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Hal 9000

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#906113
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Star Wars Episode III: Labyrinth Of Evil (Released)
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LOE is certainly a bolder edit than the other two, and mixing and matching my cuts of I and II with L8wrtr’s III is totally legit.
The points you two raise and more are addressed in the commentary, too. I did indeed try to mediate the earlier idea of Anakin’s turn by downplaying the role of his premonitions about Padme’s death, largely because she doesn’t die in my cut anyway.
I am of two minds regarding the Death Star scene. I’m erring on the side of caution, I guess. It’s not part of the story of the prequels, and only appears during the pre-ANH traileresque ending montage. (There’s no reason to involve Geonosis or Dooku; at least here it remains an Imperial project.) I prefer to have Coruscant, technically, but emotionally feel the Death Star is what gives the scene its weight.
However, anyone wanting to hack at my cuts to tweak to their liking, it’d be a quick fix.

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#906040
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Star Wars Episode III: Labyrinth Of Evil (Released)
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(The commentary track was finished before deciding to go with the Russian scream.)

Yeah, I thought the commentary for Ep3 was more negative than the others. I did it after hitting some cider. I had also just reread the novelization, and so had a fresh sense of disappointment in how the film was executed. In fairness, ROTS leaves many things to complain about.

I don’t know, man. The prequels are like aggravating family members. Someone doing what I’ve done has to see the good in them. A conflict.

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#906030
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Star Wars Episode III: Labyrinth Of Evil (Released)
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Smithers said:

Did you upscale the deleted scenes yourself? They look really good!

I only had to do them myself for Ep2; Ep1 and Ep3 were done by DrDre. I was pretty impressed with how they look too!

JEDIT: And once the dust settles, I do still plan on syncing the audio to them and releasing the upscaled deleted scenes along with any odds and ends that others might find useful.

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#905259
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Star Wars Episode III: Labyrinth Of Evil (Released)
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trashing

Just kidding. But yeah, that’s unfortunate. I really had to look for a minute before spotting it. Watching the edit, I honestly can only notice it if I stand and look down on my monitor. (And I cannot for the life of me spot it at all on my MacBook’s built-in screen.) I would never have spotted that in a million years.