Honestly, the only thing I’m hoping for is an announcement that Kennedy is officially out and someone who has the wisdom of Gary Kurtz is in. I doubt we will see a high quality theatrical (or new, properly edited SE) Blu-ray until then.
True… I’ve been a lurker on these forums for quite some time now, but you may have just inspired me to try my hand at the fanediting process, haha. I hope my comment didn’t come across as ungrateful. I just completed a SW marathon with your prequel/sequel/RO edits (with David Kaylor’s final cut OT and TLJ Rekindled) and it was absolutely fantastic. Dare I say I shed a tear… A few times… Thank you for helping to reinvigorate and sustain my love of Star Wars after the atrocities committed by Kathleen Kennedy and company. I was genuinely depressed regarding the state of the fandom for a minute there. Shoot, even Andor season 2 wasn’t all it was touted to be…
Just one last suggestion - after watching your YouTube interview, you really should consider making a Star Wars / pop culture news and review YouTube channel. They are only getting more popular and can be monetized… Considering your history, expertise, and clout, you probably would gain a sizable audience if you posted regularly. Anyway, thanks again Hal.
While we’re all throwing ideas around, I would just like to say what keeps these edits from being “perfect” is the Hal9000 intro and the different titles. The Hal9000 intro distracts from the viewing experience with the 20th Century Fox fanfare compared to your quick fanedit disclaimer message in your other edits. I don’t necessarily mind the different titles as they reference the tie-in novels, but I prefer the AotC purist version simply due to the fact that the CGI in the deleted Obi/Mace scene is distracting and Mace is completely out of character, and having Attack of the Clones as the title instead of The Approaching Storm irks me.
If you replaced the Hal9000 intro with the disclaimer to match your other edits and changed the purist edition back to The Approaching Storm (or create separate “purist editions” with the original titles but updated crawls) that would make these edits the definitive replacements to the prequels.
Hey NeverarGreat, just wanted to make you aware that the subtitle “May the Force be with you.” doesn’t disappear throughout the final scenes.
Hal, I hate to be yet another voice in this thread complaining about something, but I can’t help but notice the subtitle for Yoda’s final line “Begun, the Clone War has” doesn’t disappear in both your preferred and the purist edition throughout the final scenes of the clone army and wedding. I also found it odd that NeverarGreat’s TFA Starlight also has this issue with the final line “May the force be with you.” I don’t know if it’s on my end (I’m watching with VLC), but I’m guessing not because your other edits don’t have this issue (CoD, LoE, and Rogue One.) Thank you for all of the effort you put into these edits!