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Duel of the Fates: The Star Wars Prequel
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Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (not including end credits)
Theatrical- 6h38m
Skuta Cut- 2h33m
(38% of the original runtime/4h5m shorter)
Sources:
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Bluray)
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Bluray)
Star Wars: Episode II: Revenge of the Sith (Bluray)
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace Deleted Scenes (DVD Bonus Disk)
Rouge One: A Star Wars Story (Original Soundtrack)
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (Original Soundtrack)
Star Wars: Episode V: Empires Strikes Back (Original Soundtrack)
Intention: To streamline the Prequel Trilogy down to a story that follows Anakin Skywalker’s trajectory from a child slave to a young Jedi and his relationship with Obi Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, the Force, and the Jedi Council.
Major Cuts and Adjustments
The Phantom Menace:
-CUT: opening crawl
-CUT: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn negotiation/ambush/stowing away
-SHORTENED: Droid Ships landing on Naboo
-SHORTENED: Jinn running from Droid transport/saving Jar Jar/Obi-Wan fleeing STAP
-CUT: Traveling to Gungan City/Gungan City/traveling to Theed
-SHORTENED/MUSIC CHANGE: Queen Amidala asked to sign treaty/led by droids to concentration camp/Jedi Rescue/Hanger sequence
-SHORTENED: Naboo Starship espace from Naboo through blockade/landing on Tatooine
-SHORTENED: Qui-Gon/Padme/R2/Jar Jar walk to Mos Espa
-SHORTENED: Watto’s shop
-SHORTENED: Jar Jar & Sabulba Hijinks/Anakin saves the day
-CUT: Obi Wan discusses coming sand storm with Panaka
-SHORTENED: Anakin brings Qui-Gon, Jar Jar, Padme, and R2 to his home
-SHORTENED: Anakin introduces hero party to his mother
-CUT: C3PO scene
-CUT: Sio Bibble calls the “Queen” on Tatooine
-CUT: Qui-Gon calls Obi Wan on the ship
-REPOSITIONED: Sidious and Maul chat about the Naboo ship being tracked to Tatooine
-SHORTENED: Skywalker and Hero Party dinner scene
-SHORTENED: Qui-Gon negotiates podracing terms with Watto
-CUT: Qui-Gon calls Obi-Wan again/Qui-Gon taks with Shmi
-CUT: Anakin talks with friends/tests pod
-CUT: Bloodtest/Obi Wan call
-CUT: Maul lands on Tatooine
-CUT: Pre-podrace hanger scenes
-CUT: Probe Droid searching the streets
-CUT: Podracer introductions
-SHORTENED: Podrace
-CUT: Qui-Gon delivers parts to Obi Wan
-SHORTENED: Qui Gon tells Anakin he’s been freed
-CUT: Anakin’s goodbye to C3P0
-CUT: Probe droid reports back to Maul
-ADDED: Qui Gon strikes down probe droid and runs with Anakin
-CUT: Sio Bibble on Naboo
-CUT: Padmè and Anakin on ship
-CUT: All Coruscant scenes
-CUT: Federation leaders talk to Sidious
-SHORTENED: Queen asks Jar Jar for help
-CUT: Landing on Naboo
-CUT: Jar Jar Returns from abandoned Gungan City
-SHORTENED: Secret Gungan site/Queen asks for help/Queen reveal
-CUT: Sidious talks with Maul and Federation leaders
-CUT: Hero team pre battle planning
-CUT: Sidious talks with Federation leaders
-SHORTENED: Gungans march to battle/set up shields/ droids arrive
-SHORTENED: Hero team starts shooting up droids on the street and enters hanger
-CUT: Federation leaders watch last line
-SHORTENED: Pilots go to their ships/Anakin climbs into cockpit
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Gungans vs Droids
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Padme and team’s siege/capture/more sieging
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Qui-Gon and Obi Wan vs. Maul
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Anakin and Naboo Figters vs. Federation Base
-CUT: Palpatine’s ship lands/Federation leaders led away
-CUT: Yoda grants Obi Wan permission to train Anakin
-CUT: Celebration end scene
Attack of the Clones:
-CUT: Opening crawl
-SHORTENED: Naboo starship landing on Coruscant/Explosion
-CUT: Palpatine talks with Jedi’s and Padme in his office
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan and Anakin talk in elevator
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan and Anakin greet and speak with Padme about her protection
-SHORTENED: Anakin and Obi Wan discuss security and Padme turning off cameras
-CUT: Zam sends flying droid with worms away
-SHORTENED: R2 watches Padme/worm attack/Obi Jumps out window
-SHORTENED: Speeder chase
-SHORTENED: Bar sequence/Zam Capture/Zam death
-SHORTENED: Jedi council assigns Obi Wan and Anakin to tasks
-CUT: Palpatine talks with Anakin
-CUT: Obi Wan talks with Yoda and Mace Windu
-CUT: Padme packs/Anakin complains
-SHORTENED: Space port sequence
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan library scene
-CUT: Padme, Anakin, and R2 on the refugee ship
-SHORTENED: Obi visits Yoda and younglings
-CUT: Anakin, Padme, R2 arrive on Naboo/Padme meets with Queen
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan arrives on Kamino
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED to LATER: Anakin and Pedme talk about sand/kiss (kiss no longer halted)
-CUT: Anakin and Padme talk in room with fireplace
-CUT: Obi Wan calls Yoda and Mace Windu and tells them about the clones
-CUT: Anakin shown having nightmare
-SHORTENED: Padme asks Anakin about his nightmare and agrees to go with to save his mom
