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Porkula said:

A more detailed explanation on why I changed Padme’s political stances: This is a change I’ve given quite a bit of thought to over the years. I will admit that I have sort of “assassinated” Padme’s character here. She will not be the same character that we know from the theatrical films and the Clone Wars. So, these edits will not be compatible with the Clone Wars, and I can understand if that puts some people off. I guess you just have to “unlearn what you have learned” about Padme (and the other characters) in order to enjoy these edits. To be more specific about Padme’s political stances, she is pro military creation act (she is actually the creator of the act), but she is still anti dictatorship. She only decides to suggest giving Palpatine the emergency powers after trying and failing to convince the Senate to create a military earlier in the film. Her experience with the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo (and presumably more bad experiences with them and other organizations such as the Commerce Gilds and the fact that she is the target of several assassination attempts) have convinced her that there is a need for a military force to protect the Republic that she loves. She’s less of an idealist and more willing to play the political game in order to actually accomplish things. There are tons of thematic ramifications for this that I really like. She basically causes the destruction of the very things she was trying to protect because of this “deal with the devil” (mirroring Anakins arc). This “deal with the devil” angle will be played up more in Revenge of the Sith though (because that’s where it’s relevant thematically) so I don’t want to reveal too much about it here. It gives her character more dimension and edge in my opinion, and it shows that she is actually an effective legislator who accomplishes things. On a more technical note, I never understood why Padme would even need to appoint Jar-Jar as her representative when she can just use hologram technology. The Jedi Council had tons of meetings using holograms. So, I see no reason why Senators shouldn’t be allowed to do the same thing (especially considering her circumstances).

this does make her suspicious of dooke as the culprit more reasonable.

it sounds very interesting, I’d love a link

searching for seciors return of the sith, if anyone can help me out.

edit: nevermind, already found it

Fortunately, we already have scenes of Anakin waking up in a sweat in AotC and RotS

Honestly, I just don’t expect much from the franchise at this point. I would like special editions of the prequels with improved CGI and deleted scene, more Tales of the Jedi focused on PT-OT era characters and I think that’s it.

Channel72 said:

RedLetterMedia recently suggested that a show like the Acolyte - or any High Republic show centering on the Jedi - could be formatted as a Star Trek style episodic show about a team of Jedi, or maybe just a master/apprentice duo, who travel around the Galaxy dispensing peace and justice, with plots based around localized, “problem of the week” style stories and ethical dilemmas, just like old school Star Trek. I realize Star Wars isn’t Star Trek, but the premise of the High Republic could really fit nicely with an episodic style. When I first read about the premise of the High Republic book series, way before the Acolyte aired, one of my first thoughts was “this sounds a lot like Star Trek”. Arguably, the old KOTOR games are somewhat made in this mold as well. You could also do this Andor style, with multiple 2 or 3 episode arcs centering on different independent story lines.

yeah, that’s what I would like as well. Set it in the distant future or distant past and with minimal use of known characters.

Darth Raditz said:

I watched Q2’s Episode 1 edit for the first time yesterday and it got me thinking: Could you make Maul the Sith that the Trade Federation is in league with? You’d have to darken his face in his hood, cut out frames in the Tatooine lightsaber duel that show his face off, maybe even shoot new footage of Maul alone on Tatooine to sell the idea, but it would be fun to redub his lines and make him more of an active villain in the movie. Plus that “but which was destroyed, the master or the apprentice” line hits harder because there’s another Sith still out there, especially if you’re not teasing that Palpatine’s behind it all too early.

Making it ambiguous should be doable, at least.

Octorox said:

A Random idea, I wonder if it would be possible to use AI voice cloning to have Padme more explicitly identify Obi-Wan as the jedi she’s talking about in the second seeds of the rebellion scene. I think this might help sell the idea that she has a professional relationship/level of trust with Obi-Wan that Anakin is suspicious of.

that would be great. I always thought the “Obi-Wan’s been here?” scene could be placed right after that scene to further the implication.

I’ve watched the AoC workprint and it does flow really well. I especially liked how we stay longer with the characters, as some edits can produce a little whiplash with shorter scenes and too much back and forth. The asteroid belt scene is one of my favourites but it’s hard to argue that is little more than padding and upsets the pace, you were right cutting it out. Duel with dooku was great, Yoda should not be there at all.

The only scene I found a bit jarring was the one in the balcony before the chase. Without the dialog and the Jango scene it’s a little hard to follow exactly what’s going on and everything feels a bit rushed.

Is there any difference between the workprint and V1? Is so, I’d love a link to the lastest version.

I’d love to see if it’s available. Thanks in advance.

SpenceEdit said:

I’m playing with the idea of removing Darth Maul from every scene after Tattooine until he shows up for the duel. I think it’s kind of a neat idea to sort of forget about him for a while and then those doors open. It makes him showing up a bit more epic. All he does in the other scenes is stand behind Nute Gunray anyway.

You could just cut those scenes all together. That’s what I did for my (vanity and amateurish) edit. They kind of diminish Sidious as well.

I saw it a few months ago and it’s pretty great. The whole movie looks gorgeous with the added grain and color correction. I think you found the right balance with the cuts, it doesn’t feel rushed and it never gets tiresome. My only small objections is that the podrace sequence is a tad too long (and I’m not a fan of the announcer) and maybe you could have remove a couple more Sidious scenes, to add to the mystery. Overall, it’s probably my favourite TPM edit, maybe tied with shadow of the sith.

Sounds great, I’d love a link as well.

I’d love a link as well

sounds great, I’d love a link as well

I’d love a link as well, thanks in advance!

I would love to get a link as well

Can I get a link as well? Thanks in advance.

Can I get a link as well? Thanks in advance