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#791106
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Smithers' Prequel Fanedits (a Work In Progress)
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Yeah, that's a good idea actually, with the Jedi being keepers of peace and since Padme hasn't heard of slavery in recent years should show that the federation's operations are secretive and distant.

When it comes to your edit, don't worry about it, take your time, mine will take quite a while and honestly I don't even know how long it's even going to end up being. 

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#790966
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Bingowings said:

 I watched the first trailer for TPM I assumed that the duel with Maul took place on a spaceship and that Padme telling everyone to get to their ships would take place in the same time that the earlier hanger scene took place. TPM (Naboo, Tatooine, Coruscant, Naboo) seems to go around in circles when it really needs to go in a straight line (for me Coruscant, Tatooine, Naboo).

 

I'm going to play with this idea, I just realized that since the opening will be moved to the third act:

-Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon go to the droid control ship undercover at the end and are spotted so they have to fight some droids

-They make their way down to the hangar when Darth Maul shows up

-Meanwhile, Padme and Naboo soldiers battle droids in the palace while there's a battle outside the droid control ship

-Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan battle Maul in the power generator and it ends with only Obi-Wan escaping alive

-Obi-Wan gets on that red ship (that didn't get blown up) and destroys the control ship from the inside (instead of Anakin going into a war)

I know this would take some VFX but I think it would work

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#790944
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Smithers' Prequel Fanedits (a Work In Progress)
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Another rewrite:

It is a time of foreboding for the galaxy. After centuries of peace, many isolated star systems have been attacked by the Slave Trade Federation.

Queen Amidala of the peaceful planet Naboo has managed to escape her home system with the assistance of two Jedi, guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic.

To prevent further oppression from the Federation, she must venture to the galactic capital of Coruscant to plead for intervention to save her people and restore peace to the galaxy....

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#790882
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Hal 9000 said:

Here's a quick rewrite, if it's any help. Just spit-balling; not trying to say it's any better necessarily. Also, I think the term "intergalactic" implies that they operate across multiple galaxies. 'Intragalactic' might sound somewhat strange, so maybe a different title would fit better. 

It is a time of foreboding for the galaxy. After centuries of peace, many isolated star systems have been attacked by the intergalactic Slave Trade Federation.

Queen Amidala of the peaceful planet Naboo has managed to escape her home system with the assistance of two Jedi, guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic.

To prevent further oppression from the Federation, she must venture to the galactic capital to plead for intervention to save her people and restore peace to the galaxy....

 Mm, much better actually, fits in well with the rest of the series and mirrors ANH more, I like it. And about the word "Intergalactic" I'll have to agree, it doesn't roll off the tongue properly and just sounds like a cheesy sci-fi serial.

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#790854
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Work in progress crawl for TPM:

After centuries of peace, the intergalactic slave trade federation has begun attacks on small star systems in an attempt to gain control over the galaxy.

The Queen of the Naboo system has managed to flee her home planet along with two Guardian Jedi Knights by her side. 

Queen Amidala must arrive at the Republic system of Coruscant to prevent further attacks from the Slave Trade Federation and restore peace to the galaxy...

Thoughts?

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#790747
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Bingowings said:

I would have Padme on Coruscant representing her people with representative Binks...

 Sorry Bingo, you lost me there. JK ;)

But in all seriousness, I'd rather have our protagonists be upset that they are stuck on Tatooine while their home planet gets invaded, it adds more suspense to the story. Screw Jar Jar, I'm rotoscoping him out of these movies, he's going to be completely gone, there's no way to preserve that abomination without leaving viewers cringing at the sight of him lol. Interesting idea though, my idea for the opening is that it should Mirror ANH in that it starts off with a battle in space where our heroes are losing and have to escape to Tatooine (where they meet our other protagonists)

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#790612
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I was actually going to keep their destination as coruscant, the movie starts of with them escaping the blockade, their destination is coruscant because they're bringing the queen there for the election. Throughout the first two acts of the movie you keep hearing about the planned invasion on Naboo so in the third act, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon go to take down Viceroy, then go down to Naboo and battle Maul.

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#790606
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So I've been messing around with TPM quite a bit recently, and analyzing the film, and I think I've figured out a way to 100% remove the gungans but keep the rest of the story intact. A little while back, Andreas talked about completely re-arranging TPM to improve the story and the narrative, the idea was to start the movie off in the queen's royal ship before they end up marooned on tatooine. After toying with this idea, I realized that afterwards our protagonists would go back to Coruscant, then to Viceroy's ship, then to Naboo. But since they only go to Naboo at the end, they haven't even met the gungans, so they can go into the space battle, qui-gon and obi-wan battle maul, and the rest battle droids in the building! Now of course this would take some rotoscoping and other special effects not to mention re-incorporating deleted scenes, but I already had planned on doing all of those things. Thoughts?