I think there is a little confusion on what I have been calling the "Re-Edit" in previous posts and what people on this board think "re-edit" means. When the so-called "Phantom Editor" released the first fan edited version of Phantom Menace it was called "The Phantom Edit". This version included no additional scenes, or dialogue, it just cut out the crap. At this time a "Phantom Edit" discussion forum was created. Through this "Phantom Edit" discussion forum everyone discussed this version as well as a version known at the time to be the "Re-Edit". Where the "Phantom Edit" simply cut scenes, the "Re-Edit" changed dialogue, and even introduced a new language for the Gungans with English subtitles that made them and Jar Jar appear to actually be intelligent.

I was just looking through the "Edits" thread and noticed that this version is listed as:

Star Wars: The Phantom Edit 1.2 - The EAST COAST version

NOTE: Kevin Smith lives on the "East Coast"

The problem with this version was that while the "Phantom Edit" could be found just about anywhere.... hell, it was handed out in AVI form on the streets and eventually uploaded all over the internet, however, the "Re-Edit" or "East Coast" version was much more hard to find. I can't say I have done exhaustive searches but I occasionally search through my favorite haunts (eBay, P2P, etc) to see if I can find this version but alas, it is nowhere to be found. I went to my cousin's wedding a month ago and her husband told me he too was in search of this version but alas had never found it. I guess since back in the days everyone just called this the "Re-Edit" and I had never really heard it called the "East Coast" version that could have hampered my searches.

As you can see by the review in Rikter's "Edits" thread, this "East Coast" version is very hard to find in any format, even VHS.

I point this out because when I mention "Re-Edit" I see posts where it appears that people believe I am talking about the "Phantom Edit"... okay, sorry... I mean the "East Coast" version... now we're on the same page

Since I have never seen the "East Coast" version, I wonder of those of us out there who have seen it, is the Gungan language the same there as in MagnoliaFan's "Balance of the Force"?

I know MagnoliaFan has added in deleted scenes from the bonus featurs on the "official" DVD but many of his changes sound like what was discussed to be in the "East Coast" version back in the day.

Anybody want to chime in on the similarities?

BTW, I personally feel that Kevin Smith did create the "East Coast" version and MagnoliaFan may either be (A) Kevin Smith, (B) a friend of Kevin Smith or (C) a big Kevin Smith fan.