The Nerd said:
So, I'm starting super edit of TPM. Here's a list of stuff I'm doing. If anybody has any ideas or questions, feel free to leave them in a comment.
Here's the list of a few things:
- A new opening title crawl.
- The Naboo invasion immediately starts after the title crawl. The Jedi arrive at the Federation Command Ship and then Sidious tells Nute Gunray to kill them.
- NO F@%#ING JAR JAR!!! This is half true and half false. He will only take 6 lines and that is at the beginning. Other than that, he will be seen and not heard, all Gungan gags will be removed.
- Only one Podrace lap. Most of all three laps will be included, but the scenes of them going threw the start\finish lines will be cut.
- No Gungan vs Droid battle. The only battles will be the space battle, Jedi vs Sith and Padme & group vs Droids.
- A few deleted scenes will be included to make up for some of the time for the cut Gungan scenes. These will be "Farewell To Jira", "Dawn Before The Podrace", and "Anakin Scruffles With Greedo", as well as a few cut shots that can be seen in the trailers, like this one: http://www.theforce.net/episode1/newspics/cut_naboo_fighter_hit.jpg
- The lightsaber duel will be re-edited to be even faster and fiercer. As well as the battle sequences rearranged.
- No more talk of there damn midi-chlorians. Didn't Tarkin call the Force a religion. As a matter of face, I have Tarkin sitting right next to me. Hey Tarkin, is the force a religion. "Yes it is. I once said 'The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion'." Thank you Tarkin, I'm glad that this matter has been settled.
- The end credits will be shorter. Only the big shots will get named. In face, only characters that were played be actual human beings will be listed, this includes puppets. No CGI characters will be listed, except for Watto because some guy played his part and they water added the CGI Watoo over the actor. Jar Jar will NOT be listed at all, he's not cool enough to get credit.
- All of the battle droids long dialogue (as in the scenes "don't worry, if they're down here..." and "where are you taking them...uh coruscant...you under arrest") will be replaced with the simple "roger roger" and "blast them" lines.
- Jabba the Hutt will not be seen. Why? Because people, including myself, had to wait a long time to finally see what Jabba looked like in ROTJ. He was mentioned in ANH and TESB, but the mystery of what he looked like remained until we saw him. So he won't be seen at all in my edit.
- Tusken Raiders will take out more than just one Podracer, they'll take out about 3 or 4. Sebulba won't start cheating until it's just him and Anakin.
- NEW ENDING! This is how it will end: Qui-Gon will have his funeral. Yoda and Mace will talk about which Sith was destroyed, the master or the apprentice. A shot of Palpatine will then follow, then the credits start. The Parade reveals to many Gungans. The shot of Palpatine silently tells which Sith was actually destroyed and which Sith lives on.
Things I'm thinking about:
- CGI or Puppet Yoda. Either way, Frank Oz will be listed in the credits because he truly deserves credit.
- Renaming it to "The Beginning" as that was the original title.
- [more to come...]
I finished an edit of TPM a few weeks ago that sounded quite similar to these ideas (Apart from the strikethroughs above). But I scrapped it and started again as the film felt a bit 'hollowed out'. My cut had Jar-Jar with no lines or sounds or cameras pointing at him (He was lurking in a few shots towards the back lol).
After that version was binned I've edited a new cut called TPM:Reborn (Plus episodes II & III of course).
Hope you have fun with your edit! (I sure had fun with mine!)