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The teaser trailer is uploading!

Not to sound rude, but I would appreciate if your edits would stay in your thread, I want to keep this thread not-cluttered. 😃

Preview of the “stormtroopers”.

I wish that could film real suits, but oh well.

JEDIT: The teaser trailer is almost done

TV’s Frink said:

Looks like Andy Serkis snuck his way into the prequels, too!

Supposedly EA has removed the ability to purchase in game currency with real-world money.

https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/battlefront/battlefront-2/news/pre-launch-update

Oskar Gabrielson, General Manager at DICE
said:

As we approach the worldwide launch, it’s clear that many of you feel there are still challenges in the design. We’ve heard the concerns about potentially giving players unfair advantages. And we’ve heard that this is overshadowing an otherwise great game.
This was never our intention. Sorry we didn’t get this right.
We hear you loud and clear, so we’re turning off all in-game purchases. We will now spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing, and tuning. This means that the option to purchase crystals in the game is now offline, and all progression will be earned through gameplay. The ability to purchase crystals in-game will become available at a later date, only after we’ve made changes to the game. We’ll share more details as we work through this.

My solution for the Dooku background problem:

Masking. Very time-consuming masking.

It takes a long time to get it looking convincing in motion.

JEDIT:

The queen footage will be lifted from the hologram message already in the film “You must contact me!”

The Council will be a little more tricky. I’ll probably recolor them because their costumes are different movie to movie.

More from Episode II

(Geonosis is now a gray planet surrounded in debris from an ancient war)

Hello!

Work is still underway for my edit of the Phantom Menace. However, looking at that film for too long gives me a headache.

So, in order to relieve some boredom, I have been working on a scene from Episode II.

One of the worst aspects of Attack of the Clones is the awful fake-looking mattes. I hope my edits have remedied that, somewhat. I have also gone for a more “realistic” color palette.

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(My edited version is on the top)

I have some pretty ambitious ideas for Episode II, I hope for it to be nearly unrecognizable.

I’ll be glad to take any suggestions or answer any of your guys’s questions.

Basically all of the exposition regarding Dooku and the Separatists from Episode II is being moved into this movie (That one conference scene, people talking about Dooku, etc.)

Hey guys!

Unfortunately my goal of having a full preview finished before the the end of the month will be impossible.

This is due to various setbacks that have caused me to miss out on much time I have to work on the edit (don’t worry, I’m not dying).

In place of the preview, there will be a full trailer released (probably) next month. I have decided to do this in order to give me a chance to work on other parts of the film (because working on only one section for that long was driving me mad!)

Here is a little preview of a shot that will be in the trailer:

At some point, while the Queen’s ship is travelling through Hyperspace (after the opening battle), Obi Wan and Qui Gon will have their discussion (originally at the beginning of Phantom Menace). This conversation will also include elements of the conversation that takes place later on in the movie (When they land on Naboo for the second time).

I need this conversation to take place somewhere because it is one of the only things in the movie that establish Obi Wan’s character.

Progress is getting there! I’ve finalized the sound effects of the droid fighters and several more shots in SFM have been completed.

That’s actually the scene that influenced my opening scene the most (Hero ship chased by fighters cut off by massive ship)

The problem is that that music is too recognizable to me. It would pull me out of the movie instantly.

I will definitely use it as a temp track, though.

Does anyone have any suggestions for music to use after the crawl down? I’m having a hard time finding one that fits.

EDIT:
The next preview will be with the completion of the opening scene.

Which shots specifically? I’ve already redone the second shot (with the pink comic sans).

Bingowings said:

Is there a chance hosting your previews in another way as the one you link to doesn’t happen. 🍻

I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you’re asking?

Yes!

Bingowings said:

The Sith are not a real presence in this edit, so explaining them can come later in the trilogy. They might get mentioned, though.

