Hal 9000

Thanks, man! 

First off, I looked at V2 and I don't see a blue or purple line on the left, at least not during the whole film. Can you post a screenshot? I don't see anything to correct.

Regrettably the pacing and continuity are slightly off in the "ray shields" scene. It's the cost of removing the cartoony R2 antics. We can assume they round up R2 offscreen. It'd be nice for an alternative way to see them get captured. 

Palpatine's face melting never amounts to anything in ROTS. He doesn't ever seem to react to the change at all, as if he is not surprised. He tells the Senate it was the result of his assassination attempt, but LOE recasts that as a lie. This way Sidious drops his facade and confidently shows Anakin his true form. LOE's depiction is no more problematic than ROTS, but neither really add up. Admittedly, this change is ideal for edits that either remove Sidious from 1 and 2 or darken his face. 

I think Qui-Gon's voice gives Yoda's mention of him to Obi-Wan some context. I can't cut it because I already cut so much of that scene and it needs to have some content to feel right. (The only way to make you believe they discussed Padme is to imply that Yoda's first line is the end of their conversation.) Plus, it gives us our only scrap of an explanation about why no Jedi in the PT disappear (or, why OT Jedi disappear). The Liam Neeson dialogue from Clone Wars with appropriate Star Wars terminology was too good to pass on. I'll check the volume, though.

The Death Star was totally unnecessary in Ep2 and Ep3, and contributes nothing other than a hamfisted way to shove OT imagery into the PT. If it worked itself into the story in a meaningful way, that'd be something different. Removing it also avoids awkward questions about why it took so long, compared to DSII. Episode III shows the prequels very quickly and awkwardly morphing into the OT: The Republic falls in a day, most of the Jedi are wiped out in a few hours, Anakin is dropped into a fully-designed Vader suit, the Emperor metamorphosizes into his wrinkly ROTJ self, etc. By replacing the Death Star with something else, it's one less offense in that regard. 

lol, well nothing is set in stone. Someone's working on something for me first, but as soon as it gets to me I'll mash the encode button and get going. Expect Ep3 about three weeks after the first version of Ep2 appears, because it takes a long time to encode each one.

EDIT: This new icon feels so liberating. Gone is the Hal9000 fisheye that makes me feel like I should try to be eloquent. My real name is Kirk anyway.

Wow, what asshats. I don't feel insulted; I'm embarrassed for them.

HotRod said:

Ady, Makingstarwars.net just ripped into you on their latest podcast. 

 Can you say more? I don't want to have to wade through the episode.

ALLOL

I'll probably go with, "Silence, laborers." It's not derogatory per se, but implies something about this insect world's class system. The "scum" idea isn't bad, but it'd be nice to have something different. 

And hey, I'll take suggestions until it's time to mash the button.

Something like slaves, peons, workers, laborers, etc. would work. I like the idea that he's addressing them in a derogatory way. 

Fixed! It seems like I forgot to apply that 3% zoom to two clips for V2. I do not hear anything wrong with the audio, though. The landing platform scene is 100% a DVD deleted scene, and none of it was originally in the film. (At least it wasn't a glitch per se, and had a known cause.)

CAPTION CONTEST! Whoever suggests the best subtitle before it's time to hit 'encode' wins. Subtitle to beat is "Silence, infidels." Original is "Settle down, settle down."

http://youtu.be/tsNqtspcnBs

Huh. I had to zoom in on the deleted scenes by 3% anyway, so I'll see if that doesn't need to be increased slightly. Weird. Is the audio glutch at the point the scene changes? I'll check on it tonight. 

And do you have an alternate suggestion for the subtitle? "Settle down, settle down" is lame.

Thanks for the feedback, especially about A/V glitches. I'll check on them for sure. Can you post a screencap of what you mean?

The trial scene is gone in V3 for the reasons you described, and scenes reordered to accommodate the change.

The "infidel" subtitle is an homage to MagnoliaFan's edit, because I found it so funny. 

*animated gif not found*

I was about to point out that smudger9 is already doing something like this, but I opened the thread and it was you.

[Obi-Wan ignites lightsaber, raises it. Interrupted. "Oh, it's you."]

Well, a few things I removed for Sharkey's Edition are reinstated, including more Arwen stuff in TTT along with Aragorn being separated from the pack. Kerr has done some great stuff for ROTK, including use of the palantir. He and I have been keeping these things under wraps and collaborating together, so I don't want to spill too many beans. The most concise thing I can say is that while it is less strictly "purist" than our former efforts, it's still respectful of the books and of the original films themselves. 

I have to see this film, but I really don't want to. I was young at the time of the prequels, but now I feel the pain.

About that. As always, we'll see.

Just waiting on a small FX project from someone and I can begin encoding. The first torrent should appear in two weeks, with the rest trickling through as they are encoded.

Really? So, for example, the air taxi scene from the TPM DVD was from a different source than the rest of the BluRay?

That's the idea. It should be something a Tolkien fan would enjoy and appreciate, especially compared to how the Hobbit "trilogy" turned out. Like stomping on your foot to relieve a toothache.

Well, they'll all be based on the BluRays, so it'll be ~24fps for sure. 

Kerr has things laid out and in place for the most part, and it'll be out sometime after BoFA:EE. And Sharkey's is still kicking around torrent sites.

Well the project has evolved as its gone on. Its not really "Sharkey's" edit since Kerr is doing the actual editing this time, with me more as a consultant. While we both have a deap-seated admiration for Tolkien's work, this project won't be *as* purist-minded. 

I'm not sure how they'll be distributed, but there certainly will be a dlc file at fanedit.info for them. 

As far as the existing Sharkey's edits, a little bit of searching on the internet should yield them.

unamochilla2 said:

http://www.starwars.com/video/the-lost-missions-q-and-a-force-ghosts

Anakin appearing young as a force ghost is "explained."  I guess this guy doesn't realize that Anakin didn't die as a "wicked old man" considering he just saved his son from death.

 Dave Filoni had to be tactful in expressing opinion about the altered force ghost in ROTJ. It's no secret it's loathed by most. Filoni is the cartoon version of Rick McCallum.

He'll always be "Frank" to me. ("I must be Frank, Your Majesty...")

Skip ahead to 8:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEdgPFoBjY

Almost any PT edit will rattle its continuity with EU material. A radical edit like Adywan's all the moreso. 

For my own prequel edits, I need to occasionally remember slight differences when I read novels. In Luceno's "Dark Lord," Bail Organa's wife takes care of Leia, since Padme had died in childbirth. Because my edit of Ep3 has her survive to raise Padme on Alderaan, that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the book. It doesn't align perfectly with my edit, but I have no problem acknowledging this as I read and enjoy it. (Just hope future episodic films don't directly reference Padme's death on the operating table.)

Very good!

Quick idea, and I don't know if it'll fit what you're already doing: When Palpatine (sorry, "Sheev") asks, "Remember what you told me about your mother, and the Sand People?" have a title card saying something to the effect of "Scene Missing."

And while I'm thinking about it, might some oblique reference to the name "Sheev" be worked in somewhere?