Some of you may have watched my edit of ROTS that I put up on MySpleen a while ago.
I was discussing it here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/I-ve-just-finished-Re-editing-Episodes-I-III-now-what/topic/15414/
Since then I’ve been working on putting together a nice package of all three films to upload. Well it’s burning as I type and as soon as my Laptop spits it back out I’ll be uploading it for you (Hopefully torrent will be up later today). There’s gonna be bonus content and deleted material compilations (With text commentary) packaged with each film.
My goal with these edits was to create versions of the PT that were to put it simply ‘enjoyable to watch’. I wanted to make good versions of these films that still felt like the same films in essence.
I’ve seen other great edits that chop the films down to 90 mins but for me a true SW film should give you around 2 solid hrs of entertainment (And not 2.5hrs either!).
I’ve achieved this by:-
Trimming action scenes to increase pace. Reworking all major Lightsaber duels. Evaluating and then editing every line of dialogue that I felt didn’t work. Adding a few OT music queues. Adding portions of most but not all deleted scenes back in. Removing over-the-top CGI shots and Digi-Doubles.
But most importantly of all I’ve focused on transforming the characters. In TPM Anakin is brave and an amazing pilot, Padme and The Queen are one character, while Jar-Jar has purpose and is no longer annoying. In AOTC Anakin is now likeable and you believe the romance with Padme. In ROTS needless messing around with R2 is replaced with warm character moments between Anakin and Obi-Wan, while Padme is no longer confined to her apartment, she has a role in the senate, she feeds Anakin’s growing unease and she has a part in the seeds of the coming Rebellion. Lastly Anakin is not revealed to be Vader so you can still enjoy ESB.
I’ll post a comprehensive change list soon. I’m looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks on the forum!
I’ve posted a few short taster clips here:
http://vimeo.com/user6280236/videos
Oh and if anybody has artwork ideas I started a thread here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Cover-for-single-volume-PT-Blu-Ray-needed-for-my-fanedits-of-EpsI-III/topic/15440/
TPM changeist featured in post 16 of this thread.
AOTC changelis featured in post 24 of this thread.
