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JoyOfEditing said:

The shot with added VFX is the wide shot of the Droid Control Ship after the N-1s fire torpedoes at the Bridge Deflector Dish. That shot was originally a one-off cutaway during the Gungan Battle that directly preceded the “Activate the Droids” shot. I repurposed it as a “swing shot” to get us from the bombing run to Anakin’s run in with the swarm of Vulture Droids. I timed the last popping blast that hits near the rising N-1 to match a flash in Anakin’s cockpit to link those two sequences, but I couldn’t link it on the front end, because the GINORMOUS explosion from the end of the bombing run is absent from the wide shot. SO! I added a matching explosion on the wide shot and roto-ed the N-1 that flies in from of it frame-by-frame.

The new blast is at 2:11 if you want to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMP2m-SwhD4

omg I did not notice at all lol, I gotta get a better eye next time

JoyOfEditing said:

New Video: https://youtu.be/xMP2m-SwhD4?si=0CEaNkKMOB-T8hKe

It’s a WIP of five minutes from the End Battle from Phantom Menace. A big thank you to Phase3 for his help with the clean SFX 5.1 track, and all of the cut shots he’s been restoring (seven of which feature in this clip). Lemme know what y’all think, especially concerning the SFX on the new shots. I had to build the soundtrack from scratch on those.

Major Bonus Points if anyone can find the one shot that has a new visual effect composited in.

Enjoy the Edit!

-JoE

Looking good! I know it’s temp but the lack of music gives it a vibe lol. I love all the extended footage

As for my guess for the new element: The fire on the Naboo fighter around the 2:25 mark? If not that maybe more of the shot, doesn’t look familiar but also doesn’t have the same upscaled quality the other added footage does lol.

Another thought is maybe a lightsaber effect somewhere in the extended footage I missed, otherwise no clue lol.

Honestly speaking of VFX edits pertaining to lightsabers that one close up of Obi-Wan always bothers me because the lightsaber is matted terribly and looks almost see through.

Hey glad you’re okay! The news it’s all gone for good does kinda sting, I was hoping to go back and nab a few ideas for my own edits lmao, but I’m glad you’re okay above all else!

JoyOfEditing said:

For what it’s worth, here’s my two cents on how to address that problem: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ml90rgWBTyGyIv0d2pM0xU-foauZ_Esp/view?usp=sharing

To me, the “I hate them!” line isn’t over done. . . cause it’s his mom. . . My mom broke her ankle in the Grand Canyon, and I’ve never been so ready to fight a National Park in my life!

I feel like your version mayb trims the scene of him and Padme a little much, I for one really like the dialogue about life “seeming so much simpler fixing things”, though could use some trims.

Did both a version based on my own tastes, cutting out the Obi-Wan dialogue, simply having him state he wish he was all powerful, and exploding into “I HATE THEM!”.

https://streamable.com/n4u5wi

And then a ver based on the original idea, instead focusing on the idea that he “SHOULD BE” all powerful, but Obi-Wan is holding him back, before sinking onto the floor. More trims than the original prompt but again my interpretation.

https://streamable.com/b7z2zo

I feel the latter came out cleaner, couldn’t really find much material to work with for the former idea.

Idk I feel like it’s a really fun idea actually lol. Star Wars with the most 80s needle drops ever. Like imagining “The Touch” with the Death Star Destruction.

Could be that I’ve recently fallen in love with Transformers lol.

Yeah, I’m pretty concerned by the sudden deletion of… everything. Not just because of the project (Of course that is a factor, it looked promising) but like, it’s genuinely spooky to see someone vanish themselves on the internet. I pray it’s nothing too serious.

24 hour long cut of A New Hope that combines all two seasons of Andor, Rogue One, and ANH into one super long movie

If you’re willing to have suggestions, here’s some historical ones I think would be cool to include:

Obviously The Phantom Edit and Attack of the Phantom, some of the original fan edits
Magnolifan’s duology would also be cool (I only have a copy of their TPM edit though)
Shroud of the Darkside by Trooperman (Super radical re edit of Attack of the Clones)
War of the Stars I and II by TMBTM

There’s prob more I don’t quite know but these are ones I atleast have on hand/are relatively easy to find

Oh wow yeah, I think I’ve seen a few takes go for dialogue removal on this scene, but the use of reversing the start of the kiss is actually a pretty effective way of portraying the regret over the kiss without the blunt “I shouldn’t have done that”. Surprised how well Portman’s expression works for that in this context.

Amazing videos! I honestly love this breakdown on your approach to editing, the vocabulary used showing WHY cuts can be made.

We will watch your career with great interest.

Episode 8: “I will not be The Last Jedi”

…wait

G&G-Fan said:

If you’re gonna put the Death Star near a planet, I’d recommend something like Coruscant or Geonosis. It’d be cool if it was a rather alien planet and not too Earth-like.

Geonosis could work, since it’s pretty remote. Coruscant would be kinda weird.

It’s a secret weapon, parking it outside of the Galactic Capital would probably be noticed lol.

To preserve the surprise of Vader being Luke’s father, Revenge of the Sith should end right as the Council confronts Palpatine, as to not show a sign of Anakin’s fall.

I was working on an HD version of The Phantom Edit recently, actually, just haven’t been in the mood to set up a whole thread for it lol.

Skybatman said:

he had yt channel and stopped uploading for copyright reasons

Yeah, but the channel seems to be wiped. I was wondering if anyone had any videos saved.

Sorry to revive a long dead thread, but does anyone have any record of this edit? I remember watching the clips a ton when they were available. I wanted to work on my own TPM edit inspired by it, but I’m severely lacking reference. Only one vimeo clip remains, the whole of the Youtube version being dead.

The main one I’m hunting for is the opening, the editing work was pretty masterful, but with the whole channel gone, poof.

I’d be willing to check out the rough drafts

Same, I was really looking forward to this edit, wonder why he went completely dark

Would love a link too

I can’t help but feel the color grading’s maybe a little too… much in a few areas. In concept I like the idea of trying to restore the original tones, but I can’t help but feel it maybe swings a bit tooo far into cyan/orange, not to mention being far too dark in a lot of areas.

I do love the new dialogue for the Viceroy though, both voiced and written.

Could I get a link to the edit please?

Damn, sorry to hear. This definitely sounds like it would have been interesting, hope it can be remade some day!

I’d love to check this out!

That looks great! The masking on the city is definitely the biggest issue, otherwise this is pretty impressive!

Sure, I’d love to check it out!