jar Jar could have been willing to hand over the technology but was caught, thus banished. It gives a reason for the invasion instead of being about trade routes. It also helps TPM connect with the next film. But it also gives Jar Jar a different character arc and a sort of redemption scenario when he fights along side his race to defeat the trade federation.
But that's all for now ;)
I think that what is the real shame here is that TPM was really the most horrible of the PT for the reasons you described there is nothing that connects them to the other 2 films and this is a stand alone episode if you like.
When it comes to fan edits my perception of Revisited Team is a group of talented people that overhaul a film make it look, sound and work better and feel better.
I think that although this is the best idea I have heard for the TPM so far that the Gunguns are cloners.. It's still a bit weak and it's not revisited teams fault because of the base material of TPM is an abomination in cinema.
So without sounding bad or at least I don't want to sound rude it really comes down to a bit of a conflict between trying to re-work a trilogy sticking to an episodic format or present a smaller installment and it be perhaps a stronger offering across 1 or 2 films.
There is some good stuff in TPM but it is sparse and separated and dis-jointed could be very easily kick ATOC film off and flash back to Anakin on tattooine for any relationship with mother.
My main concern is TPM:R will be a diluted Revisited I'd rather see it Cut and be given a stronger offering telling Anakins story as the main story across 1 or 2 films....
I don't really care for episode numbers, but I do want to see a better Prequel story Revisited especially for the ROTS ideas and if that means the TPM got by and large cut and slightly amalgamated I would be a lot happier that you cut your workload down and did not tinker with a plot that was ok in ATOC and focused on the meat and potatoes of the PT alongside ROTJ:R and ANH:R.
Although I admire the ambition of the revisited project... TPM is beyond salvage whilst the last 2 have a good chance of being great revisited project.
The original tag-line of Revisited was "what the special editions should have been"
so now for the PT it's a different beast entirely and you are painting it with the same brush and Ideals of the Revisited project for the OT which is where the conflict is as these are 3 of the best movies ever made.
so your Tag line for PT:R should be "What the prequel trilogy should have been" and that = 1 or 2 films at the most
Basically The PT:R needs to be tackled in a totally different way and not treated the same as the OT:R beacause of TPM it makes it impossible