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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