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Info Wanted: What is your ideal fanedit mash-up?

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Having watched many a Star Wars edit and liking this cut from that edit, but that cut from this one, I thought I’d start a discussion about what your ideal mash-up of Star Wars edits would be.

I’m not saying “Discuss your ideal imagined edit.” I’m saying “If you could create a mash-up from the currently available, existing Star Wars fanedits that you have seen, what scenes/cuts would you like most to include from which particular edits and why?”

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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If I could interject with a similar question, which edits for each film do you prefer from different editors?
For example, someone may like Seciors’ TPM, L8wrtr’s AOTC, and Kerr’s ROTS.
If I hadn’t done my own, I’d like the idea of each film having a different fan editor.

I never had the nerve to make the final cut.

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I always liked the idea of having a good, and also consistent prequel trilogy over having each individual film be the best version on it’s own merit. For that reason, I moved away from having L8wrtr’s Episode II as a favorite of that film. It’s very good, but I don’t agree with several of his choices in his Episode III.

Essentially, I start with Q2’s Fall of the Jedi as a baseline. He got so many things right for me. He removed the “Nooo!” first of all, but the way he did it was to remove the suit entirely, and I found that to be a wonderful way to leave the Anakin character, with the uncertainty of whether or not he lived. Also, I find The Cutter’s idea of having Padme live, fleeing to Alderaan with her daughter, to be a wonderful idea.

Now, here’s the thing. Remember I said I prefer consistency? Well, Both Hal and Q2 have Padme live to escape with Leia (and edit it in well). Because of this, it allows me to treat Hal’s edits as a sort of “Extended Edition” to Q2’s edits, because they don’t conflict with each other regarding the conclusion to the story.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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I don’t think you do. I wasn’t trying to create the perfect fan edit or to start an actual project of it. I was trying to foster discussion. Specifically, discussion about what each person liked about each different edit that they had seen. Everyone’s opinion as to what is “best” is subjective. Given that this is a forum about Star Wars fan edits, I figure many people have seen many edits, and so I thought I’d start a conversation about it.

That’s all. (plus, I didn’t know about that “Redone” project before making this thread, nor did I know it had devolved into silliness.)

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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chyron8472 said:

I don’t think you do. I wasn’t trying to create the perfect fan edit or to start an actual project of it. I was trying to foster discussion.

I read your first post and I never suggested otherwise.

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chyron8472 said:

I don’t think you do. I wasn’t trying to create the perfect fan edit or to start an actual project of it. I was trying to foster discussion. Specifically, discussion about what each person liked about each different edit that they had seen. Everyone’s opinion as to what is “best” is subjective. Given that this is a forum about Star Wars fan edits, I figure many people have seen many edits, and so I thought I’d start a conversation about it.

That’s all. (plus, I didn’t know about that “Redone” project before making this thread, nor did I know it had devolved into silliness.)

How has it developed into silliness?