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Info Wanted: Any Edits of the Prequels that Try to Hide Palpatine's Dual Character?

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This goes way beyond what I was envisioning in my thread “Episode 3” or “What Convinced Me To Try a Re-edit”, but has anyone done Prequel edits for 1 and 2 that try to hide Darth Sidious’ dual character so that it becomes a dramatic revelation by Episode 3?

I always thought that, if the movies are actually to play in order from 1 through 6, Palpatine and Sidious should be separate characters in the audience’s mind so that even they feel betrayed by Palpatine’s duplicity.

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same goes for revealing what Jabba looks like before ROTJ. Sometimes what you don't see is just as important as what you do see.
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Originally posted by: eros
same goes for revealing what Jabba looks like before ROTJ. Sometimes what you don't see is just as important as what you do see.


Exactly. And Lucas majorly mis-stepped in revealing Palpatine's character. Although it was no secret from the audience, it was meant to be a shock to Anakin. Lucas made inappropriate leaps in revelation (majorly BUCK-ROGERS-like in their simplistic dialogue and direction).

The biggest example of this was when Palpatine told Anakin that he could not learn "this power" form a Jedi after he had been relating the story of Darth Plagus the Wise. Only when Palpatine tells Anakin later "Hey, I know the Dark Side, You can learn it form me" does Anakin snap to the obvious conclusion "oh, so you're the bad guy."

Lame exposition of character, and it makes Anakin look beyond naive to the point of stupidity.
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There's a thread called the "Starkiller Ranch Edit" about doing the whole saga, starting with Episode 1. The main thrust of that edit was to eliminate the character of Sidious from Episode 1, a strategy that dramatically improves the story. Sidious plays much better in that story as the literal "Phantom Menace" who is alluded to, but never seen. That makes the Nemoidians into more worthy villains.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how that edit happens to be doing-- I think it's hibernating for a while. The second edit in that version of the saga has it's own thread and is more lively -- "Shroud of the Darkside" will play the Sidious scene as the first time he's appeared in the Saga.

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Originally posted by: MTHaslett
There's a thread called the "Starkiller Ranch Edit" about doing the whole saga, starting with Episode 1. The main thrust of that edit was to eliminate the character of Sidious from Episode 1, a strategy that dramatically improves the story. Sidious plays much better in that story as the literal "Phantom Menace" who is alluded to, but never seen. That makes the Nemoidians into more worthy villains.


Thanks for the info, MTH! That's good to hear.