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan and Jango fight
-SHORTENED: Padme and Anakin arrive on Tatooine/talk to Watto
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan and Jango dogfight in Geonosis ring
-SHORTENED: Anakin and Padme arrive at the Lars Homestead/Cliegg explains what happened to Shmi
-CUT: Anakin tells Padme to stay while he goes to save his mother
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan looks around Geonosis/listens to Count Dooku
-SHORTENED: Anakin rides speeder to find sand people
-SHORTENED: Shmi untied/Shmi dies/Anakin attacks Sand People
-CUT: Yoda and Mace talk about power and Anakin’s pain
-SHORTENED: Obi sends message to Anakin to retransmit
-CUT: R2 receives Obi’s call
-CUT: Anakin and Padme in the garage
-SHORTENED: Shmi funeral/R2 wheels over
-SHORTENED: Anakin and Padme listen to Obi’s call/talk with Mace Windu
-CUT: Jedi’s and politicians talk about Obi’s news
-CUT: Dooku talks with the captured Obi Wan
-CUT: Palpatine addresses senate
-CUT: Padme and Anakin arrive on Geonosis/Droid factory/Captured by Jango
-CUT: Padme and Anakin talk before being brought out into Arena
-SHORTENED: Arena sequence
-SHORTENED: Clones vs. Droid battle/Pursuing Dooku/Padme arrives
-CUT: Yoda vs. Dooku
-SHORTENED: Dooku travels to Coruscant
-CUT: Obi talks with Yoda and Mace
-SHORTENED: Clones march in formation while politicians look on/Padme and Anakin marry
Revenge of the Sith:
-CUT: Opening crawl
-SHORTENED: Obi-Wan and Anakin fight their way to General Grievous’ ship
-SHORTENED: Obi-Wan and Anakin fight their way to to where Palpatine is being kept
-SHORTENED: Obi-Wan and Anakin fight Dooku/Anakin kills Dooku
-CUT: Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palp try to escape ship/fight Griveous and other droids/land ship on Coruscant
-SHORTENED: Palp delivered to politicians/Obi and Anakin chat
-SHORTENED: Anakin talks with Padme
-CUT: All Grievous scenes
-CUT: Anakin watches Padme brush hair/talk about baby
-SHORTENED: post-nightmare conversation
-CUT: Anakin talks with Yoda
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan and Anakin talk after the briefing
-SHORTENED: Palp tells Anakin he’s going to be his representative on Jedi council
-SHORTENED: Jedi council reluctantly accepts Anakin on the council
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan tells Anakin he is to spy on Palp
-CUT: Obi Wan, Yoda, and Mace travel to port and talk
-CUT: Anakin and Padme talk about the war and democracy
-SHORTENED: Bubble opera scene
-CUT: All Yoda on Kashyyyk scenes (except order 66 montage)
-CUT: All Obi Wan on Utapau (except order 66 montage)
-SHORTENED: Anakin asks if Obi Wan was at Padme’s and that he feels lost/says he will save her
-CUT: Anakin and Mace Windo take reports from Jedi’s around the galaxy
-SHORTENED: Anakin and Palp talk/Palp says he knows the ways of the dark side
-SHORTENED: Anakin tells Made he thinks Palp is the Sith
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Anakin and Padme “look” at eachother across the city
-CUT: Anakin gets in ship to fly to Senate building
-SHORTENED- Mace confronts Palp and they fight
-CUT: Anakin arriving at Senate building
-SHORTENED: Mace gets upper hand on Palp/Anakin arrives and kills Mace/Palp names Anakin Vader and sends him to Jedi Temple to kill everyone
-CUT: shot of Yoda sensing this
-SHORTENED: Order 66
-CUT: C3P0 reassures Padme, she cries
-SHORTENED: Bail Organa turned away from Jedi Temple
-CUT: Organa’s ship leaves Coruscant
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan leaves Utapau/Bail Organa calls
-SHORTENED: Anakin tells Padme he is going to Mustafar to end the war on behalf of Palp
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan arrives at Organa’s ship/Obi, Yoda, and Organa discuss next move
-CUT: Palp addresses Federation leaders via hologram
-CUT: Organa’s ship approaches and arrives at Coruscant
-SHORTENED: Anakin arrives on Mustafar
-SHORTENED: Yoda and Obi fight clones
-CUT: Disfigured Palp addresses Senate/Democracy dies
-CUT: Anakin slicing up Federation leaders
-SHORTENED: Obi and Yoda watch security hologram
-SHORTENED: Anakin broods on Mustafar
-CUT: Padme boards ship with C3PO/Obi Wan stows away
-SHORTENED: Anakin tells Palp that Federation leaders are dead
-SHORTENED: Padme arrives on Mustafar/talks with Anakin/Obi Wan reveals himself/choke/Obi and Anakin talk
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Yoda vs. Palp
-SHORTENED/REPOSITIONED: Obi-Wan vs. Anakin
-CUT: Palp addresses clones in Senete chamber
-SHORTENED: Yoda escapes with Bail Organa
-SHORTENED: Obi and Anakin final confrontation/Obi Wan leaves with Padme/Palp arrives to save Anakin
-SHORTENED: Obi Wan arrives on Polis Massa where Bail and Yoda are waiting
-SHORTENED: Palp returns to Coruscant with injured Anakin
-SHORTENED: Birth sequence
-SHORTENED: Darth Vader suited up sequencer
-SHORTENED: Vader asks Palp about Padme
-CUT: Yoda, Bail, and Obi Wan talk about what should be done with children/Bail gives away R2 and C3PO
-CUT: Vader on star destroyer bridge
-SHORTENED: Bail brings baby Leia to Alderaan and presents her to
Other Changes:
-Modified Lucasfilm Logo
-New Opening Title
-New End Title style/modified to reflect Recut
