Hi all, long time lurker first time topic/thread poster.
A lot of you guys here have been so generous, not just sharing your ideas and thoughts but also sharing your hard work and fantastic edits.
Since joining OT I’ve seen a lot of fan edits, not just Star Wars edits but other movies and franchises and all honesty I have not watched an edit I have not enjoyed and for myself what started off a simple cut and paste with an intro Crawl took me down another path of being able to do a bit more (Not a lot more, but enough to achieve a vision I like) and Hal9000’s PT brought back my love for Star Wars.
These edits are probably v4 or 5 now and I don’t intend to revisit these but they started out as a simple crawl change that was V1, V2 I can’t remember lol but now I feel they are somewhere where I’m happy with what I have achieved. Reluctantly had no plans to release these but my partner said to me “What if the people who shared their edits with you and everyone else, what if they didn’t share what they had done” so here we go.
Before the info, I want to give a massive thank you to Hal9000, not just for your permission to release these but for sharing your amazing work with everyone here, honestly can’t thank you enough.
Prequel Trilogy.
Main Source Used Hal9000
Episode I
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-Episode-I-Cloak-Of-Deception-Released/id/15663
Episode II
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-Episode-II-The-Approaching-Storm-Released/id/15720/page/1
Episode III
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-Episode-III-Labyrinth-Of-Evil-Released/id/16454/page/1
Other source used 2011 bluray
The Phantom Menace.
Additions/Changes.
Hal9000 - Altered contrast, brightness slightly and added a bit more grain to the image.
2011 Bluray - Adjusted contrast, brightness and added grain to match Hal9000.
Cuts/Edits.
Used 20th Century fox Fanfare from Hal9000 (Cod).
Used original opening crawl from 2011 Bluray (TPM).
Used Jedi Arrival at trade federation from Hal9000 (Cod).
Used escape to Naboo from 2011 Bluray (TPM) - removed Jars Jars line of “User follow me now, okie day” as the Jedi enter the water to goto the Gungan City.
Trimmed Jar Jar getting arrested by the guards so we don’t hear jar jars whimper and see him get zapped with the cattle prod.
Added an iris transition into the meeting with the bosses and cut jar jars line about being setup.
Cut Jar Jar’s “What’s are mesa saying” and added a transition wipe to the leaving Gungan City.
Cut out Jar Jars explanation of why he was banished from the Gungan City, after Obi-Wan asked him he just replies with “Becuase mesa clumsy” after this they are attack by the gooba fish and escape.
Added a transition wipe to battle droids invading Naboo and the capture of Queen Amidala.
Cut out battle droids “Roger, Roger” line when ordered to take the queen to the hangar, scene cuts to Hal9000 (CoD), Jedi and Jar Jar sneaking above on balcony.
Rest of film is Hal9000 (Cod) with following changes.
Cut Jabba the Hut out of podracr scenes.
When Quigon is talking to Anakin before the race, faded out the Force Theme music and cut to pod race engines starting.
Cut to pod race starting when creature next to Watto points and say “Go” giving a very light and subtle hint that Watto and his friends are cheating.
When droid helper gets sucked into pod racer scene is cut after we hear racer saying “Ohh No” to Padame saying “Look here he Comes”.
Cut scene showing Sebulba surving the crash and saying “foodoo” so his fate is unknown.
Added a clock wipe transition from Watto and friends being upset to Anakin being praised by Jar Jar, Padame and his mother.
Cut scene of Anakins line “How about spinning, that’s a neat trick” to R2 during space battle.
Attack of the Clones.
Additions/Changes.
Hal9000 - Altered contrast, brightness slightly and added a bit more grain to the image.
Cuts/Edits.
Used 20th century fox Fanfare from Hal9000 (TAS).
Used opening crawl from Hal9000 (AotC - Canon friendly edit).
Rest of edit is Hal9000 (TAS).
Reordered and cut the space Battle between Obi-Wan and Jango to match something similar to JoyOfEditing had shown in his YouTube series (Not exactly the same but very similar).
Cuts from revealing Obi-Wan’s fighter on an asteroid (leaving the viewer wonder if he survived the missile attack from Jango).
Cuts from anakin killing the Sand people to Obi-Wan on the asteroid and pursuing Jango as JoyOfEditing’s YouTube video shows (added an Irisi transition)
Rest of movie plays out same as Hal9000 (TAS).
Revenge of the Sith.
Additions/Changes.
Hal9000 - Altered contrast, brightness slightly and added a bit more grain to the image.
2011 Bluray - Adjusted contrast, brightness and added grain to match Hal9000.
Cuts/Edits.
Used 20th Century fox Fanfare from Hal9000 (LoE).
Used original opening crawl from 2011 Bluray (RotS).
Only change made is re adding the Yoda V Palpatine scene (re added this just to show how powerful Palpatine is as not just a manipulator but is also strong in the force and ways of the Sith), also is the full start of the duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan.
After Yoda’s escape fight cuts back to Obi-Wan and Anakins Duel from Hal9000 (LoE).
Special Thanks.
Would like to give a special thank you to Hal9000, Spence Edit, Octorox and Dazman.
Thank you for being gratious and generous and sharing your amazing work not just with myself but also with the community.
Would also like to say a special thank you to Phase3 for convincing me to revisit my edit and some advice and tips given to me.
Also thank you to everyone who has not just shared their edits but also given input and ideas which have helped shape the amazing work we see in the OT community.
All credit for the work on this edit goes to Hal9000.
P.S
Please no spamming for requests, a simple polite pm goes a long way.
Update 30/5/25
Release info
Large .mp4 file (21GB) are available via Mega link
Small .mp4 file (2GB) are available via GDrive
files are 1080p HD with a 5.1 AC3 audio mix
Large - H264 - 1920x1080p - 640kbps 5.1 ac3
Small - H265 - 1920x1080p - 256kbps 5.1 ac3
