Info Wanted: Specific TPM Edit Question/Suggestion

Author: nightstalkerpoet
Date: 23-Sep-2015, 9:22 PM

Author: nightstalkerpoet
Time: 23-Sep-2015 9:22 PM (Edited)
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In the Phantom Menace, has any edit ever completely cut the initial jedi/battle droid fight on the Trade Federation ship?

It strikes me that you could cut directly from the protocol droid exiting the the smoke filled room and the battle droids talking to “Sir, they’ve gone up the ventilation shaft”. An entire sequence removed with nothing narratively relevant cut.

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Author: Hal 9000
Time: 23-Sep-2015 10:09 PM (Edited)
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I do not believe an edit has removed only that scene, but I think the Lone Gungan Edit opens with the Queen's ship escaping the blockade, skipping the scene you mention.

EDIT: Also, why would you want to remove that sequence?

I never had the nerve to make the final cut.

Author: nightstalkerpoet
Time: 23-Sep-2015 10:48 PM
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My thought is simply that it adds to the list of possible cuts, which considering my Phantom Hour ran 72 minutes with credits, allows for a condensed version of Episode 1 to truly be presented in an hour with a simplified but complete narrative.

This allows for a potential two in one edit where Ep 1 is an hour and episode 2 is an hour and half, giving us a reasonable two and a half hour film.

Philosophically, Jedi prefer to use combat in defense and only when necessary. They entered the situation as diplomatic ambassadors, so escaping through vents to try and warn the queen holds more with the Jedi way than hacking and slashing their way into an unknown situation.

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Author: DominicCobb
Time: 23-Sep-2015 10:49 PM
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The sad truth is that you could start cutting scenes that are unnecessary and keep cutting until you realize that you've cut the whole movie out entirely because it was completely unnecessary.

Author: Bingowings
Time: 24-Sep-2015 3:31 PM (Edited)
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I thought it would make more sense to stick the Maul fight on the ship at then end of the film and have the droids as an early obstacle to get to the "droid control power thing" than have a futuristic space power-station suddenly plop over the side of a royal palace with fighter hanger. Instead of all those empty bridges in the duel you could have had added peril of droids firing at the Jedi if it was on a ship but I obviously played with a different lego set to George.