Ok, if I may I’ve put some kind of a cutlist/don’t cut list (using Hal9000’s list) to what I more or less wish the edit to be (it’s merely suggestions, keeping the “conservative cut” point of view):
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keep original title and opening crawl
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keep the opening space sequence mostly as it is
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remove a few battle droid voices
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Dooku is not mentioned until he arrives to confront the Jedi
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keep the elevator sequence, but trim the R2 humor. Obi-Wan never refers to R2 by name.
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A match cut removes bad dialogue before the duel and the weird Dooku cgi jump
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Removed sound effects in the rear audio channels that were lifted straight from The Empire Strikes Back.
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Cut away as the railing starts to land on Obi-Wan. The original made it look like his legs were crushed.
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Anakin quickly decapitates Dooku with no influence from Palpatine. However, he still questions his actions. This makes him appear more mature and autonomous. (maybe a way to keep Palpatine “DO IT !” as the sole dialogue left ?)
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Corrected two inaccurate lightsaber ignition sounds during the opening sequence. Obi-Wan and Anakin’s sabers must match their ANH and ESB sounds.
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Removed as much silliness as possible during the fight on the bridge of the Invisible Hand
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insert “A Plot to Destroy the Jedi.” scene
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trim balcony scene
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Dialogue trimmed during Anakin’s appointment to the Jedi Council.
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Reinstated the deleted scene in Bail Organa’s apartment
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keep the opera scene as it is (yeah, even with the reference to midichlorians which implies Anakin to be Palpatine’s son)
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Reinstated the sunset meeting between the loyalists and Palpatine
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Trim Padme’s apartment to remmove a dialogue about the jedi council
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keep Boga’s noisy introduction (western vide ! 😃)
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Removed Grievous’ line, “You will be safe there.”
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Trimmed Grievous’ lunge that Obi-Wan does not react to
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reorder the duel à la L8 in order to keep the Sergio Leone close-up and to keep “you are doom” and the Force punch
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Trim the now redundant scene in the war room talking about a plot to destroy the Jedi
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Removed Palpatine’s voiceover as Anakin waits in the Council room
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keep Paplatine v Windu dialogues as they are, especially the “Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?” line which is great
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Trimmed the lightsaber fight to remove the lame close ups on Palpatine’s face
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As Anakin enters the scene, Windu is already going to kill Palpatine, who defends himself with force lightning and sends Windu falling to his death. Use Hal9000 version of this scene
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maybe use Hal9000 version of Anakin and Palpatine dialgues, with no mention of Padme during the knighting of Vader scene.
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removed the scene where Anakin ignites his saber on a roomful of children
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trim Yoda’s interactions with the Wookiees after Order 66, but keep the fact Yoda leave the planet with a small ship
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keep R2 popping out of Anakin’s fighter
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keep Obi-Wan and Yoda’s fight to enter the Temple
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removed Yoda’s line that sees Anakin and Vader as separate people
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keep the duel between Yoda and Palpatine but trim some dialogues (this fight is corny but it’s still a lot of fun to watch)
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Padme is never informed about Anakin killing children
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Removed Obi-Wan sneaking into the bathroom on Padme’s ship
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Removed most asinine dialogue as Padme arrives and confronts Anakin, including “I saw your ship.” No reference to younglings
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keep dialogue about the ‘high ground’ at the end of the duel.
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Removed Obi-Wan referencing the chosen one prophecy during Anakin’s immolation
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keep Padmé ding, but remove the “lost her will to live” line
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Replaced Vader’s scream with the Russian dub
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insert deleted scene of Yoda arriving on Dagobah.