The Separatists want Naboo because it is the home world of the Supreme Chancellor, making it the most influential political power in the Senate. They were hoping to have the Queen’s cooperation in order to use her to rally up more systems to their cause. There will be an exposition dump scene where the Nemoidians (Re-dubbed and subtitled) will discuss specifics and perhaps talk to a mercenary named Maul via hologram. This would sort of take the place of the conference scene in A New Hope.

Qui Gon will explain the force to Anakin, therefore explaining it to the audience.

Palpatine is the leader of the Republic, that’s all we need to know in this movie because he has a very minor role, only creating the Army.

The Republic isn’t dying just yet, it’s just becoming more corrupt. To help visually show this, Republic ships will be a cold Imperial Gray.

Thank you for the help!

Bingowings said:

That’s a great backstory, however that’s not something I see happening in my edit.

In 1977, all of the backstory that people needed was that some rebels stole some plans. That was it. I don’t want viewers to have to read a few paragraphs of backstory before starting up the movie. I want all the viewer needs to know to be in the crawl, which would mention the Separatist Alliance, the Republic, and two Jedi rescuing the queen.

Also, 3PO and R2 contribute nothing to the plots of any of the movies. They are fan service for fan service’s sake (in my opinion)

The preview has been uploaded! Please keep in mind that most of this is storyboards, crude ones at that.

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If you need a description of the storyboards, turn on the captions.

When I wake up I’ll start actually finalizing some of those shots.

Jeebus said:

As the Nubian is escaping the system, the giant doughnut emerges from hyperspace. Someone off-screen will say “Incoming transmission, your highness”. All of the relevant parts of the Queen talking to the Nemoidians will be cut with Dooku’s lines. It will be changed into holograms, albeit low tech ones.

The preview is going to be a few finished shots with storyboards as supplement. Temporary SFX and good ol’ text to speech.

Jeebus said:

In the film there will only be one Doughnut ship, and he will be on the bridge of it most of the time. He will also be in the conference room, where he talks to the queen about the Republic needing to start over and such. He’s sort of going to be playing the Tarkin role to the Nemoidians Vader? If that makes any sense.

I’m not certain if I want Dooku to know about Maul, though. I sort of want the Separatists and the Sith to be separate entities. I think it would be cool if the first time we see Maul it’s him attacking Qui Gon. I’m not sure.

Dooku is gonna bail at the start of the final battle, though. He’s going to do what Tarkin didn’t and evacuate.

JEDIT: Thanks for the kind words!

jarbear said:

Clones aren’t gonna be a part of my trilogy at all because I can’t think of a way to make Obi Wan serving Bail make sense without that being a separate event. “Clone” Armor will be present in the trilogy, it’s just that it will be precursor Stormtrooper armor.

ChainsawAsh said:

Sounds intriguing and super ambitious! Do you have plans for what you’re going to do with II and III (assuming you’re going to do them as well)?

Thank you for your kind words!

Episode II would have nothing to do with Clones, as the Clone Wars aren’t happening. It would probably start with an Acclamator Star Destroyer in space which is suddenly attacked and destroyed by droids. This would kick off the action of the plot, with Obi Wan investigating the last known location of the ship, which turns out to be Geonosis. Meanwhile Anakin is hanging out with Beru and Owen on Tatooine, he learns that his mom has been captured, that whole thing happens. Then the Geonosis Colosseum scene would happen except without 200 Jedi showing up. Obi Wan would finally confront Dooku, and Dooku escapes again. Anakin and Padme marry on Tatooine.

Episode III would start with the chancellor being captured by Dooku as a means to end the war. Anakin and Obi Wan rescue him, kill Dooku. The war is over. Then the rest of the movie would have Palpatine influencing Anakin without needing to mention his wife. I would also fix the bit of continuity with the OT where Obi Wan says “I haven’t gone by the name Obi Wan since oh before you were born.” by adding a timeskip after Anakin turns of a few months probably.

P.S: Here’s a proof of concept of the “old technology”

Hello!

I have been watching fan edits for a few years now, and I have tinkered around with editing in the past, but this is my first full-length project!

STAR WARS: Dawn of War is my upcoming fan edit of THE PHANTOM MENACE.

