Ignore most of my previous criticisms. This fan edit was brilliant. One of my only complaints is that you changed “ten thousand” star systems seceding from the Galactic Republic to “a thousand,” an unnecessary change which lessened the stakes involved in the war. I also cannot understand why you removed the title Darth Tyrannus. All Sith Lords have a personal name and a Sith name, so it would be illogical for Count Dooku to not have a Sith name as well.
I’m glad you’ve come around!
Some editors remove all of the ‘Darths’ from the PT because in their edits, what you say (All Sith Lords have a personal name and a Sith name) is not true. Hal keeps Darth Plagueis though, I think, so presumably the change in AoTC is simply due to Tyrannus sounding stupid. Either way, it doesn’t affect the canon by not having it mentioned during Dooku’s incredibly limited screen time in the film, if you want to consider that his Sith name.
First Jango Fett says that a man named Tyrannus hired him to be the genetic template of the clone army. Then towards the end of the film, Darth Sidious refers to Count Dooku as Darth Tyrannus, telling the close viewer that Count Dooku hired Jango Fett, implying that Count Dooku must have killed Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas and taken over the creation of the clone army. It is a very subtle revelation which is obscured in this fan edit.
I also miss the scene in which Yoda is instructing the younglings. I believe the scene is necessary to reconcile the fact that Qui-Gon was Obi-Wan’s master with the fact that Obi-Wan says Yoda instructed him in The Empire Strikes Back. The only way to reconcile the two is if Yoda taught Obi-Wan as a child.
However, these are very minor flaws compared to the great feat this fan edit achieved. After watching it, I believe that I agree with at least 90% of the changes made.
Iv gotta disagree with you on Hal’s changes. Taking it from tens of thousands to a thousand is a smart change. Tens of thousands of SYSTEMS is just ridilcous and way out of proportion. And taking the tyrannous title away elevates Dookus character by making him more independent and lessens pointless confusion of him having two names. I quite literally only have 3 changes in his entire trilogy that I mind.
- Keeping Vaders “Nooo”. He has reasons why it’s just I personally feel it can be left out.
- Padme living, I prefer the irony of her dying. Again just personal prefence.
- Taking out “only a sith deals in absolutes”. Ewan delivers the line with such solemn acknowldment of the situation that it makes me love it.
But again, Hal’s edits IMO are the definitives because he set out to edit them in a way that they could legitamely be released in theaters editing quality wise. Thanks again for saving the prequels!