Vladius

I disliked a lot of the things people are talking about, but on a second viewing I’m fine with them. The only thing I might cut is Saw’s mind-reading alien, but it works somewhat thematically with his character and the idea of militancy.

What I really want to talk about is the possibility of my ideal saga lineup:
*Fanedit of Episode I that includes elements of Episode II to start the Clone Wars - Naboo is the first battle or instigates the conflict, maybe some other trickery is used to use the Geonosis battle sans Anakin and Obi Wan.
*The rest of Episode II is blast into oblivion where it belongs.
*Alter the crawl of a Fanedit of Episode III (pick your favorite, mine is Dark Force Rising) to make it Episode II.
*Rogue One becomes Episode III with added crawl.

Could I have an invite as well?

Smithers said:

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.

 I definitely prefer this to the constant assertions that people are dying and suffering on Naboo somewhere. The threat of an invasion is much more interesting than an invasion that lasts the whole movie and is toothless.

You know this is all based on Ralph McQuarrie stuff right? You might lose street cred around here...

Just finished this. Definitely the best edit of the prequels I've ever seen. Even when I knew what was coming, the music ratcheted up the suspense. The dialogue is minimal and fast, communicating more with less. I love the Clone Wars montage - I have not seen another single one of these three-in-one movies that actually transitions between episodes 2 and 3 in any satisfactory way, or uses the good parts of the prequels (primarily visuals) to such amazing effect. I also compliment the use of footage from all three films without sticking to the original, rigid chronology.

My only criticism is some of the audio transitions between scenes are jarring, and in many scenes the original musical cues still poke up.

Thank goodness Anakin frees his mom. That was one of the weirdest things to never address in episode 2.

Pure genius.
If there were some way for Jar Jar to turn the tide of the whole battle (space, duel, and palace,) that would be better.
Maybe even include the episode 2 portion where he gives the chancellor emergency powers.

Watched this with two friends. We highly enjoyed it. There are two parts that seem a little short:
Anakin deciding to leave and become a Jedi. I think a truncated version of the podrace and bet would work.
Most of episode 3.

brash_stryker said:

I think seeing the same specific ship in the Prequels would be almost as ridiculous as seeing a child Han, or the existing scene of Chewbacca. Just pure fan service that shrinks the universe.

I'm all for a consistent "hero ship" throughout the PT, just not the falcon. 

 This. I say fix the writing and characterization before even touching the special effects.

I mean he's sent in to get Luke, isn't he?

Cool idea, to be sure.
The only issue I have is where does Maul go if he beats Qui-Gon?

I'm not sure you actually like Star Wars.

Bingowings said:

Extremely tangentially connected (what with the originator of this project's screen name) but I notice there are currently 666 topics on this board.

End of off topic interruption.

 I'm  glad someone else noticed...

Bingowings said:

Could help but notice that the blue and black colour scheme of the plane made it look rather like a Naboo starfighter.

 lol

Can we take a look at what this guy has to offer instead of criticizing him and being rude? This community is overly insular as it is.

Could someone PM me a link?

Art from adversity.

On an unrelated note, Dane Ditor is a cool Star Wars name.

You remembered! It was fantastic.

Regarding Luke and Han being friends, is there any way to use footage from the Yavin hangar and turn it into the Hoth hangar?

I know this is really difficult. :(

I suppose this is as good a place as any -

As of later today, I'm a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As such, I'll be gone for two years. (Going to Idaho!)

I expect progress when I get back, guys! Thanks for hours of entertainment in watching edits, speculating, and thinking about one of the best film franchises of all time. You've given hope to those who have none! The choize is yours alone! (this is a Shmi reference for those who don't get it)

Goodbye for now,
Vladius

lol, I use emoticons for the same purpose.

When people think of iconic Star Wars, they think of all three movies. Force ghosts, ewoks (not actually referred to as such within the movie,) the Emperor and his guards, the rancor, Jabba, speeder bikes, the sarlacc, A-Wings, Admiral Ackbar - all classic designs. I think the influence of Lucas is a little bit apparent, but overall it's still one of my favorite movies and the rest of the cast and crew pulled it out of the fire. Even people who hate ROTJ still usually love all of the things taking place in space with the battle and the confrontation between Luke, Vader, and the Emperor. When I watched it as a kid, it was my favorite because it had all the cool aesthetics, music, limb-severing and stuff from the other films, and it was funny in a way I could understand. As kitschy as it was, "bad" humor with puppets is better than any humor with Prequel CGI.

I think it's an Act I, Act II, Act III kind of thing. Of course Empire is the darkest, which is why you need a return (heh) to the adventure and fun. It's the same reason the Dark Knight Rises and The Last Crusade are great movies that wrap things up tonally, and sometimes edge out as my favorites of their respective threes.

Nope, I don't agree at all. I love Return of the Jedi, including for a lot of those reasons. It's as much of a classic as the other two.

If it's at the very beginning, it establishes Obi-Wan's character and the clone army.

Maybe it could even be "the border dispute on Ansion" he's returning from. :V

Great idea. I think the key to unlocking the prequels' potential is to present the events in a more exciting order. Imagine how crazy it would be to have Padme established as a character for half the movie, then to blow her ship up.