My edit won’t be the traditional “Cut poop jokes and Midichlorians” edit (Even though those things are getting cut). This will be a complete re-imagining of the film from nearly the ground up. The taxation of trade routes isn’t being debated. Chancellor elections aren’t happening. The Galaxy is on the brink of total war.

The SEPARATIST ALLIANCE is displeased with the Galactic Republic, claiming that it is becoming more and more corrupt under the leadership of CHANCELLOR PALPATINE.

In an effort to become powerful enough to overthrow the Republic, the Separatists are recruiting systems into their alliance. Naboo is one system that the Alliance have had their eyes on because of its strong political influence in the senate. After rejecting Dooku’s offer, his forces invade the planet, forcing the Republic to send two Jedi Knights to rescue the queen and escort her to safety on Coruscant.

During the escape, Dooku contacts the worried Queen, offering one more chance to join his Alliance. She declines. Just before her ship makes the jump to hyperspace, a droid fighter destroys one of the ships engines, sending her and her crew into the Outer Rim.

They make an emergency landing on Tatooine, traveling into a city in the hopes of finding the parts that they need. There they meet Anakin, an slave with a dream of seeing the stars. He becomes fast friends with Qui Gon. After Qui Gon purchases the parts, he runs away with the slave boy in order to enlist him into the Jedi Order. They’re attacked en route to the ship by a masked figure with a red lightsaber. The ship takes off and makes its way to Coruscant. On the ship, Anakin meets Padme, a handmaiden to the queen.

Anakin is accepted into the Jedi Academy. Palpatine convinces the senate to create a Grand Army of the Republic to fight the Separatists across the galaxy. Soldiers are enlisted or volunteer into the service. The Republic sends its army to Naboo in order to reclaim it. A strike team of Nabooians is sent down to the surface while the attack on the Separatist Command Ship is carried out by the Republic Navy.

Dooku escapes, Qui Gon dies, Maul is killed, the day is saved!

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MAIN GOALS OF THIS EDIT:

The movie starts with the Queen escaping the Separatists attack on her home world, escorted by two brave Jedi Knights. This cuts out boring negotiations and Gungans from the plot. Poor line delivery will either be cut or dubbed. Scenes on Coruscant will be heavily cut or re-purposed.

In the Phantom Menace, the primary antagonists are the Trade Federation. This is a problem because they don’t remain the antagonists throughout the trilogy. To remedy this, they will become the Separatist Alliance. To help reinforce “inter-connectivity”, Dooku will become the main villain of this edit. Using deleted scenes from Episode II, he will taunt the queen as she makes her escape from the Naboo system, on the brink of complete invasion.

Of all of my problems with the Prequel Trilogy, the only thing that irks me more than the dialogue is the technology. In the original trilogy the hologram of the DS II is the most advanced non-weapon tech we see, yet in the Prequels we see holograms and hovering stuff everywhere. To make the Prequels seem more like they take place many years before the Originals, the Naboo ships will no longer be extremely polished and the display screens will show dots and lines! Instead of making OT tech comply to the prequels, prequel tech will comply to the OT!

(The above image is from a test animation of the final battle.)
Using Source Filmmaker and models from Battlefront 2, all (space) battle scenes in the film will be remade to fit to my story and plot.

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Other Edits:

-Yoda will not appear, he will be mentioned.
-Qui Gon is not Obi-Wan’s master. They are both Jedi Knights.
-Color correct the entire film to feel more like the OT.
-Apply grain to the entire film
-3PO and R2 won’t appear
-Qui Gon will have a blue saber

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Thanks for reading!

The first few teasers and previews have been removed for privacy reasons. If anyone really wants to see them, I’ll gladly rehost them on Vimeo.
Coruscant Preview: https://vimeo.com/248609741 Password: ending
Final Preview: https://vimeo.com/249448162 password: final

There are also many image-based previews spread throughout this page.

It’s a shame that this seemingly didn’t go anywhere. I wouldn’t lose all hope just yet.