Squeaky Water Wheel

If the cut is finished I am interested in getting access to it. Is there a way I can do that?

Spartacus01 said:

Don’t get me wrong, I respect your way to interpret the movies and the way you want to make Anakin/Vader’s character look like, and I obviously don’t want to say that your intentions for the movies and the character are wrong, because everyone is free to do whatever he thinks it’s right for these movies. But your Revenge of the Sith edit (and also your other two edits) is one of the examples of why I ultimately don’t like the Canon Vader and prefer his Legends counterpart. I prefer Vader being a week, pathetic man who intentionally makes excuses for his actions, even though he knows deep down that what he did and what he’s doing is wrong. I don’t like Vader being a cool badass that kills everyone and is deeply convinced that he’s doing good for the Galaxy.

I agree with what Squeaky Water Wheel said.

Well I do like that it seems like he is making it so Anakin isn’t whiny. He is a cool character like he is portrayed in the clone wars series but is pathetic in ways. Most of the edits seem like he does that but I haven’t seen it yet so not sure. Just a few changes in them that make it go a little too far.

Spartacus01 said:

Squeaky Water Wheel said:

This all sounds pretty good! I do have one recommendation though. You should add the scene were Jocasta-Nu tells Obi-wan about Count Dooku. You may have to add the rest of the scene back with obi-wan trying to find Komino but I think it’s worth it. Dooku is the main antagonist of the movie so it’s good to know who he is and where he came from. It also alludes to his motivation for going against the Republic.

The problem with that scene is that the special effects were never completed, so the scene looks extremely rough and incomplete. That’s basically the reason of why no one ever adds that scene to any fan edit of the movie. All of us would love to add that scene to our own fan edits, but we first need a VFX artists (or someone like that) to finish the special effects first, and no one yet has ever tried to do that.

Oh I see. I thought someone did it by now. At least enough to make it decent. Hopefully one day.

How can I access your edits for each film?

Not too bad. My main concern though is how it downplays how much Anakin cares about Padme. While his twisted possessive love is what ultimately made him evil, he still does love her. He does things because he cares deeply for people he loves. That is why Palps mentions saving Padme from certain death because he knows this and is dangling it in front of him to remind him why he is doing this (It also shows why he chose to save his son. He loves his family more than anything).

I get what you are trying to do with vader when he is put in the suit. You want to show us how cool vader is to set up the next trilogy. But while vader is this opposing, unflinching force, deep down he is meant to be a pathetic man. He is broken and hides it away in the suit, just like his broken body. The scene when he is put in the suit better shows how broken he is from losing what he cared for most. Later on he denies his true feelings but it is best to save that for the next trilogy that already shows that very well.

So I would suggest adding back the scene where Palps mentions Padme in the knighting scene and the raging scene after he gets the suit. Maybe you can add the “means nothing” line later at the end if it is even possible.

Also why get rid of the youngling scene? It shows how brutal vader was and I actually wish it showed more. If you don’t like the “master Skywalker! There are too many of them. What are we going to do?” Line then just cut it off after “Master Skywalker!” Then cut to him igniting the lightsaber.

Hope this helps! Everything else looks great! 👍

THANK YOU!!! The midiclorians don’t ruin the force at all since it only explains that they connect to it with them. Was afraid you were going to delete it. I do have questions for some changes. Why does Mace now think that the sith could have survived? Is he supposed to agree more with Qui-Gon now? Wasn’t the point to make all the jedi doubtful? Also, why does Obi-Wan no longer train Anakin because of his master’s wish? I thought it was a cool element that added importance to Qui-gon. Is it to make it seem more like Obi-Wan agreed rather than being obligated? As long as it was heavily influenced by Qui-gon than I can accept that. Other than that changes seem good. 👍

This all sounds pretty good! I do have one recommendation though. You should add the scene were Jocasta-Nu tells Obi-wan about Count Dooku. You may have to add the rest of the scene back with obi-wan trying to find Komino but I think it’s worth it. Dooku is the main antagonist of the movie so it’s good to know who he is and where he came from. It also alludes to his motivation for going against the Republic.