Phantom Menace REIMAGINED! — Page 2

Skippy The Jedi Droid said:

One thing I would also like to be changed is Queen Amidala's voice. Lucas decided to lower her voice in post-production. We can actually hear Portman's original voice in the trailers. It's okay if she has a lower voice when she's wearing the makeup but for some reason Lucas also edited some scenes where she doesn't have the makeup but is still the queen. That just doesn't make any sense. Why would she want to change her voice if she doesn't even wear the makeup? I can remember one line that sounds incredibly dumb in the final movie: "Get to your ships!" Luckily they used that line in the trailer before Lucas decided to change her voice and there it sounds so much better.

Could you possibly use the voice from the trailer for that line and possibly alter all the other scenes where she's speaking as a queen without the makeup?

 I didn't know about that! Sounds odd...

Skippy The Jedi Droid said:

One thing I would also like to be changed is Queen Amidala's voice. Lucas decided to lower her voice in post-production. We can actually hear Portman's original voice in the trailers. It's okay if she has a lower voice when she's wearing the makeup but for some reason Lucas also edited some scenes where she doesn't have the makeup but is still the queen. That just doesn't make any sense. Why would she want to change her voice if she doesn't even wear the makeup? I can remember one line that sounds incredibly dumb in the final movie: "Get to your ships!" Luckily they used that line in the trailer before Lucas decided to change her voice and there it sounds so much better.

Could you possibly use the voice from the trailer for that line and possibly alter all the other scenes where she's speaking as a queen without the makeup?

I didn't realize that before, but to me Queen Amidala's voice always sounded a bit off though. I bet George Lucas was trying to make it softer and more child friendly somehow.

I could try to use the voice from the trailer, but I am not sure how good it would sound. (I am not a very skilled editor, especially when it comes to sound.) I will try it out and see I guess. Whatever I can use to make the movie a bit better, I will not shy away from it.

Smithers said:

I didn't know about that! Sounds odd...

It is quite odd, but it is from same people who thought Jar Jar Binks and young Anakin was a good idea... so.. there is that.

Skippy The Jedi Droid said:

Yeah Padme is supposed to be 14. It's just so odd that a girl that young can lower her voice so much. I can probably accept that when she has the makeup on but not when she isn't trying to hide her identity.

Yeah, now that I think about it it seems even more strange since it isn't like that in episode 2 and 3. What were they even trying to do, editing her voice like that? Maybe they were trying to match up the voice of Padme with fake queen? I don't know.

Also, is it just me or age difference between Padme and Anakin is a bit creepy for some reason? I mean, since they are the parents of Luke and Leila, it is obvious they will fall in love eventually, right? Why would they pick an 8 year old Anakin and 14 year old Padme? How does that make sense? It seems like they made the movie for kids and kids alone.

I get the urge to merge Episode 1 and 2 into a single movie, cutting most of episode 1 but I wont do that. I must resist.

TV's Frink said:

Leila...tell us more.

 Yes, the great jedi warrior Leila, expanded universe version of Princess Leia.. Well, I just expanded it.

It was an accident, it wasn't entirely my fault. Blame my keyboard. :D