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I've been quietly working on this in tandem with Duel of the Fates, and I wanted to get a discussion topic out there as I always get great ideas from that.
Here's the basic bullet points so far:
-Remove Jar Jar and Gungans completely.
-Minimize focus on Anakin. He is a supporting character to the two main Jedi. Qui-Gon is the main protagonist.
-Remove any scene that is not exciting, fun, or pushing the story forward.
-Darken Sidious’ face, so as to make it less obvious he is Palpatine.
-Trim down all action to be at its purest and most exciting.
-Get off of Tatooine as quickly as possible.
-Remove C-3PO completely.
-No midichlorians.
-Speed up Coruscant to make the senate scenes more exciting and the Jedi scenes more intriguing.
-Anakin does not accidentally do anything. Everything he does in the final act is purposeful.
-The film ends with Qui-Gon’s funeral, with a sweeping musical track to fit. The final shot of Palpatine is removed as well. Less obvious that he is sidious.
I'll be using the Blu-Ray as my source, so the new Yoda and better picture quality will be part of it. I would like to release this one in hi-def AVCHD as well.
The main goal is to turn this into what it was meant to be: A swashbuckling adventure flick. Build the mythology, but always make sure the pacing and fun are the most important thing.
So that's the basics. What do you guys think? is there anything that you've always wanted to see in a TPM edit that you've never seen done before? Throw out some ideas!