chyron8472 said:
What are the differences between v3 and v4?
*Thanks to hunsdorfex, the flipped shot where a battle droid nods toward the protocol droid now has a yellow battle droid. It’s the little things.
The “short negotiations” joke has been reinstated. Two reasons for this, one being that COD inadvertently removed Obi-Wan’s sense of humor. This was one short moment to give him a human touch, which is missing from him most of the time. (I also reinstated his remark about picking up “another pathetic life form” for the same reason.) Also, the opening act is rather fast paced in my cut, so this offered a beat to pause on before jumping back into the plot.
After having the chance to watch V3 with some friends, I kept silent note of little things that seemed slightly jarring to me as someone who has the film memorized. Tiny things like, “They’re no match for droidekas!” have been put back in at certain points, if it felt wrong for them to be missing.
Fixed the bad match cut that I used to trim Anakin’s line as he walks Qui-Gon and company to his home.
Put back more of the dinner scene, where they mention podracing and Anakin’s reflexes.
Used schorman13’s preservation for the scene where Darth Maul lands on Tatooine at night, to buffer the transition to the SD “morning before the race” deleted scene.
The battle planning scene on Naboo is edited pretty much exactly like The Phantom Edit. Much less verbose, and leaves some room to be mildly curious about how this battle is going to turn out.*