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hinventon's Preferred Saga Edits

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Hello! I’ve been thinking about what my perfect edits for the whole saga would look like, and I thought I’d share. This is mostly just combining different edits, so nothing super original, but if anyone is interested I can find a place to host them.

THE PHANTOM MENACE

  • Spence edit, no change

ATTACK OF THE CLONES

  • Spence edit base. Will probably wait until Spence drops his V2 to do this one.
  • Reinsert Anakin’s nightmare
  • Reinsert Yoda v. Dooku. Since Yoda is going to wield a saber in ROTS regardless, I figure he should just get his little lightsaber reveal moment.
  • Maybe reinsert the Obi Wan/Jango asteroid dogfight if it flows right.

REVENGE OF THE SITH

  • Dominic Cobb base
  • Use Spence’s order 66 and Sidious face reveal

A NEW HOPE

  • Hal CSE base
  • Remove Luke’s line “she’s beautiful” when he sees Leia
  • Remove Ben’s twirl during duel
  • Remove Leia’s good luck kiss
  • Remove Luke and Han talking about Leia on the falcon

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

  • That guy with no name’s edit, no change

RETURN OF THE JEDI

  • DonkeyKonga Revenge of the Jedi base
  • Restore original crawl/title
  • Restore some Jabba’s palace moments like Luke and the trapdoor
  • Restore Boba Fett’s death
  • Original Yub Nub ending with 21C’s new Hayden Anakin ghost
  • I’m a little concerned I wont be able to color match some parts I want to edit back in since the base edit uses 4K83, so I’ll have to mess around with it.

THE FORCE AWAKENS

  • Starlight base
  • Original Jakku colors
  • No sith eyes/whispers for Rey
  • Flip reused pilot shots

THE LAST JEDI

  • Legendary base
    -Inserted Luke and Rey’s party/raid deleted scene
    -Inserted BB8 and Finn deleted scene
    -Restore island caretakers only because they need to be set up for the raid scene
  • Restore Finn v. Phasma. This is essential to Finn’s arc, and his “rebel scum” line is one of his best moments in the trilogy.

THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

  • Ascendant Rey Nobody base
  • Use Rey and Leia’s AI lines about Rey being family
  • Use lightspeed slip AI dialogue
  • Use force healing illustration
  • Use new Poe AI dialogue during briefing
  • Use AI Rey dialogue during snake healing scene
  • Use Jannah AI, but only second line
  • Reinstate Luke’s flashback line saying Leia saw the death of her son. I always liked how this vision comes true but reinterpreted in a good way. It also gives Leia some subtle character growth and confirms her status as a Jedi by the end of the film.
  • Keep purple saber, but have the Skywalker saber restore itself after Kylo takes it. This would require an earlier version of Ascendant though, which I’m not sure where to find.
  • Remove Palpatine’s “I am all the sith” line.
  • I’m not sure which version of Rey v. Palpatine I want to go with for this. There’s 3 options:
  1. Spence’s edit. No ghost or voices, using flashbacks to convey that Rey is thinking of the people she loves. This would require restructuring the opening to remove the setup for the voices. I’m slightly leaning toward this.
  2. Jonh ghosts. I like how it brings the trilogies together and subtly explains why Palpatine can’t come back. But some of the shots look a little awkward, and it takes some agency away from Rey. If someone has the earlier version of the ghost scene, I’d maybe go with this.
  3. Theatrical. Strikes a nice balance between the Jedi helping Rey and Rey defeating Palpatine on her own.

I already have ANH complete, and the rest should be easy edits, so they shouldn’t take long.