Take your time Eddie, we all appreciate everything you have done for us and are hopeful for your epic return.
Take care mate, and get some well-deserved rest.
Sent!
I think you and a couple other people should watch it and make sure they like it first before it gets added to the spreadsheet.
Hey y’all, I made my own edit of The 501st Legion with the entirety of “Clone Cadets” left in. I also did some editing to “Rookies” to make it lead into “ARC Troopers” more smoothly. I always felt that it was strange for Greivous to retreat at the end of Rookies but then attack immediately afterward in Arc Troopers. The runtime is 1 hour and 2 minutes; here’s a list of changes:
Clone Cadets:
Cut “Looks like they were well-trained, perhaps the finest soldiers I’ve ever seen” at the end of the episode because I thought it was silly for a group that had failed the test twice already to suddenly turn in to the finest soldiers ever, especially since there are far finer clones than them.
Rookies:
Cut “I don’t want the Republic to find out we’re coming.”
Cut “We can leave nothing to chance. That base cannot be allowed to alert the Jedi that we’re coming.”
Cut the scene with Grievous saying “We can’t let a few puny clones stop us.”
Cut Grievous’s retreat entirely
All these cuts were made from a logical standpoint. If the attack on Kamino hinged whether the Republic found out or not, then why did Grievous continue his attack even after he was revealed to the Republic, and especially after retreating moments before? Now, it seems like Grievous was going to attack anyways and the Rishi Moon ambush was just an extra measure. I don’t know if any of what I’m saying makes sense, but if you watch it I’m sure it would make more sense.
Cut Echo and Fives being promoted to the 501st because it didn’t flow well into Arc Troopers.
Arc Troopers:
Cut the introduction scene with the intercepted transmission because it’s information that everyone already knew.
If anyone wants to watch it, PM me and I’ll gladly give you a link 😃
Hi Eddie and Cabijista,
I actually had the same idea as Cabijista and started working on a little edit of Dark Force Rising. I’ve been trimming it up, improving some transitions, deleting some scenes, and making it more tight. It’s about 5-10 minutes shorter than Eddie’s version. The only problem is I am extremely busy with school and life in general, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to finish. When I am though, I’d be happy to send a link to whoever wants to see it.
Cheers!
Just found out about this, does anyone have a link? A PM would be awesome.
Mecha Salesman’s 4.5 hour ROTS/SOM cut incorporates deleted scenes and the attack on Coruscant from Genndy’s 2003 Clone Wars. Highly recommend checking that one out 😃
Absolute perfection. You are truly one with the high ground and the high ground is with you. Bravo my friend.
Dark Force Rising was EPIC!!! Two little things that bugged me though (I’m just being nitpicky):
The maximum quality was 720p. Is there a 1080p version?
The frame rate seemed off; it had a large, noticeable stutter every half second as if a 24fps source was being pushed into a 30fps container. It might just be my computer, but it doesn’t happen with any of the other episodes. Was it uploaded at 30fps or is there something wrong on my side and it’s playing correctly at 24fps but my computer is messing it up?
Keep up the work big man, I’m loving every episode and they’re put together better than most professionals. Cheers!