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Hal 9000

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#1621275
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Star Wars Episode I: Cloak Of Deception (Released)
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I’d feel good about having one alternate version of each prequel edit, catering to (and hedging against) unforeseeable developments in the ongoing Star Wars continuity. Not replacing the existing cuts, which to me will remain the ones I’d recommend and stand by.

Everyone would be presented with the ‘Main/Recommended’ and ‘More Canon Friendly’ presentations.

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#1621198
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Star Wars Episode I: Cloak Of Deception (Released)
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Since I had put out an alternate version of my ROTS edit, I think it would be prudent, while I’m still able to, to put out a more thorough alternate edit of all three of the prequels to comport with wider Star Wars canon. These three ought to play nicely with just about everything else out there. I’d still consider the main edits as the ‘recommended’ versions, though.

Here’s what I anticipate doing for each:

TPM:

Underwater trip, and Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon apology scene later

Midichlorians, blood test

Mention of Anakin being too old to be trained

AOTC:

Younglings scene (to fit with ROTS having younglings)

Boba Fett being stated to be a clone

Darth Tyrannus name

Yoda using saber, and line foreshadowing it during chase scene on Coruscant

ROTS (other than what is already done for existing alternate version):

Younglings scene and references to it

Yoda vs Sidious duel

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#1619456
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The <strong>Original Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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Is Darth Vader an obscure figure in the Star Wars galaxy? In the old EU he was portrayed as famous, a well-known second in command to the Emperor.

In the Kenobi show, Obi-Wan does not know that Anakin/Vader lived until ten years later when Reva mentions his name. You’d think that would be hard to miss, even if he was spending most of his time getting stoned off his ass on Tatooine.

Also, in ANH Luke does not appear to recognize the name Darth Vader when Obi-Wan names him. Is Vader meant to be a little-known figure outside the Empire’s military hierarchy?

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#1619312
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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It’s a real problem, that they recycled the plot (not necessarily whole story, but certainly plot) of the OT for the ST characters and world. Something should happen next that couldn’t have happened as a direct extension of ROTJ’s ending, and what that is isn’t intuitive or natural. Luke’s arc has been recontextualized to involve “hubris” and “failure,” so that would need to be part of Rey’s trajectory even if she ostensibly going on to “finish what [Luke] started.”

But what is that? Does she bring something feminine that Luke was lacking? Does she foster a collaborative, nondogmatic effort to train up a new generation of Jedi with great humility?

Or does an evil remnant hidden in space re-emerge with a superweapon and pose an urgent threat over the course of two hours?

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#1618651
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The <strong>Original Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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Luke’s line in ANH to Obi-Wan reads as weird, given the world building we’ve seen in other media since in which people seem readily familiar with both the Jedi and the Force. Even in the Kenobi show, the Inquisitor rightly presumed they didn’t need to be introduced and that even the population of Tatooine knew they hunted Jedi.

That line in ANH is simply, “The Force?”

Obviously, it’s to get exposition going. But it seems weird for Luke to be familiar with the Jedi and be baffled by mention of the Force.

Not sure the line could be removed seamlessly, though. Maybe an AI line can give Kenobi’s line about the Force a different on-ramp.

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#1618313
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The ‘Custom Special Edition’ That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was (Released)
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G&G-Fan said:

Ryan Golden’s read of Vader saying “Your mother once thought as you do”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xcpjwvi5-6F5Gko15ldeUV3gvtqpnkWE/view?usp=sharing

Make sure to credit him for any usage, and do not use his lines to train AI.

Thanks very much for facilitating this, and to Ryan for taking the time. Trying to be objective, I find myself preferring the AI line delivery. It feels more authentic to me, so I plan to go with that one. As we’ve all learned around here, though, it is awesome to have choices.