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Ed Slushie

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#1391661
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Idea: A prequel trilogy consisting of AOTC-CW03-ROTS
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Ever since the concept of the “Machete Order” was popularized, I’ve been fascinated by the idea of a Star Wars saga experience that doesn’t include the Phantom Menace. It’s not that it’s a terrible movie on its own, but rather that it doesn’t relate much to the rest of Anakin’s overarching story.
On the other hand, one piece of prequel media that very much does relate to Anakin’s story is 2003’s Clone Wars miniseries, created by Genndy Tartakovsky. It may be visually distinct from the other prequels (because it’s a cartoon), but I’ve always felt its characterization of Anakin did a great job of matching and expanding on the character shown in the movies. The writing, as well as Mat Lucas’ performance, balances violent-and-unstable with naive-and-well-intentioned in a way that makes his future bamboozlement in Revenge of the Sith more believable.
However, that wouldn’t fix my main problem with Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side: the way he talks and screams throughout his confrontation (and eventual duel) with Obi-Wan. His loud voice-cracking makes him seem simultaneously more emotional and less sure of himself - which interrupts the Anakin-Vader transition by making him act less like Vader at the end than he did at the beginning. Fortunately, Mat Lucas also did Anakin’s voice in several Star Wars games, including the official ROTS game.

Because of all this, I feel it would be worth making an edit that:

  1. Turns Attack of the Clones into the first movie of a trilogy
  2. Turns Clone Wars into the second movie of a trilogy, and
  3. Adds Mat Lucas’ dialogue to the final act of Revenge of the Sith wherever possible.

Though I’ve edited a few scenes as concepts, I’m still in the ideas phase and any additional ideas or discussions on this thread would be appreciated. This project doesn’t have a name yet, but hopefully I’ll eventually be able to make this version of the trilogy a reality.

Here is where I’ll compile all the clips I’ve edited:

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#1391628
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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The thing this episode made me realize about Boba Fett is that - even though he’s already a really famous character whose return was highly anticipated - we don’t actually know much about him as a person. We knew him as a child/young-teenager, but now he’s a 40-year-old played by a 60-year-old (that dang twin-sun radiation is at it again) and the show is kind of just assuming that we already know what he’s all about…

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#1390911
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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Rodney-2187 said:

ZkinandBonez said:

I also think its interesting that since we in the last episode we saw the magistrate block Ahsoka’s lightsabers with the beskar spear it’s very likely that Din will use it to fight Gideon and the darksaber.

I think he lost his rifle too. I think it was on the Razor Crest.

I was thinking it would be Bo-Katan who would fight Gideon. It would make sense for her to “win” the Darksaber from him, instead of having it given to her, if she is to rule Mandalore. But then again, she seems almost maniacally fanatic about it. Is she the right one to lead Mandalore? Has she changed somewhat? Could she become a villain of sorts? There’s just so many directions they could go with everything.

That reminds me of something else that occurred to me about Bo-Katan: are the “Children of the Watch” somehow connected to Death Watch? They obviously couldn’t be the exact same (since Death Watch members take their helmets off), but it would explain a lot about the way she describes them.

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#1390554
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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Rodney-2187 said:

I don’t think it will be answered anytime soon, but my main question at this point is who got Grogu out of the Jedi temple before order 66? I wonder if it’s someone we know, or someone new?

I only have two other questions I’d really like answered in a of Star Wars. What became of Barriss Offee and how did Maz get the saber Luke lost over Bespin?

I actually have a theory that Kuiil found the lightsaber and sold it to Maz, and that’s how he bought his freedom. According to Wookieepedia, Cloud City was the settlement with the largest population of Ugnaughts, and if he were working for the city as an indentured servant then technically he would have been “sold to the Empire” when the city was. It would also make sense for a “gas miner” to be the one to initially find the lightsaber.

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#1390479
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<strong>The Rise Of Skywalker</strong> — Official Review and Opinions Thread
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I’m new to this thread, and I’m not sure if this belongs here, but I just had this idea about how Ben’s redemption works thematically. At first I was a little confused as to why they chose to revisit Kylo’s confrontation with Han (who had already failed to bring him back to the light) instead of having him meet the ghost of Anakin (the person he idolized most). I was also slightly confused when I read the Rise of Skywalker novelization and saw how much it downplayed what Leia was doing when she died: I had assumed from the movie that she had died of force-exhaustion after using all of her strength to contact Ben, but the book says that she had been using the force to prolong her life (after being injured on the Raddus), then simply decided to stop, causing Ben to sense her death. This would mean that Leia had nothing to do with Han’s appearance and that it really was just a memory/hallucination. If true, this would actually make a lot of sense, because the Last Jedi comic ends by saying not that Kylo is irredeemable, but that the only person capable of saving him is himself. Based on what he says to Luke in TLJ, Kylo clearly expects other people to try to persuade him away from the dark side. He even seems really surprised when Rey leaves him on Kef-Bir instead of offering her hand. Perhaps Kylo Ren’s evil is like a more extreme version of when a child acts out because they want attention. So rather than sending a telepathic message, Leia is communicating something symbolic: nobody is going to come “save” Ben from the dark side; he has to decide to do the right thing. I actually like that a lot more than my original interpretation.

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#1387795
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Unusual <strong>Sequel Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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JakeRyan17 said:

Anakin Starkiller said:

Oh and it occurred to me today that Kijimi has the same climate as Starkiller Base. Just putting it out there in case someone wants to do something with that information.

Didn’t Starkiller/Ilum explode?

I don’t think he’s suggesting a theory; I think he’s suggesting a radical edit.

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#1387767
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Unusual <strong>Sequel Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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Anakin Starkiller said:

Ajan Kloss as Teth, let’s go.

Teth? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a loooong time…
Honestly, though, I don’t quite remember enough about Teth to know what else would need changing. I remember there was a B’Omarr monastery. I guess if Snooker came back she could insert that into the background like she did with the Theed Palace.

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#1387709
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Unusual <strong>Sequel Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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ELAYEM said:

I have thought that pink would be a good color to replace the redundant green of the forest planets (I was inspired by the cherry blossoms from Japan)
I wanted to use that color for Ach-To but I don’t have the ability to make an edit of it

I gave it a try, and am happy with the results:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVsnSenoVM&feature=youtu.be